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Perhaps all the commercialism of Christmas one month earlier is the best reason to sack Valentine's off.

Class. Pure Kate Bush for me.

Strange, I'd heard the book was slated

Just nail them to the clubhouse roof man if they're hardbacks.

Went into administration.

I might give you Brazil 1950 at a push. Brazil hadn't won owt themselves at that stage though so I'm not convinced. I write Italy's first two WC's off for the same reason. In fact if I'm being honest, I probably downgrade everything pre 1970. That's probably overly harsh and summat to do with it being in colour, but I do genuinely feel that was the decade when the World and European competitions had become properly 'established' and football had become a more modern game. I don't do that lightly either because it leaves us without a major trophy ever.

Aye, looking forward to it, mate. I must be on a few mailing lists these days and you get no end of shit sent through, so I've probably missed a few decent acts myself for not wading through it all, but well pleased I got on this one.

Aye I'd agree but THE anomoly has to be Uruguay. The population is the same as the North East and Cumbria, 2 World Cup's and third place in the last one. Definitely punch above their weight like. I'd dismiss the two world cup wins though.

It's a tiny country population wise like. I mean it's probably more accurate to say that it had a disproportionately high percentage of talent during the 70's and 80's than it has a scarcity of it now. I'm ignoring home internationals altogether as any barometer btw. Holland is forever the anomoly in world football for me. And but for the true all time geniuses like Cruyff, it's largely coached. That is simply staggering.

More names from the dustbin. Great memory.

Ridiculous to think nobody's won it apart from them two since Ferguson left tbh. Wish he'd fucking stayed (for all too obvious reasons). Anyway fuck the lot of them. Rubbish league, arsehole fans.

Hope Celtic go the same way tbh.

Laura Marling in March And the Dubliners too

His name is an excellent replacement for the intro to Tom's Diner by Suzanne Vega btw, just in case you ever forget the lyrics.

Love how everybody can remember that match, like-shows how unused we were to seeing anything of ourselves on live TV before the Prem. It was basically our generation's Moon Landing.

Wah! Story of the Blues

Niall Quinn is a good egg tbf and Sunderland's dubious reputation is only enhanced by the association. Not sure what the hell's in it for him on the other hand.

Good point. He's got to his tally without too much being put on a plate for him. Think that's mainly to do with us not being ensconced in the opponents half in numbers as you say, being more defensively inclined. Like it when someone just nails it with simple insight.

I very much doubt Man U are sick of it like. No love lost there and the battle is so often won and lost at psychological level, it can only give them the upper hand in their games together.

"We'll walk this. Nailed on" was your opening gambit. And before you say that was just you taking the piss, all of your excitable shite was again in evidence in your dream sequence that you felt you had to share with us. If you have zero critical faculties, then don't have a go at the kneejerkers for having the same problem.

And as you often point out to your mate Leazes, have you any examples of recent unchecked optimism? What was your prediction for the Spurs game?

Personally I think the Liverpool fans will have been embarrassed by him losing it in the Man U post-match and then having to climb down afterwards. Made them look a right tin pot operation.

CT sets his sniper ware to £0.39

I wonder if that daft Scouse twat that came on here is still so insistent that Dalglish should be getting more respect?

CT, you're unchecked optimism is essentially just the opposite extreme of the knee jerk pessimism you're so keen to send up, so you've really no place to comment.