Kitman

I was wondering if hamstring injury was a euphemism for something......

Senior player, club in the middle of a slump and he's out till the early hours presumably getting mullered. Embarrassing for Brewcie before you even get into the alleged sex attack and drug possession.

I saw Nolan in the flesh at Peterborough the last time I was over and fuck me I thought he was slow then. However he was also a class footballer and didn't lack for effort, so surprised at some of those comments. I wonder if Fat Sam's indulging in the long ball stuff and expecting Nolan to skip about the pitch onto knock downs, or maybe everything isn't rosy in hippo head's garden

http://www.physioroom.com/news/english_pre...yer_injury.html Worth a look, staggering. Dyer's been injured on nearly 40 separate occasions since 2002. I know people have commented on this before but I didn't realise he's hardly played since he left us. Ok you can't help a broken leg but otherwise what the hell's wrong with him?! If his contracts with WHU and QPR aren't 'pay as you play' they want shooting. With consistent appearances I reckon he could have achieved a lot in his career, however I doubt he'll be remembered in 10 years' time for anything much (except Lee Bowyer). Has there been anyone in recent times who's got a consistently worse injury record? Off the top of my head I can only think of Carr, Babayaro and Owen who could rival him in terms of toon players.

Do you not rate Santon like? No-one has ever seen him play Gosling was playing alongside Tiote in everyone's starting XI in the off season. Look how that turned out. Are you sure about that? Can't say I remember anybody saying that, or if they were, it certainly wasn't everyone. My impression was that Gosling featured in Deano and Christmas Tree's starting XI rather than everyone else's.

Somebody must have played badly in defence considering we conceded 3 goals?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion

What possessed you to hire a Fiat Punto? We were broke at the time, and only driving down to Connemara for a friend's wedding. We only used the car about 4 times I think, and I was sick out of it on one of them on the way to Westport. Apparently it was very scenic (the 9 Pins or summink), not that I gave a fuck, I thought I was dying. Someone had given me a lethal Camberwell Carrot the night before, after an extended session of Guinness and whiskey, and I hadn't really recovered the following day. A bowl of Irish stew and a half a Guinness later and I was back on the pig's back.... Great days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion

I once got upgraded from a Fiat Punto to a C class Mercedes at Knock airport. God bless the Irish.

Where's 'here' for you, Zathras? And are you still bored and a bit down?

Noone has written him off. And if he had a good run with us prior to the injury, it would have been different. Messi has afterall shown a decent form prior to any injury he might suffer.. Fair enough

On the basis of that logic SW, Messi is "shit" whenever he comes back from injury. The question is whether you write someone off as shit. Gosling could be brilliant or shit, we don't know. He's been out for ages and needs a run of games to get back into playing. A run in the reserves and some bench appearances is probably the way to do it. To write him off as "shit" seems a bit premature to me, if that's what anyone's doing here.

No problem, just let me know whenever if you want it. The longest distance is 34 kms, which I'm doing a week Sunday. After that you taper down the distances to build up energy for the race. So I'll only run the full distance on the day! That's good advice re building up your training. I'd say the important thing is to not to rush things, you don't have to increase distance every week. Doing too much at once is a big mistake, as is wearing the wrong clothes or, worst of all, the wrong trainers.....over longer distances poor kit leads to stupid but painful injuries (like blisters or sore nipples) and wearing the wrong shoes for your running profile will give you leg/back muscle and toe injuries. The other thing is to make sure you hydrate properly and do some decent stretching after running, and to eat something straightaway to put energy back into your muscles. Most of it is common sense though!

I'd absolutely agree with this. I had it in my head that because when I was younger I was always a sprinter rather than doing any sort of distance, that I couldn't physically run anything long and the hardest part was getting over that mental block that would kick in when I've done a few miles. Lost count of the number of times a while ago that I set out to run 7-10 miles and ended up stopping after 3-4 and thinking I couldn't do any more, when in fact I was quite capable. Obviously that's a little different to marathon distances like. When I was in my 20s I used to think 10k was a massive distance. But then I mainly spent my time sitting on my arse drinking and smoking weed. It's just what you're used to, and I had to build up to where I am now. But I've never run more than 30k, and the marathon is about 42k If I listened to the defeatist wimp in my head I wouldn't bother turning up on the day

Don't know anything about Ruiz but presumably he wasn't the only striker available. Of course not but 100% guaranteed, no one would have been complaining about the summer or the Carroll money if we had spent 10m+ on him. Ridiculous but true. As I said I don't know anything about him, or most of the other strikers we were linked with. However I'd hope with at least 7 months to play with, they'd have found somebody decent that ticked all their boxes. As it was we couldn't get our targets 'over the line', so it's all academic.

He looks about as interested as having waited 5 minutes for a butterfly chicken breast at Nandos though, so I dont really pity him for finding himself in the back of the queue yet again. Do you have Nandos in Bungholen or wherever it was you're from in Norway?

I'm enjoying the Norwich match now, when I should be going to bed.

I'm enjoying the Norwich match now, when I should be going to bed.

Don't know anything about Ruiz but presumably he wasn't the only striker available.

Auckland Marathon on 31 Oct. One of the cool things about it is you get to run over the harbour bridge (without getting run over) Nice one. Are you working off a proper training programme and that, or are you an old hand at this sort of thing? I'm genuinely considering applying for the GNR next year, but I don't think I've got a marathon in me. Yes, I did a fair bit of research on-line and started off with a generic programme (from marathontraining.com). Then I signed up with a personal trainer who refined it for me (reckoned I was over training and not doing enough speed and hill work). The guy's nails, is a specialist long distance runner (his top race distance is 100 miles or just under 4 marathons!) so was a lot of help. I've also done some gym work with him designed for helping with running. Happy to share his running programme if you're interested - it's just for the 10 weeks or so leading up the race though iirc. The funny thing is I've found a lot of distance running is in the head. There's some basics like nutrition, stretching and recovery, as well as keeping fuelled and hydrated, but a lot of it is just persevering regardless of weather or how you're feeling or thinking. The satisfaction comes from beating the part of you that just wants to jack it in or sit in a comfy chair when it's pissing down. I run because I love it and having a race to look forward to (like the GNR) is a great motivator....but for me the marathon is a bucket list sort of thing. I'll get through it then think seriously about whether to do it again as the time commitment is a bit of a drag (for instance you do a long run on Sundays which typically varies between 2-3 hours). You sound like you look after yourself, are pretty fit and you should have a long stride (you jammy bastard). I'd be amazed if you couldn't nail the GNR especially with a good lead time to build up to it. The question is whether you can be arsed to do the training or you allow yourself to talk yourself out of it.

Auckland Marathon on 31 Oct. One of the cool things about it is you get to run over the harbour bridge (without getting run over)

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Geordie-...249004358464383 from the beginning of the blackburn game The bloke on the far right can't be pleased with that pic. Looks a bit special needs.

If my prediction for the season was a CL finish then you'd have a point. 'It's only 6 games' is precisely right, and exactly what I've said. If you've noticed evidence of me getting carried away with myself and claiming that beating average sides means we'll beat the very top sides then feel free to post it. Doubt you will though tbf. I think cause Chez made a huge post that is covertly pro-ashley, the weaker minded amonst us are considering boarding a train without knowing the destination. Time will tell if it's wishful thinking or not. I'm not sure that anyone really knows what Ashley is up to.....at the same time you can't argue with results.....the question is whether it's a renaissance or a false dawn. I'm still strongly anti-Ashley but at the same time you have to give credit where it's due and enjoy the run we're on.