Kitman

1st single - Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel (2nd single - Mahna mahna by The Muppets!) 1st album - Abba: Arrival 1st gig - Japan at Lancaster Poly

If he'd used his fuckin brain and signed for Villa he'd be going (if fit). O'Neil said last week he was gutted he didnt get him. But no Owen thought of the champions league and not the world cup (playing with Heskey every week would've helped as well) and went to a club where he was told he'd be on the bench more often than not. Silly cunt, its his own fault if he doesnt make it. No guarantee he would be playing first team football for Villa either. If he played week in week out he'd probably be injured for long periods. The Man Utd gig might suit him better in that sense - he might not play often but gets injured less as a result. Like when he moved from Liverpool to Madrid. Surprised he's not worth a place on England's bench. Then again I don't care whether he plays again for England; we seem to be doing OK without him.

A controversial Christmas billboard defaced hours after it was erected by an Auckland church is to be resurrected today. The billboard, outside St Matthew-in-the-City, shows Joseph and Mary lying in bed with the caption "Poor Joseph, God was a hard act to follow", and has attracted worldwide attention. The church said the aim of the billboard was to lampoon the literal Christian conception story and invite people to think about what a miracle was. But just over five hours after it was put up yesterday, someone had defaced it with paint. Church spokesman Clay Nelson said a replacement had been ordered and the church hoped to have it up today. Mr Nelson admitted he "wouldn't be surprised" if there was another vandalism attempt. "Our hope is that there are only a few people that would do that sort of thing and they've got it out of the system," he said. "But it would be naive to think it won't happen again." Mr Nelson said the church would not be adopting any special security measures to protect the new billboard. "You have to trust people's civility", he said. "If this one get vandalised, we'll see what we do next." A complaint was likely to be laid with police if the person responsible for daubing the paint was identified, because replacing the billboard was "not cheap", and had cost $250. Meanwhile, Mr Nelson said the amount of reaction to the image had been "phenomenal". The church had expected some comment in New Zealand, but messages were coming in from as far afield as Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain, Costa Rica and India. "Our website has been inundated and I've personally had hundreds of emails," he said. "I would say the overwhelming response has been positive. I'm trying to get a small reply off to all of them, whether they are positive or negative, but it seems to be a losing battle - they seem to be coming in faster than I can answer them." While there had been talk that the church might be disciplined over the issue, Mr Nelson said that would not be the case. "Theoretically, the Bishop could say to take it down," he said. "I just don't expect that to happen."

Lie back and think of Israel? Fuss over nothing imo.

Technically Irish. Obviously not shite

Agree with the comments above re Giggs. Also he's never seemed much of a personality to me, he's fairly low profile off the pitch and sounds a bit like Ashley Peacock off Corrie. Not an inspiring choice.

Totally agree. Come what may Butt and Geremi will need to be replaced. The midfield in particular isn't close to Prem standard imo.

I still think that if we get promoted, the only way we'll stay up is with a change of owner. Otherwise Ashley will persist with Hughton and won't spend the money needed on new players. Hughton's doing a canny job under difficult circumstances but I don't think he's good enough for the Prem. And the team is woefully short imo across the park in terms of pace, guile in attack and solidity in defence. We may get away with it in a poor CCC but we won't in the Prem. In fact I reckon Hughton would be sacked at the end of Jan, just as the transfer window closes.

I suppose it's possible we've enquired about taking this player on loan. The idea that Taylor would go in the opposite direction is ridiculous.

WBA and Cardiff lost at Barnsley iirc. Disappointing to have lost 2 points at the death, but it's still a good away point.

It took balls to do what he did.

It's clearly a shite post

What a load of horse shit. A source close to Ashley, indeed. Stick it up your arse Llambias, no-one believes your lies anymore.

So that's the sound of the barrel being scraped then. We even seem a bit short on good Scottish managers these days. Moyes has done well at Everton, but after that.... Edit: good youngish Scottish managers

The Sun will currently have an 80% rating increasing to 99.99% as the tournament approaches

If LardAsh had been prepared to put his hand in his pocket, there MUST be bargains to be had from boro in Jan. Boro have been up against it for ages now, and things just aint getting any better. I don't know what players they have, but there must be at least one which would interest us. Hearing Bridge at Citeh (best supported club in the history of football. FACT!) is out for a while, I hope they don't get any ideas on Enrique for cover. ££££=pleasure for LardAsh. If it's looking as good in January as it does now, I'd be very worried about Fatso selling Enrique to the first decent offer from a Prem club. Makes perfect sense (to him). Coloccini and Nolan would have to be vulnerable too, assuming they're on high wages and we'd get a few mill.

Who's Bwyan Wonson?

No Boom Boom Pow!/Black Eyed Peas? Not that I'd vote for it....

Jaw dropping stuff. Bang out of order. Bit off more than he could chew, eh? Must have hit the roof. I'll get me coat too.

Are good English managers at the top level an endangered species? The only British manager in charge of a 'Big 4' side is Ferguson. He's 67 and Scottish. The other big 4 managers are foreign. English managers: Allardyce 54 years old - Shite and talks shite Megson 50 years old - Shite and ginger Hodgson 61 years old - Old Brown 50 years old - Shite and orange Bruce 48 years old - Looks like shite, talks shite, is shite Redknapp 61 years old - Old, wide and has a melty face Mick McCarthy 50 years old - Not technically English or a manager, also shite Where are the stellar young English managers stepping up at the top level? Where's the next Brian Clough coming from? Anybody under the age of 45 who's had a go seems to have failed.....ex-pros now seem content to live off their career earnings or talk shite on telly. No English manager competes in the Champions League year in year out (Tony Mowbray doesn't compete). At this rate we won't have another English manager in charge of England for a very long time. Or we'd have to appoint someone like Allardyce, who is the real life equivalent of Mike Bassett, only not as good. Or likeable. What is the FA doing about it? Does anyone care?

'Lawro' scathing about NUFC ???? :o You'll be telling me there's no Santa, next. It was mainly about thumping the ball up the middle. And he was spot on about Guti not taking on a novice right back. Not sure who Lawro's mate was but he called Pancrate "a French youngster" and Shola "incredibly popular on Tyneside" That's the second or third time i've heard Pancrate referred to as a "youngster" More confusion over his age than Martins'. He is a youngster compared to Lawro, the old queen

Serves him right. Disgusting habit.

It'll be something to do with his antenna

Good luck with that. If they don't smash your face in and/or throw you out onto the pavement, I expect the cost of your solicitor writing a letter would outweigh any refund you could get. I'm not sure a court would hear a case where there's a small amount of money at stake, unless you could claim damages. I was always under the impression that the SDA was there to benefit women rather than men, but maybe that's wide of the mark.

Literally almost the best thing about being back in Blighty...Already been up East London for a couple of good nosh outs. Real fucking curry at last!!!! ...and humus, missed humus a great deal and those little bean salad things from m&s to pack inside...Oh and tea, real tea... Why couldn't you make hummus, oh great chef?! It's only got about 4 things in it! Bloody moaning ex-pats!