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I don't have anything planned yet I've always quite fancied Israel but I'm not sure how safe it is to go there at the moment. If anyone's been - when's the best time to go? I was probably thinking around probably April time to probably Tel Aviv probably.

I don't think I'd be too bothered about him leaving so long as we had some sort of replacement in for him. I guess you have to ask whether you think his better form this season is purely down to dropping down a level or whether he's starting to get used to the English game. It might be the latter, which might mean he'd be decent in the PL next season, but there's something about him that I'm not keen on. When he's involved I'm generally more worried that he's going to make a mistake rather than confident he's going to do well.

There's always a doubt about signing players from the SPL but I reckon Boyd is the sort of player who would score goals in any league he played in, provided he got a decent level of service. He's the sort of striker that won't do anything other than score goals - a poacher - so we'd need someone to work hard next to him and more importantly a midfielder who's better than Emre to provide service for him.

I think whoever gets the highest score should go and kick a bear in the balls and test the site's logic. Someone should be filming it for YouTube, of course.

38 seconds.

I meant to add pictures to this at the end of the month but it slipped my mind. Here's a quick catch up. After one week: Two weeks: Three weeks: And, er, six weeks:

Yeah, but "fuck you I won't do what you tell me" is the mature and considered response to Simon Cowell's one-man campaign to rape all music. Or something. Its "fuck you I wont buy what you sell me" according to facebook. Awesome. Let's burn down Tesco too! There's a new Tesco being built near me which, briefly, had the most poetic piece of graffiti I've ever seen. "Tesco are fucking cunts". Nice.

How does it go after the group stages? Is it the winner of our group against the runner up of Germany's group? Then where do we go? I can't find a site giving more than just the group fixtures.

Did that journalist write anything that where he didn't later give the quote he learned it from?

I was having a chat with someone from work today and between us we came up with some interesting stories that are making me wonder about redundancy laws. I was always under the impression that it was a position that had to be made redundant rather than a person - so if a position is deemed unnecessary, and someone is made redundant because of that, what can companies do about putting a new person in that position? Why I ask is that earlier in the year (around April/May) the company I work for made a few redundancies and terminations of temporary contracts. A receptionist (who had a bit of an attitude) was made redundant but sometime later (I'm not sure exactly when) another receptionist was brought in. In May a guy was made redundant (generally a guy not many people liked) and six weeks later he was replaced by the friend of someone fairly senior, despite this new person having no experience at all. Last month one of the marketing girls was made redundant and now we have a new 'marketing assistant' in the office. It seems a little bit like the company is using the word redundancy to get rid of a few unwanted people. Is this allowed? (And also, what's the benefit to a company of making someone redundant rather than sacking them if their contract says it can be terminated with one month's notice {as most seem to say}?)

What a fucking pathetic defence. "I can't admit to this murder as I will be prosecuted for it". This reminded me of the SOS court case for bond holders - moving fans was a pisstake but the small print said it was okay - similarly the T&Cs of bank accounts are agreed to by customers (as they have no choice). I hope the OFT continue the case though. Could a person function today without a bank account? Are employers beholden to pay me in cash if I requested? I can't imagine. The idea that I choose to have a current account and willingly accept the charges is ridiculous given there is no alternative. This guy does: http://www.details.com/culture-trends/care...on-zero-dollars

If Ferguson got it would that make Pompey - Manyoo the highest profile father/son management face off?

Had he been taken off by the time the ninth went in?

9 of the goals from that game came in the second half. Madness. That's some half time talk! I've only seen the scoreline - is there a reason for this happening? Were Wigan short of first team players or were Tottenham just that much better?

Back on topic. What will the seeding/rankings be? IMHO they should be: Pot 1: England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Cameroon Pot 2: Australia, USA, Mexico, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ghana, Argentina Pot 3: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Denmark, France, Portugal, Slovakia, Uruguay Pot 4: South Africa, Algeria, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Greece, Slovakia, Honduras, New Zealand I think this sums up why it will never be a first class sport there too, when a genuine fan of the game comes up with the above. Some beauties in there. Chile seeded above Argentina, Cameroon seeded two pots above 2006 finalists France, regular Asian Cup Winners Korea, and 2004 European Champions Greece, seeded below first time entrancees Slovakia. Oh dear. It's very rare that I'll agree with something Stevie says but I'm pretty much right behind him in this case. No matter how bad a team like France looks compared to how it did ten years ago, they're still number 7 in the world and to even assume they'd be in pot 2, never mind pot 3 is ridiculous. I'm surprised Portugal weren't highlighted, they'll definitely be higher than pot 3. I don't want to come over as a stupid Englishman, but I think this is our best chance in a long time of winning. With teams like Argentina and France looking weaker than normal and the likes of Rooney and Gerrard at what could be their peak, I don't see why we don't have a decent shut.

Any cash in it?

Whoever voted 4th or lower have a word with yourself. No matter how bad we are, there's no way there are three or more teams better than us in Scotland.

I'm liking the Simpson. Quite nippy and looks like he's good for the odd goal as well. Good age. You fucking what? Who do you think you are, June Sarpong? We'll have no T4 speak on here thank you very much. Is that the hot one? No, the annoying one. Not that I've narrowed it down any.

Have you tried subsidesports.com? It's a good shout, cheers. They've got loads of tops from all over the world which is nice, but no Swaziland. I'm starting to think I might have to think of another country to get.

Anyone know any decent sites where you can buy some less popular football tops? I'm trying to get hold of a Swaziland top but not having much luck at the moment.

This doesn't excite me very much. I'd much prefer the World Cup to be a smaller event - make it harder for teams to get in and really make it the best in the world at the time. I'm not opposed to having a second concurrent World Cup with the next set of teams, if need be. Same with the European Championships - going to 24 teams is the wrong direction in my opinion, I'd prefer it was cut back rather than made larger.

Cheers, khay, but I'm already on. So far I'm not very impressed. It's only really a preview so a few of the functions aren't working yet and as there aren't that many people on it yet there's not all that much to do. Having said that, some bits of it look promising. I think I just need a proper use for it all. I got an extra bunch of invites this morning so if anyone wants and khay has run out, send me a PM with your e-mail address.

This one.

Why was there no mask?

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-...s-200911052203/