David Kelly

Heard a rumor that Souness is actually being lined up for the smoggies!

Wenger has winger who favour cutting inside, he does it so they drag the opposition fullbacks in field and his fullbacks can overlap and get in behind their defence. Perhaps he wants to do the same here. I think he was just so bemused by what happened on Saturday he just forgot to tell them to switch back!

Harper Beye, Roz, Faye, Enrique Milner, Geremi, Barton, N'Zogbia Viduka, Owen I like Cacapa a lot but I wouldn't like to test his confidence on Saturday and I think we will need Faye's arial ability against Jones. Smith has done nothing to suggest he deserves a place in the team so the centre of the midfield comes down to a toss up between Geremi, Barton & Emre and I just think Emre gives us less physically against a team which basically only has physical players. Owen is still a much better player than Martins if we can provide something approaching service to him, but we also need someone for him to play off so if he's fit Viduka is the obvious choice. We're a much better team than those clowns but I must admit I'm really shitting myself about Saturday. I always feel like this like but after our last two performances it's much worse.

What was really worrying about Saturday is how we completely fell apart in every department after the opening goal. It was a freak strike that no keeper would have stopped but our reaction was terrible. The players heads were all over the place and Allardyce didn't seem to have a clue what to do tbh. Keeping N'Zogbia and Milner on the wrong sides, keeping Smith on (when he was shite before his booking and much worse when on the verge of a red), bringing on Martins in place of Enrique and bringing off Milner when he had finially started to do something (he had admittedly been shite most of the game), all of this was more like something we would have expected from Souness or Roeder. I never expected SA to immediately return us to what were under Robson but I never thought I would see one of his teams looking so unorganised or gutless. I'm in no way suggesting we should be changing the management but there is clearly a long way to go before we can expect to see a good team.

The fickle nature of our fans is becoming worse and worse. I used to think it was a myth put about by the southern press but with the way many of our fans have reacted to this and the Reading game it clearly isn't. Cacapa is a quality player and despite his nightmare on Saturday I still believe he's the best defender we have. That said, I'm not sure I would risk his confidence against the scum on Saturday.

I agree,you've gotta be twisted to enjoy that one. I didn't think much of ACO either but Kubrick's films have grown on me a lot recently (especially 2001 & The Shining) so I might need to reevaluate it.

Zodiac. Didn't think it really matched up to Fincher's best work but it's still good. I wondered how how they would make it work since that killer was never found but the way it ends up, with them basically telling you who the police thought it was but without really going for that as being definitive, was well done. The Thin Man. Brilliant comedy/noir with a permanently pissed hero. The type of thing they just don't make any more.

It's not too bad but it has dropped a lot from when I first bought it. This might be an option but is it available outside the US?

Mine did the same last week. No problem adding stuff once restored though, I'm up to 19Gig so far. The second generation one(s) I had were a nightmare. Sent two back to apple and they send you another reconditioned one before they even look at yours. Excellent customer service. Just register at apple.com and tell them about it, they'll send you a pre-paid box to send it back to them. Even if it's miles out of the warranty? Ah, well, I'm not sure about that. You not got new for old insurance? House insurance you mean? I think wor lass skimped on that so I think I might still be fucked. It sounds like the hard drive is fucked and there's not much can be done if that's the case and you haven't got extended warranty already - it would probably be cheaper just to get a new iPod (and yes, I know you specifically stated that wasn't an option you wanted to entertain) Yeah, tbh I expected that was the case (although I have ran I diagnostic on the hard drive in the past and it came back ok) and I'm going to Florida in May when I was planning on getting a new one. But I was hoping for a short term solution if nothing else.

Mine did the same last week. No problem adding stuff once restored though, I'm up to 19Gig so far. The second generation one(s) I had were a nightmare. Sent two back to apple and they send you another reconditioned one before they even look at yours. Excellent customer service. Just register at apple.com and tell them about it, they'll send you a pre-paid box to send it back to them. Even if it's miles out of the warranty? Ah, well, I'm not sure about that. You not got new for old insurance? House insurance you mean? I think wor lass skimped on that so I think I might still be fucked.

Mine did the same last week. No problem adding stuff once restored though, I'm up to 19Gig so far. The second generation one(s) I had were a nightmare. Sent two back to apple and they send you another reconditioned one before they even look at yours. Excellent customer service. Just register at apple.com and tell them about it, they'll send you a pre-paid box to send it back to them. Even if it's miles out of the warranty?

If anyone has any ideas of what I can do other than get a new ipod I would be most gratefull. The problem is, when I am adding music I keep getting messages saying something like this Ipod is corrupted and cannot be synced. When I then eject it I find that all of my music is gone. If I then reconnect it, it then shows that I have however many gig on there as other (ie it's not registering as music any more). This has happened a few times and I've had to restore the thing and start adding music again which works for a while (although a hell of a lot slower than it used to) but then when I get much past 10 gig it just crashes again. It's now done it again but I've only managed to get about 50 songs on and it's starting to go funny again. Anyone had similar experiences?

The Ninth Gate on Channel 5 last night. Honestly I don't know what Depp is thinking about with some of the films he does. Mind you he seemed to be completely aware of how ridiculous it was from the outset.

Completely forgot about that film. Quality.

Radiohead's whole catalougue. I'm trying to decide which album I prefer. Going through them in order and so far The Bends is in the lead but I've been surprised at how close Kid A and OK Computer (what I previously considered their most overrated) have come.

Death Proof - Good film, not up with Tarrantino's best but a lot better than Kill Bill (part two at least). The ending was hilarious and certainly not how I was expecting it to go. And Stuntman Mike's first attacked resulted in some pretty stunning visuals. Not a classic like Pulp Fiction or Resevoir Dogs but a very fun movie.

Bowie - Drive In Saturday

Wasn't that a really cool cartoon? It was certainly a cartoon. Nee Battle of the Planets like.

no milner? All huff, hardly any puff. I have to admit I'm sort of still of the same opinion of Milner. He's never really convinced me that we're going to get much end product off him. That said, he's still young and I do feel that he has come on a hell of a lot since before he went on loan to Villa.

Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplance Over The Sea

I'd forgot about Emre tbh although I'm still not sure how I'd fit him in. I did toy with the idea of Smith in place of Butt in an effort to have a solid midfield that also had more productive possibilities but in the end I went with form and Smith is yet to really show any!

Aye, in the first couple of games I was a bit worried that we had no real way of changing things from the bench, even Owen or Shola weren't going to be able to do anything to help us create if things weren't happening. Which is what we saw against Villa. Martins can create something out of nothing and Smith if used as a forward or more attacking midfielder (seems to have been playing as a holding player so far for my money) can help set things up. You also have Beye who (although I can't remember ever having seen play so I wouldn't really know) should be able to link up with Milner better in an attacking sense to bring on and try and push down our right better.

I know Gemmil hounded out the last person who used to start these threads but now that we actually have some options and a manager that has some ideas on tactics, I think it's actually worth discussing. Given, Beye, Faye & Enrique must surely all be in contention for starts, Martins probably didn't deserve to be left out in the first place, is Viduka fit?, can we push Charlie further forward and make the best use of him? Personally I think Owen is on fire at the moment and it would be crazy not to make use of that but I can't really see where he fits into a 4-3-3 which I think is SA's preference for away games at least and a formation that does seem to suit us away from home. For me I think I would go with the following but I'm far from certain. 4-4-2 Given - I've already stated my reasons for selecting him over Harper Taylor - I thought he played well at rightback against Wigan and I've been pretty happy with him all season so I see no reason to get him straight out of the team because Beye is here. Also Allardyce seems to be wanting to give the foreign players plenty of time to integrate into the squad so there's no need to rush him. Cacapa - Been very impressed with him every time I've seen him play for us or Lyon Rozehal - Slotted in very nicely so far and looks like forming a strong partnership with Cacapa Enrique - N'Zogbia has done well so far but I want to see him further forward and I would have thought Enrique has adequate time to fit in now. Also away to the bottom club is probably an ideal time for him to make his league debut. Milner - Has looked bright early doors. Geremi - I know he's not impressed everyone so far but I've liked what I have seen. He keeps posesion well and privides a strong presence in the middle of the park. Butt - With going for a 4-4-2 away from home with two wingers I can't see any other way to go than with two strong centre mids and Butt has been playing well. N'Zogbia - Probably our best player so far and certainly a big threat from midfield. Hopefully he can form a good partnership with Enrique and really go at their rightback. Viduka - As long as he's fit. I thought he was looking much sharper before his knock against Wigan and I just think he's a far better foil for Owen than anyone else. Owen - On fire as I mentioned earlier so I think he has to play. Subs Harper Beye Faye Smith Martins Those players on the bench can help us cover pretty much every position on the pitch and with Martins and Smith I think we have players who can come on and change things going forward which I think is something we've lacked a bit so far.

New Pornographers - Challengers

Barry was fucking brilliant last night and clearly mom (although I suppose two good goals and an assist in international football is probably deserving of a mom too). Very good on Saturday also. Just goes to show that it's more important to play a more balanced pairing in there rather than necessarily playing the two best players. No doubt Lampard will be back in for the next game like as I don't think McClaren has the awarness or bottle to leave him on the bench. I'm still surprised that Barry hasn't ended up at a better team than Villa before now. He's played consistently well for a lot of years now in a number of different positions!