David Kelly

Quality album, I was listening to the Virgin Suicides the other day and that's top notch too. Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

The amount of injuries we have and have had in key positions is incredible and is something I think anyone other than Chelski would struggle to get away with. If you consider our last game and the players we had injuered who would be virtually guaranteed a place in the starting 11. Bramble, Emre, Luque, Solano and Owen and then Dyer as backup for either Own or Solano. Then take the equivelant players from Manure, Ferdinand, Scholes, Ronaldo, Giggs and Rooney. Do you seriously think they would be able to play at their best or that Ferguson wouldn't be bemoaning their luck? Of course he would. I don't want to sound like I'm defending Souness because I simply don't rate him as a manager but we have to face the reality of our situation. We are have been missing almost half the team and most of the players you would consider key. In this case I think Souness has the right to consider himslelf unlucky and I would judge him more on the things that he can control (such as his man management, tactics and coatching) rather than on things he cannot.

Dntel - Life is Full of Possiblilities I love Wolf Parades album which I think sounds less and less like Modest Mouse as it goes through.

Deerhoof - The Runners Four

Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy

Death Cab For Cutie - Plans

Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene

Only been able to listen to the first few tracks. It is very Modest Mousey. Although I think they're canny I was never a big fan so it hasn't really grabbed me and kept me listening. I got a few new albums yesterday so I'll give it a full listen later. I haven't got the new Broken Social Scene one yet, but I loved You Forgot It In People, so I will be soon. Anyone been listening to Ta Det Lugnt by Dungen? Swedish sing-a-long rock. Kudos to whichever DJ was on in the Forth on Friday and played Panda. 43270[/snapback] I becoming quite a fan of Modest Mouse which is probably why it's clicking with me. I promissed myself that I wouldn't put anything new on my Ipod until I had listened to everything that's on it already but I think I will stick this and Broken Social Scene on and give them a listen tonight. BSS's new one is getting very positive reviews so far so I'm looking forward to listening to it.

The Wrens - This Boy Is Exhausted Happy Face, have you listened to that Wolf Parade album yet? It shaping up quite nicely to me from what I've heard so far. I'm hoping to get a listen to some of Broken Social Scene's new one this afternoon.

That's next on my list too. The connections to Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire made it a must for me to get.

Art Brut - Emily Kane Good call, I listened to the album all the way through for the first time last night and there were a few songs I found quite annoying but Bees is a cracking track and Yeti and the last two are good also.

Just put a total downer on my day that has. I grew up watching the the Two Ronnies and Porridge is one of my all time favourites. RIP

I am married and I'm not knocking it at all, it's just not something that I wanted to be before I was. Especially when I was 23!

Modest Mouse - Moon and Antarctica I preferred Good News at first but I think this one is going to become one of my favourite albums.

The first bloke who's ever hoped to be married!

Real first name: Craig Nickname: What SLP said Age: 29 Occupation: Accountant Location: Wallsend Language(s) spoken? English Avatart - I'm having a Post Rock moment Previous avatarts? David Kelly (unfortunately not in a toon top!) Tell us when you first joined the boards? 2003. Board highlights? That moron smoggie that came on the old board Board lowlights? The way the old board has gone What would you be doing if you weren't doing your current job? Something a lot more interesting hopefully. Pets? None, animals are for eating and kicking. I play a bit like.... Shay when he first came. Good shot stopper but shite on crosses and can't kick. Ideally suited to 5 a side! Football heroes? David Kelly, John Anderson, David McCreery, Pedro, Gazza, Shearer, Pav and Maradonna Football villains? Gullit and Bergkamp Best advice given? Stop playing with that or it will drop off. Ideal partner? The missus Ideal dinner date? Bogart for conversation Grace Kelly for sex (provding they were still alive and at their best) Ideal meal? Something with fish. Can you cook? Does toast count? Current wheels? Audi A3. Biggest influence? Probably my dad unfortunately for the missus. TV programmes? Sienfeld, Young Ones, Blackadder, Soprano's, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Angel, Stargate. Basically most American Sci Fi and English alt comedy and no Reality shite. Burger and chips or fish and chips? Fish but not really arsed about the chips. Chinese or indian? What do you order? Indian beacuse I've had too many Chinese. Chicken Jalfrezi. Favourite tunes? Getting more and more unknown (to the masses) indie but the Beatles too. Abi Titmuss or Jodi Marsh? Who? George Clooney or Bradley Pitt? Pitt as people would get me and George mixed up! Favourite film? Love so many that it changes on a daily basis but for today I will pick Withnail & I If I won a million pounds.... I'd be happy not having any financial worries Age first drunk alcohol? First drink? Before I was ten I was taking sips out of me dads drink. Ever suspended/expelled from school? No got wrong for fighting when I was about nine and getting pissed at a school disco when I was 14. Favourite insult? Prick Not a lot of people know that...... My cousing used to be best mates with Gazza Most you've ever spent on an item of clothes? £500 for a Boss suit, £200 on a pair of shoes and £180 on a Prada shirt. How many pairs of shoes do you own? 3 and about six pairs of trainers I'm obsessed with..... Discovering new music at the mo but wor lass would tell you NUFC and football in general. In 5 years time, I hope to be.... Getting some sleep!

New Pornographers - Twin Cinema

Is he not still 19? I agree, I'm not trying to hype him up too much I just think it's wrong to A. To start knocking him after a couple of iffy performances alongside a player who's been having a mare and B. To lable him a tryer which as I say suggest to my players like Steve Caldwell who will put everything in for the club but undoubtly would never have the class to deal with top players. I think Taylor has played well this season and I think he has potential to improve. How far is anyone's guess and you won't hear me calling him the next Franco Baresi or Bobby Moore. I totally agree with SLP though. Last season he looked ropey when he was played in the centre and seemed far more comfortable at fullback where you don't need the same positional awareness. This season he has improved massively in the centre to the point where I don't think anyone can argue he has been our best defender (granted the competition hasn't exactly been fierce). I have heard calls for him to be in the England squad which I think is ridiculous but I am more than happy to see him progressing with the u21's alongside the likes of Anton Ferdinand who also looks like a good prospect.

I'm not knocking him in fairness, I think he's a tryer. I just don't see anything in him to suggest that he's a particularly intelligent footballer. 35387[/snapback] I think labeling him a tryer is doing a massive disservice to the lad. As I say last season he came in at fullback and despite being out of position he was pretty much our best player. This season he's moved into his favoured position and he's moving on in leaps and bounds. His positioning and judgement is getting better all the time. Against Manure he was exceptional. But at his age he is going to have ups and downs and there will come a time where for his own good he will need to be left out of the team for a few games. This is the way it is for all young players and like I said earlier, for a centre half he is extremely young and as yet he has very little experience. He may or may not turn out to be an international class player but as far as I can see he has good ability on the ball, is strong in the tackle, better in the air than any defender we've had in recent memory, he is a natural leader and I believe he is showing signs that the parts of his game he needs to learn (positioning, patience and not diving in) he can improve on (something Bramble never looked like until he played alongside Boumsong). His biggest problem may end up being that he has to learn all by himself as we don't have any decent coaches to help him. Perhaps Roder might be able to help there! Someone like Caldwell is what I would call a tryer. Taylor looks a far better prospect than that.

I just think it was funny that his reaction to Bramble coming on was pretty much the same reaction we would have had to him coming on before last season!

Tangled Up In Blue - Dylan

I find it staggering to see anyone knocking Taylor. Yes he's made some mistakes and although he barely touched Bellamy yesterday the booking and thus sending was probably deserved. But last season I can't think of a better player in our team at all and this season for most of the games he's been up there with Parker as our best player. He got moved to right back (I think that's what Souness did against Fulham but the whole team seemed all over the place so it's anyones guess) and his performance suffered as did playing alongside Boumsong who couldn't do anything right yesterday. But for a extremely young lad (which is what he is in Centre half terms) he's generally playing to an exceptionally high standard. He does make the wrong decision a little too often at the moment but that will come good with experience. Look how Ferdinand was playing at the same age and you will see a lot of similarities. I'm not saying he will become as good as Ferdinand no one can say that but I believe he has all of the attributes to eventually get into the England team if he progresses like he could.

Bollocks, IMO. Bowyer?? 35143[/snapback] Yeah I forgot about Bowyer who I referred to yesterday as the most disapointing player we had (being that he was the only one of our midfield who you could say might have a chance of getting into the starting 11 this season when all our players are fit, and he was totally anonymous). But that doesn't disguise the fact that Faye cannot control or pass a ball at all. Yes he put in the effort and put lots of tackles in but nearly every time he won the ball he gave it away just as fast. I guess I might be being a little hard on Faye but it's just that I cannot believe he gets paid so much for having so little ability. Players of his calibre have no place at our club.

Did anyone else notice that Bellas seemed to be gutted at us bringing Bramble on? Does he know that Bramble has the beating of him perhaps?

1. The Zog by virtue of Setting one up, scoring one and clearing one off the line. 2. Clark 3. Given The fact that Faye wasn't as shite as he usually is still didn't lift him above the position of being our worst player IMO. Although Boumsong did run him close.