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So he's either been told he's sacked or he's going to see Ashley now to be told?...

What about Davey Mac?

Pete Wiggs and Bob Stanley are geniuses mate, dont let anyone tell you different...they also did this floorfiller from yesteryear..Janey Lee Grace from Steve Wright in the Afternoon on vocal duties http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFhjxlPYNOI

I know you and HF are always listening to new stuff; I think my musical venturing ceased around 1998 I've often listened to some of stuff you've put up here, and looked at some of the names and done a bit of research; Bombay Bicycle Club I definetly got off here, one or two others..

Remeber Arnold Muhren, Ipswich and manu?...he had a brother called Gerrie who played for Ajax and Seville, shouldve played in 74 WC but didnt go because his son was ill. Anyroads, he's interviewed for this book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brilliant-Orange-Neurotic-Genius-Football/dp/0747553106 and he makes a very similar point to you; kids dont play on tarmac with tennis balls any more; think about what skills that develops...you're going to stay on your feet for a kick off, if you have good control of a tennis ball your control of a full size football will very likely be excellent. Think of all the summer holidays playing football like that, after school, during playtime etc etc...as far as I can make out you just dont see it as much these days. Lack of football coaches?...if you teach yourself the skills first, how to actually play 11 a side in whatever foramtion can be taught at a later date, but I really think theres a lot to be said for the general point here.

But thats not the case when you look at the players who came through from the mid nineties as I said earlier. If theyre talented enough and want it enough they'll come through. That is what the comission is trying to address as they feel there aren't sufficient numbers of them coming through. There is a paucity of talent at the moment, just as there has been at various stages in most major nation's histories. The commission's primary aim is to sort this situation, and there seems to be an emphasis on coaching, which for me is missing the point somewhat when you look at the history of the players this country has produced. Its a trendy media thing to blame the coaching. Wallsend BC produced 4 England players in 20 years, since then not much, which suggests a lack of playing talent rather than a lack of coaching talent. Or are you suggesting the coaching has gone backwards? or if the coaching was better and we had a lot more of them we'd produce 100s more properly talented footballers? I think these are pretty loose assumptions tbh. I look at players like Joe Cole, how good could he have been with better coaching, or Young, or Carrick? I dont really understand what you're getting at here; Cole and Young for me were/are happy to tread water earning millions, neither of them appear to want to improve, especially Cole. Carrick, not blessed with real pace, he's made the very best of himself by becoming a brilliant passer of the ball, a shaper of games. Succesive England managers have ignored him in favour of picking players who had more individual ability than him but couldnt play effectively together, fan boys rather than managers, and iyam thats where the real problems with the England team lie, shite leadership and the millionaires in the dressing room not giving enough of a fuck for anything bar money.

So the coaches who brought through manu's own golden generation, and the likes of Redknapp,Lampard, Ferdinand, Terry and Rooney etc knocked it on the head a decade ago? If your claiming the international game has moved on from what England have traditionally done on the pitch then I'd agree completly. Thing is this comission is being set up to address the basic culture of the way kids are coached in this country, and I'm stating that you don't have to go back too far to see that despite having next to no qualified coaches in the 80s and 90s we still produced world class players. I acknowledge that the game abroad has moved on, but to me its not only top class coaching that's produced that, its also a generation of top class players from Spain and Germany, and as I've tried to show, that can be down to something as simple as luck.

The point is there's not enough talent at the moment coming through...go back a decade, would you have said the same thing?

When Germany had their so called "revolution" around 2000 ish, I bet they had 10s of thousands more coaches than England had then too.A large part of Holland's social culture is based around small football clubs with dozens of ordinary blokes who are qulified coaches but theyve won as much as Greece have. If England had had a one off tournament win in the last 30 years like Greece did would we be talking like this?... the 70s are regarded as a bit of a golden age of English football but they failed to qualify for the WC in 74 and 78, whereas Scotland qualified for both. What was going on then? Engalnd failed in 2008, they qulaified this time with a lot of the same players. I suppose what I'm trying to say is theres no rhyme or reason to it. I don't know the answers, and neither does Greg Dyke, hardly a surprise. So this is his only idea, to put it out to a commitee. Which will write a lengthy report that wont stop premier league clubs going abroad and spending a couple of million on ready made slightly above average players in their early 20s instead of devloping them themelves. So it will fail. If the clubs are right when they say that the English talent isnt out there, then thats another thing, and one that is for me pretty cyclical. There'll be some better players along in a few years..

If the concern is theres not enough young players of sufficient quality coming through then all the comissions in the world wont solve that. I think international football has been historically completly cyclical. English clubs had been out of European competition for half a decade when they got to the WC semis in 1990. Holland were great in the 70s, probably the best despite not winning anything, but failed to reach the WC finals in 82 or 86. Whether the financially doped Premier League is having an affect or not is difficult to say tbh, but theres not the kids playing football that there was 30 or 40 years ago in this country. "Lack of qualified coaches"?... its not stopped England producing lots brilliant players in the past, when I imagine there were even less...it sounds like they're groping around in the dark looking for ideas, when the solutions they desire may well not be out there, regardless of who's on a comission.

http://www.channel4.com/news/sir-alex-ferguson-fergie-manchester-united John Snow giving SAF a hard time....did better than a lot of politicians tbf..

Cant say I disagree too much with that mate, but tbf to this particular one I think they've not done much wrong, its the contractor who has moved the goalposts. Why the fuck they asked the agecy to fill a position they had an employee for in the first place beats me like, but there you go.

So...am off to visit the parents at the weekend....they've got BT broadband but only have a freeview tv. I take it if I can get their bt email address, password and account number I'll be able to plumb in BT sport on to my laptop?....

Not sure if Dortmund totally deserve that....Arsenal been the better side iyam...go to watch the counter though against the Bosch though..

Arsenal have made all their own money tbf. But Abramovich may put a contract on Tyldsley's head for saying so Sheikh Mansoor may just settle for a public flogging... The Glazer's are too busy looking for loose change down the back of the sofa to service the debt to get too involved...

Fritz keeper bottled it v Giroud 1 each

Yeah, you'd imagine so. I applied for it in July, they didnt get back in touch till the beginning of September...they weren't in that much of a hurry then, but as soon as its no longer conveniant to hang around am dumped.

Yep... bus or train?..

No, its pointless giving them both barrells, theyre a big player in this game and tbf to the lass I was dealing with I think she's been told "phone that fucker up and tell him its off" by her boss, when really it shouldve have come from him/her. Found the confirmation email,would you think its pretty much nailed on on getting this?.... Good morning Rob, Congratulations! Following on from our conversation on the phone, I am pleased to confirm your offer for the role of Quality Control Inspector with ***** Please find below confirmation of the details for the position. Job title: Quality Control Inspector Location: Barrow-in-Furness Contract Duration: 6 months Pay: **** Security: You will need MOD security clearance for this position – please complete the attached Security Documents in full, and send to: still cant beleive it

Its queer as fuck isnt it? I've done a phone interview. off the back of that came a contract offer, then I passed a medical including a drugs and alcohol test (sadly I passed, must be getting old ) and had been told by the agent at half 4 last night that there was no problems with my security forms, she'd spoken to them and they were processing them this week. I've told the world and his wife where I work now that I was just waiting to hear about a start date, and now this. Feel a right dick tbh. Could do a Peter Odemwingie and just drive up there and sit outside the gates?

Agreed, nowt signed so am screwed. Its the other jobs I've turned down in the last two months and the fact that this job finishes a week Thursday thats the problem. This can be a tricky time of year even though Christmas is two months away. I have a nasty feeling the agency have put someone with full clearance in there and may be "embellishing" the truth somewhat...

Fuming. Got offered a 6 month contract 6 weeks ago for a position by an agency for which you need security clearance. They've just phoned up and said security was taking too long so the employer has filled the role internally. Anyone know where I stand?

Not been around much the last couple of weeks has he?....no Pardew criticsm, no CT?.....

Our local Tesco Express has a full time security guard who wears a stab vest......where do I live?....