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The true cost of an iphone 5?.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9563637/Apple-iPhone-5-sales-overshadowed-by-riots-at-Chinese-factory.html

Getting to the final would ensure one of the greatest piss ups in the club's history so I think Pardew is right to prioritise this one If we got to the semi's some would change their tune am sure..

The present government are cutting in a way that makes Thatcher look like she had a light touch CT. Google what the benefit bill was last year.

Are there any figures of what was saved in the 80s when publicly funded industry was shut down v the cost of benefits in those communities affected now?...it would make an interesting comparison,. Reap what you sow and all that...

If she knew of the cover up, and did nothing to prevent bullshit evidence going to the inquest, that wouldnt necessarily mean she or any other ministers of the time were culpable in the cover up?...ok, fair enough. Not how I see it but there you go. I don't live in hope of anything, I think theres more to come out, possibly when those still alive from SYP start getting fingered again after a possible new inquest, which some bereaved family members do want. Far be it for me to defend Jack Straw, but are you referring to this?... Mr Straw wrote to the then Attorney-General, John Morris: "I am certain that continuing public concern will not be allayed with a reassurance from the Home Office that there is no new evidence. I therefore propose that there should be an independent examination of the alleged new evidence by a senior legal figure." At the end of June 1997, he met Lord Justice Stuart-Smith, appointed to lead the review. He told him that his officials had already looked at the case and concluded that "there was not sufficient evidence to justify a new inquiry". That was in June 1997, a decade before the Hillsborough panel was even thought of. The only new evidence came as a result of the panel's findings. But I do accept the panel's findings did paint him in an incredibly poor light, he certanly appears to be sweeping the whole thing under the carpet: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ios-hillsborough-exclusive-revealed--the-critical-role-of-jack-straw-8165990.html But he didnt let the original bent evidence through to the inquest, which may only be morally bankrupt as well, equally perhaps not, plainly am not a lawyer. We'll see.

Thats what I was thinking....whats happened to the Christmas "Dr Goodvibes" Tree we used to know and love tolerate?

When its quiet at night its full beam, until you see lights on the opposite carriageway then dip them iyam. Dont know what the Higway Code ssays about it, and it may well have changed since the last time I looked at it, circa 1987

Bolton at home alst season, just beaten Swansea on Good Friday, 4th well within our grasp, and we played as if it was a pre season kick about...theres nothing new about this, we're just inconsistant performance wise but good at grinding out results due to one or two brilliant indivduals on any given day. Pardews comments are a concern, but Spurs went through all this last season and finsihed 4th.Not saying we will, but no need to go overboard yet.

Well no, look at how the likes of Cabaye and Cisse played this season in general, along with Pardews comments to that affect. 2nd half Monday was a lot better, so am wondering how they looked yesterday?...

Agree with most of that, Merveux is the one for me. Getting a major chance and is either unwilling or incapable of doing what Pardew wants. Loads of folk saying about his lovely first touch based on cameo's at the end of games, but he's rightly getting the " Ben Arfa" treatment from last season. It looks like its been the making of HBA, lets hope it has the same effect on him as he could be key to playing the 3 up front that suits us best.

Apparently hes accused Fergie of grassing him up (to the 4th official I presume?) to get him sent off....thought Halsey got it right after seeing motd2 last night, but did sky show Fergie whispering into the 4th's ear hole or anything?

Was the performance yesterday overall better or worse than the first half Monday night?..I appreciate Everton are a better side than Norwich, but I thought the same as Stevie has just aluded to at half time on Monday... at least 3 senior players put a shift in that had "I want to be elsewhere" stamped all over it. Wasnt there yesterday so cant really judge.

dark horse CT...in many ways...

If this lad is interested in musicals its likely that he's lost interest in women a long time ago anyway...has he got a lot of Judy Garland cd's too? ......

Being weened off the old Prozac by his doctor I've heard...manic depressive in real life apparently....

Well Madini and Beckenbauer were for the vast majority of their careers playing in completely different posistions and with different roles and jobs in the teams they played for so its not a good comparison iyam. Beckenbauer invented the attacking "Libero" position, or sweeper as it was known in this country, on his own virtually. You would never have described Maldini as a sweeper, despite his move to the middle later in his career. As a defender he was a marker, as most Italian defenders are..a brilliant one as you say like, but there were big diffferences between them.

just watching the highlights and he put a lovely ball into the box with his left in the first half so maybe we're both wrong! Horses for courses at the moment, trying to sign Debuchy this summer indicates that as we speak Pardew sees him on the left, I've no real complaints. After this summer, we know we'll have to be patient if we want that situation to change.

He taught himself to be two footed though, he was naturally right footed. Going outside a fullback and getting the cross in at the byline is becoming rare nowadays as far as I can make out, usually a midfileder makes a wide overlapping run when the fullback cuts inside, I think we've seen Ben Arfa do it regualrly playing with Santon and with players of their abilities it works very well.

Paolo Maldini and Stuart Pearce were both right footed left backs.....just saying like...

Aye, up in front of the FA tomorrow, he's been given a heads up by the sounds of it.

The performances are in a way a cause for concern, the ones that stick out are the worse ones for me. Bolton at home last season when we looked flat as fuck until Ben Arfa's wonder goal, when we were going for potentially a champions league spot. And the first half at Everton the other night, Pardew was right, thats up there among the worst weve seen since promotion. Thing is, if we score the pen then we may well have got 2 or 3 more today and we'd have been saying that the season starts here etc.Another way of looking at it is Manu have been utilising talent like Ben Arfa to win tight games with one piece of brilliance for 2 decades and Fergie is hailed as a footballing genius. Apparetly they were poor again today, but won by the odd goal in 3. Not a lot changes, we'll see if we can get near to their level of consistancy ourselves later in the season.

Aye, steady as she goes...we've had a lot worse weeks, thats for sure. Point away in the league, euro draw away, and 3 points at home. Liverpool built a...erm..."legend" on weeks like that Man Utd away Wedsnesday...fixture congestion can be a good thing, maybe Tiote will start, give him an hour. He'll be like a chained pitbull on Saturday.

post of the decade

err...that would be you then, earlier in the thread. Remember?... it was Thatcher who recommended the guy be prosecuted based on the findings And again, stop twisting what Ive posted. I havent claimed Thatcher was responsible, I've said that I think senior members of her government, possibly including her, knew about the criminal cover up and did nothing to prevent it rendering the inquest and subsequent attempted prosecutions of SYP pretty worthless and indeed pointless. Thats my opinion, we'll see what comes next.

Elm Park was a footballing paradise compared with the identikit legoland monstrosity they've got now, stuck out near the M4 on a trading estate its the most souless football gound I've had the mis-pleasure of visiting. Theres loads of pubs in the centre of town, but make sure you dont leave it till after 2-45pm to get the free bus to the ground, which with football-traffic congestion ensured we arrived about 3-20pm for the game the last time we were there I then discovered that for some reason I had picked up the receipt for my ticket and not the ticket itself....which RFC were very understanding about; they dug up a security bod to usher me into the bar of the hotel complex built into the ground itself where I was told to sit down and wait to see what could be done....so I was stright up the ramp to the bar and settled down to watch Jeff Stelling and his band of performing chimps keep me in touch with what was going on the other side of the wall (this was around the time Roeder was manager, so I felt a bit bad about not being able to cheer the lads on, but, all things considered, it was turning out ok!)...until about 10 mins into the second half when security turned up again and told me they'd found me a seat. So instead of Rodney Marsh entertaining me with his witty anecdotes and sparkling insight, I had to make do with Matty Pattinson trying to kick the ball in a straight line without tripping over his feet. Damn.