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Letting the others write songs probably kept Oasis going for another 2 or 3 albums while of course dropping the overall quality but meaning a few decent (Noel) tunes were produced. Of course it may be that without Noel "smothering" them they could produce good stuff but I doubt it.

That assumes an official would have the bottle to give it. I've seen many, many decisions given or not given on a football pitch where the only logical explanation is cowardice.

If the media ever removed their tongues from Arsenal's past or previous anus they would realise that Henry was always a grade A cheat so fuck off with the faux surprise. Having said that if the Irish had scored from that free kick in the last minute of ET from a typical Duff fairy dive they wouldn't have "owned up" or been bothered.

I watched the first couple and thought it looked great but if thats the case I have a habit of waiting to see if a series isn't cancelled before committing to watching it. So now its in my "series I have on disk waiting to watch when I have time" section along with a few others. The taste of it I did see reminded me of American Gothic which in my case is a big thumbs up.

So resembling a drowned rat is a better look? That's a heterosexual drowned rat though. The only thing gayer than an umbrella that a bloke can carry/use is a man bag.

I've heard nearly all of those albums and only really rate the PJ one. Having said that I'm struggling to think of an album I'd "instantly" name as the best of the decade.

They can bleat on about Burley having "lost the players" and other such bollocks all they like - the underlying problem of lack of quality pervades.

I downloaded some 3d lesbian stuff a couple of months ago and then got some glasses of e-bay for a quid - I have to say I was impressed and can see some appeal for "proper" films.

On a sort of related note, I've been on some trips to Europe for our games where the patronage of certain bars has got the reaction which we've jokingly referred to as "putting their kids through college" - I know it sounds patronising but I always found the gratitude to be a good memory of the trip.

You could also say that Leeds from about 67 to 76 were generally one of the best teams but lost out to a series of one-offs (plus the Scouse Cunts) in terms of the real dominance that they could/should have had.

Holland in 74/78 were piss unlucky.

The problem is in my view is that the leverage that a bit of wealth gives people can be exagerrated - a a few more people being able to send their kids to private school means those kids get more of an advantage. A housing price bubble in the sout east is translated into more disposable income which can be used to fund buy to lets etc and of course its then passed on to kids. The expansion of university places was a good idea by Labour in trying to give more kids a chance. The problem is that the richer still have their advanatges which allow them to widen the gaps.

Generally see it as a chance to get rid of shrapnel (but not copper) but have never really thought about it too much. A few times I've got a taxi home from Stansted and paid for the taxi at the desk there on a card (£25/30) and felt awkward as to whether I should give the bloke a couple of quid at the end - usually I do.

I also didn't realise it was the bitch Philips - how about she apologises for the extra deaths from measles she contributed to with her MMR bullshit?

My angle on the Migrant story is that its another example to bring up if any fucker comes out with the usual shit about how much more moral this country was before it all started going down hill in the 60s/70s/80s etc - theres no way they'd get away with shit like that now. I do agree that its a bit gesturish to apologise now though.

When I saw the "Asks for VIP box" byline on N-O I guessed what the joke was going to be but the detail is quite elaborate.

The idea that exteremly fit sportsmen should cramp up and obtain injuries just from a "normal" plane is fucking ridiculous imo. If these planes were so bad, every flight would need ambulances at the end.

2002 Feyenoord (a) 3-2 (1-0) Champs League Match 6 Bellamy(45,90), Viana(49) Bombarda(65), Lurling(71) 45,000 Interesting bit in the .com waffle about the "highlights" of being a Newcastle fan: Apart from the first I was at all of those and would probably include Keegan's playing debut and the win at Liverpool from the 80s and a couple from the last decade but I certainly wouldn't argue about the inclusion of the Feyernoord game in the list. It was as about as good as it gets.

Was it him that was the cheating shit in the San Siro or was that some other Portuguese cheat? Are you not thinking of Conceicao? Or the referee? (Not bitter... absolutely not bitter...) Just talking about that the other day with a Fulham fan who went to Roma - he learnt a hard lesson that refs in Europe are fucking shit and that Italians are fucking cheats.

I'm not buying the myth as much as you think - but I do think you're over-dismissing it at the same time. On the Irish thing, my ex-boss suggested that in Eire at least it was more of a Man U/Liverpool thing with Celtic just clung to as a second team as mentioned as part of their overall identity - but that doesn't mean from a commercial view they could be dismissed even though they don't go to the games.

A bit of pedantry I know but there are a few minor teams in Glasgow - though I'd also say they both have a lot of Man U type glory hunters in the rest of Scotlland to balance that. There are also a few SAFC fans in your NE figure. I do agree on the Atlantic league thing though.

I think you're underestimating their fan base Stevie - Glaswegians are a bit like Geordies and you could say Scousers in that economic historyhas meant migration on a large scale. That's without counting Irishmen in place like the US who of course follow Celtic. The argument was always that their 50/60k crowds mwould always mean a large turnover - a bit like us - but I feel now that a few other clubs have that size of crowd and other wealth an assumed ability to compete is stretching. It would also be funny to see how they'd ract to 2/3k allocations for every away game - I think it would cause bother for a while as they would go in the home end. As for the football side I've always thought their key to success in Scotland was in keeping the other teams weak - something they would be unable to do in England obviously.

I saw The Strokes at Reading and it confirmed my general opinion - some decent tunes but the bloke simply cannot fucking sing.

I know I'm a sad twat but I still think his appearance as a pundit on ITV for the 85 League Cup Final when they didn't even ask him anything and just left him sitting there looking glum at full time after the Mackems had lost was one of the funniest things I've ever seen on TV.

What about the beer though?