NJS

If you could guarantee me they would be distributed freely and fairly - ie without any corruption involved then yes.

I'll be going to more away games but I've had enough of home ones - I've only been to 5 this year so it isn't exactly a huge miss.

Beardsley obviously. My favourite "shit but gave his all" player was Kenny Wharton.

I have to say Guthrie's (and to a leeser degree Butt's) continued attempts at diagonal balls out to the wings in the second half drove me mental.

I need to think about this when I've got time tonight - can't think of anything oustanding like I would have said Achtung Baby, The Holy Bible, Star, Siamese Dream and Doolittle in the 90s in a heartbeat. I would say my favourite "new" band is Rilo Kiley.

I thought we looked exactly like we did against Blackburn last year when Keegan had started to ge them playing but it hadn't clicked - you could see a bit more effort but unfortunately a cliche I hate "they've forgotten how to win" could not be truer - if we had somehow won I would have actually had hope we could stay up - now its too late. It's also a shame that Viduka is only just back - he made a big difference in providing what little chance we had.

If speed is what you want then binary newsgroups is the answer.

I've said before that while an individual person's death is always tragic, looking at the big picture the planet is overpopulated by humans. In that context a pandemic wouldn't necessarily be bad - though even 50m probably wouldn't be "enough" to make the situation viable. Losing all of the Americas would make life interesting.

I'll bet if there's a grain of truth in that, if he did sell for £120m, he'd keep the loan. Depending on who's allegedly interested and what their long term plans are I'd see this as a positive - don't forget that the Mackems walked the league with a modest spend under Keane. A year of going to different places but with an element of long term hope as a backdrop sounds better than another "let's finish 17th" season under Ashley.

The reason why I "forgive" his use of her death is the anniversary thing - I think about my Mam and Dad just about every day but it certainly affects me more around those times of the year.

This brings to mind Hall's bullshit scare tactics saying that Newcastle could go bust in 91 - Barclays would never have called the debt as their only chance of getting the money was for NUFC to continue. If the Chinese did "repossess" the UK who the fuck would they sell us to?

I can't stand the cunt but he's right that the anniversary of his Mam's death is a sombre occasion for him and it would certainly have been on his mind.

I have to say I have no respect for Barcelona's fans. The first time we played them they just didn't turn up and the second time they were more concerned with how Madrid were doing.

I know its bitterness brought on by all them defeats but I certainly won't shed any tears.

I remember watching the original Thing from outer space as a kid and being scared but then seeing it years later and realising it was a pretty typical 50s b movie - Carpenter's was certainly an improvement. I caught the start of Total Recall the other night and on looking it up on IMDb to find out what happened to Rachel Ticotin (not much) I saw that's up for a new version - don't think it will work without Arnie's unique talents.

Possibly but the point is would any government have prevented it? If as I said at any time in the last 5 or 10 years a rule had been mooted that only people in work and eatning more than say 30k and with a cast iron credit rating could get a mortgage, personal loan or credit card what would the reaction have been? I'm not saying that that should have been done btw but even "sensible" regulation like setting fractional reserve multipliers would have been met with cries of armageddon by the banks and as a consequence the public at large.

Ah yes - only the UK is affected so isn't it's its obvious the root cause is the FSA. How exactly would the BofE prevented this Danny? By doing what they are doing now after the horse has bolted. Stress testing, scrutinising bank risk profiles and exposures. I don't blame the FSA, they didn't have the expertise required to scrutinise the banks and their instruments in detail. The BOE didn't have the expertise either - the root cause of this goes back to Thatcher and Reagan - the market knows best philosophy compounded by later slackness and encouragement of consumer greed. If 5 or 10 years ago Labour had announced large scale regulation of the city and a huge clampdown on irresponsible lending via credit cards and mortgages what do you think the reaction would have been? It would have ranged from mild "Old labour stifling growth" jibes to outright rebellion and would certainly have lost them the last election. If Cameron or Duncan Smith had won on that basis do you think there would have been more chance of the Tories preventing the crunch or Newcastle winning a trophy?

The striker aren't the problem - we have a diabolical midfield - Torres or Drogbha wouldn't make that much difference.

Ah yes - only the UK is affected so isn't it's its obvious the root cause is the FSA. How exactly would the BofE prevented this Danny?

So instead of someone on 180k getting 18k of the last 30 they get 15k - I don't see that as evil. Income tax is the wrong target imo - I'd rather they repealed all the tax evasion laws and targetted inherited wealth.

If all those people turned down honours for the right reason (contempt for the notion) then I admire them greatly - including those who I despise for other reasons.

It's a bit chicken and egg imo - he denies the holocaust because he know how people will react to that denial - a bit like claiming Ameobi is a good footballer.

Rather him than Bennett or Styles imo.

Butt is another "victim" of our shitness in the sam way as Owen - I think he feels it's up to him to create (which he's shit at) as well as to destroy/get posession (which he's quite good at). If he had someone he could always drop it off to he'd look much better imo.

I'd do that although Barton might be struggling in which case I think I'd play Butt and have Barton on the bench (not ideal but I prefer the former to Nolan). I'd also play Steven Taylor at RB, Duff at LB and have Beye and Bassong in the middle. if barton is not fit can i advocate alan smith for the role instead of nicky butt and kevin, fat plodding bastard i am a footballer honestly nolan? i know alan smith is not ideal but he can move and attempts to get stuck in. not ideal like.... I know its heresy but I though Smith did okay on Sunday.