NJS

I agree and fear that's not enough - Villa, City etc will be spending that imo.

You are thinking of the last crusade. There is quite a lot of evidence to suggest the Ark of the covenant was an actual relic. ALthough what it contained is well up for debate. The National Geographic TV channel tends to get a bit schizophrenic in this area. They'll have an excellent show on the history of the earth condensed into 24 hours then have a "serious" exploration of whether the ark of the covenant had a fusion generator or other such bollocks in it. Theres other channels for nonsense like that. (I don't mind anything in the context of a movie)

I work with a Blackburn fan and we were talking about this when the managers job was up for grabs in the context of level of ambition - this meant who we went for and how much we need to spend. We agreed that the next level should be as Keegan says 5th - probably at around £50m imo. The next level of consistent top 4 would take another £50m and title winning another £50-100m after that. Obviously as Keegan rightly says our problem is who we can attract so that increases the money needed (though no guarantees). I assume this simplistic target setting/costing is something Ashley needs to do first of all with himself to think about his committment and then with Wise/Keegan. I think this would be better than this "player by player" basis which has been mooted.

On re-reading his comments I'm disappointed that he did say "in my time here" meaning in the 3 years. Next year fair enough but I'd be diappointed if we weren't getting closer to doing it after 3 years. I agree he's trying to nudge Ashley as well though.

It's also only 4 years since a win at Anfield on the last day would have seen us 4th. As I said and as Bombadil mentioned it only takes one off year to give someone a chance - for example it would be interesting to see what would happen at Man U if Fergie quits after the CL final.

I've just watched the BBC interview and its nothing to worry about (until the fat tramp and his mates get a hold of it). I think he's saying that even if Ashley let him spend the money on 4 or 5 Modrics it still wouldn't make us as strong as Chelsea and he's right. However I think if we do spend at that level this summer and then follow it up in the next two I think we could - and I think once Kev gets out of his post loss depression he'll probably think that as well.

Bennet was his usual corrupt self - how come the two late lunges by Drogbha and Carvalho weren't cards but Faye's and Enriques harmless fouls were? Because he knew booking those two so early would mean reds later - unless he bottled it as he did with Terry.

Bit like Arsenal in the FA cup - gave them a game first half, outclassed in the second. Didn't really learn anything I didn't know - we need a new midfield basically.

First couple of times I watched it I convinced myself that the island at the end was in the pacific for some reason - just didn't think of the med.

But Santa Cruz proves such gambles can work - see Martins himself as another.

so 16 years and 10s of millions spent and Liverpool are still suffering from Souness - utter, utter shite. Where's McCarthy? Where's John Barnes?

As long as we spend that money on someone who is better than Martins. He does have a lot of flaws in his game but he also has a lot of plus points, I think we will need to sign at least one more striker anyway so I wouldn't want to have to sign 2 who are guaranteed to fit in straight away. We know Martins is a decent (sometimes very good) player in this league so it would be a huge gamble replacing him especially with Viduka and Owen being injury prone and Carroll not being ready. IMO he is our only reliable striker going into next season. I am not convinced Owen will keep this run of fitness up. I was assuming a better replacement - don't get me wrong I quite like mavericks like Martins but I'd rather have a more consistent footballer given the chance.

If Arsenal are stupid enough to offer £15m for Martins then that's one out. I like Viduka but we need a similar player who actually plays a season - possibly Carrol but tbh I'd like to see another one in. I'd also like to see another poacher/sniffer in case Owen gets injured.

I think he's been kept on a very short leash during the campaign by his handlers but I hope he gets to be himself now - funny but cringeworthingly daft.

The mackem should have decked him for the hammer. Stevie will be seething at the kid's accent.

I think they're okay but undeserving of their huge sucess (in that they're nowt special). Saw them when Yellow was out and really liked them - saw them at V a few years ago and left after 15 minutes (piano shite). I think the albums are all a bit lacking in range but with some cracking tunes here and there. I think Fix You is a fantastic tune.

The hypocirisy over Moss doing coke (in the fashion industry FFS) was staggering.

Desperate attempt to woo Mail readers. I found his admission that he'd fucked up over the 10p thing quite honest but this is plain daft.

If I was his lass I'd be more worried about the clip of the lass in the pic than the fact he went for it in the first place - he must have "issues" if he didn't realise what "she" was.

Every time the man speaks he reminds me why football used to be so important to me and makes me want to go back there. Not necessarily a good thing but fuck it.

Bit tough on the kid - I'd add "mother" on to the end of the sentence.

Of course it was a history rewrite. It's funny with the recent Avram Grant thing too. When you initially had Chelsea 'fans' singing "you don't know what you're doing" the press didn't pick up on it (much). Now, they've decided to get their teeth into him it gets more publicity. Unfotunately though, despite the general consensus on here, I think most people lap up what they print. You have a short memory. Coming homw from Wigan away on Boxing Day i dont think there was a single fan on my bus who didnt want FS sacked there and then. I honestly think we would have been relegated by now if FS had stayed and im more than happy for the press to claim the fans got him sacked. Its nothing less than he deserved! I think there were a lot of fans who wanted him out - however that's different to him being driven out or Ashley "being left with no choice because of the fans" - as I said Ashley may have taken the fans into account but made the decision for his reasons.

I thnk its a bit of a rewrite to suit the press agenda that Allardyce was sacked because of the fans - I'd like to think it was down to Ashley (a decision I agreed with). I do think there were some rumblings from some City fans but I assume most were happy(ish) - I hope whoever they get fails. Also if we had hung on to Sam until the end of the season we could now have had Sven

The only thing that slightly affected my opinion was reading that the director's commentary shows a religious hint as its undercurrent - this isn't with my usual bias but I just had my own view of it which I was happy with that I didn't want to ruin. I still enjoyed it the last time I watched it.

Only film I've really enjoyed in about the last 5 years - having said that I used to watch a lot more and take more interest than I do now.