As long as they make enough money to keep making records for you to listen to, do you really care how many they sell? Many people who say this kind of thing then moan at a band for selling out if they do manage to make it big as well (not saying you would though).

Do animal worming tablets also work on humans? I am hoping to kill two birds with one stone here. I read it as prices staying the same on the street but for a kilo of raw price is up, therefore quality is down as its bashed more to squeeze profit margin. Either way it shows a lot of people are paying a lot of money to snort random chemicals up their nose.

The man from Del Monte... Just noticed the posts above with reference to opium in Afghanistan from February. If Opium crops were bought by the government it would be sourced into NHS for morphine, methadone etc. Apparently this would be a good cost saving exercise.

I think there's a lot of jealousy around regarding A. Cole. If it was your mate who got arrested for drunk and disorderly it would probably be no more than a laughing matter. And as for the Arsenal saga, while we're talking silly money and far more than we could ever hope for I'm sure we would all compare or wages to our team-mates and maybe feel under-appreciated. That said, he is a stupid manchild but we're not talking a Lee Hughes or Joey Barton here.

This is already the case. I would like the tax money to go on a different approach, viewing drugs as a social problem to be fixed rather than a legal problem to be chased down by police and largely ignored in the social context. Countries that have become softer law-wise on drugs, such as the Netherlands with cannabis, have found the numbers of users go down. Indeed the cannabis usage in the UK went down when it was re-classified. It's not inevitable that numbers of users will rise.

I thought he was one of very few decent players in a very poor period for us. The reaction he got when he decided to leave, boos and all, made me think others thought the same.

Someone should tell him there's a difference between bulimia, and just eating until you're sick.

I think a lot of the comments here overstate our importance - how or why would MOTD or the media in general be biased against us? I think generally we get the credit we deserve. I could agree that teams like WHU and Spurs get a bigger focus, but the national TV and newspapers are based in London and their reporting teams seem to get distracted by what's going on locally to them. As for mainly featuring the "Big 4" on MOTD, like it or not they play the best football consistently and more people want to watch them than us. On Garth Crooks' team of the week, why does anyone care whether he picks our players? It's pretty clear from his selections, and his every TV appearance, that he's an arrogant and often clueless plonker.

I have to laugh at posting articles from the Torygraph as information. You may as well just post www.conservatives.com as a source. The part in AESF's post about 1 in 600 people in jail not being excessive given the level of violence etc, is just brilliant.

He was also drunk, alcohol is a drug too you know? The description of cocaine given in AESF's post could quite easily describe alcohol.

They already do have this. Pharmacies provide methadone and other subsitute opium fixes to addicts "attempting" to kick the habit. And, the government would be able to provide drugs for quite a lot cheaper than illegal dealers can (and at higher quality) due to economies of scale and a more direct supply chain. People who write off those who are for pro-legalisation as being hippies or drug-takers or not in touch with reality are being quite short sighted. Most of the arguments they give are also not based on facts. Governments are spending more and more money on tackling drugs (especially the US), while with each passing year the numbers of users and the problems associated with them are staying the same or getting worse. Whatever your viewpoint one must agree that this is not good value for our taxes. While anybody in a position of power is rejected out of hand and given the stigma of being "pro-drugs" for daring to speak about other options that we could take, there will never be a meaningful debate. For the record though, people will always use drugs even though they all have risks (including the legal ones) especially when abused. The current situation puts dangerous substances and peoples health in the hands of the criminal underworld who only care about profits. In my opinion this is wrong and is not working.

1-0 Rovers with a goal from McCarthy. Lawrenson has predicted us to win 2-0 on the BBC site. Its very strange how we were predicted to lose most games whilst finishing 6th last season and now he seems to be in love with us.

Vinjay does make the occasional good point but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. It is quite amusing to read his rants, but if moderators are going to be chasing around after threads being diverted down the Walker/Williams route again then its not worth it. You guys do a great job and Im sure your time is limited.

Graeme Souness has his critics when it comes to transfers (not least at Newcastle and Liverpool), but I have to say thanks to the man for buying Tugay. He oozes class, and there are probably still no better passers of the ball in Europe even considering his advancing age. Pace and strength are great attributes to have, but theres no substitute for a good footballing brain and Tugay has the best in the business.

United will be well up for this after last season, and given Chelsea`s recent stumble. Would be great to rain on Fergie`s 20 year parade though. Us 1-3 Them