pg, you're so kind, and so are your compatriots after the event could you please delete what was written before the final ?? oops, indelible ink

I thought George Gregan was very gracious in defeat. It was a great final at the end of a great tournament. Thankfully the team that went there billed as the best team in the world return home as world champions. Be interesting to know what the Aussie press are making of it. Will we get any credit? Received plenty of credit. EVERYBODY down here believes that England are worthy champions. And jim, you have a complex, sort it out!! Very kind of you to show such grace. However, I think that headlines in your press over the last few days have undone you. "IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT ?" about Mr Wilkinson. What did that rag carry as a headline this morning ? "sad convicts beaten by one man England" would fit in nicely "rock breakers rolled over by remarkable right (w)rong foot" Lots of people lined up to belittle England. The messages of support from Ireland and Wales were superb gestures. I hate Rugby though. so this is irrelevant. Imagine when we win Euro 2004 and WC 2006 - a real sport that we're all part of.

Following complaints made to the IRB about the All Blacks being allowed to motivate themselves by performing the 'Haka' before their games, other nations were asked to suggest pre-match rituals of their own. The IRB Rugby World Cup 2003 Organising Committee has now agreed to the following pre-match displays: 1. The England team will chat about the weather, wave hankies in the air and attach bells to their ankles before moaning about how they invented the game and gave it to the world, and how it's not fair that everyone still thinks New Zealand are the best team in the world. 2. The Scotland team will chant "You lookin' at me Jimmy?" before smashing an IrnBru bottle over their opponents' heads. 3. The Ireland team will split into two, with the Southern half performing a Riverdance, while the Northerners march the Traditional route from their dressing room to the pitch, via their opponents dressing room. 4. Argentina will unexpectedly invade a small part of opposition territory, claim it as their own "Las In-Goals-Areas" and then be forcibly removed by the match stewards. 5. Two members of the South African team will claim to be more important than the other 13 whom they will imprison between the posts whilst they claim the rest of the pitch for themselves. 6. The Americans will not attend until almost full time. In future years they will amend the records to show that they were in fact the most important team in the tournament, won it single handedly and Hollywood will make a film called 'Saving No.8 Lyle'. 7. Five of the Canadian team will sing La Marseillaise and hold the rest of the team to ransom. 8. The Italian team will arrive in Armani gear, sexually harass the female stewards and then run away. 9. The Spanish will sneak into the other half of the pitch, mow it and then claim that it was all in line with European "grass quotas". They will then curl up under the posts and have a kip until half time, when their appeal for compensation against the UK government will be heard. 10. The Japanese will attempt to strengthen their team by offering good salaries to the key opposition players and then run around the pitch at high speed in a highly efficient manner before buying the ground (with a subsidy from the UK Government). 11.The French will declare they have new scientific evidence that the opposition are in fact all mad. They will then park lorries across the halfway line, let sheep loose in the opposition half and burn the officials. 12. The Australians will have a bar-b before negotiating lucrative singing and TV contracts in the UK. They will then invite all their mates to come and live with them in Shepherds Bush. 13. Unfortunately the Committee were unable to accept the Welsh suggestion following complaints from the RSPCA.

ha ha ha !!!! what a stupid signature ! have you forgotten how you rock breakers "won" last time out not that I watched the rubbish - just pointing out the obvious

Yep. Check with Jim - he was there and tyrannosaurus rex ...

IT'S NOT "FOOTBALL" !!!

Which is why at school the ball players played football and the fat oafs played rugby. I wouldn't describe Jimbo as either fat or an oaf. a) becuase he's neither beacuse he's about 6 foot 9 tall So one assumes the Jim's have met and this is friendly banter ...

They probably meant 70 grand in Aussie dollars. That's about 9 quid 50 in real money

I'm doing precisely that - up at half five, 7 o clock train to Manchester, (beer) and shouting the lads on at Old Trafford for lunch

and

As I posted in ICBINF

Wash your mouth out pg! You obviously did'nt go to our opening game in the Prem at Crystal Palace then? Alan Shearer...... No 'getting fit', no getting used to the speed of the prem, no sulking, no homesickness, no lazy attitude.......in fact no nothing except the most consistent, clinical and devastating finishing that we have all ever seen week in week out! Gotta go I'm filling up........... To be fair pg did say away at Fulham which means he's competing against Andy Cole's hands on hips debacle from the previous season and not much else I seem to remember Keith pr*ck Gillespie scoring a screamer at the far end there when it was sunny once in Division 1, but my mind was be-fuddled with booze so I may have imagined that.

He doesn't even play the guitar

As you've publicly stated that you think this forum is rubbish you shouldn't be too surprised when its members ignore your increasingly irrelevant posts. Hoddle I expect your brainless mates on the official board gave you a fantastic array of intelligent responses. United's players are clearly so sick of Ferguson's voice that they go out and win the title almost every year. Perhaps Man U should give Paul Sturrock the job to keep Keane and Van N-tw*t from getting stale.

about THIS THREAD ?? ! what on earth are the grounds for complaint, that there've been more than 3 posts in the last half hour and the person can't keep up ?

I'm not sure Forest are doing the "buy one get one free" offer this season !

why do you continue to begin every post you make with a remark designed to p*ss people off ? the official board is open again, you can go and play with your old friends if this forum doesn't suit talking of intelligence, Sturrock ?! Megson ?!

None of 6's posts have been moderated - just slated. Which is surely the "free speech" right of all contributors ?? All of his/her posts are designed to provoke a reaction, and people are falling for it - fine - it makes the place tick Rover6 - by own admission - wouldn't even be here if the gang-bang-banter-board hadn't been shut down by ntl now the said "official" board has re-opened, mr(s) 6 is still with us. Why ? Because there's better, more intelligent comment here. But if someone admits they are only here because another avenue has been closed off, and then go all out from day 1 to provoke and annoy, they can't be too surprised - and are probably pleased - when their contributions get slated. Should Souness go ? Need to sleep on that one.

GAV mate, there's no seats in the concourse ... everyone around you is stood up ... most lean on that ledge ...

tonne ? tonne ? T O N N E ! ! ?? I think you mean TON Drog mate, otherwise you'll be speeding in kph before long

I totally agree the new guy is garbage, and would encourage one and all to protest. However, I would suggest as a cynic that any emails Mr Plunkett gets he will attribute to this thread on this forum, (they read it you know) and as most of us read the trash online he won't care anyway. Rev needs a new platform, or perhaps just an outlet where he can show up the new guy. Back in the mid-90s the column on this site "Spenny Speaks Out" was designed to provoke and irritate ... the site doesn't need that these days, but surely a "Revidge Reveals (or Rants, or Raves, or Remembers, or Reasons) could get a page on here somewhere ? [pls note - this suggestion made entirely without reference to Rev Blue - if he's enjoying his retirement then so he must]

What's the latest on this Rich ? Think my flight times will mean I can't make it - but do you have final details ?

Why you going there then well if you're in there too I'll look half me age

See you all in t'Turk's Head Turks Head (some of you oldies may feel a bit out of place in there though)

Go Ireland is where I booked it. If there's 5or 6 of you and you want something really cheap get a dorm in the hostel round the corner for 25 EUR each Find through Gulliver Ireland