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Conway's decent but "one of the best players in the league"? Come on now. Clubs aren't exactly banging down the door to try and take him from us. He's good in comparison to the rest of the team, but hey... he's competing with the likes of Lowe, Williamson and Chris Brown. It's not difficult to look alright. If Rhodes gets injured or we sell him, we're sunk IMO. That's pretty much the be all and end all from my perspective because nobody else in our team scores goals and without goals, we won't get anywhere.

So pretty much a repeat of last season, minus Gestede and possibly one of Rhodes or Marshall too...

We regularly leak 2 or more goals and if Rhodes goes will not have a goalscorer in the team. I don't know about you but that doesn't sound like a good combination to me.

I would put some effort into this, but honestly I just don't care enough and there are better things to do with my life.

The media loved reporting on United's demise during the Moyes era and were gleeful when LVG started off badly as well. Considering they would be well aware the majority of their readers hate United, why in the world would they back them?

The press would have found it hilarious if it had happened at Old Trafford. Arsenal and Chelsea are the media darlings, I assume because they're based in London.

I thought the FFVII movie was good (Japanese version that is, I never watched the English dub). The compilation project has mostly been crap, but from what I'm reading they are essentially treating that stuff as non-canon for the purposes of the remake anyway.

I played FF7 all the way through on my phone recently, still a great game. The re-make will differ substancially from the original, but it should still be a fantastic experience - I'm just not expecting it to be as good as the original. I imagine they'll do away with the turn-based combat system in favour of the more recent button-mash design - which is unfortunate as I prefer the turn-based system. I'm fairly sure they'll refine the storyline and make it easier to follow. The depth of the original was immense, but the majority of the plot went over people's heads when they originally played it, myself included. I'm guessing a lot of the side-quests will be removed in favour of streamlining the main plot (and allowing them to get it out the door as fast as possible). Hopefully the Gold Saucer remains in tact, but they're more than welcome to get rid of that stupid Fort Condor mini-game. I assume random battles will be removed in favour of a more refined level-up system. There probably won't be any more giant houses to fight. I'm looking forward to it anyway, and whenever it comes out I'll probably end up getting a PS4 to play it (depending on whether the Oculus Rift is out and I haven't spent all of my money on that instead ).

Heh. So much for Gaz saving them for the youth cup... what's the excuse now, then?

It was a decent show. The main event was excellent. My only complaint is Triple H going over Sting. Stupid booking, and the handshake at the end made no sense at all.

I think they initially thought he was just knocked out. They went to the finish straight away, but yeah, they didn't seem well prepared for what happened. As Tom said above, they were already treating someone backstage... but should really have had more than one stretcher and more medics available. I imagine that will be highlighted in the upcoming investigation.

Sad, but also unusual. The dropkick and fall onto the ropes looked completely innocuous. Konnan probably didn't help by shaking the guy! Although I'm guessing the damage was already done by that point.

In regards to cancelling, it says in the T&C: IF YOU DO NOT WANT YOUR TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION CONVERTED INTO A PAID SUBSCRIPTION, YOU MUST CANCEL YOUR SERVICE BEFORE THE END OF YOUR TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION BY CALLING (866) 308-5684 OR BY CANCELING IN THE BILLING INFORMATION SECTION OF YOUR WWE NETWORK ACCOUNT. So it looks like you can cancel online. As for being locked out of content, I'd say it's unlikely but I suppose it is possible. On the other hand a 6 month sub is still only around £38 so probably a risk worth taking...

The WWE Network launched today. Technically only available in the US but rumour has it if you enter a US State when putting in your details you can still access it free trial currently on for 7 days.

I remember him posting during the days I lurked, but not since I started posting regularly. His unique posting style certainly stood out. My condolences to his family and friends.

I notice Pablo Piatti scored as Valencia ended Barca's unbeaten home record... Remember when we were linked to him?

Absolutely bonkers. Eagles and Mears are at best Championship level players, Wheater arguably the same these days and N'Gog has never even come remotely close to fulilling the potential that persuaded Liverpool to buy him. As for Beckford being on 40k p/w at Leicester... words fail me. No wonder the game is in such a mess.

Another SEM success story.

Point 1: This plan would have been approved by the Bolton board though, no? Us and Wigan are nowhere near Bolton's level of debt after all - though we're edging closer to it thanks to the loons. Point 2: I'd be surprised if there were many teams in the Championship with a bigger debt than Bolton. QPR may come close but other than that? Point 3: From recollection those guys weren't hugely expensive so their wages and signing on fees must have been absolutely ridiculous.

That really is shocking. Wtf have they spent so much on? I can't remember them splashing those levels of cash around, although from memory the likes of Elmander were pretty expensive (and awful).

There are very few other clubs in the type of debt Bolton are in, as far as I'm aware anyway. I agree that clubs like ours have little choice but to overspend a little to try and compete but Bolton have clearly gone off the deep end financially.

Don't understand the "hacked into your account" comment, my point was that Bolton have clearly adapted a poor business model which has left them in horrific debt and that was based on staying in the Premiership forever. If you think that was a smart move then OK, but I certainly don't. If the choice is ending up with an ungodly amount of debt or playing in the Championship (considering the club is likely to end up there anyway) I know what the right business decision would be. As has been mentioned by others in this thread, we did OK before Venky's came in and were nowhere near those levels of debt. We still aren't even with everything Venky's have done in the last 3 years.

I don't follow Gartside's argument that being in the Prem for 11 years and then getting relegated is the reason for their financial problems. That's 11 seasons of very healthy television money, 11 seasons of decent prize money and 11 seasons of Premier League sponsorship money. Whilst the FA have plenty to answer for in relation to English football finances I don't think they or the Prem are to blame for Bolton's horrendous debt level. They've spent beyond their means and adhered to an unsustainable business model, it's not much more complicated than that. If they couldn't afford to spend the money they should have kept it within the club and if that meant relegation a few seasons sooner then so be it - the fans would likely be angry at "lack of investment" but is £150M+ debt a better alternative? Seems to me that Bolton's owner gambled the club's financial health on perpetual Premier League survival, which is obviously not a sound strategy for a club the size of Bolton.

I think WWE has been awful for some time tbh. It was alright around WM season last year but the "authority" storyline with HHH/Stephanie is just bad TV. Their PPV numbers are in steep decline which is no surprise, and the ratings have dipped below 3.0 consistently for some time now which is also a tell-tale sign that people are losing interest in what is a stale and largely disappointing product. There is still some decent stuff - the Shield are good and Goldust coming back and looking great has been fun. Bryan and Punk continue to impress despite not really doing anything important. But come on, Orton Vs Big Show as the Survivor Series main event? Cena Vs Orton for the millionth time? There is such a lack of fresh ideas at the top of the card and every time a break out star seems to be coming to break the autonomy at the top (from recent memory Punk, Bryan, Ziggler) their pushes are sabotaged and they soon return to playing second fiddle to Cena, Orton and Triple H. That cycle needs to end for WWE to improve.

Kurt Angle works for TNA so unless he gets fired within the next two months it's unlikely he'll be showing up! Plus he's been in rehab recently for numerous DUI charges so not sure WWE would want to touch him at the moment.