Hahhahahahahahahahahahaha deep breath.... hahahahahahahahahaah. Officiating is a pure joke, it's an absolutely summation of incompetence and inconsitancy. If you look up inconsistant in the Dictionaty there is a picture of a football ref there. Yeah, the FA will do something about it. They will back the idiots 100%. It's the FA got them as stupid as they are. They are killing the game man just killing it. The usual tripe from afar.

Try the following:- Own Goal! How Egotism and Greed Are Destroying Football, Simon Freeman Broken Dreams: Vanity, Greed and the Souring of British Football, Tom Bower

Another astute GS buy then. On paper dullsville. So that's 3-1 to someone then.

Thank you Tony and good luck. Arnie for the Whitehouse; USA to teach the rest of the world about democracy. LOL! The fattest and stupidest nation on earth.

Jim and Phil. The one thing that has happened under Hughes is that the lethargy that had set in under Souness has evaporated - the players were trying hard. Joey big nose sums it up well. Defence looks wobbly, attack looks indadequate. Sadly we have missed out on so many quality players over the last 5 years. Pedestrian through and through. And before Tris et al cite cost, consider big Sam. It's about imagination, coaching ability and being astute - all clearly not in the GS lexicon of 70s machismo. And while Hughes was the fans' choice, the more imaginative one would have been Dowie or Moyes given the circumstances. Still, let's hope Hughes is a fast learner. So, dire straits and we can't say we haven't been warned. Could it be 3rd time unlucky? To end on an optimistic note, we could scrape by again. Replace the 2 central clowns (Short/Todd/Nissa followed by Jan signing). I still don't understand why Gresko/Gray can't be tried on the left. McEverley/Gray perhaps although I realise Jay is more of a CB. Upfront, is not easy - too many so-so players. Gallagher I would venture will be a better player than Stead. Time for some management creativity for a change - loan deals etc. It's not always a question of big money.

Language is a slippery customer. Either ors in this case are simplistic; as are the posturings of liberal sensibilities on the one hand or the 'political correctness run mad, what's it all coming to' brigade on the other. A few observations:- 1.People often say things that they don't mean or really believe 2.Use the above phrase but insert different words "###### lazy, thick jew" "###### lazy, thick paddy/mick" "###### lazy, thick Englishman" "###### lazy, thick bitch" "###### lazy, thick honkey" "###### lazy, thick paki" 3.There are degrees of outrage/offence at any given moment or context. 4. Words are more than just sounds or marks on a page - they can be loaded, political weapons and clearly carry cultural capital. 5. Big Ron delights us all with his footy jargon; he should realise equally the power to offend. 6. Big Ron is certainly not a racist. Actions speak louder than words. 7. As a public figure, Big Ron could clearly not be seen to keep his job, given the circumstances. Some groups of people understimate the power of language to enshrine, reinforce and establish social attitudes. Some groups of people underestimate the power of people to be robust in their use of language.