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It made me laugh, and summed things up when Owen said that no Croatian player would get in the England team. Even after 12 games where we finish out of the places, they still are deluded enough to think they're better. It's incredible. A few reality checks are needed.

It migfht not be easy but look at Scotland's group - hahahahahahhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

When Stuart Pearce tells you you have your players training too hard, then they're definitely training too hard. I'm not sure how much money he's spent, but to be fair to Keane, a first season in the premiership is hard for most teams. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and see what happens in their second season (if they stay up ...) And to be fair, Kenwynne wasn't a bad buy. But I do think some people get distracted by what a boss did as a player, anmd look on their managerial exploits more favourably than they should. And example of this was people calling for Hendry to be installed as a defensive coach at Rovers ...

No, I didn't mean it like that. I was making a general piint about experience, a lack of experience you couldn't accuse Jackie of. The only thing against him is being out of the game for so long, that's why I think he is a non-starter.

Fishing I would guess. He hasn't been a manager for how long now? A complete non-starter. It's a very important job and you need someone with experience. We can't afford to take any gambles.

Hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! That made me laff.

I don't know ... but I think the word "balls" features somewhere ...

The procedures are there, but were disregarded by a junior member of staff who was probably over-worked, underpaid, and couldn't give a to55. Perhaps something to do with out-sourcing and getting best value for the tax payer, leaving those left behind totally apathetic? Or perhaps they're just fricking useless. In any case, ID cards are surely dead in the water now. If they did come in, I'd suspect there'd be significant amounts of civil disobedience.

The difference between a top-class manager and him? You mean talent? The time to blood Carson weas not today.

I think Graham Taylor was better. Feel sorry for McClaren, he is clearly way out of his league. The obvious problem is the pillocks at the FA whjo can't appoint anything other than yes men.

Was thinking to myself this morning ... you only used to get teh England gig if you had been at the top of Club football for a number of years. Steve McClaren hadn't been a club manager for very long, and for teh money he spent hadn't achieved much, now Shearer wants it, whgat a disaster that would be. They've got to sack McClaren and give it to O'Neill in my book.

We'll never get anywhere near to winning anything with that prune in charge. Good, because he's even worse than McLaren or however you spell the dozy git's name. If we qualify then McLaren will limp and surely shaft up another tournament and then get off to a rip-roaring cock-up of a start to the next qualifiers. I think the best long-term outcome for English footy is for us to shag it up big-style on Weds. And then massacre the blazers at the FA and put someone in place who knows what they're doing. And tehn get a decent manager in. Someone who has a track record of success.

And I'm currently readin "BNerlin 1936 - how Hitler stole teh Olympic games" And a bloody good read it is too. (Written by Guy Walters.)

Useless trivia - George MacDonald Fraser co-wrote teh screenplay for Octopussy.

I'll second that one, Revidge.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/...feed=technology

I'm not 100% that changing provider would help Den. I haven't got a clue how to see what speed my router says. I'm use http://www.speedtest.net/ My connection is meant toi be 8 meg, but sometimes it's more like 0.25 meg (when everybody else and their dog are online I suppose), but at off-peak times it can be up to 5 meg. I think some quango recently quizzed the leading service providers on why their advertised rates never match up.

Has McClaren gone yet? Is it safe to come out now. There was a photo of him in the 'paper, both of his feet pointing inwards, touchin at the toes. Really geeky stance, John Major style.

You're right, we still have a chance of qualifying. Just like I still have a chance of shagging Elize du Toit.

Yeah, and teh message is: "Don't f*** with Mr Hughes". Boot camp for Benny, bet itain't too enjoyable.

It's only those of West African heritage that are the best sprinters, East Africans are as bad as the rest of us. And one of our best young sprinters is white. Anyway, sounds like this Benni geezer needs dropping. Along with Mr Gamst, or is it Mr Pedersen this week. Put them both in the stiffs.

We're starting to get a nucleus of young(ish) players together. I can't see that signing Duff will help much. When was the last time he actually played a game? I haven't mention of him for ages now. Can't see Hughes being interested at all. Kudos to Dunn, I was one of those who lost faith with him when he left Rovers, and who wasn't surprised to see him get injured so much at the Porn Kings. Not that he'd be losing any sleep over my opinion.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/20/dw...oover_incident/