Radagast

No. Its got nothing to do with the Thin Lizzy one either.

I could be a snotty git and smirk at the above use of the word 'heavy' but I won't. Or did I just do it anyway? Ah well. Anyway, Angel of Death by Slayer - goes great with our media image and it would certainly blow away the cobwebs.

What a load of sensationalist tripe that article is. "Fighting is baaaad little ones." Barton is an utter plank though, hopefully City will take the hardline and sack the vile little ned.

Astonishing. That's easily the worst one yet. What a plank.

I'm not sure about the weak vein notion - the emergency services have clearly been prepared for this sort of incident for the past couple of years now - the simple fact is that this sort of attack on the public transport systems cannot be prevented. People just can't be searched on that sort of scale.

Casualties also believed to be at least 90 according to Sky News.

Oh dear. Smithy, is a player ever allowed to leave a club without being a disloyal two-faced git in your eyes? If money is the reason he wants to move (its not), surely £100k a week would have kept him in Liverpool?

Very well initially - he was even linked with Milan at one point. No idea he's done since his first season.

Even if the new role is not that disimilar to his old one, I say well done to Mr Williams - its great to see recognition for the great job that he's been doing for Rovers in his time here. Not sure how this change will affect the running of the club, I suppose I'll need to wait and see - unless some enlightened sort wants to speculate on it?

Except the bit where it says he signed Nicky Butt, for one thing.

Yes, yes it is. He looks like an idiot. Just like Tugay looked pretty daft in that number 3 shirt. Anyway, its too early in the summer to be talking about squad numbers (as if they're that imprtant in any case).

It's not a bad start to have at all, especially after the nightmare we were facing early last season. Depending on how we shape up with new signings and who is fit, there isn't a game we don't have at least a fair chance in for the whole opening month. Too many London clubs for my liking though.

Was it a spirits salesman?

Do you think if we'd been offered £1.8m for Dickov it would have beeen turned down? The genuine nastiness expressed towards our top scorer on this board is unsettling. I'm sorry Stead is gone, but if we can get in a proven goalscorer rather than taking a risk on a potential goalscorer...blah blah blah this has all been said a million times before. Good luck Steadinho.

You're right, Stead sitting on the bench all season while Cole played up front on his own would have done wonders for the lad's form.

...and people say that old adage about Scousers being kleptomaniacs is untrue.

Oh well, here's to next season anyway.

I don't think there was much complaining when the club was turned into a plc, funding all those expensive players (not that United ever bought success) and the nice refurbrished stadium. Bunch of deluded bloody hypocrites thinking their club is in some way untouchable.

Sox, that was the stuff of legends.

More interseted in what the new Iron Maiden album will be like to be honest. Surely this Blaze Bayley guy (whoever he is) is no Dickinson?

These comments show just how much Fergie is past his sell-by date. He'll be out of a job in a couple of years, mark my words.

Don't tlak to me about bottle....

Nah, the club would never be daft enough to put a big easy-peel sticker like that on the shirt! Next thing you knew, they'd be moving the club crest from its traditional place over the heart to the middle of the shirt...

Exactly my thoughts - even if we fail to win the league this season, I have the utmost confidence that the board and management will continue to build on the current squad, and with the guaranteed services of the world's best striker we can only get better from here.