I think that's an Orwellian vision rather than a Utopian one, Simon.

It's not just the bird's food that the squirrels eat.......it's the bloody birds themselves! Robbing eggs and fledglings from nests is fair game to the grey tree rat.

5000+ posts ....... I'm hardly 'new' anything cock. but as for 'unpopular' now thats an entirely different matter.

Yawn! Soft targets and shameless, shallow bints-on-the-make springs to mind. Going back to their rooms in the middle of the night smacks of contributory negligence. Same as the Tyson case, some broad knocks on his door at 2.30 am and asks to be let into his room ....... how the freck he got banged up in the nick absolutely amazes me.

Thats a strange statement matt. What do you mean?

Thats exactly how I would like grey squirrels too Den.

Roasted or braised Den?

Not unique then those squirrels are they?

Like my old school reports Eddie..........'You must try harder'

Lancashire United would have Philip. It seems your thought processes have unwittingly lurched forward somewhat. Bit slow but keep it up, you are getting there. btw I hate that name can no-one think of another to cover debates on merged NW football clubs?

You only scare em somewhere else. They are not native, have no natural predators, dont hibernate and really need culling. Strange and baffling thing about grey squirrels. They appear to have no road sense and are frequently killed by cars BUT if you drive at them, aimimg at and intending to kill them (which I usually do) they nearly always manage to dodge. Why is this?

Not that easy to do legally Flopsy. I went for a shotgun licence application form to Blackburn nick (for the same reason to get rid of the tree rats ) and was told to apply in writing to Lancs police at Hutton....... simply to be considered for an application form! Once one gets a licence there are all sorts of conditions and expense to meet in order to keep a shotgun (not firearm.....thats worse). Best answer but far less humane is to pot em with a decent air rifle but unless you put food out regularly to 'bring em on in' it is difficult to get a clear shot. btw Strange given all these regs to figure out why gun crime is on the increase dont you think? Or could it be just another sign of police taking the easy option of prioritising against the wrong elements of society again?

I'll go along with that.

Yes it does. Easy money is not everything as the examples set by Best / Gazza / Maradona / Stan Bowles / Rio F / Merson / Adams / Greaves etc etc must surely verify.

And would you do the same please Colin?

And lest we forget........... it's only about playing for Wales ffs!

Fairly old, yes scotty. And it's patently obvious that you are much younger.

Loaning some kid to PNE in the basement is incomparable to loaning a player to BRFC in the Prem.

Oi! They are all at it now. I should be charging summert for plagiarism. Oh well I'll just have to be content in the knowledge that imitation is a form of flattery.

Who cares Den?

Increased wisdom appears inevitably linked with the ageing process.

It seems my suggestion for a complete boycott in protest not at ticket prices but rather at Abromovich is gathering momentum. Dont go and.... 1. Spend a few quid in the Blues Bar instead. Support Rovers rather than Abromovich! (next season maybe persuade the club to open the Prem suite). 2. Contact other club supporters groups to encourage them to do likewise. Victory for the common man and all that. Dont break ranks and all wave at Mr & Mrs Stuwilky who should get more coverage that the game on MoTD.

It's quite easy Paul. Football is proving a turn off to many nowadays. By paying too much attention to the poll you are choosing to select an element of tunnel vision by narrowing it down to those paying to go to Ewood, rather than widening the search to get to the bottom of the current widespread malaise by acknowledging those simply being 'bored' by the current nature of the game as a spectacle or on it's entertainment value. Overpriced tickets are big in our poll but are not the reason for almost a million people per game choosing not to watch the Sky product are they?

I'm not sure that he's even making the bench these days FLB. Kinda invalidates the judgement of many on here who for some unknown reason thought "Bambi on Ice" was a 'good un' and didn't want Hughesy to sell him I would suggest. Some people will never learn will they?

I'm led to believe it was velvet too! He doesn't help himself does he? I bet the shop owners love him for being daft enough to take all the stuff that they couldn't even sell in the sales. "Quick Everard, get that daft suit out of the sale window and stick a stupid price on it, I've just seen Robbie Savage heading this way"