Difficult but I managed to resist the infantile temptation to comment on bluewhitedynamite munching away on brazilians and his girlfreind's liking for eating large amounts of meat............ ............. till now! btw Whatever Richmonds became after it shut has shut again! Lovely restaurant but in the wrong setting. Despite what Philip and Paul say Blackburn centre cannot support a decent restaurant. It's a shameful state of affairs and a very sad indictment of a town this size. Makes me fearful for what sort of future we have in store?

http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=754692

Tugay.... it's his favourite by all accounts.

Good point. Philip... Nelsen, Samba and Tugay were comfortably in front of BM for MoM imo.

I admire Benny's ability immensely but the thing that aggravates me is that he is wasting so much potential because of his lazy attitude and unwillingness to sweat blood for the team. Similarly with Berbatov. I sometimes wonder how their team mates react to them privately when they themselves are running themeselves into the ground for the cause week in week out?

Isn't that usually called 'making a tackle'?

Exactly. See the bit in bold. http://www.brfcs.co.uk/mb/index.php?s=&amp...st&p=756316

Correct. Many people do not seem to realise that all contracts start out as blank pieces of paper.

Barton WAS on 65k. That means nowt now. You are as good as your last season in this game. The rules of supply and demand also kick in, and there will not be much demand for him from the 'wealthier' clubs who are able to pay that sort of money will there?

How do you know a. what he wants? and b. what Barton wants?

Who cares? Do you know nothing about business. Barton has a value and we need midfield players. It's up to SA and JW to decide what he is worth to us and offer it. If he comes fine, if he doesn't then we move on. Head over heart is usually the best way forward eddie. You should try it occasionally.

Do you ever stop to think what you have written eddie? It wasn't a foul so the ref was wrong. There just how simple is that? It was not malicious by the ref, he was simply mistaken. The fact that there is no appeal procedure is just daft and is basically sending out the message that referees cannot ever make a mistake or a wrong decison.

and ultimately against 10 men!

Very juvenile post Fife. Please act your age.

Do it on that daft facebook Den. Thats where all our dangerously shallow thinkers hang out.

SA will cut his coat according to his cloth.... after all he can do nothing else can he? So if we are to avoid 'hoof' ball as it's termed on here then we need to sign some quality midfielders to play the ball through and mix styles up a bit which all good teams need to be able to do. Unfortunately we have just 1 and two sick notes at the moment. Beggars cannot be choosers. If the management can control the eejit's mentality then he represents an opportunity that cannot be missed.

As I say success imo means staying in the top four and in the black. If MU do a serious dive when Fergy retires / dies and if the new man proves a disaster and if they miss out on CL then they are is deep deep sh1t............. Lots of 'ifs' mind.

No cos it wasn't. It was a clean, well timed tackle. Any contact came later. I'll tell you what in answer to your question....... I'd have been bloody gutted if it had been awarded against us.

The effects of the Tsunami were a tragedy. 9/11 was a tragedy. etc etc. This at worst is disappointing for the lad.

Because the shallow thinkers only use the collection of silverware to measure success. If I was an Arsenal shareholder concerned with the financial aspect equally then I'd deem him God given and miles in front of his other 3 managerial rivals in this country.

We need a bit of that in midfield..... as long as it's controlled and that may well be the problem. BUT Lets look at the 'contentious' signings that we have made over the years of football's 'bad boys', guys that came with a reputation include Keeley, Speedie, Batty, Dickov, Bellamy, Savage, Todd, EHD etc. Just about all of em are remembered very fondly for the spirit and influence that they added to the team as for the threat that most of em carried to opponents.

Mickey Gray might think of one or two!

I quite admire him for not doing. They have stayed in the top 4, got into the CL semi's whilst they are paying for the stadium. Future Arsenal fans will thank him. Speaking of which... I just love seeing big clubs supporters going home early! It happened with MU v Lpool too.

I didn't want to see the Axe partnering Andrews in midfield but we did through basic necessity! Beggars cannot be choosers. Q. How many midfielders do we have on the books that would keep Barton out of the team? Be honest now.

So many holier than thou perfect people eh? I worry about Bartons insecurity and his inherant scouse persecution complex but I also wonder where we are going to sign a 5-7m rated player in mid career for next to f*%$ all as befits our precarious financial status? Instead of pontifications and criticism from the beginnings of a lynch mob lets have some alternative suggestions guys. Tell you what every cloud has a silver lining eh? ..... At least EHD is having the spotlight of our 'Lady members' taken off him with all this talk of Barton signing.