Eddie

Yeah, it is a quality computer. Had it for a while now, used it for most things and still not a complaint.

Well yes, but that will be because China is a massive country with some amazingly rural areas that will be barely populated and still function in the same way that they did hundreds of years ago. The problem comes in the growing urban areas where I'm sure, though it is true I have no actual proof, population density will surpass that of possibly any other region.

I believe I'd heard that he had the flu or something like that, might be wrong though. Sanny...it's pedersen not pederson.

Well the only way he would take it is if we get it when he already has two, even then I'm not sure, so I'm not sure I'd be rushing to put money on that.

It is, yes.

Well, Dublin has never exactly been a failure at any of the clubs he has gone to so I would have been happy to have him.

After Dublin decided to go to Villa instead of us we moved for Blake. It all turned out well didn't it?

Bit sensitive there are you?

You know, always nice to have regular member of the first team out for a game, especially when you are more than bursting at the seams with talented midfielders.

You do know we're talking about a Rovers game right? I don't think they know that the DVD exists yet.

Discrimination rather than racism...though they might want it I don't think as of yet Americans have been made into a race. Amazingly idiotic though, you should certainly at least get a refund for the match ticket, though that should come from United rather than Rovers.

We can all count on Rovers to bring us back down to earth with a bang...

I saw some of Friedels post-match comments and he was responding to the criticism of the 4-5-1 formation saying that Bellamy's injury had forced their hand and it seemed as if that now Bellamy is fit we could be reverting to the 4-4-2 on a permanent basis.

Will that just be the goals or actual extended highlights?

I missed MOTD both last night and this morning, so I guess that means I'm never goign to get to see the highlights!

1962 I think people have said. Great result. Now we really have to do the same to Chelsea though.

Yes, he is.

I resent the french jokes...

Having said that he could have come here and done very well. You never know with these sorts of things.

At the end of the day the only real solution to the problem is to implement an american style system. By doing so the money would be more evenly distributed throughout the league, star players wouldn't be stolen away nearly so quickly, player power would be diminished and the league would be more competitive. Until probably all of those key points are met then we won't see any major changes to the trend of falling attendances. Why go and watch a football team when you can only expect your team to win 30% of their games (if that)? Why go and support a team when any developing hero or star player will be stolen away within a few months of becoming a real talent? Why bother paying so much when you can basically predict the result of the entire season before a single ball has been kicked? Those are the problems that need to be addressed, I'm afraid price restructuring and more attacking football simply won't do it.

Can't see this happening, so I'll go for a horrible 3 or 4 goal loss.

Oh no...I think this thread is going to bring up just about all of the usual battles. Didn't take long for Souness to be brought up.

Thompson is out injured though should be back within a couple of weeks, the break should help.

25th of september I'm sad to say I'm going to be over your side. Start university the week before so I won't be in Paris, unless of course there are some unexpected changes, but I hope not. Good luck on the race, it's a nice place to run, if you need any good advice for post-race watering holes I can give you some.

Neekoy, over the course of the series we've all had some bad decisions. What about when Pietersen was given out caught behind after the ball had hit a few body parts, none of which were bat or glove, or when shortly after Bell then was given out caught behind when he hadn't got anything on it? Even in this test, though Strauss was actually out there was an inproper use of the third umpire. The third umpire can only be used to see if there was contact if the umpire is completely unsighted, which he was not, so he would have had to give the decision without the aid of the replay, meaning that he should have given the benefit of the doubt to the batsmen, meaning Australia don't look like getting a wicket, meaning Flintoff never even has to come into bat. It's always been thus in cricket. There will always be bad decisions, but they usually do equal themselves out over the course of a series, if not simply over the course of the match.