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I wonder how many football forums can claim 3 submariners..? Skintsaint, it was a good programme. It showed the dedication and skill of the workforce, and allowed the cameras inside the huge hangers and workshops. The enormous assembly building was like something out of NASA. Devonshire Dock Hall I actually thought one or two bits of information were a bit borderline, secrecy wise, but what do I know..? Two references to Southampton revealed some of the extent of the technology aboard the boat. 1. From the Narrator - the passive sonar used by the submarine is said to be capable of detecting a ship leaving harbour in New York, all the way from Southampton. 2. From the Captain of the boat himself - the nuclear powerplant is capable of powering an entire city the size of Southampton.

As the title says I think he will probably get Liverpool playing the way they used to. He might even get them to win something. And he'll certainly redirect their radar to the Premier League first, Europe second. Can you believe some Liverpool fans don't like the idea though..? I think he's the best they'll get.

And arguing with the referee and having potential punch-ups because of poor decisions or incorrectly administered yellow or red cards doesn't stop the game..? Oh I see, we can have cheats distracting the referee, so that he adds on time at the end of a match, but we can't have a 30 second replay which allows the official to arrive at the correct decision. Ah, now I get it. I see where I was going wrong.

Don't think for one moment that the collective abject failure that was the England squad would have been saved by video replay technology. That aside, I can't fathom why there is so much resistance to the introduction of video technology. I think I have been of the opinion that it should be introduced, getting on for about 20+ years. And you don't need a bloody chip in a ball. In 99% of cases where the referee has clearly got it wrong, a simple video playback of the moment will show where the official has gone wrong. It doesn't need high-tech solutions, besides it'll make the cost on introducing it unaffordable. For the time being, a simple feed from the cameras recording matches, with a 4th official is perfectly satisfactory. Then we'll never have any more hand of god [cheat], hand of gaul [cheat], Lampard's disallowed goal, Pedro Mendes disallowed goal [Roy Carroll fumble], Schumacher/Battiston moments, etc, etc... Anyone who believes that basic video replay technology, at least, shouldn't be introduced into professional football, is living in some quaint 1950's era where footballs had laces and footballing chappies were just jolly good sports. EDIT: The Roy Carroll/Pedro Mendes goal is the best example for me. The glance that Carroll gives the lino speaks volumes, and the outrage of the commentators is excellent. You also hear them refer to other poor decisions. Perhaps they would have been put to bed by a simple video replay..? The Goal That Never Was

Thank you for that. Coffee is now being mopped up from the keyboard, the monitor, etc...

Capello is a perfectly good enough manager. However, if I was in his position, I might say enough is enough, because he'll never get the respect he deserves, if he didn't have it before. This World Cup failure is down to these players. They played OK in qualification, gave no clues as to how they were going to fail, and then failed. What is anyone suppose to do, bring a magic wand..? SGE pandered to their wants and desires and that was supposedly wrong. McLaren treated them like intelligent individuals, and that was supposedly wrong. Capello has played Sergeant Major to them, and that is supposedly wrong. You ask them why they fail and they are clueless. They don't know why they play so badly. At heart they are working class lads, whose skill is in their feet, not their heads, and who can't believe how much money they earn every week in those little part-time jobs they call being a professional footballer. And then there is responsibility they have to shoulder when it comes to World Championship competition time. And there is no hiding place anymore. And so the occasion gets to them.

I think the jury, which has been out considering its verdict for many years on this English bunch of players, has most definitely come back to the courtroom and pronounced guilty. Guilty of being pumped up, overhyped, overpaid, overlypreached to and overlyworshipped. Technically, they are perfectly capable players - the English cream of their generation, and a generation of which, is particularly rich in technical skill and fitness. What they lack is brains. They are so set by tactics and a european pace of the game, that not one of them has any individual flair left worthy of the name. None of them is capable of taking the game by the scruff and leading the others. They seem as scared as rabbits caught in the headlights. Even Rooney is a pale shadow of the precoious youngster that he used to be. He may be not as fit as he should be, but there is no evidence of what might be there if he was. Lampard is... well god knows what Lampard is there for. He certainly isn't there to be an asset, on his showings in an England shirt. One could go through many of those individuals and wonder why on earth they are there. I said, after England played Algeria, that the first half decent team that England meet will either hammer them or completely outclass them in a close match. Well we got the former, not the latter. It almost reminds me of Saints in their demise from the Championship. Perfectly good enough players, to do well, who completely lost it. They either got scared or they didn't care, or both. A recipe for confidence going down the drain, shortly after, and then there is only one way things are going. And they didn't have the nounce to realise what was happening. It's the same with this sad bunch.

Now put that in a US petrol can and stand it next to a UK gallon petrol can, filled to the brim with similar stuff.

I've always found Tanglefoot amusing. The beer itself isn't bad either.

Indeed it is, but for us older ones it enables us to visualise the US gallon volume against the UK gallon. I couldn't visualise 3.75 odd litres if you paid me to do it. I was taught both imperial and metric at school, being in that crossover era. But everyday life was imperial in measurement for several years into my adulthood.

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Bad move IMO. Must have some emotional connection. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hull_city/8758153.stm

Have a quick read-up on Terry. Just read the England, bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Paine Dear, oh dear [still finding it hard to believe, sorry].

I'm having real trouble believing this..! This should be one of those facts that are ingrained into every Saints fan and committed to memory from Day One. I'm astonished.

I was making the observation that USA members of the forum would obviously gloat when coming on here because their petrol [sorry, gasoline ] price would undoubtedly be much cheaper. But just get it accurate first, before they post the price. Courtesy of Google, here's the factor: 1 Imperial gallon = 1.20095042 US gallons.

This is ironic it's laughable. Apparently, some users are losing signal because the way they hold their iPhone obscures the signal, because of the steel body cum antenna. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8761240.stm Also, Steve Jobs said to one user... hold it differently. Now Steve Jobs, to paraphrase a mod mate's observation from the other day, doesn't suffer from self esteem issues, but that's arrogance beyond belief. It actually rivals the arrogance of Microsoft, for different reasons, all these years. Design the bleeder better so that people can hold it any which way they like, then release it for sale. I thought these things were to be the slaves of humans, not the other way around. Oh well, that's the tiny bit of interest this gadget has popped for me.

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I was born in Southampton, so put English on the form when they give me the opportunity, British when that's all there is. European when I get the chance to be creative and it doesn't matter. By birth, I'm half English and half Italian. I'm proud to be a bit of both. My passport is British, not Italian. The U.S.A. ought to get their geography correct. U.S. Commentators often talk from London, England, but I've even heard one commentator talk from Scotland, England. The truth is, we're so tiny we're all one to them.

That's how I feel about it. We can all cast stones, and Hendry certainly did the wrong thing by turning to gambling. But he lost his closest friend and life partner. Most people would behave, at least, a little oddly after such a blow, and gambling is a hook no sane person wants to get caught by.

Well that teaches me for predicting Italy would eventually raise their game enough to win through. One can usually depend on them to get their fingers out quickly enough, but not this time. Oh well, I'm 50% down on my countries, so I'd better back England 100% from now on.

I was certainly a bit of fun. Reminded me slightly of Fantasy Football League, with Baddiel & Skinner. They used to sing his praises every other week, and IIRC, spearheaded the campaign to get Matt into the England side.

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