Ken Tone

On the money these footballers earn he could live in London itself and be flown by helicopter to training each day!

Thanks for putting up that link. Couldn't get any live stream to work yesterday.

Quite. And the article says, "It would be worth £500,000" IF they could prove that, which implies they never have,so it is just an unsubstantiated claim. There are more artefacts around supposedly made with oak from HMS Victory than there were "pieces of the true cross" in the middle ages

Interesting that Lallana is 'one to watch' in contrast to the criticism many on here give him.

But that must mean your version of the forum is only half the size the rest of us see!

They've been known as the tigers much earlier than 'recent times'. I lived there in the early 70’s and it was very well established as their nickname then. I imagine it goes way back, to whenever they started playing in black and amber stripes. However there is a huge difference between a nickname and an official name. Their fans won't be happy.

With the exception of the mammoth Pompey takeover thread, I agree with you.

Wasn't that because his then wife didn't want to move?

But the results are all sent out electronically now, so there's no issue getting them sent out across Scotland. Just a historically different habit I suppose.

Do Scottish schools get ther results a week before the studetns then? Why? That's not the case in England-- they come in to English schools just the day before. English universities do get them a week in advance, but there are never any leaks.

Huh! We in the proper middle class play real tennis. Even the OP using the term 'Bompey' shows that it is Portsmouth who remain our rivals , not the mostly harmless few on the Dorset coast. PFC in whatever latest incarnation, and in whatever league (or non-league ) they play will always be the team to loathe.

Allen does seem to spend a hell of a lot of his time being an internet warrior. Might explain why he doesn't do any actual journalism!

Note also the short-sleeved short that is too small for him to do up the top button. It's all part of his "I'm just a fan like the rest of you plebs" image -- unlike the champagne. Btw, perhaps Nicola would lend him a better watch if he asked nicely?

It doesn't say that doesit? Says he out a pic of a speedo at 125 mph last year, but nothing to say that wasn't within the speed limit

I think you're forgetting how poor the standard of Scottish football is. Take out Celtic (and the Rangers of old) and any decent English championship team would win that league.

Islam ( and indeed Judaism, and even some strict christian sects) forbid charging interest on loans, and gambling. (See 'usury') Cissé's stance made little enough sense given, as you say, he apparently had no problem with their sponsor last season. Though he might argue that responsible lending bank/company is not as immoral as a payday loan company. However, his also reportedly frequenting a casino makes his position farcically inconsistent.

Personally I wouldn't dream of using my mobile for any financial transaction or purchase, or indeed anything that gave access to more than my emails at worst. Using an i-phone for example to access your bank account or for this 'proximity payment' they are pushing now, is asking for trouble IMO. Not that even my approach is totally secure of course. Someone could use my email to, for example, try to get my bank to send login details as if I'd forgotten them. But chances are a hacker will go for an easier target first.

That's what he's trying to say, but actually what it shows is that a game against Portsmouth simply does not interest Bournemouth fans. Afer paying £60 to watch one of the best teams in the world , for any Bompey fans to turn up to see the pompey game was remarkable.

But in Wanyama's case it is his chest measurement.

Those of us who have been saints fans for more than 5 minutes remember that it is not so long ago that we called them scummers. This skates/scummer nickname divide is relatively new anyway.

Immigration and ethnicity: the public think that 31% of the population are immigrants, when the official figures are 13%. Even estimates that attempt to account for illegal immigration suggest a figure closer to 15%. There are similar misperceptions on ethnicity: the average estimate is that black and Asian people make up 30% of the population, when it is actually 11% (or 14% if we include mixed and other non-white ethnic groups). ----- which is about the same proportion of the population that are left-handed!

It's approximately 43 years since I last did any serious training. That makes me only about 87% fit right?

Sleeping giant

Looks as if front row wil be blocked http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23004880 And I'd only just got used to it!

Good job you said. I immediately thought of one rhyming with "punts"