Pat from Poole

They're currently showing the following friendly games on their HD channels: Belgium v France, Portugal v Holland, England v Scotland, Real Madrid v Barcelona, Evian v Sochaux. Plus an edition of Prem League Netbusters. Plus a whole load of stuff on their non-HD channels. It's very ace.

Correct. Well worth it though.

Also, they've just increased the number of sports channels to 16. They've got ridiculous amounts of football on there. Schedule of live stuff is as below: http://www.en.aljazeerasport.tv/Schedule

Al Jazeera Sport is the future. SKY should be concerned about them, methinks.

I also have this. It is excellent. West Brom v Saints on Al Jazeera Sport HD5 on Saturday. Bring it on.

The9 will be genuinely chuffed for Lambert.

Buttner would be a good shout; could also be a very decent option at left-mid. Thought he was signing for a Turkish club though ( Besiktas?)

Cheats have still got twice as many season-ticket holders as Boscombe despite being two leagues below them.

Anyone can win a Cup; Bradford nearly managed it last season, and Wigan did.

Isn't CMFG in Cyprus?

That's that then. From memory, Blackmore is very rarely wrong on these things.

sfc1971 speaks for me.

Only if you let us know your Top 3 biscuits and crisps flavours.

I think we have one fairly regular female poster on there, it's not a hotbed of female activity in fairness.

I really like the Ugly. It's essentially a load of blokes taking the mickey with occasional football references. Have never understood why Nick gets a hard time on here, he's a top bloke and to the best of my knowledge has never been derogatory about this board.

I agree that we should be looking at players like Rhodes. We could probably throw in a few players in part-exchange (Hammond, De Ridder etc) which would reduce the fee, albeit possibly not by that much in truth.

It is a steal when you consider that BT Sport are charging £12 a month if you subscribe through SKY.

Interesting. Did you do this last season. and is it legal?

Que????!!!!??? Seriously, I really cannot believe this. You are virtually belittling your profession.

Christ, this is an all-time first. I completely agree with Manji.

Yup. The Ugly Inside was superb. I also really liked On The March, though I suppose the notoriety it got for the Branfoot cover probably didn't help it.

I would be astonished if he left Celtic to sign for Cardiff.

It would be harsh on Cork; he was a pretty key player last season.

I'm guessing the African Nations Cup is the year after next rather than this season. If it was this season, I'd be less keen on Wanyama.

So who comes out of the current team to make way for him? I'm not convinced this is a position that needs strengthening.