dubai_phil

It's simply been the calm before the storm mate. Make the most of this, I get a horrible feeling that we will be reminiscing about the quiet days before too long As for why it's been like this of late? We really haven't had anything much to discuss, there aren't enough regular attendees to give valued discussion points for debate with regard to the games or the players and us ex-pats have sort of lost the will to live as we just don't see any hope in any direction.

lol shows this lot up on here - glory hunters... Think we should have a DMG memorial award for the worst forward on display

One glimmer of hope though - we haven't been 3-0 up at home and then fooked it up yet (like we were against Villa)

Quantity and no quality. Then when you have changes at managerial level and playing style some who were playing get dropped and others come in, that unsettles the team dynamic and as football is a team game leads to a spiral. 33 players all cost money because a manager wanted to obtain them. When the manager goes and the new guy wants to be rid of players that haven't been getting a game, nobody wants them and you get no money back for them, in fact you often pay them to go away. Sure we needed to back WGS, sure we needed to move on and failed dismally to grasp that nettle, but at the same time we spent a LOT of the money we DID have on rubbish.... It is a culmination of errors by many people, not just one person (although he made more than the rest put together of course)

Got fed up over the years saying Salisbury and getting blank looks, now just say "from near to Stonehenge" at least many Johnny Foreigners have heard of that place. On a related note, down here, that "Where you come from" question is used in a derogatory and racist way by many non local Arab types, especially when they think you have p*ssed them off - say by nicking their parking space. Using the normal "Ingerland" response usually sets them off on a torrent of racist abuse (yep seriously, we'd get arrested for it in PC land if we did it) so nowadays I just give them the stare and say - Dubai. Always makes them STFU as in most cases I've been here a lot longer than they have

I reckon you wouldn't want him to play unless you bring along your lawyer and an agent. If he's 9 years old that makes him a prime candidate for the first team next season

Sounds good, now to check out the airmiles account and then the availability and then work commitments... Meanwhile Does the manager have to be tracksuited or suited? Will I be allowed to kick over the water bottles? Do I really have to drink Guinness with Red Bull? Can I bring along a back-room team? Couple of Blonde fit chick masseurs? a mandatory bald headed tough looking bloke? Do I need to sign up to the Magic Circle to get a magic sponge? Will I have to shake Fergies hand at the end? Will we have one of those nice sponsors boards in the background for the post-match interviews? And the critical question - Is 4-2-3-1 definitely banned?

lol :smt077

yippee my incredibly tough mission this weekend to organise a mate's stag weekend in Bangkok will earn me enough top up miles to be able to get back to be manager/physio/emergency non walking/running right back all I need now is the date! Oh darn did I inadvertently use this thread to say STAG weekend in Bangkok.... yippeee!

Ah ha well spotted........... Precisely, hence the cars at the airport. Can't pay back - run away.... Meanwhile that 6 separations hasn't worked, got a call from a satellite phone number from the man who knows the man who knows the man who knows the man who knows the manc fan. Apparently he's living in a cave east of here that's getting a bit crowded and wanted to know if planning permission would be possible for a new cave on Jacksons Farm, said his family have lots of money and reckons after Taksin he'd have no problems passing the fit and proper persons test. Seemed to be a strange droning noise in the background........... Maybe we should try asking Brett if he can get in touch with Beck's

OK I tried that 6 degrees of separation thing, I asked a Manc fan down the pub if he could set up the meeting, I mean he's BOUND to know somebody who knows Becks right? Let's see

Trust me we pass by that airport car park every day. Ain't found a ferrari with the keys in yet - I mean - still insured and no speeding/parking tickets.... But hey don't let it mess with the idea of a good story in the Gruaniad The REALITY is that yes, people in debt do HAVE to do a runner as there is no bankruptcy protection here - you get sent to jail for bouncing a cheque and if you are in debt you stay in jail until you paid it off... some property types here have 100k of cash and debts of 100mil. How long they gonna stay behind bars.... so running is the name of the game... and pray you only owe cash to a small bank as all the others use global heavies for debt collection!

It's worse than that.... Although it isn't "mentioned" "rumours" abound that some Gov type organisations actually ran out of money completely and bounced cheques around the town. The Gov joined in the Ferrari dumping property types in hopping on the first plane.... allegedly But then Abu Dhabi bailed them out, the fall out is still shaking down through the upper echelons and nobody quite knows who will actually get their hands on the cash when it arrives. TBH good riddance to all those a**holes in the property boom - arrogant t*ssers the lot of them. The rest of us are enjoying the "slightly" emptier roads and ain't missing the boring drone of "oh ya luvvie I flipped 14 floors on the Burj last week, made a new Ferrari, why you in IT?" etc

Perhaps a different way of twittering is to get maybe 4 or 5 regulars who go to games and have crackberries to make updates Simply agree to each post say 3 times with slightly preset views eg one on us one on opposition and one on fans/etc Saves you getting RSi on your thumbs and missing a goal so we moan when you can't give us an on the spot..... Could become a new phenonmenon group on the spot blogs (damn that was good if technically tough - copyright quick!)

Well then, simple.... Michael Jackson is making a sell-out comeback - so that's the welfare of the kids taken care of. Gary Barlow hired a private jet to save the rest of the planet and climb a mountain. Ergo, Will can use his spare dosh on us and he won't have a to worry about his conscience. See easy wasn't it

Big defeat??? Gorre & Killer OUT!

Hmmm I wonder if he posts on here or logs in to the match fred when touring..... anyone been posting unusually from Australia the last couple of days? Trousers - get to work! Oh and just because he's made some money think he'd rather give it to Stanford or Madoff than Rupe's & co

And if we go down anyone on any salary will be gone for anything we can get. And also anyone with more than a few games experience 50k here or there will help the liquidator's fees No matter how well Wotte does if we drop, kiss goodbye to at least 50% of the coaching staff, as well as the bulk of the Academy machinery as we simply won't be able to afford it. Best bet then is a manager with lower league experience to find freebies and loans to help out the likes of Mills Gobern et al Playing staff will be dictated by money and we won't have any

Lol. A Psycho-analyst could write a thesis simply on the mood swings on here. 4th ultra high pressure game for the same group of players in what 10 days or so, they were bound to be a little stale by now (on both sides by the sound of it). Obviously the squad is short of "reliable" or "experienced" legs to replace those who weren't on top of their game and so that is a worry, but then all the other sides are in the same boat. Mentally being under such pressure does have a price, the trick now is whether the coaching staff and the fringe players can actually step up and get them pumped up for Saturday. QPR are not having a good run as the form table shows. We are running out of games and I am still really worried, but 3 weeks ago I expected us to be dead by now, but we scraped a point against the form team in the league, we aren't down yet, it means we need a "surprise" win where we expected a draw. The Ipswich game showed that in this league at this time it can happen. So worried, but not suicidal, a point last night may still be enough when the mix all comes out

Simple game - 5 days to drink beer instead of 15 mins at half time in the football

7-1 to Bayern a new CL record 12-1 on aggregate

2 wickets needed off one ball in the cricket boloox Liverpool 4-0 up

they hit the post

last over in the cricket 2 wickets needed about 6 mins left and a goal needed for us anyone know a good nail bar?

There are lots of birds, the cricket is so tense and Davies has scored for Derby It's all your fault