Matthew Le God

You are making an irrelevant comparison. You shouldn't be comparing Blackpool, Birmingham and West Ham to Hull, Pompey and Burnley as they are all still in the league. You should be comparing them to Q.P.R., Norwich and one of Swansea/Reading.

How many fans go to the friendly isn't important to them compared to how the team gets on in the summer competition.

The money you get from the Europa League is minimal, particularly in the early rounds. Nor is it much of a player puller to attract new signings unless it is in combination with Premiership status. Plus they will have an early summer start and have to fit midweek European games with a 46 game league season as opposed to a 38 league game season.

You have to ask which is more likely... a) a bunch of mates decide to fool people on youtube with some toy helicopters and lights or video editing software or camera trickery with mirrors and lenses or b) aliens fly across the universe to Hawaii, fly around in the sky for a bit and then disappear ??? It takes quite a leap to think b) is more likely than a) !!!

Do you have a source with the original US AAF claim and the amendment? It doesn't look that high, my remote control helicopter can get to quite a height. Plus the movement looks similar to that with which you can do with a RC helicopter. Some hoaxers have been proven to go to quite some lengths. Stick a light on a few of these (electric ones to avoid the smoke) and fly in formation... [video=youtube;PTifPpSHQ-8] And hey presto, you have fooled some people on youtube.

This is 60 years ago remember. Do you have a source with the original US AAF claim? It could be any number of things. No not flares, but why have you decided UFO's is more likely than someone trying to trick the world with a simple video trick either with mirror/lenses or as you say CGI, remote control helicopter with lights on etc etc? Why are you so confident to rule them out? Are these not more likely to happen than a UFO? FWIW I think there are aliens somewhere in the universe due to the sheer size of the universe meaning the chances are that life was able to develop elsewhere. However these are so far away I do not think they have ever reached earth. They certainly wouldn't bother abducting countless hillbillies in the American mid west.

This is an event that occurred in 1985 to you as a child. That is quite some time ago! Human memory is far from perfect and tends to garnish real events with things that didn't happen. I'm not saying you are lying.

I didn't say "mentally ill" was the only explanation. It was one of many I listed and they may be in combination with each other or alone. Is describing something as a "weather balloon" really much of a change to describing it as a "flying disc"?

Can you show me any independent reputable scientific study proving a paranormal activity? Can you describe the shared event?

There really should be a MLG BBcode.

Do you believe in unicorns, leprechauns or fairies? If not, why not? All three and countless other creatures have been seen "apparently" by countless people throughout human history.

Huge number of reasons - attention seeking, mental illness, overactive mind, confusion with natural phenomena or human built objects like aircraft and weather balloons etc etc.

You are right the aren't guaranteed to be true. But they are more likely, and that is the key! People that believe in ghosts overlook more plausible explanations and jump straight to the paranormal.

I did give two possible reasons, not one. Both more likely than a ghost (especially the second one).

There is a clue. It is not unheard of for 12 year old boys to daydream. Plus you admit it was many years later you saw the photos, memories distort over time, especially if it was just the wandering mind of a 12 year old boy. I'm not accusing you of lying, I'm sure you genuinely believe this is what you saw, but that doesn't make it true.

You are confusing your perception and memory of an event and what actually occurred. Seeing a "ghost", doesn't make it a ghost.

No A more likely explanation would be... - some kids in old fashioned clothes (for any number of reasons) were watching a football match. Why have you dismissed that possibility as being unrealistic, but think reincarnation and ghosts are more plausible? - or your memories of the event have distorted over time.

What a strange logic you use. If there was a neanderthal atheist MLG, he wouldn't dismiss thunder as not existing, he would dismiss linking thunder to the non-existent Gods.

Everyone you know believes in absurdities?

Is it not more foolish to plug a gap in knowledge with the supernatural and dismiss more likely and plausible answers? Those are the actions of early man when he didn't understand the world he lived in. For example thunder was explained away as an act of the Gods etc etc. It would be good if man moved away from this crap in the 21st century.

Adam Lallana is in the 40 man squad. It is being cut down to a 23 man squad on Monday. Alex Chamberlain is in the England under 19 squad for their games this summer.

I have to agree with the GMC there. The GP wasn't at all professional.

Nope, their horse is white...

They still could have sacked him and appointed someone else other than MON. Grant is hardly the inspirational manager you would want in a relegation fight is he?