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What do you lads do, wet shave or dry shave? Which is better? When I started shaving I was given an electric shaver, but it developed a nick in the foil covering and shred my face to pieces. Irregardless I bought another, identical model (more fool me) and the exact same thing happened. It put me right off electric shaves. Since then I'm a wet shave fan, Gillette Mac 3, which gives a lovely close shave. I have mild eczema, so I only shave once a week or so, and wet shaves go through the growth no problem. That said, I'm tempted to reinvest in an electric shaver and go back to dry shaving, which is quicker and cheaper. What do you lot reckon?

CLunge or Guff

Odemwingie's a ****

Rodriguez looks frustrated to me. he's trying hard to get involved but looks annoyed when what he does doesn't come off. He also took that shot from far out just now when perhaps he should've played it back out wide. Definitely a player that needs some confidence. lol@Odemwingie'sshot btw

I'm watching the game in between chores. We haven't got the strikers in the game yet. Gazza looks solid, Lallana playing OK, but WBA have looked like the better team. We still seem to panic, as a team at the bottom of tha table could expect. Close by Lambert. Close by Odemwingie. Anyone else nervous?

Some good ones there. I told my missus the Alkali in the snake one. She said she'd carry a Rennie around at all times when in other, snake-infested countries.

Norwich. (The wife would kill me if I didn't say them...)

Well I forget where I read it today (NewsNow?) but apparently the morale in the squad is good despite recent poor form. I don't see how a cup defeat with a reserve team could dent that. These are professional footballers who get paid a fortune to be the best they can be. It's their quality, not their morale that will dictate future results, and as we've seen we lack Premier League quality. Anywho this game's not over yet. I believe even with the reserves our attacking forces are good.

Winning this game won't make us any better in the league, nor will losing it. This is not our first XI, so it's irrelevant how they do tonight. If anything the starting XI tonight is correct, in that these players playing tonight are the XI that should be busting their arses off to break into the 1st XI. They aren't doing that so far. The only morale that will truly be dented tonight is that of us fans.

I'll never understand why people have such a period over the COCup. It's a competition that over time has become more and more pointless. It's the JPT for the top leagues. The top sides don't really want to be in it, the relegation battlers don't really want to be in it, so it's only mid-table sides that really can take it seriously. Granted, it gives a day out at Wembley and a European Cup spot if you win it, but how often does that happen? Besides Arsenal's poor showing tonight, even clubs like Man U and Man City's second or third teams are better than most others 1st XI. How could they make people take this competition seriously? Who knows. Fine any team that makes more than five changes from their previous match? Possibly.

They've got to name Reading fans on the bench to ensure they even go to games.

Applause to the Saints fans that have gone, but we'd be better out of this competition. The team's full of reserves because Adkins obviously sees it that way too. I still think it's a good team, I've been interested to see how Reeves gets on at left back because I don't trust Fox. Great to see Lee back.

My school was like that. Report the wins in assembly but not the losses. I was annoyed too, because the only time I was captain of the 3rd XI we lost 10-1, but I still wanted the head to anoounce it!

Madness. Looked good in the games I've seen him in. That said I'd still rather he get regular football, and if that's not with us...

Exactly. Teams will go 3 up and shut up shop. Though having said that, many a time does a team have a player sent off and play better with ten, so maybe it'd be even more of a disadvantage to have 12 on the pitch. However it'd certainly sort out our striker surplus.

Lallana running after the Tottenham winger at least twice in the first half without a Fox in sight made me think that's the spot we need to sort out more than any. Surely it's a matter of time before we take the plunge with Shaw? We'll see against Leeds I reckon, but we gave Bridge a chance at a young age, and Bale albeit in a lower league. Shaw may not be ready yet but can he be worse than Fox? (I've never been a fan of his if I'm being honest.)

Mayuka made a good impact today when he came on, and has looked good when I've seen his cameos for us. What are you opinions on him? Should he be starting? Is he better as an impact sub? Are we still bedding him in to the British game? He's only 21 but from what I saw of the highlights today, I'd like to see him get a few full games.

Branfoot lasted 'til January. Say Adkins does the same, we just need a decent motivator. Someone to get the best out of the players we have. I always preferred being able to sign players all season too. Much more exciting.

Great minds. (Or just that it's pretty obvious!) COYS

Villa and Norwich IMO. Villa have been torn apart and added to with mediochre players, Norwich's defence is nearly as bad as ours but they have less attacking threat. QPR are good enough to get out of it, and the January transfer window will make things more interesting. My bottom 3 currently is Reading, Norwich and Us, not in that order. That can change though. I was looking at the 93-94 season on Wikipedia the other day. (Branfoot's last in charge.) We only won one game at the start of the season for ages, had a decent spell in January/February, and picked a few results up at the end of the season thanks to Alan Ball centering on MLT and the Norwich 5-4 win spurring us on. That sort of scenario can happen again, even if it doesn't seem like that at the moment. We need to ride out this form, do as well as we can, and hope that our time comes this season to have a good spell.

If we win this I'll drink my own sperms. :-D (Seriously I will. And I'm not even into that sort of thing.)

What I would like today is an emphatic win. A small win would do, heck I'd even be inclined to accept a draw, what with our leaky defence and Tottenham being far from the worst team ever to visit St Marys. A loss would be worrying but not the end of the world, as long as we can keep the score down. Contrary to pundits saying Spurs made good signings in the window, I actually think they lost a lot of quality. This is a winnable game as long as we're not too disheartened from last week's defeat. Tighten up at the back, stop the stupid mistakes and hope one or two of their better players have a mare, and we could grind something out. Heart says it's doable, head is being a bastard at present. Thankfully I'm working through most of this game so I won't be sat on the edge of my seat. (except I will but with riveting Oyster questions.)

Cheers for the reminder. I'm up at half five for work and I really fancy the extra hour in bed!

Currently? Celtic fans would argue that Artur Boruc wins that title.

I bet the Brighton fans are loving this! I like Adkins, and am very happy with him. A really nice bloke. Sadly niceness doesn't always equate to a good manager. I hope he gets his chance - it'll be a sad day when we part with him.