Whitey Grandad

Well, not exactly. One wing caught the water first and then the plane cartwheeled. +

2000 people at £100 each?

This one was a controlled landing when the plane ran out of fuel.

Vokes has the same injury.

I might not like it By the time I've watched this lot it'll be Chistmas anyway.

You never stop supporting them. There are several ways you can look at it, saving inheritance tax, hope that they'll look after you in your old age, they'll get it eventually, but I suppose, as mentioned above, it all depends on how and why they need it. If it's for drinking and having a good time then I don't think I'd feel like helping. We have two children and seven grandchildren. There always seems to be a birthday just around the corner.

There are times when I thank God I'm normal.

After recommendations from here and on the advice of my programmatic advisor I have ordered the BluRay box set of Game of Thrones series 1-3. I may be some time.

You can make all the noise you like, most of us can't hear very well anyway.

And what's wrong with old people?

He'll be back for next season's FA Cup run.

Oh bottoms.

That's exactly my point. Slow-motion does not give you the natural cadence of the incident. On television you can't see which direction the player is looking. It's like a picture where the eyes follow you round the room. There's a whole a lot of detail that you can't get on the replay.

Doctors call it cyberchondria.

They need to wait for any swelling to go down. Does anyone know of a nurse who could help?

I'll say it again - TV does not give a very good representation of what actually took place. There are a lot more clues that the referee uses, the speed at which the player goes down, where his eyes are looking, how his momentum affects his behaviour, does his action seem natural? There is far more going on in real life than TV can ever portray.

It seems like he doesn't want to touch the ball. He even wears gloves FFS.

They have a very stringent fitness level to maintain and they are tested regularly with a beep test.

Is this the real life, is this just fantasy?

It's only a game.

The TV cameras are not in the correct position. Who draws that line across the pitch? 'Ignoring the arms, any part of the player nearer the goal line than the second-last defender'? You'd need a camera view from pitch level in-line with the second-last defender. Many's the time that I've seen a TV replay where the commentator says one thing when it's the opposite.

That's a lot for one game! Didn't he used to wear Man Utd socks?

I know some referees who think that way. The player had to make some attempt to get over the tackle, it's not enough just to see a leg and then pretend to fall over it. As Stan Collymore said, the player has to be prevented from doing what they intended to do. The worst case I ever had of players trying the 'sneaky stuff' involved ex-professionals, which was rather disappointing. It's supposed to be a sport, not a con-trick.

But could you at least determine the direction it came from?

Far too complicated for that. For the goal decision there are several cameras and the goal frame is in a fixed location. For offside you've got several players moving about. Then you've got to decide 'gaining an advantage' and all that stuff.