Whitey Grandad

I don't read it, I only look at the pictures.

I thought there was a subtle but significant difference between the two incidents. As others have mentioned, these players spend hours practising throwing themselves to the ground whenever possible.

That thought is right wikkid innit. http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/10719637.Only_Champions_League_will_do_for_ambitious_Saints_boss/

Er, cough cough, post #6?

You've got to catch one first

Hooray, at least two of us appreciate the situation.

Not in the same league as Lloyd James. I saw him playing for Leyton Orient on the tele the other day. What a wasted talent.

It is always said that you don't regret what you've do e, you only regret what you haven't done.

Great player but might he have been even better without the fag? In the end the booze finished him off at 57 before the weed could.

Don't forget that footballers are basically thick.

It's no longer a club, it's a business.

Yes, that's the quirkiness of the situation. You become American but you can always go back to being British. It seems that every country is different. For Britain it's where you were born but for Germany it's by blood, that is on who your parents were. A technician who worked for me for many years had an Australian father and was very proud of his Australian connections but he was born in the UK before 26th January 1949 so he could not automatically apply for citizenship. His younger sister was born after this date so she qualified. He persisted and eventually got his green Aussie passport of which he was very proud. It had always been his intention to retire out near Sydney where his mother still lives. He died of lung cancer at the age of 63 without fulfilling his dream.

Me too. Britain today is a pale shadow of what it once was. Hopelessly overcrowded, crumbling infrastructure, everything done on the cheap and crummy weather.

This, basically. You're no longer an alpha-male, more like a pi-man. Once you get over 35 everything stiffens up and you lose your elasticity. How about a nice gentle stroll instead, possibly in your slippers?

Are you serious? That's irrelevant hogwarts. Unless they've started awarding points for artistic merit.

30 years ago I was told that if you became a US citizen you had to renounce all others, but that the UK didn't recognise the renunciation.

And they don't come much cheaper than me

The table is meaningless after one game. Before the season even began we were equal top. Or was it equal bottom? I was looking at the long-term situation, not the daily ups and downs.

Quite so. We are not 'down' to sixth, we are 'up' in sixth.

I wouldn't invest too much in what you read in the Guardian either. Most if the country couldn't give a toss.

The public acknowledgement is always welcome. 'There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about' (Oscar Wilde)

Don't you believe it. As kids we used to throw tops off Vic bottles over the top of a hous and cath them when the wind blew them back.

Are you sure? That's Italian and not Spanish, isn't it? (Many Argentinians are of Italian descent).

Watch your step or else all the gramps will be revolting.

You're confusing pensions with benefits.