Sheaf Saint

Why should he? He has just made a choice that he doesn't want to conform to what society considers 'normal'. I find it sad that when somebody comes along who chooses not to be a sheep and just go with the flow for the sake of fitting in, society generally assumes they must be a fruitcake.

A definite improvement on Back To Earth, with the return to the original live-audience format, but it still felt a little too contrived and over-executed compared to the heyday.

Doh!

Surprised nobody has mentioned Band of Brothers yet. Utterly absorbing TV, and one of the few American dramas I have ever fully appreciated.

That would be my conclusion as well, which is why I'm not going to get too worried about this 'revelation' as yet.

Do we know if this 'future revenue' refers to next season or just further payments for this season that are still outstanding? I think that makes a big difference. If we have borrowed against next season's TV money, on the assumption we will stay up, then that might be quite concerning. It could, of course, relate to parachute payments that we will be entitled to if we are relegated this season.

Commentator just mentioned Lallana for, I believe, the first time in the second half, and only then because he was offside. Totally anonymous so far, to the point I had forgotten he was even playing.

Depressing isn't it. They let us have that 5-10 minutes early in this half and now it's just men against boys. Painful watching.

Nothing wrong with the name Arthur. And I'm not just saying that because it's my middle name Congratulations Adam

The only real surprise for me is that Schumacher hasn't retired (again) sooner. He's not exactly set the world alight in the 3 seasons he has been back and I imagined that a natural winner like him would prefer to not compete at all rather than languish around the midfield. Money talks I guess. It will be interesting to see how Hamilton fares in a less competitive car though. He has shown a tendency to self-destruct in the past and in Rosberg he will have a team-mate who will challenge his No.1 status, so if things don't go his way he might lose his head again. As for your last line SiP, yes they are probably overpaid, but then the revenue they generate for the teams through sponsorships and promotion reflects that, and I think it's fair to argue that these drivers are deserving of the higher wages because of the extreme risk they take. Although safety in F1 is way ahead of what it used to be and it has now been 18 years since the last fatality, they still put their lives on the line every time they get in the car.

And let's not forget one of the chief antagonists in the whole story: Antonov.

Good draw... fro me anyway because it's a local (ish) game for me.

Gutted - I was in Germany for that and couldn't go, but I've watched those highlights time and time again. Was Jason Dodd's home debut having just arrived from Bath City I believe. What a superb season that was. Other highlights from it include the 4-4 away at Norwich and the 4-1 against them at home, 6-3 at home to Luton and the 2-2 home match against Everton where we absolutely bombarded their goal for the whole second half and they still came away with a draw.

Indeed - they are 1-0 up already!

Out of interest, what sort of wheel setup have you got and what driver-aids do you use/turn off? I have 2011 on my PC and I think it's an excellent game and a massive improvement over 2010, but i only have a cheap(ish) Logitech wheel and the sensitivity of the pedals is such that I have to keep the traction control on if I want to make it round a corner without spinning off. This kind of detracts from the game experience a bit because you don't really get a true sense of the handling.

Radio 1 is actually aimed at 16-24 year-olds, according to them anyway. Much like pap, I stopped listening after they sacked Mark & Lard for the heinous crime of not being young and trendy enough any more. Shame - they used to have me in stitches to the point I would often have to pull over and stop the car to avoid the tears of laughter causing me to crash. I sometimes have Radio 2 on in the car because I drive all over the country and the traffic updates are really good. Musically, well they occasionally play some right gems from the past but mostly it's non-offensive, easy-listening sheite; which is fine if all you want is some background noise I suppose. Ideally I'd like to get R6 but my van hasn't got DAB and I can't replace the stereo unit with one that has. I also like listening to Radio 4 when I'm not in a music mood. There's often some really good discussion and I like shows like The Life Scientific, as well as the numerous comedy quizzes etc... And yes, before anyone asks... I do drink real ale.

Brilliant - cheers for posting that. Already I'm starting to think that £12m for Ramirez was a bargain. The little chip into Clyne for his goal, and the deft touch out to Lambert to set up Puncheon for the third were just sublime. What vision.

I saw this over Sheffield. Was at a gathering at a mate's house and we were outside having just let off a couple of chinese lanterns when we saw it. Maybe it was the cider but it seemed like it was really low in the sky, just above the rooftops, and we couldn't work out what it was. It looked like some sort of firework but it was completely silent and travelling in a straight line at a seemingly constant velocity. A really spectacular sight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Nd8nV38Sg

No, I don't think that's the way forward at all. Like Saintandy666 has already said... How is it right that a kid who would have been in the top 15% in a previous year gets a lower mark just because there were more kids that got a higher score than him/her in his year? Marking should always be objective rather than comparative.

All this report tells me is that there are lots of people in Manchester, Nottingham and Southampton that don't know how to mask their IP addresses.

Yeah, agreed. When I was at school there was very definitely an attitude among a lot of kids that being brainy and actually paying attention and trying hard in lessons was somehow un-cool, so they dumbed it down and pretended to be stupid to impress their mates. I can only assume this is still just as prevalent, if not more so, than it was when I left school in 1991.

I can't disagree with that. Clearly there is an issue when barely-literate kids are leaving school with a 'pass' in English for instance, so something certainly needs to be done. But I don't believe scrapping the GCSE system and reverting to a purely exam-based certificate is the right way to address the problem.

Yeah, it's called grading... A-G, that isn't 'pass or fail'. By limiting the results of an exam to just pass or fail you are basically saying that either a kid can do something or he can't, rather than looking at it on a sliding scale. It's way too simplistic IMO.