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No, not really. It was the kind of thing that can, and does, happen to the best keepers from time to time. I agree he isn't brilliant, but I think he's the best option we have at the moment so I would stick with him. That save he made against Newcastle on sunday was top drawer and a lot of keepers wouldn't have got to it. So he may cost us a goal here and there, but he will save us some points as well. Just out of interest, if Davis or Boruc is given a run in the next few games, will you be just as savage in your criticism of them when they inevitably make a mistake?

Sorry sir!

Where in the hell do you get that idea from? I notice that you automatically assumed my original post was aimed at you though. Interesting, that.

No, you log out!

No whining here. I'm just trying to enjoy a game of football that we might yet win. Maybe you should try it sometime.

What's up with me? Nothing, that's the point. We have played really well recently, and as soon as we have a 10-minute spell where the other team has a bit of possession in our half, the doom and gloom merchants come crawling out of the woodwork again, and it's really tedious.

Honestly I can't believe how moronic this place can be at times. The oppos has a 10-minute spell of possession and the usual suspects start wetting the bed already. Sheeesh.

Yet another timely interception from Shaw.

So you wouldn't class just standing on your goal line and watching a weakly lofted free kick sail straight past you into the goal as a howler then?

Bugger!

Another excellent block from Shaw. Makes you wonder how Fox ever made it to the first team this season.

Wow. How did that go in? Not complaining though

This is very true, however the signing of a 5-year contract is a significant statement IMO. If JWP was of the mindset that he wanted to jump ship as soon as a massive payday came knocking then he (or his agent, at least) would be very aware that being tied down to a 5-year contract is going to make it much harder for the interested club to do the deal, and because of the inflated transfer fee that we would demand, he would have to take a hit on the potential wages on offer as well. So although in signing he is not making a concrete commitment to stay another 5 years, he is definitely reducing the chances of leaving - unless we get relegated, or he turns out to be amazing and a ridiculous offer comes in from Barc/Real/ManU etc...

Well yeah, in as much as there is no acting involved and it's all centred around using hidden cameras and unsuspecting members of the public.

Really? I watched a little bit of this last week and I personally thought that cheap, crap reality TV programming had reached a new low. Each to their own I guess.

I guess it all depends on how much he is given to spend in January. Has he started spouting off in the media about how rubbish the current lot of players are yet?

Gotta be Wiggins I reckon. Winning the TDF is the absolute pinnacle of his sport. To follow it up with Olympic gold as well - would be an injustice if anybody else won it really.

Hmmm. The fatal flaw with the article you posted is that it only refers to the eastern ice sheet, which is acknowledged to be in a steady-state mass balance on the page I linked (up until 2009 at least). The rate of loss from the western ice sheet however, over the period of the study, was shown to be increasing so much that the overall increase in the rate of mass loss for the whole of Antarctica was around 26 gt per year / per year. Nice try though.

No... http://www.skepticalscience.com/antarctica-gaining-ice-intermediate.htm The sea ice may be increasing (supposedly due to the loss of the ozone layer over the antarctic, though this is uncertain) but overall the land ice is being lost at a much higher rate. Melting sea ice does not raise sea levels because the overall volume remains the same, but melting land ice not only means higher sea levels but it also brings into play the positive feedback effect caused by the release of stored methane into the atmosphere.

...Well, on film anyway. I know the books have been around a while longer. But what is everyone's favourites? Best Bond Tough one really. I can totally discount Lazenby (although his one film was not bad), Roger Moore was terrible IMO, and Dalton was OK (certainly not as bad as some people make out) so it's a toss-up between the other three for me. Hard to call because the styles of films were all very different for each of them. Best film Again a tough one. So many to choose from. When I was much younger my favourite was Moonraker - mainly because it had spaceships in it so it was so amazingly cool to a 10-year-old, but repeat viewings as an adult show it to be pretty terrible in places (like the whole 'Jaws falls in love at first sight' thing - so cringeworthy!). When the series returned after a 5-year break with Brosnan in Goldeneye they really pulled out all the stops and I thought it was superb, so I would probably have to go with that one. Though I have yet to see Skyfall, and I have to say it looks fantastic from the trailer and from reports I have heard. Best baddie Quite an easy one for me - has to be Christopher Walken as Max Zorin in View to a Kill. The film overall wasn't one of the better ones, but he was a brilliant psychopath without the campness that often went with the role in other films. Best car Everyone's favourite is usually the DB5, but personally I always loved the submersible Lotus. I do have to give a special mention to the DBS in Casino Royale though - sex on wheels that was, but it was sadly lacking in gadgets. Sexiest Bond girl (goody or villain) Again, so many to choose from. But for me it has to be Famke Jansen as Xenia Onatop in Goldeneye. Would happily have died between her thighs like the Russian general did. Best theme tune Hmmmm. Some really good ones and some pretty awful ones. But I think my award probably goes to Carly Simon's 'Nobody Does it Better'. I'm sure others will disagree, but if anybody votes for Madonna then you need to take a long, hard look at yourselves. Over to the rest of you....

Using the lines across the pitch as a marker, he is clearly not offside. He is at best level with the possibility of only his right knee being ahead of the defender.

Here's an interesting read, for all those skeptics who claim there is no consensus in the scientific community... http://scienceprogress.org/2012/11/27479/

So is he still 'out of his depth' and 'HAS to go'?

Two very good goals, one harshly disallowed (looked onside to me - just) and hit the woodwork 3 times. Defended very well as a team - none of the howlers that have cost us so far this season and a clean sheet - at last! Very happy this evening!