Micky

Honestly, what was all that about. She's such a bloody liability - I wouldn't let her boil a kettle of water.... shhhessssshhhhh.

Interesting thread, would like to add my ten penneth, but to he honest saintbletch has put it into words far more eloquently and succinctly than I ever could have. Agree with him entirely.

A complete whooossh moment, or given the benefit of the doubt a complete tangent - has absolutely nothing to do with the point that you missed, and is not a point that I would have raised - because it is not true. I really can't be arsed to put you back on track - I just don't have the time or inclination anymore.

I think you might have missed out a crucial point of his argument, which if done on purpose makes you look fairly stupid, if done unwittingly makes you look both naive and stupid.

Justice was served...

Stunningly fick, stunningly......

Appears to me to be one of our own doing a little goading before Saturday - I'd rather wait until the final whistle before tempting fate. Most of the Brighton comments on there are pretty spot on tbf.

This.... ...and this.... ...would Rickie have scored the goals that he scored today - quite possibly. Didn't see anything in him that we don't already have better of.

You were actually correct with your first post though - most decent crt's will out perform most lcd's. But with the advent of widescreen presentation and the widespread availability of HD will probably see the end of old crt sets. That said, the lcd set that I had in my bedroom recently developed a fault, so we 'temporarily' replaced it with the old crt that had since been demoted to the loft. Added a freeview box for 20 quid - and the picture is noticably better than a bog standard lcd.

Tried your suggestion Steve - but made no difference. Tried all three modes but the result was the same. It's wierd, everything else seems to work fine except I cannot activate the text box. In fact, it appears that the text box is a frame within a frame (in IE), in Chrome I cannot see the frames at all, or the editing icons. I have the Quick Reply box with the Show your signature tick box - which I can activate.

Meanwhile in the real world: http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16107134

Dune, please. Nobody changed their mind, because two nutters from the EdL got on the roof. Tasteless mockery is probably not the order of the day on this one.

Whilst I respect your opinion, I would have to disagree with some things. I understand your frustrations about how some young people may not understand the debt that we owe those who served. But perhaps that is just a product of poor schooling in conveying the importance and sacrifices of the WW. I don't really understand the rational behind relating the poppy to only those that fell during WW1 - many since have also died. I would respect your right to reflect privatly without the need of a poppy - but that symbol itself does heighten awareness and remembrance worldwide, whilst secondary (and less importantly) raising millions of pounds for service personnel charities. I seem to recall the saying 'wear your poppy with pride' and I subscribe to that, but also respect your view to merely 'remember with pride'.

Possibly so Pap, but football get's involved in all manner of politics, it is against racism and actively seeks to highlight and oust such issues from society - but racism is not a football problem. How often are 2 minute silences held in football stadiums for totally non related football tragedies. The poppy is a symbol of respect in remembering fallen heros - it mocks no other soldier or nation. Even if the players do not wear poppys on their shirts, I would imagine that they will be fairly prominantly displayed somewhere in the stadium - so they will be seen. Will be interesting to see whether any offence is actually caused I guess.

Some emblems of acknowledgement would be accepted. War atrocities should never be recognised positively anywhere, however, if you speak to many soldiers they do have respect for their enemies. I've met many soldiers who have nothing but respect for the Argentinian soldiers who fought in the FI, even though many were nothing more than conscripts. Today I work with service personnel and the Taliban as fighters are also respected by many soldiers. It's a difficult one to call, personally I would allow the poppy to be worn, but not allow it to set a precedence. It's not unusual for soldiers of different side to respect each other - they do what they do at the will of the politicians.

See, look, I was right all along: "A No 10 spokesman said Mr Cable had "rectified an oversight" and the matter had been dealt with." Fine, upstanding pillars of the community are our british politicians.

Really, you think? I was convinced it was just an oversight.

That will just have been an 'oversight' on thier part. Had Joe Soap made the same error, it might have been construed as theft, fraud, misuse of public funds or whatever. But believe me, simply an oversight in this case.

Apology accepted and many thanks for the reports mate.

Well done - John and Milton, all rolled into one - great shout.

Yep, maybe so - but not right now. When we reach the premiership, establish ourselfs, maintain our status, have significant numbers of fans on the waiting list, and qualifiy for or nearly qualify for the CL. Next year you think - or in 5 -10 years time.

I wasn't aware of that, I thought that the sell on fee of UP was going to the council as a down payment and lease terms were also then payable. Talk about getting in on the cheap. Win win situation I guess - although I'm still sceptical to see whether they can fill it and the sort of atmosphere it generates. If they don't get promoted this season it could cause all sorts of problems.

Far, far too many presumptions - first you presume that we have massive numbers of fans waiting to attend games, now you make the presumption that the owner will foot the bill. Nobody actually knows the level of financial backing that the Liebherr family are willing to commit to, so it's more than a little speculative to make such suggestions.

I didn't say that they were going to get it for free - and yes it will cost them a great deal of money. But it will still be heavily discounted due to the fact that it was built by the council for the games and one of the main prerequisites of the deal is that it must remain a multi - functional/purpose stadium. West Ham's business position and ours, bear no similarities whatsoever.