Micky

Personally I agree with Sour and DP, Nicola is probably well aware of our potential - if he wasn't he wouldn't have got involved in us in the first place. Yes it is a chance to play probably the best team in the country with a full house, but I bet you he would gladly forego this 'glamour tie' for guaranteed promotion - he has his priorities and I don't think the FA Cup is top of his list. Yes, it's a great draw, yes we can't loose either way - but I'm pretty sure that Nicola knows only too well our potential, it's up to us now to reach it.

This. Plus the point made earlier about the semi finals being played at Wembley - there are more than enough decent sized stadiums to host those games. Wembley is a magical experience that should be reserved for the final only.

Last night my father in law, who is a Man U fan, was presented with 70 presents for his 70th birthday - my son got him a Man U shirt with Ron and 70 on the back. The family also agreed that he should go to a game at OT, as he has never been there and I was just looking for tickets on line. Then this came up - now, I wonder......!!!!

Simply cringeworthy.....

Sounded very 'non commital' to me. Can except that he would be dejected because of the result today, but it appeared that everything else was / is wrong as well. Blaming the ref is fine, but after any ref has flashed a few cards, the other players should get the message and take the hint - his players obviously did not - that is basic football discipline that you teach 11 year olds ffs. Didn't sound at all confident that his 'wish list' would be honoured at all. Nigel Adkins stated that we had made enqireries for players, Steve Cotterill couldn't even be sure that his board had acted on his wishes. Sounds like a man totally dejected with life and a whole host of problems to try to solve - good init...!

Wayne was great for us, record number of consequetive games while he played for us, or something like that. Unfortunately since he got his 'big move' his focus seems to have been lost somewhat, and appears happy to play second fiddle to others. It's sort of the same as Michael Owen at Man U - in most other clubs he would probably be a regular starter - but he appears happy to sit and take the money. Sad really, I really liked Bridgey when he played for us, but since his move(s) he appears more happy to have been payed as opposed to have been played.

As we all seem a little confused about this one, I thought I'd just as well add to that confusion: http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_6639872,00.html

Don't know if I have missed something here Trousers, but why not just go straight to the Lego site mate: http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=7499&LangId=2057&ShipTo=UK or http://shop.lego.com/product/?p=7895&LangId=2057&ShipTo=UK You also might want to download and check out the Lego Digital Designer as well Trousers, my kids put it on my machine - but it is actually a very impressive peice of software.

But the airport will not be able to substantiate the accuracy of the flybe website at the time of the alleged cancellation - which is where EM says he got the information. Probably the only people who would be able to confirm the accuracy of that information would be Flybe themselves, and it's unlikely they are going to do that I guess. I think the only thing that you can do is get your friends to also complain that incorrect information was made available on their website and as a result you want at least the refund from the flight. Don't forget - if the website was inaccurate (and the flight did leave), you could conceivably claim for lost monies for the game ticket, overnight accomodation etc. Eitherway - if there were a few of you booked on the flight I would get everybody to make the same complaint. Good luck.

I hate to say it, but you just gotta love this guy...!!! Same to you mack, same to you.

My elder son has a PS3, wired to a 42 inch HD flat screen and a pioneer sound system - pretty awsome for most game play. My younger son has an xbox 360 (old style (fat) and quite noisy) wired to a small Bush portable TV - still playable, but nowhere near the PS3 setup. (Santa has a bigger screen for him - so will soon be HD(sssshhhhh...!)). I originally thought that the PS3 was miles better, but am not convinced now, and given the fact that the xbox360 was somewhat cheaper - am very happy with it's functionality and performance.

Yeah - I appreciate all that. I didn't actually mean more trouble in the FI, I meant our ability to be able to react to a similar scenario anywhere in the world. When the FI conflict began I believe it was the first time that we deployed JTFHQ afloat for, eerrr donkeys years. The Harriers gave us a very versitile strike aircraft which lends itself to working from carriers - today, we have no Harriers and not sure that the boys in blue actually have any carriers left either. Massive capability gap as far as I can see. And just for the old boys amongst us, why it's named so, I do not know because there is absolutely eff all Pleasant about Mount Pleasant. Or there wasn't when I was last there...! Damn good memories though.

True, but it's not just the pitch that has to be 'playable' - its the whole stadium and surrounding areas that have to be safe for fans as well.

I take it you are really Sir Allan 'Hamster' Sugar, and that the job pays 100k?

Very sad to go out so young. Even sadder if this is true though: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1338852/Rushden-Diamonds-goalkeeper-Dale-Roberts-hung-fiances-affair.html The Terry family seem to court tragedy on a fairly regular basis.

Errr becuase that was the overiding aim of the season, to achieve promotion. Irrespective of the fact that we started on -10, the aim was promotion, and we failed to achieve that. Fonte dropped a league to play for us, probably thinking that he would not have to spend too long in L3, and of course the pay rise would have helped. Therefore, if he is now being offered a 'fast track' route to the premiership, probably at least doubling his wages, then he would be a fool to pass it up. Our current position and form does nothing to give anybody confidence that we will be promoted this season - how long do you think he really wants to spend in L3. It's a dog eat dog world.

It may only be the sun - but could be legs in it. AP ain't going to get a bottomless pot from MA for his Jan transfer budget - so looking for lower league players could well be his only real option. Fonte probably thought that he would be playing at least one league higher by now, so getting into the prem would be a christmas bonus for him.

Personally I would like to see the return of standing areas, as others have said it works well here in Germany and definitely adds to the atmosphere at the games. If you look at the two most 'famous' incidents which bought about the all seater stadiums, it is interesting to note that one of the major causes in one (Heysel) was the delapidated state of the stadium (should never have been used as a final venue) and at another, Hillsborough, was again the poor state of the ground and the volume of fans that were allowed access into the Leppings Lane End. In todays modern stadium, crowd and access control are a lot better monitored and the days of 'caging' fans in has gone. Yes we need to learn from such disasters and yes we need to err on the side of caution - but to simply say that standing will (or should) never return is, in my view, somewhat short-sighted. Without wishing to denegrate any of those that lost thier life or were injured in the incidents quoted, it is a fact of life that people die, in all manner of ways - aeroplanes unfortunately crash, yet millions fly daily. So long as saftey was paramount - then I am all in favour of the return to standing. As an aside - I also think that the consequence of Heysel (banning of English clubs from European competition) also actually cost us a place in 85.

So, just to be clear then, the Nicola Cortese that some on here were labelling as 'friend of the devil' not so very long ago, whilst others felt the need to boo at Wembley, actually has the clubs very best interest at heart. Well I never. It would appear that we are in very good hands, we can look forward with optimism but above all, feel proud of our club. Many thanks to the 'reporters' - about time we had threads reporting what came from the 'horses mouth' as opposed to speculative guesswork. Onwards and upwards.

T'would appear that our fishy friends are now trying to wind up the Toon Army, without too much success I might add: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=386&fid=185&sty=2&act=1&mid=2119242043

Some fool skate trying to wind them up as well, getting a good slagging off though: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=386&fid=185&sty=2&act=1&mid=2119242043

Agreed, which is not NC's style. It will take more than a few '1 liners' in the comic press to rattle his cage - he may have had his run in with the press and media lately, but rarely does he get into slagging matches with them - and rightly so. Two days ago it was all doom and gloom over 10 words in the sun, now the record has been set straight and everything is rosy again.

Decent draw, hope to lose in a 4-3 thriller to a goal that is blantently 5 yards offside, we can then hold our heads high having lost at home to a prem side and then continue to concentrate on the important issue of promotion.

8/10 from me. I said somewhere on here during pre-season that I didn't expect us to get promoted this year, but we are in there with a good shot at it. Yes, we are 7th currently, but the points between teams are so minimal that everybody has a chance. If Rickie finds his form during the second half of the season, my earlier prediction could leave me with egg all over me phizog...!

If it happened, can't see it being a problem - we managed to get nigh on 50 thousand up to Wembley for the JPT, we'd all just do the same again. As for their lot - they'd just need two coaches and a mini bus at most probably. No problem...!