Crab Lungs

I actually cannot believe some of the comments on here...

What is this bizarre marketing ploy?

Wouldn't say he was looking to leave 'as soon as he could' - didn't he give us 7 years good service? And of course, at the time he was a potential England international. Still a quality player, would love to see him play for Saints again. Him and Lambo upfront in the CCC next season

I love you're team but the day Gerrard actually stays in a position as opposed to going 'Roy of the Rovers' every single game is the day... erm, you get what I mean!

Have to defend Bale on teh first goal. Whilst he allowed too much space between him and the defender, the clearance before hand was absolutely diabolical. Agree with you about Delph, he was absolutely superb. He's got everything and should be a future England international in the future... but he might have to do the traditional step down to make a step up.

Brilliant call... to be honest, I actually always prefered him over Shay Given!

Have to say, I think I made a bad call on Owen... which leaves one space free for one of my stand by's...

He's been awesome for the past 3 seasons IMO. :-) While we're on the subject on England... can I just underline how much I hate Jermaine Jenas?

Wayne Bridge was never the same after his injury. At Fulham he did OK but when he returned to Chelsea, he looked like he'd lost more than a yard of pace and alot of confidence. At City he's got even worse. Sadly, it looks as though his best days are well behind him now. Gareth Bale, however, has far, far more potential than Wayne Bridge and is of course, much younger. Redknapp's stripped him of confidence completely and you can see that in his performances. A move to a club where he would be encouraged by the manager (Hodgson, Pulis etc) and not pillored would invigorate him. Bale, for me, still has the ability to become a world class left back/wing back/winger - he just needs an arm round his shoulder and a manager who believes in him. Whatever you think of Burley, he gave that to Bale - as he did to Kenwyne Jones. Who remembers Kenwyne's dramatic transformation from League Two clogger to Premiership potential? It was almost overnight... I remember watching him the weeks before the Birimingham home match and wondering if he'd ever reach beyond 'raw' - within a few weeks, he did. Touch, movement, heading, shooting - everything suddenly all clicked into place. I guess what I'm trying to say is ... don't write off any raw but naturally gifted footballers. On the other hand, I actually think Theo is far more of an athelete than a footballer - and it still shows. He's still got far more developing to do as a footballer than Bale, Jones etc..

Poor old Storrie-teller.... going on holiday whilst this colossal bugger-up of a football club sinks further. Something tells me he's sensed the **** is about to hit the fan and he's doing a runner...

Haha, I agree. Never rated him.

Take Jamie O'Hara out and I honestly think there isn't much to them. He appears to be a bit of a driving force...

Just wondering also whether there will be the late panic in the papers around April time saying that the stadia 'isn't ready' and SA's football association has been thrown into turmoil - with the FA ready to step in (roll eyes!) and save the World Cup! The of course, nothing ever materialises... because it was all ********.

http://caroline4gosport.co.uk/your-local-candidate/ cracking video.

been maintaing for a long time we'll get to the final - but we'll lose. Something bugs me about the Italians... i think it might be them who we face and lose 2-1 to. Spain will go out in the QF's. Mystic Lungs has now finished his reading.

:-o

Can we have a 'keywords/phrases' watch? Let's face it 'gate' 'group of death' 'nelson mandela' 'apartheid' and 'colourful' are all going to be maxed out in Summer 2010.

I think we'll get a decent return from the next 8, but I would expect some surprise results! Probably lose at Colchester and win at Leeds - which will keep us all guessing!

Wow, some really, really interesting stuff on here - I concur with many who have said so before me! OK, for today's poser: What if ze germans had developed and succesfully piloted a jet fighter by the end of 1940? Would that have made a significant difference post battle-of britain? would that have enabled them to turn the tide back in their favour?

Cueta and/or Melilla?

Had a weird side-conversation to this thread yesterday regarding another wayward, but nonetheless interesting subject. What if Spain seized Gibraltar and GB declared war on Spain after exhausting all possible diplomatic avenues? Reason this came up was that I work in Spain and I wondered what would actually happen to me and all the other expats out here? I'm hoping we wouldn't all be rounded up and moved to Benidorm to be imprisoned :-(

I have to say, apart from Corp Ho's incessant bull****ting - his retort was actually quite funny... er, well I found it funny, anyway "tractor driving pony fiddlers"

Kingsland Codger - thank you so much for all the information, it's going to prove very useful! I'm back for Xmas so if you're in the platform tavern for the Exeter game I'd love to hear a bit more first hand, if thats OK? :-) and Stevo, ha.... I've flitted back to 'emos' now...

Oh jesus, that's awful - I never knew that! Putin, to me, has always came across quite well though I've spent very little time paying any attention to Russian politics, so that's perhaps why I am a bit out of touch So, what is today's 'point of divergence' !!!!???

For those of you who fancy a stab at changing WWII history... http://www.direct2drive.com/8323/product/Buy-Hearts-Of-Iron-III-Download Hmmmmmmmmmm, as for the Falklands, I'm not sure what would have happened SS - can anyone else elaborate on that conflict?