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classic statement on Sky Sports news just now. "Man Utd go into christmas top of the table, 6th time since the start of the premier league, 3 times they have gone onto win it" 1/ what about the 100+ years of football before the PL started? 2/ if this is the 6th time they have been top at christmas and 3 times they have won it they have actually only won the title one time more than they haven't won it and if they dont win it this season then it'll be 50/50. What a f*cking pointless statement. Knobs.

there was going to be a youth award but supermikey is the only nomination and such a clear winner there was no point. Agreed, Verbal has been particularly impressive over the last 3-4 months and Dell Days is consistant and deserves some recognition for his efforts.

blinding day, doesn't get much better than that. Lets hope we can bat for another day and a half, get 500+ plus on the board then skittle them out for an innings win.

this one is sponsored by Deppo. And the nominations are....... Verbal Ludwig Alpine Super Mikey Dell days

yep. Has the weather improved their yet? Why are you in, haven't you got a beach to enjoy? Or have you got another 1 1/2 days to wait until the weather reverts back to the really hot default?

do you mean that literally for 361.35 days a year the weather is really hot and you happen to have been unlucky enough to chose the 3.65 days of the year to be there when it is not? If you stay for a week surely at just over the half way point the weather will become really hot again and you can take advantage of those beautiful beaches.

it's certainly the most optimistic post of all time.

you have strong competition, the bookies favourties are Verbal 1/2 on, Supermikey & Alpine, 3/1, Ludwig at 5/1 and you at 8/1 at the moment. You might have to get your mates like liquidshock to contact me as bookmaker.

as per the OP, we will be doing one a day, tomorrows will be most tedious poster.

If they live in France, then it's them.

you certainly are in that category my lonely, tree trunk legged chum.

Le God third coming has come out with some corkers, i'm pretty sure he was reponsible for 3 and 4 on my list.

Think we should do one of these everyday until the new year. I'll kick us off, with 2010's most ridiculous posts, and the nominations are...... 1/Rickie lambert should play for england - june 2010 2/ League one Saints would beat England - june 2010 3/ We are the most attractive club for a player to join outside of the Premier leagues top 4 - August 2010 4/ We can sign any player we want and pay them what they want-August 2010 5/ We could get crowds of 40K+, in itself not ridiculous but the using Liverpool getting 42.5k average despite their poor season as supporting eveidence - December 2010

not quite as long as my 2.1Kg of Turkey. merry xmas all you c*nts & football forum friends. Although all you forum grasses and certain other people on here, you know who you are, i dont wish you a merry christmas, i wish you the worst.

NO he isn't but the point is we were discussing being given knighthoods based on sporting merits alone, like Kelly Holmes & Hoy. Why are they any more deserving than Calzaghe?

I've read that too and also read Calzaghes book, personally i think Warren has a grudge against him because in the early days he wanted Joe to sack his dad as his trainer and go to one of his. At the end of the day 11 years as world champion speaks for itself and beating Eubank in his prime to win the title the later on Lacy, kessler, Hopkins and Jones plus the others weren't mugs, to ame two, Byron Mitchell and Jiminez were good fighters, although admitedly Jones was past his best but he destroyed him. You can only beat what is in front of you. to have a 46-0 win record is amazing, how can you improve on that?

The thing that people forget about that LAcy fight isthat at the time Lacy was the next big thing, at the time everyone was saying he wil destroy Joe and when it came to it Joe gave him a lesson in boxing, Lacy never recovered from that, much like Tyson his indestructable aura was gone. It wasn't until later in his career and specifically after that fight that Calzaghe got the recognition he deserved, IMO opinion he was an incredible boxer, it's rare for a fighter to go a whole career unbeaten, even rarer for 11 years of this to be as world champion.

especially when Wogan has got one, FFS. Actually f*ck it, give Beckham one, given this is the standard required to get one.

I agree with all of what you say in this, Knighthoods are given out far to easily these days IMO. Elton John for example FFS! But seeing as how these days they are given out for personal gain and sporting achievement i still dont think Beckham deserves one, just for this, at the end of the day he was not part of a successful England team ever, unlike other football knights Charlton, Hurst and Moore. If in 20 years even 10 years time he is still doing all his other work then fair enough, but not now. As i mentioned above, if they are giving them out for Sporting achievement, then the only person who deserves on at the moment is Joe Calzaghe.

For me Calzaghe is the pinnicle of sporting excellence which all others should aspire to. We love an unlucky loser or a trier, but fail to appeciate true brilliane. Calzaghe is Britains only ever unbeaten world champion, world champion for 11 years and beat everyone put in front of him and never ducked a challenge, even Jeff "left hook" Lacy, who was dubbed the new Mike Tyson and was supposed to beat him up inside of 5 rounds, well Joe gave him a boxing lesson that night and destroyed him over 12 rounds. I was a big Cazaghe fan since the early days when he beat Robin Reid and Eubank. If anyone deserves a knighthood based on sporting achievement alone then it is him but he was overlooked by the media for most of his career so it's no surpise that this continues now.

Why does Flintoff??! Again i am a Freddie fan and again this is as a bloke and as a sportsman but he had one great series where he got p*ssed up for a month aferwards, what else has he achieved? Why are they any more deserving than Joe Calzaghie? World champion for 11 years and unbeaten for 40 odd fights and remains Britains only ever unbeaten world champion, beating some great fighters on the way and and everyone put in front of him. If any current sportsman deserves a Knighthood based purely on sporting performance it is him.

i take it the sarcasm of the OP and many on the thread was lost on you.

Dont understand this one, i am a big Beckham fan, i think he is a smashing bloke and have played for three of the world biggest clubs and he has been a great, if over rated player for England. The reality is though as a footballer has he achieved anymore than say Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes or for that matter Gary Neville. If in years to come he has been a great ambassador for football, raises load of cash for charity etc after a great career as a player, like Bobby Charlton, then fair play, but so far, IMO he doesn't deserve it just yet.

He is one tedious c*nt. Mcintyre annoys me as well.

Hi Sue. What i found odd about preseason was Pardew said he had deliberately set it up like that, so we played tough first so the players realised the situation we were in, i guess by that he meant despite the tag of favourites tag we are still not a great side, then playing the easier games later on. I've never heard of this before, all other preseaons have been start with a few games just to blow out the cobwebs, bit of fitness with them slowly getting tougher.