Crazy Diamond

Reminds me of Arsenal vs Villareal, circa 2006

I can see why you'd leave Reunion for Eastleigh to be honest. It's a tough one though... Lava spewing island or Eastleigh. I'm not sure.

Great news from the Den.

I've already told my old man that he's now banned from playing Bad Company.

Yes, I have to say I adjusted the tackling on it. By the way, I always look for these stats above any: Creativity Decisions Determination Technique Concentration Team Work Work Rate Anticipation If I'm in the Conference I want at least 5 in all these. League Two = 8, League One = 10, Championship = 12, Premier League = 15. Those are the main stats that affect what a player does in a game according to a very good guide I read called 'Mantralux'. The only thing I would say is that decisions don't matter on anyone but defence minded players, creativity isn't hugely important for defenders at the same time. Once I've got those eight stats down, I'm looking for whatever applies to the position. For example a striker has to have good composure, finishing etc etc. I ALWAYS start from those eight. The Australian and Japanese thing didn't work, the game freezes whenever I'm creating a game using the imported Japanese database file. Annoying.

Spoke to a Boro fan the other day, he can't see them going up this season, says they're far too inconsistent. You never know though, look at Reading last season. They put together a run similar to Norwich but had to settle for the play-offs in the end.

Smiley's People. Alec Guinness was a great George Smiley. Very hard to choose between his portrayal and that of Gary Oldman, but perhaps unfair to strike a comparison, so I shan't!

As much as I enjoy the rivalry, in the words of Paul Weller and the Jam: "You've made your bed, you better lie in it". The next line in that song is also quite applicable "You choose your leaders, and place your trust, as the lies put you down and their promises rust". If the worst happens, maybe they ought to ask if they should have turned up to Fratton when they were needed to raise cash, and not just when AC Milan were in town. One moron with a bell and a drum does not make a set of good supporters.

I'd hate to be a manager of any of the top clubs in that division. The competition is fierce. I thought it was tough when we were down there - blimey. Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Huddersfield, Charlton...

Craig Whyte!

An amusing image I came across when looking for some Leeds fans' thoughts on the game...

Dave Jones appointed, three and a half year deal. Wonder how many of those three and a half years he'll actually fulfil.

As I said before, Birch just sounds like he's doing what Andronikou did to get investors to appear. 'Oh no we're on the brink' - a few days/weeks later 'We found a buyer! We're saved! After being so close to going out of business!'. One minute he's saying the cash is gone, the next there's a possibility of unlocking funds and Lampitt is in Genoa, etc etc. I really can't see them going bust, and they're not helping themselves down there with stupid rumours like 'they're improving a pitch down at United Services Portsmouth so we can join them'. The worst rumour of course is that they're well supported, I mean just LOL, what a load of rubbish!

How can you not like baseball with stories like these? http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=3345254&c_id=mlb

I'd suggest he's been crap since he first left Liverpool.

Let's not forget Tal Ben Haim is still there. The same Tal Ben Haim who a certain Jose Mourinho fought tooth and nail for at Chelsea. Footballers have CVs like the rest of us, and I suspect that fact is the only thing on Ben Haim's sheet of A4 - he's done **** all else in his career but still earned a hell of a lot of money. He'll be earning a decent Premier League salary despite being a Championship player that can't seem to settle anywhere.

I've listened to Trevor Birch on SSN two or three times now, and I'm not convinced it's as bad as people are making out. It really does remind me of when Andronikou pulled the same stunt a while back before CSI took over.

You say 'playing' - he got injured in his first game but has decided to stay a bit longer.

They're a fickle lot aren't they? It wasn't so long ago they loved Storrie - and even complained when we took the **** out of him in the Cup game!

****s sake, there's nothing quite like moving on is there?

Caleb Folan is wonderful at his job, conning football clubs. A terrible, terrible striker.

Let's face it, this club is a joke. We had the chance to sign Jutkiewicz who LOVES the club, Beattie who is a LEGEND, and we passed both opportunities. Ridiculous. We haven't appointed an assistant manager as full time boss since Wigley - what the hell is going on?

Piers Morgan once asked him to invest in Arsenal, and he had a good look before deciding against it...

What's to stop Chanrai selling Fratton, pocketing the cash he's owed and walking off into the sunset? The Skates then do a groundshare with someone like Havant & Waterlooville, like Brighton did at Gillingham and then the Withdean, and that's one less debt on the table.