stevegrant

Unfortunately most of the time he wanted (demanded) the ball from team-mates, he was stood in the centre circle while they were 40 yards further forward.

Disruptive influence, not needed. He was told by West Ham to stay away from the club altogether, not even to train with the youth team!

MOTD and MOTD2 are only shown live on iPlayer, I don't think they have the rights to show it in playback mode.

Nope, that won't be changing.

Except against us, tbf...

Will probably need a little bit more info, to be fair! Something along the lines of: SELECT t1.col_1, t1.col_2, SUM(t2.col_3) FROM tab_1 t1, tab_2 t2, tab_3 t3 WHERE t1.col_1 = t2.col_1 AND t2.col_1 = t3.col_1 (+) ORDER BY t1.col_1 NULLS LAST; The (+) command allows null results to be returned in the table join between t2 and t3 in that example.

Do they still have planning permission based on the original plans or did that expire? If the latter, they'll need to reapply for PP, which clearly won't be ready for a March start

Essentially there's a big new release of vBulletin, which also bundles in a blog and content management system together. This will allow us to completely integrate the main site with the forum, which will also get a bit of a makeover

None of the contributors have said they don't want to carry them on, so could just be a case of not having a lot to say right now. We will be looking to expand the column/blog section, but we'll probably wait until the new year as there's a major forum/main site software upgrade in the pipeline.

If you weren't sure, would it not have perhaps been a better idea to ask before spamming the forum?

Also, how likely is it that the BBC or Channel 4 (the two most likely bidders, I'd have thought) will be able to dedicate 25 full days worth of programming to it without shunting bits of it across to other channels? In 2005, we constantly missed bits when C4 cut away to show horse-racing, and they even had a day's play on Film4 if I remember rightly. BBC's content would end up on BBC3, and Five's signal is so weak that fewer people would be able to watch it there than on Sky! It was a good series, but certainly not a great series. In 2005, England were at the absolute peak of their game and Australia weren't far short. Both teams were considerably weaker this time around which meant the quality was in much shorter supply, and which is why we were able to win pretty much due to a handful of very good sessions despite overall dominance from the Aussies. It didn't have the same sort of impact because we'd seen us win the Ashes in 2005. Back then it was a new experience for a hell of a lot of people.

Interestingly, I also thought Lallana was offside when he received the ball from Papa Waigo and laid it off to Lambert to make it 2-0. Will be interesting to see if there's a replay from the right angle to prove/disprove that when I watch the re-run when I get home tonight.

The breakfast ones are crap, tbf. Chicken and bacon ranch wins.

There's a full re-run on Sky Sports 3 at 1.30pm. I've just sent a Remote Record request for it

To be fair, there were loads of people stood near me in the Northam who were shouting "you fat bastard" at him rather than the "you skate bastard" that a few of us had started

Looks like the Ashes are going to be added to the list of "protected" events, which means they have to be broadcast on terrestrial TV. I think this decision is going to be disastrous for the game in this country. Firstly, they're doing it for the benefit of those who couldn't give a toss about cricket unless the Ashes are on, so it's not going to make any difference in terms of getting people through the gates to watch county games, and the international games generally sell out anyway. Secondly, it's going to have a massive knock-on effect to the ECB's development programmes. As Sky won't have exclusivity for the headline Test series, the value of the rights package will fall, which means that the ECB will have to cut the funding to the programmes that are aimed at bringing more people into the game.

I'm struggling to understand how that Charlton side are second in the table, they were probably the worst team we've played this season. The scoreline doesn't come close to reflecting the dominance and just how comfortable we were from start to finish, and we didn't even play *that* well.

If he tripped accidentally then how can it be a dive? :confused:

Thought he actually played really well tonight, composed on the ball, didn't panic at any stage. Unlucky with the own goal, had to try to get something on it and it can go in any direction off your knee.

I remember that - it was even more ridiculous than Ngog's one last night, and Match of the Day gave it the caption "Moroccan Roll", which was quite amusing. He looked a complete tit and I can't remember him diving again after that...

With Torres almost certainly playing and Gerrard a possibility, I can't see past Liverpool/Liverpool on the HT/FT. Not much value in 10/11, really. I might keep off the betting sites for a while, had a big win at the weekend with a 10-team FA Cup accumulator coming up trumps (thanks to a 96th minute winner for Burton Albion yesterday!), so probably best not to push my luck!

Probably people getting in the ground late and not realising the minute's silence was going on, tbf.

How is Ted Hankey seeded number 2?!

He's proposed it a few times and each time it's reported that they'll discuss it at the next board meeting and then all of a sudden the idea gets swept under the carpet. I'm not expecting any different this time. Scudamore has already stated that Celtic and Rangers won't be invited to join the Premier League (amusingly stating that he's a traditionalist and that Scottish teams should play in Scotland, failing to recognise the irony having proposed the 39th game nonsense), and Gartside is only bringing it back to the table because Bolton's financial situation is up the ****ter and they need the fallback option a PL2 could bring.

The discounts and freebies I get for having been with them for that long mean it's really not worth my while switching