Lord Duckhunter

If you drum behaviours into them at an early age then you're half way there. It's about respect, my 4 have so much respect for their Mum that they wouldn't dream of upsetting her. With me, it's more a question of boundries, they know not to push it too far, but know I would never hit them (well 2 of them are taller than me, so good luck with that). We're not some sort of trendy modern parents, but it seems to work. I dont sit down and discuss anything with them, they do wrong and they're punished. Grounded, no mobile phone, no PC, no TV, whatever it takes. The first thing I ask at parents evening is "how are they behaving", before I find out about their work. I also tell the teachers "any issues call me". It seems to work, the older 2 have decent jobs and the next one's just got into grammar school

Bit too Victorian for my liking. As I said I've got 4, and they are all pretty decent, well behaved normal kids/adults. Your approach reminds me of an old guy who does some work for me. He told me that back in the 50's when he was a teenager, his Dad was on his case all the time. One day he said to his dad "if I had the bus fare, I'd go to Torquay and sign up for the Army" (he lived in Devon somewhere). His Dad asked how much it was, when he was told the amount, Dad reached into his pocket, got the exact money out and said "**** off then" as he handed it to him. He told me he never set eyes on his Dad again and he didn't die for another 40 years. My approach is more like an older brother than a Dad, and if that's wrong, then it's wrong. There are no books or manuels with being a Dad, you just do the best you can, and hope they turn out ok (which touch wood, mine seem to have)

Interesting views on here. As a father of 4, I've found that I lose my temper a lot less with my younger 2 (which I had in my 30's) than the older 2 (in my 20's). I did find it hard restraining myself sometimes, and I dont seem to have that problem now. I always tried to behave like my Dad did, and I honsetly can not remember a time he ever raised his hand to me.My Mum used to dish out the slaps, and I did use to resent her for it. Once I got older that option had gone, and she couldn't control me, whereas my Dad could still make me fill bad even at 16/17 just by saying "you've let me down". He had a way with him, that made me feel bad and want to behave. Sometimes I would think, "just hit me" and lets move on. It was strange because he frightened me, but I knew he would never touch me. The main difference when it comes to schooling was my Mum and Dad backed the Teachers. I remember getting sent off playing for the school for throwing the ball into another boys face, when a throw in went against us. I received the slipper for it. I didn't dare tell my Mum and Dad because they would have grounded me. Nowadays the Dad would be up the school complaining about the teacher. I'm not saying it is right to slipper children, but teachers should be backed. I've always followed the theory that they treat all kids equal and if mine have got a detention, then they deserved it. Provided they are not physical towards them, they can punish them as they see fit. I think it's quite easy to jump to the defence of your kids, it's very much like supporting saints. I watched Sat games and thought "what a load of shiete", went up the pub that night and some bloke said "you lot were rubbish". I found myself getting annoyed and argueing with him, saying we were unlucky, it wasn't a peno ect. It was like, I can critise my team, but you cant. I think parents are like that with kids. They know little Johhnys a nightmare, but if the teacher punishs him, they're stright on the defensive. I try to take the emotion out of it and think for a while. I tell my Mrs I'll deal with it, because she'd be up the school raring up with the head.That's the thing I feel sorry for teachers about, their hand are tied by Mum's and Dad's who together with the modern thinking wont let them punish children.

This is spot on. Nobody, knows what the FL will do regarding terms for the transfer of the Golden share to the new company. The last thing the FL will want to do is announce a -15 (for example) too early. 1) it could put potential owners off, and 2) The new owners might come in and settle CVA 1 ( unlikely, but you never know). They basically use the Golden Share as a bribe to close loopholes. There's no doubt legally we had a case to pursue leagl action against the -10, they simply closed that avenue using the Golden Share. Remember Fry was adament we were going to get our points back, so Birch can insist that there's going to be no more deduction ,but that doesn't make it so.

Sharp is a better player than Barnard, so to suggest a fit Sharp sits on the bench whilst Barnard plays is barmy. Maybe they could start together, but a 20 min cameo is about it as far as I'm concerned.

David Davis showing yet again why the Tories picked the wrong "Dave".

Interesting., my Mrs reckons I'm lazy round the house, I'm going to tell her being 6ft I just look lazy. If I was 5ft 6 she wouldn't keep nagging me.......

The League can impose whatever terms they want for the transfer of the Golden Share, ours was not to appeal the -10. I fully expect them to take into account the failed CVA, when the time comes to transfer the share to tne Newco.

We're going to have to nurse him through to the end of the season. If West Ham lose or only draw Fri, there's no point in risking him with palace and Reading to come. Yes , it may cost us a win against Skates, but all that matters is promotion. We want him fit for must win games, Sat's must win for the supporters, but if we are 5 or 6 points above WH, it's hardly must win in the grand scheme of things. What we dont want is a must win game against Middlesboro and Lambert not fit.

Tabb was injured, he looked in pain coming off.

We dont seem to defend as a unit. Most sides revert to 2 banks of 4 when the opposition have the ball, but we seem to leave our full backs too exposed. I thought having Chaplow play would help us with this, but he seems to charge around like a headless chicken, trying to win the ball and getting pulled out of position. If you look at the game Saturday, Blackpool let us have the ball in our half, hense the possesion statistics, but closed us down as a unit, once we got into their half. Sometimes our midfield go and try to win the ball off the Full backs or centre halves and leave too big a gap behind them.

I thought the best result was West Ham beating Reading and I still stand by that. Once West Ham get into the nothing to lose stage I can see them overpowering sides. I feel that they're a bit edgy at the moment because they dont know whether to stick or twist. I think they'll beat Barnsley and then will have 2 home games on the bounce. If they get a bit of momentum, they have quite an easy run in. Reading have 3 tough games, followed by 3 pretty easy ones. We need to be above them after 13th. I hope I'm wrong about West Ham, but I feel we must win the next 2.

Sharp is clearly good enough for the League we are in, he's proved it before. Whether he's good enough IF we go up, you can say that about a lot of players. Lets get up first and then see. I would rather have Sharp than Connoly or Barnard. As for Guly, my gut feeling is he will be good enough. Players are given a bit more time on the ball in the Premiership and he has the ability to use this time. The Championship can be a bit like pin ball sometimes, particulary away from home. I dont think we'd be 6 points clear of 3rd in the Championship if Pardew was still manager.Cork was a good signing, Fox, Lee looks good, He's got Lambert playing better than Pardew did in my opinion. One bad day at the office and people start to question his judgement of players. Get a grip...........

I'm glad we were **** today rather than next week. We were never going to win every game, lets keep our heads, win our home games, plus 1 or 2 points from away and we're there. Both West Ham and Reading would like to swap

Unbelievable risk if so, that is really taking promtion for granted.

Carlton Cole has ****ed off, commentor said he's upset that Fat Sam pulled him off. I cant blame him, should have got Karen Brady to do it...........

Really does show what confidence does. West Ham were all over them first 30 mins, now they look a shambles.

Pen, but they scored after, Ref should have waited

I can see him being out for this one, but if he had an op yesterday I'm pretty certain it would have slipped out by now.

Goal,and I thought we were lucky at Leeds...........

Fat Sam's face will be a picture

Harte's dead ball delivery has been shocking, up till then.

Reading are shiete, hope they play like that at our place. Jammy bastards

Had we been taken over by people like Marcus and Cortese in '97 instead of Lowe, we would be in a far better position than we are now.Lowe was 2 bob, running retirement homes. I dont know where this "good businessman" line comes from. He was not in the same league as people like Madejski. I thought the whole reason for the reverse takeover was to fund a new ground, it didn't take a genius to do decide we needed a new stadium and build one.

Before rushing to praise Galloway, people should remember he had some pretty shady dealings with Saddam.