Lord Duckhunter

The Labour Govt had 2 choices, let the banks fold or bail them out. Just because they decided to bail them out, does not give every Tom, **** and Harry the right to call on the state to help with all their problems. I've started to ride my bike to work to save on petrol, perhaps I should have written to the PM demanding petrol money instead, after all "they bailed the banks out", and "I didn't cause the ecomonic crash".

Perhaps he could go and met our troops and make a "job done" speech. How can you say that it has been a sucsess, when we know nothing about the "victors". Dont forget we were on Bin Laden's side when the mujahideen were fighting the Russians.

I've had a feeling from early on that Nigel is our new Lawrie Mac. The big man would approve of his style of play and the players seem to love playing for him. However lets not forget what Lawrie actually did. Forget about top 2 finish's, that's pretty much impossible these days, but just remember the talent Lawrie brought to the club and the youngsters he (along with others) devoloped. Nigel is playing football in a similar style, but we've yet to see if he can attract the talent and devolop a constant stream of young talent. My gut feeling is that when he retires or leaves us, Nigel will be up there with Ted and Lawrie, but it's early days.Lets have 10 years of the Adkins diet, before he goes off to manage England.

The "goal" was right in front of me and the ref did make a cock up. However, the whistle clearly blew and Almunia seemed to only make a half hearted effort once he heard it. SDR may still have finished, and the ref should have seen if he did and pulled it back if not, but I think Almunia would have made the finish harder if he hadn't heard the whistle.

Why do people always look to the state or local officals to sort out their problems. If my mortgage goes up to a level that I cant afford, should I write to a councillor for "advise"?

I started off settling for finishing above the Skates even if that meant mid table. I then amended this about a month ago to play offs, and I'm now really starting to think about promtion. It's not just the results we're getting but the manner we're playing in. Defeat at Leicester was unlucky and we should have beaten Derby, whilst our wins in the main have been pretty convincing, maybe Forest & Milwall had a touch of luck about them, but that is streaching the point slightly,as we were still the better side. Injuries in certain positions maybe the thing that derails us. Centre half and upfront we look light to me. The full back and midfield I believe we can cope with (whilst losing AL was a blow, I thought Chaplow stepped up to the plate). If we lost Ricky for a length of time, I would start to worry. Hopefully Adkins ect have a plan B if this happens.

I never liked Scousers and used to use all the old Cliché's, some of which I reread on this thread. However after meeting and working with hundreds of them, I have made many friends for life. The country would be a fair better place if more communities were like theirs.Of course there are some idiots, but there are idiots everywhere. The climate at the time meant that this was a disaster waiting to happen. Had Southampton been playing in that Semi Final and the same numbers attended the game, would our support not have taken a drink. Would some ticketless fans not have turned up and tried to get in, would people have not left it too late to get in for kick off and rushed to get in. Are people seriously trying to say that Southampton fans would have queued nicely whilst the game had started, would have all stayed sober, and behaved like good model citizens? The police are there to protect us, and look after the publics safety, even if some of the public are misbehaving ( as a minority of all supporters did and still do). They failed in their duty and I find it highly offensive that people look to blame the Liverpool fans, and the establishment looked to cover it up. The 96 who lost their lives that day, were just supporters, just like the 32,000 turning up at SMS tonight, and we should all back their friends and families search for the truth.

What I tried to do when my fixed rate ended was to go onto the SVR, continue to budget as if I was paying the fixed rate, and save the difference. The money saved can then be offset against interest rate rises in the future, whilst keeping one eye out ready to fix once rates start to go up. It looked good on paper, but in practise the £100 per month less that I pay Nationwide , has just been swallowed up by other bills and not saved.

I was working abroad with a lot of Scousers when it happened and it had a massive effect on them, both red and blue. Some of the guys had friends and family at the game, and the whole expat community came together to raise money for the victims. My personal view is that the police/autherities covered a lot up. That the police policed football without a thought to public safety, just public order.However,football supporters from most clubs contributed to the police's attitudes by misbehaving regulary. The climate at the time was one of the reasons for this diaster.

My old man was a Building Society Manager for 30 years and the best bit of advise he ever gave me was to look at your mortgage as rent and not a debt. After 25 years of paying rent, you are then given the house rent free. Obviously you are liable for repairs ect, but generally I've always had a pretty relaxed attitude towards my Mortgage as I would have to pay rent somewhere if I didnt have this "debt".

Our winning home run will have to come to an end soon. I would take a point tomorrow, provided we win on Sat.

Spot on and it is why these idiots who the BBC wheel out every now and again to bang on about "child poverty" in the uk, really **** me off. It's an insult to the millions of poor people around the world, and to the past generations in this country that really did have nothing. There was a Woman on QT the other week asking how she was going to put food on the table, as she had suffered a "pay freeze". I'm sure people who really live from hand to mouth dont have time to pop onto QT and whine about how poor they are. We have too many people in this country who consider the defination of "poor" to be, someone without the latest phone, holiday, car or TV. My Grandmother died at 98 leaving just £300.However she would have been proud of that having struggled all her life as my Grandad had Multiple Sclerosis and was in a wheel chair for years(in an era when there wasn't much help).She never once considered herself poor or complained about what she could not afford.

Alan Sugar was on Talksport last night, he was talking about The Skates. Said it was a disgrace that they were allowed to continue, and that they should have been wound up and thrown out of the leagues.Said it's just plain wrong that millionaire players got paid in full, but builders and local people got shafted. I know it's old hat, but finally the myth of plucky Portsmouth is wearing thin with other supporters around the country.

On The Press Pass on Talksport lat night Matt Dickinson of the Times said the "American owners" in the PL were driving this. Said exactly what you said, they want an NFL Franchise sysytem. He claimed that they did want a wage cap bought into place, other wise all the extra money earned from this closed shop will just gush into the players pockets. If they set the wage cap at a level that only a champions league club could afford, it will control their costs, but keep the Villa's, Spurs ect in their place.

There is an interesting programme on talksport Sunday nights called The Press Pass, this was bought up last night.Matt Dickinson of the Times, said that "American owners" of Premier League clubs are pushing for a franchise system, like the NFL. He said it was one of the things things that attracted them in the first place. With it, they then feel that they can work a wages cap and continue to make money year on year with no worry of relegation.

Compared to the other dross on show, he looks different class. Not that it means much, the rest are hopeless.

Shocking game, shocking atmosphere......... They really are poor......... What on earth has happened to Liam Lawerence, he's flushed his career down the toilet, he is awful........

Not too sure what result I want for the Skates tonight. Couple of good results and Gray could get the job.

If we win Tuesday, it'll be a great week. Lose Tuesday and todays result will look disappointing. Watching the stream, we edged it and maybe should have won.

Our young people are being conned by the system into believing that going to Uni, will give them a great start and a decent job. Universities should be a place for the elite, they should be where the very brightest and able children go from all walks of life go( I'm not saying you are not, by the way). By deciding that it is a good thing for 50% of our children to attend Uni, that has been watered down.There was never any thought of me going to Uni, I was just not one of the elite at my school, just an average pupil. Nowadays average pupils attend Uni and run up huge debts for the privilage of doing so. Govt's of both colours did not acheive this near 50% mark, by raising standards so high that 50% of our children could be considered elite, but by changing Polytechnic's into uni's, by designing degrees for the average pupil and by generally dumbing down the requirements to be a Uni student. It is not the Children's fault, as I said, they have been conned. The attraction for the Govt (of both colours) is they can chant the mantra that "more people benefit from uni education", and it also keeps many off the unemployment register ( a win/win).

Rightly rape victims are treated differently than victims of other crimes and the same should apply to the defendant, until he is found guilty. It seems bizzare that the papers cant print true stories about people like Ryan Giggs, but can print the names of people who maybe completely innocent of this crime.

The freemarket has to work in the media. Apart from the BBC (which I object paying for, but that's for another thread) the media is governed by the rules of demand. Anyone can set up a paper or buy an existing title. Why are there no left wing right on papers that sell as many copies as the Mail, telegraph and Sun. Perhaps it's because nobody would buy it. You could put a pair of tits on page 3,4 & 5 of the Guardian, but as long as Polly Toynbee is spouting her nonsense, nobodys going to buy it, except a few sandal wearers and tree huggers.

There's nothing you can do about it, save ban media or ban elections. My view as a freemarket supporter is that the media (except the BBC) is governed by the free market. How many people were really disgusted with the phone tapping, yet how many cancelled their Sky subscription? People buy the Mail, Sun and Telegraph, they have a choice. If they didn't like/agree with most they write, they would have the circulation figs of the Guardian...........

What nonsense. Who are you to decide how other people arrive at their opinions? Perhaps yours were delivered to you by the BBC, or a work collague, or a member of your family, I dont know and I dont really care, they count as much as any member's of the "great unwashed" do. Why do you assume that any right wing opinions are "delivered" to people, but your "right on Leftie views" are a result of your highly intelligent mind and formed by principles?

I'm not happy with any sort of election system for the European Parliament, because I dont want us in the EU. However, if we had a vote to determine which system to use, I would accept the will of the British people. I would not try and tell them they were, conned,stupid, lied to, or compalin about the amount of money spent on the campaign.Especially if my side of the arguement was defeated in a manner bordering on humilation.I would sit back and think about why I was so out of touch with what the people want..............