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It was stright out of the Tory manifesto. When it comes to Aid they are all as bad as each other. All want to suck up to Bono and Geldof.

India has it's own aid programme giving hundreds of millions to poorer countries, and yet The UK gives India aid.India is also a nuclear power, with it's own space programme.It's the ecomonics of the mad house, and nobody can seriosly justify it. Unless of course it is aid wrapped up as sweetners to ensure British Companies get contracts in India. Other recipients of British aid have included Slovenia, Malta, the Czech Republic and Hungary, fellow members of the EU, and two of whom are even in the euro. In 2009 Britain also gave £380,000 in aid to the enormously wealthy Saudi Arabia.Crazy completely and utterly crazy. Cameron's promise to increase Foregin Aid whilst cutting everything else, was just playing to the gallery and a political vainity project. A project that will cost the British taxpayer money they can ill afford. If I can afford it, I'll give money to charity, and if I can't I wont, or will cut it back. Government should be the same.

1997 was a turning point for our club. Top flight for a decade, and investment needed for a new ground and to push onto the next level. Instead of people like NC and ML we ended up with Rupert Bloody Lowe.Dont give me a load of pony about building a new ground.What businessman wouldn't have done that, that was the whole purpose of the stock exchange thing. Lowe did the bare minimum that anyone taking over the club in 1997 would have done.NC appears to want to take us to a level that Lowe wouldn't even dream about. Seeing 50,000 trying to get to Wembley must have shown him what can be acheived at this club.There is no reason at all why we can not be the Premier Club outside of the big 4 or 5.

Rather than The Beatles, I would have thought Slade were a better comparison to make with Oasis.

But we ended up with Jason St Juste

I cant believe what I'm reading on here, that some people still think SCW was a good idea and is somehow a loss to us because of his "sports science" knowledge.Every single Premiership Club and Manager (yes even dinosaurs like Redknapp) use it. Not one, despite being the highest paying sport, has approached, employed, or spoken to SCW about a role at their club.I doubt if one supporter of a Premiership side wishes they would employ SCW, I doubt if one Premiership manager has ever asked SCW for advise. The only person involved in Football that felt he needed his "skills" was Rupert bloody Lowe. And dont forget it was not just SCW that Redknapp and Harry Basset had to put up with, but Clifford as well. Why has no other club called on Clifford's services. Comparing NC to Rupert Lowe is like comparing The Beatles to Freddie and the Bloody Dreamers.

Sitting here 25 years on running the richest club in the world it's quite hard to remember quite what Fergusion has achieved. The Man Utd he inherited hadn't won the league for 20 odd years and were in Liverpool's shadow. His reign has conincded with them becoming so rich that they should be winning European Cups and Premierships year after year, but it did not start out like that, and his sucsess has played a large part in the monster that is now Man U. Commercially Liverpool weren't at the races and grasped too late the modern football world, they may now never catch up. That said both his European Cup wins were lucky. BM should have been out of sight by the time they fluked those last 2 goals, as they completely outplayed Utd that day, and John Terry would put that peno away 9 times out of 10.I hope they get stuffed on Saturday and that his luck runs out. People used to like and respect Utd under Sir Matt, but SAF and their supporters attitude and behaviours mean that most neutrals will feel the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRI4lCdcP0o

I remember it well and cant believe it was 20 years ago. CN suffered because he followed Lawrie, in hindsight he should not of gone.I wanted him to leave as I thought at the time (wrongly as it turned out) that he wasn't quite up to it. I was told by a local media man that my Dad knew well, that Lawrie had recommended Branfoot to the board, but dont know how true that was. My choice at the time was Harry Redknapp, who had done great things at Boscombe, and was yet to move to West Ham. That said I wouldn't have missed the Branfoot era, in a strange sort of way I enjoyed it. Some of the football was dire, but the "Branfoot out" campaign brought some good banter and camaraderie amongst the support. Not to mention the Newcastle game and Barry Horne's Bolton double, but the best thing about the whole Branfoot era was when Bally walked back into the club, and built the side around Matt.

I'm surprised a right winger Daily Express/Mail reader like Dune is impressed with Prince Phillip. I thought they were against people getting paid for doing nothing and his parenting skills come stright out of the worst sink estates. Oldest son, conducted long term affair whilst married, youngest son behaves like a Premiership footballer and has a friendship with a known paedophile.If Prince Phiilip lived in a high rise block of flats,Dune would be calling for him to get a proper job or be removed back to Greece.

He also said that the main reason the injuction was granted was that someone was quite ill when the story was going to break. He belives it was Pardew's wife, but was not 100% sure.

I know a press photographer, he said it's AP, but it is nothing to do with Saints.

Knowing his luck Antony Pulis will have a great looking bird, that his Dad pulled for him.

The League is going to be tougher and the challange greater than the one Norwich faced. Hull, Skates and Burnley were rubbish , West Ham and Birmingham will be better than them. If reports in the sunday papers are to be believed then Brum face meltdown, but if they manage to keep their manager I think they will be a threat.West Ham will be there or there abouts provided they appoint the right man and keep their heads. Would have preferred Wigan, but glad that Hollowhead will get the chance to meet our supporters again.

Do you think they will discuss the Newcastle manager?

Talksport has just named him on their sports news at 4.30 so I presume the super injuction has been lifted.

Brillant result

My lad is playing tomorrow so I will be there watching.Reading this thread, I am looking forward to watching a commanding display from Barca Saint.......

These are 3 of the best

Huddersfield deserve to go up, but it would be better for us if Posh did. If they lose CMS and Boyd, that will be one relegation place sorted (not that I think we'll be near the bottom), I would rather play Posh away than Huddersfield, but we'd beat the both at home.

Redknapp Snr has always been the same and still is. Look at the way he undermined Darren Bent, with his goals they may have made Champions League this season. He seems to want to slag players and freeze them out to convince the Chairman he needs to spend big. It was a disgrace that we went down that season, as WBA were utter shiete. Whoever had the crazy idea that Redknapp could work for Lowe and then alongside Woodward must need their head testing.

I remember seeing an interview with Sir George Martin, he said that Abbey Road was such a great album because they realised they messed up Let it Be (or Get back as it was originaly known as). He said that although it was never said everyone including him knew it would be the last time they worked together and therefore wanted to go out on a high.There was a tribute to Sir George that aired on BBC 4 the other night, and he came across as quite upset, even after all these years, about being "frozen out" of the Let it Be final production. It could have been a great album, but if you listen to Sir George that may have meant no Abbey Road. Such a shame the film was so sad in parts, particulary when Harrison and Macartney go at each other. They could still work together and have fun even as late as '68. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBelmO65J4

You cant beat a pint of Tanglefoot. Although I am starting to worry I'm turning into some sort of fairy. I'm starting to prefer botles of Peroni or San Miguel to my normal Spitfire or Old Speckled Hen for home drinking.

I've been listening all day to Let it Be...Naked. What the album should have sounded like before that idiot Spector trashed it. [video=youtube;qR-SlkUgCRg]