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shurlock

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  1. One of those days -as noted elsewhere, lack of creativity not a striker has been our Achilles Heel. Forster had to do much better with the shot.
  2. Not the first time he's named only six subs. Did the same against sheff u.
  3. Found it pretty boring. Boil away the sickly confection of synonoyms and it's the same old "if there was a god, why is there so much injustice in the world". Indisputable stuff on its own terms. But doesn't really deal with the more prosaic and profane reasons why millions are religious.
  4. Why all the hate towards Strongarm? Every budding Sibley has to start somewhere. They don't just descend from the laps of the gods.
  5. Redknapp trying the play the pundit hardman
  6. Been keeping Longy out of the oirish side.
  7. Even juggernauts like Chelesa struggle when they have key players out and a congested fixture list.
  8. Doesn't make them anymore meaningful. How do you define private sector (made up of heterogenous organisations with different motivations and expertise)? What kind of involvement are we talking about? Upstream or downstream activities? Core or noncore? Are they all circumstances in which markets are deemed to work best -at least theoretically (I.e. genuine contestability among providers, more or less complete user information, possibility for exit, easy to specify and monitor contracts -price rather than quality, though quality itself is a relative term)? It could be that what was outsourced under Labour was appropriate -indeed it might not have gone far enough; whereas what the Tories have outsourced is inappropriate. And vice-versa. Either way, headline numbers without such context just invite a heap of apple and pears comparisons that do more to obscure and confuse than illuminate and inform. Of course, it shouldn't surprise anyone that politicians accept such statements at face value - from personal experience, most are as thick as pigs**t and have enough trouble staying on top of their brief.
  9. Come on, most indie gigs are geekier, more introverted versions of the mongboard. Perhaps one reason why you like them At least, here, you don't get knobs spilling beer all over you.
  10. Saw Smog play there around the time Supper was released. Good sound, though not as intimate as I expected.
  11. Filthy, predatory oligarchs and rentiers, the lot of 'em.
  12. Les, it's a compliment, you pillock. The scribe is simply underlining the difficulty of qualifying for CL, how unlevel the playing field is and what an achievement it would be. Accept the spirit in which it is written rather than getting your knickers in a twist over whether it's literally correct.
  13. Or perhaps you made it a divisive subject.
  14. He could interview for England. That's about it, right now. But v.glad we get to see the benefits if he kicks on - unlike some of our other gilded graduates of the Academy. Also sends out a positive signal to the rest.
  15. Two of those are likely to be off in the summer; and a significant proportion of the others probably won't make the grade. None, perhaps with the exception of Forster and potentially JWP, form the spine around which we're building the team. And the trend seems headed in the wrong direction.
  16. Thanks
  17. Implies he was looking, though.
  18. Any word on Morgan, Victor and Toby? Likely to be available for next week, assuming they're all out on Sunday?
  19. Spiritualized and girls don't mix. Not everyone has an elegant smack/downers habit like Kate Radley. Indeed, not sure whether any indie concert and girls mix, though there are exceptions
  20. IPad Air 2 (64GB) - sleek, powerful and most importantly feels like a toy. Useful antidote to the utilitarianism and seriousness that come with opening my other electronic devices.
  21. Intellectual rent boy.
  22. What are you on about? Reed, Toby, Davis and JWP started ahead of Cork at DM/CM because he was injured.
  23. Not sure about nails in the coffin. In the short-term, Cork still offers more than Reed. But we can't have our cake and eat it, especially when Cork enjoys most the bargaining power.
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