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Good. I think he's more of an Arrogant Bastard and 90 Minute man myself.

Alright SoCal! Since this thread is at a standstill, and I'm bored at work, and very thirsty. Let's talk craft beers! Your favs?

What's so c*ntish putting it on pizza? Goes perfectly, bit of anchovy too and you have a great balance imo. Apples have to be crisp. Braeburns my fave, most others I'll skip as they tend to be bland and sometimes mushy. Raspberries, cherries, peaches, watermelon (small ones), pineapple, passion fruit, cantaloupe.

Was at the game but ran out of cash after the game and wanted one of those half/half team scarfs for my son. Anyone know a link (tried Ebay) where I can search for one, or anyone have an extra they're willing to sell?

NY - I'd go for DTV. I've been pretty happy with them for the last 10 years. They have two DVRs available - their normal one and the more expensive Tivo with less features but a splendid interface. I'm going to be calling them quite soon myself to ask them to offer me a decent Tivo HD package.

Like to keep with DTV as last year they re-introduced their integrated Tivo HD receiver - a format which I'm a stickler for - don't like the generic DVRs at all. On a side note, I hope Fox see fit to put a daily Sky Sports News broadcast back on at around 4pm/7pm PST/EST, rather than either in the morning or late night. I want to see the day's news at 11pm/midnight GMT. They keep tinkering with it and it's just not on! Enjoy St Marys!

I have normal directv but no HD. It's always looked a bit blurry on my old projection tv. Time to start looking for some decent flatscreen deals and TiVo hd. SoCal - "glorious" sounds pretty good to me...

How not to take a penalty

2nd

Some of my celebratory footage - not the goals. The atmosphere was ten times better 20 seconds earlier, but who had the time or the capacity to film?! 1st

1:30 is just right though isn't it. 7am is for the birds although I'll probably still be up at 5am if my lingering jetlag has anything to do with it. Was watching the recorded City game this morning and was reminded that I need an upgrade to a better tv and HD! For anyone with Directv HD, is it nice?

Ah **** it, it's every week now isn't it! Happy days.

Probably my one and only game this season and it was a blast. Fantastic eruption of emotion especially when the second went in. Nice stadium - smaller than I was expecting, especially quiet home fans IMO. Enjoyed our ****take Poznan. I want more...

Stratford station is going to be fun. Magnificent views of the stadium throughout. Good job.

LOL! Glad you were able to hook up a proxy for iPlayer. I'm thankfully in Blighty right now, soaking up the Beeb's proper coverage. Let me know if you want a copy of the BBC opening ceremony, I had to download it after watching NBC's abortion of it a couple of weeks ago. Even their studio work from so-called professionals has been cringeworthy and utter poo. Been fruitlessly trying for Olympic park event/access tix these last few days. No luck. Am going into London tomorrow anyway and will go to Statford and hopefully get some nice vantage points of the park. Might head down to Hyde park for Mo's attempt at the 5000 too. Got to make the most of this glorious weather while I can.

Is anyone trying for tickets on general sale? Supposed to be available now, the website has ****ed up . No surprise.

Thanks. What time in the morning do they usually start taking online orders?

Poor sod, I can't even start to imagine the emotional upset he's experiencing right now.

When does this go on general sale, the website doesn't say.

Almost went tonight. Saw £50 athletics tix last night for the evening slot but also that it was forecast to rain all evening. Don't think it rained at all did it? Hope I get another shot before it ends... Do you know what the situation is for stand alone park pass? Prob massive queues?

****sticks, has this sold out already? Steady on people, there are loads of games this season. FFS. Looking for 4 tix together (or minimum of 2) if anyone is looking to sell. Will be able to meet Soton/Surrey/Oxfordshire/London areas, cash in hand from next week onwards.

I know the transport situation is probably fine, it was more whether the museums and other stuff that I wanted to do, would be even more chaotic 'cos of the games...? Any London residents/commuters give me an idea?

I'm flying in to Heathrow on Saturday - nothing to do with the Olympics, it just happened to coincide. I was planning on giving London a wide berth till after the games as there are things and places I want to go without getting stuck in crowds. But the atmos of being in town amidst it all sounds quite appealing. I never even gave tickets a thought but what with the shambles on empty seats and you say you bought the same day, how would I go about trying to attend? What events are there tickets available for?

Are you signed up with thebox.bz torrent site? They have (3gb) regular and (10gb) HD versions of the BBC feed, which whilst not perfect, is much better than the horrible chopped up NBC version we got on Friday night. (You can probably get the BBC version at many other places though)