JackFrost

I think this is precisely what F1 needs to avoid at all costs. It's the handicapping systems that's helped turned the BTCC into a joke in the last 10 years. Success ballast doesn't make it any less predictable as it just means the previous winner will be running round in about 5th or 6th the next race holding up a procession of cars. Reverse grids or partially reversed grids mean that some drivers will only achieve success because of a massive advantage, and in the BTCC its led to driving standards plummeting. Every other "overtake" results in the driver behind driving into the car in front and punting it aside/into a spin. It looks incredibly amateurish. F1 needs to be as pure as possible, although I did agree that DRS/KERS had to be introduced. The aerodynamic instability which made overtaking impossible was detrimental to the racing. When Schumacher was dominating they were talking about sprinklers being randomly activated and each driver having to drive every car in the field (The Schumacher in a Minardi idea) and these ideas were thrown out for good reasons. Vettel is where he's at because how good he is and how good Newey is. There'll come a time where he will start struggling and the competition will liven up again. Besides whoever wins each race is not the be all and end all of why I watch F1.

Then he better get on helping his team develop the car so Vettel gets caught up. . .

I think it was more to do with Hulkenburg having superior traction out of the slow corners meaning Hamilton couldn't get close enough. I actually thought the midfield race was highly entertaining, especially when they sent a fire truck out for them to race. It's up to the rest of the field to catch up with Vettel, at the moment him and Adrian Newey are simply too good.

When Boruc was 2 stone overweight and had zero match sharpness Adkins wasn't far wrong. Adkins gambled on KD being good enough for the PL as a reward for his service to the club, it unfortunately became clear rather quickly that he shouldn't be anywhere near the first-team in this league. We were left with a rookie that wasn't good enough and a completely out-of-form, overweight Boruc. Boruc was no better than KD or PG in bhis early days here but fortunately Adkins and co. managed to get him in shape and match sharp on the training ground, and we've never looked back since. That said we could do with a stronger back-up GK unless Cropper or PG make serious progress in the next few years

Alpine is like the polar opposite of a clairvoyant

Having seen this thread I better put a sizable amount on Osvaldo getting a second half hat-trick a bit lively

Between 2000 and 2004 Schumacher entered 85 Grand Prix. Of those 85 Grand Prix he finished on the podium 66 times, winning 48 of them. In Vettel's last 85 GP he has finished on the podium 55 times, winning 32 of them

People said the same when Schumacher was dominating and at times he was more dominant than Vettel is now. He won the 2002 Championship at the equivalent of now (with 6 races to go) although IMO the Ferrari was further ahead of the field then than the Red Bull is now (plus the FIA being Ferrari's International Assistance in those days and all of that) I think Vettel dominance won't lose as much of the audience as Schumacher's dominance did because it'll be interesting to see if he breaks Schumacher's records. At the end of the day it's up to the rival teams to catch up and a handicap system won't be viable long term. Also Vettel's had his moments but he also hasn't gone to the ridiculous lengths Schumacher did at times, like when Schuey turned the entire 2002 Austrian GP into a complete farce. Another aspect is that KERS/DRS produces a lot more overtaking meaning the races will be generally more entertaining than they were in Schuey's day. Bernie won't be too worried yet.

On the day we beat Liverpool at Anfield, Pompey lose at home to Fleetwood Town

Congratulations for illustrating perfectly that you know nothing

95% of the things I've ordered off amazon have arrived as expected. The only things that haven't have been from the odd private seller and amazon have exceeded my expectations when dealing with them. 95% of the things I've ordered off ebay I've had a problem with

They're probably flat out with GTA5 orders on top of their usual workload

She's dropped the claim http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-24066843

Ah you beat me to it, As the local News billboards have been advertising as headline news, they indeed have a Champions League striker on trial. By Champions League striker they mean a guy who scored 3 goals in 19 games for a Cypriot club that got to the champions league play-off round last season and 3 years ago had an unsuccessful trial with Stevenage

You'd be very foolish not to. As for insurance I think people usually take the buyer's word for it, if you want proof ask them to bring proof. Also as soon as you've sold the car inform the DVLA immediately because if you don't you're still liable for the car tax.

Barely anything more than a trip/bodycheck. Not sure how much of a tackle there was as I think it was more of a collision, but Dave Busst having his leg shattered against Man Utd in the '90s was horrendous. I think it was the one where they had to clean the blood and Peter Schmeichel's vomit off the pitch while Busst was being treated. He came very close to having his leg amputated and the sad irony is that his career ended due to contracting MRSA in the hospital and not the physical injuries in his leg. Also that Keane tackle on Haaland, that was part of a long running feud between the two. Haaland half provoked it from years earlier due to previous comments/actions against Man U/Roy Keane

Been pretty good I think. Some quality signings and kept hold of Shaw, Cork etc. Compare it with say Sunderland who have replaced Stephane Sessegnon with Fabio Borini and I feel rather pleased with it all

15:02 and no match thread?

You right Let's start Shaw who has a dodgy knee. If he just so happened to pick up a serious injury on that knee we'd have to use our backup LB for god knows how long who is. . . . . . . oh

I have to say Pochettino's interviews do remind of Father Hernandez in Father Ted http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSIZWLipgU4 (0:52)

Cameron now has just practically outlined a load of circumstantial evidence that Assad 'probably' committed the attacks and saying we have to make a decision on taking action based on that. He's focusing almost entirely on the consequences on the attack and the concept of stopping chemical attacks entirely, and a lot less on how we know who actually committed the attack I may have misheard but I also thought he made a strange comment about this being the worst chemical attack in a century.

So the thread descends into the usual conspiracy theories and troll feeding. I can't believe I'm saying this but this is one of the first things that Ed Miliband has got right. Then again they are probably in the best position to learn from the mess from 10 years ago

Robin Thicke

We've conceded a goal and look who's made an appearance lol