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catholic

No doubt SG will find a way to rationalise this, or at least tell us "Limeys" to keep our noses out as it is none of our business! Just for once though it would be really nice if he could admit that it was out of order.

If Yoshi had just made that one error then I doubt if he would have got as much stick. Unfortunately he makes many errors that lead to goals. He does tend to switch off at times.

Well, she certainly doesn't seem to know what Diversity means in this context. I am also very surprised that the CPS dropped the case as there seems to be evidence against her according to this article. Her definition is completely wrong. At the CPS it was drummed into us to the extent that we had to answer questions on it during promotion interviews that diversity means treating people of all race, gender, religious, sexual backgrounds the same. To say that you cant be racist against "white men" is wrong. Inciting people to murder others, if that is what she did, no matter what colour their skin, gender, religion or sexual background is also a no-no unsurprisingly. Had this appeared in the Daily Mail I wouldn't have looked at it twice but as the Mirror are going with it perhaps there is something to it. The CPS will drop cases if they feel there is not enough evidence to get a prosecution and or if they feel it is not in the public interest to prosecute. It will be interesting to see what the DPP has to say about the decision.

martin luther king

I fancy us to win this one. We have been good on the road and they are very poor at the moment.

I love that St George, a "Limey" himself with the name of the patron saint of "Limeys" uses "Limey" as a term of abuse. I am pretty certain that none of us "Limeys" are the least bit bothered about being called a "Limey." I also love the fact that he apparently left the UK because of the multiple stabbings, punch ups etc that go on in the town centres all of the time for the safety of the USA where you can get shot dead just for going to school or causing a minor traffic violation.

A match is played over 90 minutes or so and matches are often won and lost in a few moments here and there. If we had gone in at 0-0 I suspect it would have been a very different second half. If we had gone in 2-0 down I am positive that it would have been a very different second half. I agree with Jose, it is a state of mind thing and although it needs to be sorted out, we won 2-0 and that is the most important thing.

I agree that the sport is a lot safer now. The risk of fire was always great but it seems odd now that you could run off the track and hit a tree! Jackie Stewart had a lot to do with making the sport safer.

It has fooled me. I was convinced that he is an idiot!

Stayed in a small town called Cornwall in Connecticut some years back. Stunning at this time of year.

brazilian

You are spot on Tim, and I am now going to take your advice and stfu myself as I have said more than enough on the subject!

Nice to know that I have a problem! I made one mistake and that was to attribute a quote about gay cabin crew to you. I see no reason why I should slink away in embarrassment. I have apologised for the error and am happy to apologise again if necessary. At no time have I called you homophobic or anti gay or a bigot. What you have done constantly through this thread though is to talk about gap people as if they are somehow different from us "normal folk". You have selected Brighton and Soho as places that you have decided many of them like to live because the feel "more comfortable" with like minded people. No generalisations there then! Frankly if I was gay I would be appalled by some of your comments. I am not at all desperate. I have a point of view and appreciate some may agree and some may disagree. Earlier you said you really don't care. I would say for someone who doesn't care you have expended quite a lot of energy and an element of anger not quite commensurate with someone who doesn't care.

Yes I think it is the right thing to do at the moment. There is clearly an issue in football that is making it difficult for gay footballers to be open about who they are. While it shouldn't make any difference, it does. Once players start coming out and fronting the morons on the terraces that still think it is funny to chant at Brighton supporters for living in a "gay town" the sooner we can all grow up and move on. I don't I don't agree with those who think it isn't brave to come out. To have your private life splashed all over the media might be fine for some (the Jordan's of this world) but I cant think of anything worse and Im am sure that there are many players who would rather have their exploits on the field in the papers rather than what they do behind closed doors. But at the end of the day it doesn't matter what we think, it is a bigger issue for the gay footballers themselves and they need to determine how they deal with the problem. To say that there isn't an issue is just head in sand time. If it wasn't gay footballers would have come out years ago.

Yep, lets tar all gay people with the same brush again shall we Hypo. I say that because several of the gay people I know avoid "the gay scene" like the plague. But then again they are not like "normal" people are they? Gay people buy there groceries in the same supermarket that I do. Gay people by their clothes in the same shops that I do. Gay people drink in the same pubs that I do. Gay people eat in the same restaurants that I eat in. Who knew?

Nice to see that you have taken my apology with your usual lack of class and humility. I guess you never get things wrong eh Hypo?

An old colleague of mine, Crystal Palace supporter and plastic Scouser, once said to me that the Bournemouth fans really hate Southampton fans don't they. As a Londoner myself I was a bit surprised by his statement as I knew several other Southampton fans with a soft spot for Bournemouth and didn't "get" the rivalry. Clearly there are some who have issues but you would never put it in the same category as the Poopey rivalry. Why people get themselves into a tiz about a game of football has always been beyond me. I find it very sad that some people still cant help themselves and have the need to punch someone else just because they support another team.

1970's time warp?

Leeds to be playing CL football within a couple of seasons then!

bumper

You have been watching too many Robert de Niro films chum. I am talking to you. I made a point that not all male cabin crew were gay and that it was a lazy stereotype which prompted the usual cr*p p*ss take from yourself. Given your figures (that we agree are nowhere near scientific) I would happily argue that if just over half of male cabin crew employees are gay it is still a lazy stereotype.

B*gger, that means we cant say he is only 20 you know anymore!

I am old school and used to go to Brands Hatch a lot in the 60s and 70s. As well as the British Grand Prix they also used to host the Race of Champions so we got to see Formula 1 twice a year. The only time the cars would pull into the pits was if there was something wrong with the car (or changing tyres if it started to rain) and they would race flat out from start to finish without any of this phaffing about with pit stops every 5 minutes. The race tracks seemed more interesting then and had hills - they all seem to be flat and the same now. I just cant get into it these days but guess it is just an age thing. Formula 5000 was cool too. F1 style cars with 5 litre engines. Happy days!

rottern