sadoldgit

Clearly it comes across in my writing style

To be fair United have been poor and Arsenal patchy. Liverpool and Spurs weren't great early on.

How do you know I have a big nose Bear?

Will always remember how happy Marcus looked, and how p*ssed off Cortese looked.

Not sure why he was banned but there are some on here who seem to constantly get away with abusive name calling. Maybe we could have some consistency?

Patti

catwoman

This reminds me of a great joke in the old comedy Just Good Friends written by the late, great John Sullivan. The parents of the main character Penny are shown in bed and have clearly just been having a bit of rumpy pumpy. Mr Warrender turns to his wife and asks expectantly, "Same old magic?" His wife responds disparagingly, "Same old wand!"

dogsbodies

deejay

I agree Ron. We are so tough on our goalkeepers. FF has been part of the best defensive unit in the Premiership yet gets stick most weeks. Kelvin always gets a hammering on here yet has been a brilliant servant to this club and will give his best if needed for the rest of the season. We need to worry more about putting our chances away than about our keepers (unless Kelvin gets injured as well of course!).

Those two were part of the famous "alehouse" team as I remember. Tough as nails but they both could play.

giraffe

Irene, where are you?

You are indeed a Bear of many talents!

I am hoping for a 2-0 win then

That would never do. I doubt if he has hit anyone in his life and I cant see him making "slope" jokes.

Do you like to warm the pot first and do you use a strainer?

Good point. No.

Bringing cases to court is very expensive Bear and while the money comes from the public purse, it has to be totally justified. We prosecute a number of cases in house but all of the major offences are briefed out to Chambers and the CPS has to pay for that. If cases are lost the senior CPS lawyers have to review them and report back on why we lost. We have to be reasonably confident of a successful prosecution (and you can never second guess a jury) and it has to be in the public interest to bring the prosecution. Public spending cuts mean that running the CPS (and the police and court service) is becoming more and more difficult but cases still need to be brought to court and there is no restriction on prosecuting cases based on cost. Cases do get dropped if we think the evidence is not strong enough but sometimes a case will still be prosecuted if deemed important enough by senior prosecutors. We would find it very difficult to justify taking a case to court without the CPS lawyers believing in the guilt of the defendant. If the reviewing lawyer has doubts the case is passed up the management chain for further advice. As you can imagine, cases where people walk free cause the CPS a lot of grief so blindly prosecuting innocent people is not encouraged!

doomed

Bear, very magnanimous of you. Is this the male equivalent of getting your t*ts out for the lads?

Fair point but I think, as with things like Page 3, it feeds said morons with the idea that woman are there for their sexual gratification and the more it is feed through channels where you wouldn't expect it ( as in you would expect it in lap dancing clubs, strip clubs, porn etc) then it makes it more likely that said morons will chant GYTOFTL at professional women doing their jobs at football matches. Clearly there are some women more then happy to get their baps out for the lads - I just think it makes things more difficult for those who don't want to. Call me old fashioned, but every time Saints win I don't feel the need to take selfies of my tackle and post them on a football website. Not sure why you would want to even if you were proud of your baps and bush.

Maybe if she flashed them on the live camera at Upton Park at the end of the match?

discontent