Deano6

Superb humour!

I saw Coach Payton standing next to Quarterback Manning. How I laughed!

Well in that case I sincerely hope my vote was counted as a for, and the against ignored. If not this is going all the way to the top. He thoroughly deserved the "yes" half of my vote. A national treasure. Not sure about the "laugh out loud funny" claims tho :smt008

I'm going to be staying over my mate's place in Brooklyn on the Friday night, as there's no way I'll be up early enough to get over there for 7.30am!

A little from Column A, a little from Column B.

I also live in the US, so by the same argument as above can people sort me out with tickets too? Cheers. Deano6

I heard from close sources within the club that Cortese only offered the Season Ticket after he found out it was a girl, and so would be unlikely to be going to any games anyway. They also said he has instructed turnstile operators to be on the lookout for other people trying to get in on that ticket. Despicable IMO.

Interesting question. For me I'll either still be out here in New York having extended my secondment, or I'll be back working in London, having bought a nice big place somewhere in the suburbs. It's a long way off before I need to make that decision tho. Interesting that you've brought it up as I've been giving it some thought myself recently. Maybe it'll hinge on whether I find a lady I want to settle down with for the long term out here, and whether I can stand the freezing streets and lack of interesting sports. One alternative that I've been giving a modicum of consideration to is that I may take another secondment somewhere else in the world. Europe would be the most obvious, but I don't speak any of the languages to any decent degree, and the Wild Card would be an Australia / NZ option. Can't see it myself tho. If I want to be on a quiet, sunny island I'll most likely emigrate to Bermuda. Put some money on that as an outside bet.

Ask Kings Lynn FC.

Fox Soccer seem to have the 3pm and 5pm games. ESPN Dos claim to have the 1pm, tho I don't have that channel. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/tv/listing?date=20100213&cc=5901 I may try and catch it on Justin.tv from home. I'm shooting off to PA right after so wouldn't be able to make it to a bar anyway. Interestingly I note the Chelsea v Cardiff midday game is listed on FA website as being "Live on www.thefa.com". Not sure if it's just radio or TV too. http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/Fixtures.aspx

Read this and tell me it's not Paul Merson. He was "shocked" by every single move, and doesn't think a single one was a good move (other than Moses)! http://www.skysports.com/opinion/story/0,25212,15205_5909181,00.html

I think the point is that Hull, Wolves and Burnley have seen their early season form drop off and can't buy a win now. Pompey don't need to catch the 14th placed team - they only need to overtake these three.

It seems a couple of fans have tried to help out in clearing Pompey's £60m debts... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8492171.stm

What song's that based one? After the first few lines I was thinking something by The Lightning Seeds (Waiting For Today To Happen maybe?) but then it sounded more like Come Undone (Williams not Duran Duran). Anyone know?

The league table would never look like that. I can see why you might want to selectively choose a time period a bad period to make us look better, but I think it's going a bit far to wipe out our -10 point start!

Mark Bright David Pleat

Win v Pompey. JPT, while nice, is not a serious competition. Not fussed about League position this season, would rather storm the league next year as Champions with a mature, settled squad and carry that momentum into Championship.

Criss Angel uses camera trickery and stooges...FACT!

A friend of my hairdresser's pet chihuahua knows his Mum and texted me that she got a Facebook message from him saying he was heading down to Southampton.

El Condor Pasa. It's a rip-off of a South American folk tune. You could hear the tune everywhere in Ecuador.

It's definitely Merrington's fault when we concede.

Dan, can you give me a hint on 5 down in today's crossword?

I would suggest that back then the reason you learnt something new is because this forum wasn't around to give you the week's news. There's very little of fact that's going to get past people here (as well as a lot of fiction), so what exactly do you expect the handful of people in Echo Towers to uncover every week between the time a match ends and going to print?

So it's only inhumane if the animal is 'cute'?

Russell Brand did a bit about her in his DVD. He was going through a Sun (I think) exclusive she'd sold to them. Very good it was too. Cassie (in The Sun): "I didn't sleep with him on the first date." Russell: "If we hadn't there wouldn't have been a second date. I wasn't exactly interested in her for our shared love of Sylvia Plath."