Barry the Badger

I like the way you paint us as though we were desperately trying to adjust, perhaps right at the end we were but that wasn't where the problems began. It's more like someone who has his pay cut in half but continues to live the high life regardless. We didn't have to make all those big signings under Burley, we should have adjusted. We gambled on promotion and failed.

Health and Safety my arse. If he wants to make a ladder out of some planks of wood then fair play to him. At least the job got done.

This is the first game I remember watching and being absolutely captivated by. I was 8 at the time and from that point on I was football mad. This in turn led to my Uncle taking me to The Dell and the rest is history.

Had a discussion with my Father In Law yesterday when he said he thought Becks was a "terrible" role model for young people. Although I'm no great Beckham fan, I thought that was a bit wide of the mark and argued that I thought he was a great example of somebody who always gives their all and absolutely makes the most of the talent they are given. I know he still talks like he's about ten, but I would rather have children looking up to him as a role model than Ashley Cole, John Terry etc etc. My Father In Law couldn't be swayed though, and I wonder if it's just me who thinks that now. So just interested in other peoples opinions on Beckham these days.

Rather than make it more twee they should've rocked it up.

That was amazing. To be sitting at a football match and have the bloke next to me tap me on the shoulder and offer me a screwdriver was quite surreal. Great fun.

:D

Has anybody thought of the USA? Is there anybody on the forum who lives in the USA and could confirm whether this would be a good area to look at? I hope so.

Latvia.

I like them. Some people just love having something to moan about. At least they've not just gone for some dull safe option like a lion or something.

No, it's an under 20's tournament.

Never quite understood why Darren Powell is featured. In the middle on the left.

Rubens has tried to say he was attempting to get out of the car quickly, despite it being obvious to anybody watching that he was having a little bit of a hissy fit. Still not sure I agree with you re Schumacher, none of the drivers looked to me like they were coasting to the line so clearly nobody knew what was going on. In fact, part of the reason Schumacher was able to pass Alonso was the wheelspin he seemed to pick up as he tried to put his foot down and get going.

Seems that the issue was not so much with the rule itself, but rather poor communication from the control desk. If they expected the race to end under safety car conditions they probably should have communicated that to the teams.

He isn't.

As long as he's tall, and can head the ball, then he has all the attributes to be a great defender. Just ask Jaidi

I was under the impression that in our last season in the championship, gates of around 18'000 was aknowledged as our break even point. So surely now with gates over 20'000 and no mortgage, we must be pretty self sustainable on a day to day basis.

Perhaps they're waiting for the club to be able to pay for it itself rather than out of ML pocket?

Bloody hell. What chance do we all have when the commentators, stewards, teams and drivers appear confused about the rules?

I can't tell if you're taking the **** or not I hope so.

I don't understand the Lib Dem voters who are unhappy with the coalition. I voted Lib Dem and when the talks were ongoing the two outcomes as I saw it were. 1. No coalition, completely Tory government, Lib Dems the insignificant third party with no influence. 2. Coalition, Lib Dems having influence in Westminster, Lib Dem MP's in the cabinet, some Lib Dem policies being considered, workable government. Basically a choice between the party I voted for having no influence and having a little bit. Makes no sense to me to be unhappy about that.

Give me an example where by doubling the away goals it gives a different result to the way you would like everybody to work it out, and I will concede you have a point.

Of course you can't expect the echo to just ignore the speculation... The thing is that the echo didn't just take the reports appearing elsewhere and comment on them. They took them and bloody ran and ran and ran with them! They didn't just report that they had heard rumours, they reported this stuff as though it were fact! That was their mistake IMO.

I agree with all of that.

Yeah, good work