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What a top post!!!! All credit to you aussiesaint.... I will never grumble about getting on the number 17 in the cold and wet to get to a game ever again after reading this!!!!

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Gone a bit retro today (well, not too retro....) and am going through the back catalogue of what were Derby's finest. First up is: Downlift the Uptrodden by Cable. Quality.

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Dear Lord, is there enough beer in the world? And then is there a cupboard large enough to tie yourself to? And are there any potholers brave enough to rescue you if the rope breaks?

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This is bugging the t*ts off of me, but there was a piano/keyboard intro that the BBC used about halfway through the Shelley Rudman interview yesterday that I know but can't think who or what it is. Anybody that saw this interview and knows what the music is, please end my suffering and let me know!!!! Cheers....

Rule 1....on second thoughts....

I accept that P*mpey are a more successful than us at the moment, but at what price? It seems to me that the cost of this success (league position, recent cup win) is, er, Pyrrhic?

Yes you can, go to My Account and select Cup Match and Season Renewals. It's not that obvious, granted, but that's how you do it. Sorry, just noticed Le Bois Saint has already said this....oh well, doesn't heard and it helps spread the word!!!!

Yep, my Granddad used to that, Saints one week, Pompey the next. My fave derby so far has to AK's testimonial. Great atmosphere in the ground plus it was very interesting trying to get home!!!!

Everything is right with the world when Teenage Fanclub is mentioned.... I'm off to listen to Wheat; Hope and Adams.

Powerful book too....

Chicken pathia. Well, that was a short lived thread....!!!!

Yep, that cultural divide is all to evident and present throughout the film but it's not the central theme.

I remember that book. David Graham is a local writer (to Southampton), he did another book called Sidewall about a futuristic new design for a ship that was designed and built in the Southampton/Solent area. Good old industrial espionage tale that culminated in Fawley Refinery going up. But Down To A Sunless Sea was an excellent post apocalyptic read. I too must dig that out again if I can find it.

A Prophet Set mainly in a prison somewhere in France, a young 19 year old Arab, Malik el Djebena, is banged up for 6 years for (alleged....) violence against police. He is illiterate and seems easy prey for the kingpin in the the prison, a Corsican called Cesar Luciani who recruits him to carry out the assassination of Rayeb, a star witness in an upcoming trial. Malik commits the murder and is consequently protected inside by Luciani. Luciani begins to entrust more responsibility to Malik, getting him to use leave days from prison to carry out various unscrupulous activites for him on the outside. However, Malik has taught himself to read and learn Corsican thereby learning the ins and outs of Luciani's business and also seems to take some guidance from the ghost of Rayeb who appears to him periodically and seems to offer guidance. Malik therefore starts doing a bit of business for himself on the outside with the help of a friend, Ryad, he befriended on the inside and who is later released but keeps in touch. The missions get more and more dangerous until Mailik is tasked with assassination of Luciani's boss, Magacci (sp), on the outside. Malik sees this as the opportunity to rest power from Luciani and after killing Magacci's henchmen, tells him what the plot was all about. This leads to a turf war which effectively strips all power from Luciani. This is quite a long film and the above synopsis does it no justice at all; the relationships between Malik, Luciani, Ryad and even Rayeb are meticulously carved out; the relationships in the prison between the French and Arab inmates is studied; the plots and sub plots and how they all revolve and resolve towards the denouement are really quite intricate. There is also a very human and moving sub story in film that involves Malik, Ryad and Ryad's wife and child which isn't resolved until the very end. Also, as this a prison drama expect to see violence, not too much, it's not over the top or gratuitous, but there is some and it's quite strong. As for the title of the film, Malik is attributed with powers of prophecy following a car crash which he has foreseen. I see the Mesrine box set is now released and much as I liked those films, A Prophet is much more visceral, primal or feral. It's a story of survival and survival of the fittest and strips away the veneer of civilisation to expose human nature for what it really is. Outstanding cinema. 8.5/10

Pardew, Fergie, Wenger and Rafa are out at dinner. Pardew gets the beers in, then Fergie, then Wenger, the Rafa. Pardew goes back to the bar and gets himself a drink. "What the f*** is going on here?" the other managers ask. "Well," says Pardew "This is the 5th round and you *****s aren't in it." Here all week....

How do you get your own seats if you book online? Or doesn't that work anymore? Stet....just sussed it.

Cymbals Eat Guitars: Why There Are Mountains.