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Agree with this article: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/katharinebirbalsingh/100100161/no-wonder-these-kids-think-stealing-trainers-is-ok-everyone-makes-excuses-for-them/

I've got a semi!

As I was typing (knowing full well it's his 18th birthday in a few days) I thought MLG would correct me, now you've gone and spoilt it you b*stard.

It would certainly not be the end of the world if AOC left, far from it. However I do feel it will be a shame, not only for the club but for him aswell. He's only 18 FFS, he'll hardly get a kick playing for Arsenal, but could have one or two more good seasons in the NPC.

Brilliant, shall we just call him 'Tippex'?

What cracks me up is when he thinks he's won an argument he politely asks his opponent to apologise. Sometimes he even invites them for a face to face discussion, with that slightly sinister hint of violence. Of course I knew when I had really arrived on the forum when he called me a retard. Turks, I assume you and Del Bianco are one and the same?

He seems to have an incredibly high opinion of himself. I think most people just laugh at him. The only reason we didn't want to see hime leave this forum was down to the entertainment value.

I'm a raving homosexual and I just love it!

Some great tips there, thanks guys. I have read the Tony Adams book and agree it is a good read.

Thanks guys. The best football book I've ever read was not a biography but a detailed account of Italia '90, 'All Played' Out by Pete Davies.

I'm off on holiday in a couple of weeks time and although I'm not a great one for reading I do like to read a sports biography or two when I'm away. Are there any you would recommend, interested sports would be Football (of course), Cricket, Golf & Rugby. I have read the MLT and Strachan autobiograhies. Doesn't have to be a biography.

...for the Leeds game. He's bang in form at the moment, carrying on where he left off last season. When fit he's a class act. Three goals in three halves so far in pre-season. It's good to see so much competition for places throughout the squad, we seem to be able to put out two decent teams.

Shame we're not playing MK Dons this season then.

Big, strong girl your missus is she?

Interestingly, this is the reason why I am not interested in buying a season ticket. I much prefer to sit in different parts of the stadium.

Agreed, but it would be nice if Mike could give us all some sort of update. It's not long to the first game of the season.

He's a massive Saints fan. A mate of mine knows him through Josh McQuoid and told me how he couldn't believe how excited Vokes was about Saints playing at Wembley in the JPT.

Operations Manager for an Electronics company.

I noticed how he didn'y have a nickname, clearly doesn't like being called Robert or Butthead.

Just fell out the tree!

Danny Alexander made his speech on June 17th, two days AFTER the one day strike was announced by the unions. So the unions announce a strike in the middle of talks with the government, is that how to negotiate? 'All we see from this government is cuts after cuts,affecting everyones lifes,apart from the super rich of course. Things are only going to get worse while this bunch of clowns stay in power.' I think you'll find that Labour were planning on a similar scale of cuts.

But what would you do about the fundamental problem of funding pensions for people with an ever increasing life expectancy? The extra money has to come from somewhere. Your taking a hit now but much of the private sector pensions have been taking a hit for years. It looks far worse for the public sector now because it should have been dealt with years ago.

Isn't that true of most musicians? And before anyone asks, yes I used to be in a band years ago. Had some good days but my overriding memories were of how pretentious most of the othere musicians around me were. All the anti U2 and Coldplay stuff makes me smile, people get so aggressive over what is basically peoples own personal taste. Music is a very personal, initimate thing between you the listener and the music/artist. I couldn't give a stuff whether anyone else likes what I'm listening to. I am a U2 fan (using the term loosely) by the way. Yes, I find Bono pretentious and cringeworthy especially when watching live performances but I love much of their music. With the exeception of Pop I've always found 3 or 4 songs on each album that I thoroughly enjoy. Coldplay on the other hand do nothing for me, I've nothing against them but their music just does not do it for me.

I wouldn't like it one bit. But then again the reason those figures (if true) are so scary is because the previous government did not face up to this issue and deal with it but left it for the Coalition. We've heard about the Pension time bomb for years, the true projected value of my pension has been falling year after year and so I've had to ensure I've put extra money away. I'm lucky that I've been able to. You blame this government when you should really be blaming the previous one for not dealing with the issue earlier. And as for revolution "I don't buy into the argument that we can't afford it - we can." well even Labour acknowledge the problem, remember who wrote the initial report, Hutton, a Labour man. 3rd and final post on this, please continue the debate without me.

Childcare is luckily not a problem for next Thursday. If it was then I would take the day off work. I'm annoyed because my daughter has end of year exams scheduled for that day which will now have to be rearranged. The whole exam process has been a shambles at her school, little or no information for parents, no science exams then they are back on. After her first year at secondary school I can't help thinking that the school and it's teachers are not as great as they think they are. The plain fact is people are living longer and this has to be paid for. Working in the private sector I know that means I will have to work longer and save more for my retirement. I don't like it but there is bugger all I can do about it.