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FF isn't speaking to anyone any more.

That sky page suggests he's out of contract.

I'm confused, 9. Are you talking like a posh git as part of a bid to be FF's replacement as source of all wisdom?

For some reason, I'm reminded of those utter t!ts who go onto film review sites and post opinions of movies they haven't seen. Can't think why.

As Jean-Paul Sartre should have said, hell is other people's puns.

Go ahead, be an annoying tw*t. But leave Saintsweb Forum out of this.

I think you're your avatar in real life.

Skate.

Very funny.

And how do you know you know what I know?

Oh dear. And what do you know, Westy?

And why would that be, oh wise one?

I predict the return of Long Shot.

Interesting to see that Tottenham have insisted that the design of their new stadium incorporates seats that are as close as possible to the touchline. No doubt they had the Emirates in mind, which has about as much atmosphere as Barnet public library on a Tuesday morning. But if there's anything above all to miss about the Dell, it's the idea of striking fear into opposing players from extreme close range.

Well, I suppose you could ask the individual yourself, since he's no longer in jail, and has remained in the UK. You could also ask the hostages themselves - who've spoken quite openly about how they protected him, rather than someone who wasn't inside the embassy at the time. In any case, my point is: nothing is at seems when it comes to Middle eastern politics and terror. The Lockerbie story has a lot further to go before we know what really happened - IF we ever know.

Actually, that wouldn't be very interesting, but in any case it's extremely unlikely that anyone would be so dumb as to think that. Aren't you even a little bit curious as to why many of the families of the British victims see his release as an opportunity to prise open the truth? If it turns out that Megrahi was 'the' bomber, there are still large questions to do with motive, who ordered the bombing, etc. And questions- of course - about why the hell, in that case, he was released. If Megrahi was indeed dying - and we'll know soon enough - why was he persisting with his appeal? Why was the appeal brought to a halt? It was clear that pressure from government sources here were brought to bear to do something - anything - to stop it. Even if that meant invoking the ire of the Americans, to whom the UK government has always been so obeisant. And frankly, the 'release-for-oil' argument is pretty thin, given the fallout from this whole affair. There are way too many questions lurking behind this whole affair for us to close our eyes, and rage, Colonel Blimp-like, at the injustice of it all. Here's something to consider. For more than twenty years now, a good friend of mine, a journalist, has made regular visits to a certain inmate in one of our jails. That inmate was the sole survivor among the attackers of the Iranian Embassy in London - the one the SAS famously recaptured, live on television. (In fact, his life was saved by the hostages - the SAS were clearly on a wipe-out mission.) Everyone has assumed what the motives of the attackers were. But all those assumptions are wrong. When my friend's work is made public, you'll see what I mean... I'm sorry I can't say more, but what I would say is that if we make pat assumptions about Middle East politics and terror, we're likely to end up looking a bit foolish. Sometimes, if we're interested in the truth, we have to look beyond the rage.

It's a computery thing, hypo. A bit smaller than your ZX81. (Although it's more commonly known as a ipod touch)

Nick, stop it. Stop it now.

It always comes back to that. P*mpey's existence depends entirely on the very thing they cannot have - a season in the Prem next year.

Brilliant! The kids deserve a bit of recognition for that.

You're a cheery fellow. I bet you're fun down the pub.

Are you any relation to Comical Ali? Or have you just stolen his schtick?

Only semi.