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I think yor 'nads are safe, Crouch won't be back. Milner may well be and I would be OK with that. I would be more than delighted with Klose because I think he would be our 20+ goals a season man. I would also be happy to see Distin here and I don't think he will be staying at Man City. Failing that, Bobo Balde because, as I have said in another thread, he is my kind of CB. Absolute beast.

I did think of including that sentiment in my previous post because it it was indeed a piece of piss. I spent most of my time pissed and on drugs and still got a 1st in Applied Micro-Bionics. Felt a bit bad that I was such an apparent waster and did so well compared to my hardworking fellows.

I'd say do it. However, after a couple of years break, ideally - do the gap year travel thing if you can. Otherwise work to earn a few quid to keep the debt down, get out into the real world and socialise with normal people before going! It really is easy to recognise the "straight - out - of - uni" people in the workplace. The only downside is when you do go having experienced the wider world, you may look on your first - year fellows as being immature rocket polishers - because they often are. They will mainly have come straight from school, will be away from home for the first time and think they are the dogs bollocks but will actually be pricks. They will annoy the locals, they will talk vacuous shit poorly-disguised as intelligent comment and most of them you won't have anything to do with after you leave. (Anyone who has been to Uni and/or got older and/or lives anywhere near a Uni will probably recognise this!). However, you will meet lots of people that you will recognise as being cool - and there will enough of them to ensure you have a great time. If you do it right you can balance partying hard with cool guys and shag plenty of girls and get a half decent degree as well. Do it wrong and you will end up in debt, with no degree and a pregnant bunny-boiler! Mmm. not an easy call, it sounds, but it is. Go for it because having a degree doesn't hurt - it doesn't have to be vocational. I did mine having worked for a few years and had a great time before I went, got the degree and also had a great time doing it and then got a job that had nothing to do with the subject I studied. As time passed the degree on the CV did display its value, despite being non-vocational. If I were to sum up the ideal it would go like this, I think: Work => Travel => Uni => Work There are a number of permutations of that but a stint at Uni before you get to the "obviously mature student" point is certainly worthwhile IMHO. One thing I would say, I meet very few people who say anything along the lines of "University. Ruined my **** life, I really wish I had never done it". In fact, I have never met anybody who has said any such thing. However, I meet plenty who say they wish they had of gone or would like to do it but don't think they will get the chance now.

didnt wish to infer individuals at VP were not doing a good job. more a comment on the corporate mentality in the UK. guess you are not in the UK at the moment, otherwise Mrs Krulak might have something to say about you posting on internet sites at 2.00 am I was wondering if the General ever sleeps but figured he isn't over here! Don't forget, Mrs K. is "harder than woodpecker lips", so I don't see our hero being foolish enough to incur her wrath! Christ, for what you have done for us so far we should send her some flowers because I'm sure you have put some hours in over the past few months. Obviously, I don't expect you to offer an address up but perhaps the mods (or at least JC) could arrange it that we could make a gesture of our appreciation somehow? I am sure neither you or Randy would accept anything personally but some floral gestures to your loved ones would surely be good.

I had the exact same thought, but was too scared to post it!! Crossed my mind as well and didn't post. It certainly sounds like we know him already and I have faith that, a) he will be a very good appointment for the club and we will like him. Have the General and Randy put a foot wrong yet?

That is a tremendous idea.

Hasn't this already been asked and not answered somewhere in the last 50 pages? I'm not 100% sure but I get a sense of deja vu on this.

General, we are prettty simple people too. We like to have folks in charge who love the club and we like to win. We know the latter won't always happen but as long as we have the former we will be with you through good and bad (not that I see that in the future!). Thank you and Randy for rescuing us in our hour of need, you will never regret the day you did. I'm also glad you have a suitable legend against your posting-name now.