GaztonVilla

See ya James. Don't let the door (bounce before you totally lose the flight of it in the air then desperately try to get a head on it / swing a boot at it hence causing more defensive chaos) hit you on your arse on your way out.

So, do we know if Lambert had a chat with Ron at all?

To turn your statistics back at you.. Carew took 33 more games to score 6 more goals than Carroll in the period 2006 - 2011. All this in the period where Carew was an experienced, international striker having played in the some of the greatest leagues in the world as well as the Champions League. Carroll, while still learning his trade and playing in a Newcastle team going through what could be kindly described as a transition, has a greater goals to games ratio in that period. Granted, some of those games will be in the Championship. Carew was swapped for Baros but valued at a notional £7m I think? Carroll is now valued at a notional £15m, which includes the English player premium. Carroll is in his early/mid twenties and has time on his side and the potential of a high re-sale value.

Because the statement would just say "There's an administrative hold up in Makoun's registration due to issues with international clearance. We're working to get them resolved as soon as possible." That's something we already know so what's the point in them even saying it?

At Newcastle he was the New Alan Shearer and it went to his head. It went to his head because everyone kept telling him he was the New Alan Shearer. At 21. Of course it went to his head. It would go to anyone's head. At £15m plus add-ons, we would be mad NOT to take him. He's a significantly better player than he showed in a Liverpool shirt.

What about the view mate got some concerns over that Ask Ron Vlaar, he had a good luck around on Sunday

These Feyenoord types can stay..

That's too easy. That's like Van Halen waiting until the end of the concert to play "Jump"! You crowd pleaser you..

Horrific off-topicness though. Losing your touch Mods It just makes a nice change from reading about what some attention seeking bedroom dweller has made up and posted on Twitter in between knocking one off into his sock and getting told to tidy his room by his mum. Gaarrggh. I've been rumbled

Horrific off-topicness though. Losing your touch Mods

Just got 2 free tickets to one of the knockout games in Newcastle. Could be Spain vs Brazil if it works out that way.

Somedays, today being one of them, my iPhone refuses to talk to the work wifi. The wifi isn't password protected, it gets the connection made but no data moves in either direction. My laptop and iPad talk to the wifi without a problem. iPhone just says no. It also pisses me off when people say "This should belong in the Tech Room thread". You've been warned

He might get on one of those olympic buses and never be seen again...

Just watched episode 4 of The Newsroom. More education from Sorkin but it's really watchable and powerful.

Must be word filter, surely?

The Newsroom is very good. I think it's made by the same dude who made Studio 60 which was awesome too. Shame the American audience didn't go for it. Tbf, it suffered by being one of two shows about Saturday Night Live to debut on NBC that season (the other being 30 Rock) and that diluted things a bit. Yep, Aaron Sorkin of The West Wing, Studio 60, The American President and The Social Network. The mistake he made with Studio 60 was going on NBC (a mainstream network) and taking the piss out of Christians. All the time. Then he took the piss out of the war, which made sense, but was painted as being anti-troops. So the NBC bods panicked, and pulled the plug. It looks like Sorkin is going the same way with The Newsroom. He's trying to educate the American audience and he needs to avoid the tendency to talk down at them in the same way that he did with Studio 60. The good thing is that the show is on HBO in the US, so the ratings are likely to be more solid and he'll get away with his political soapboxing better than he will on NBC. For the record, after 3 episodes I absolutely LOVE The Newsroom. Jeff Daniels is exceptional, and very credible as a news anchor.

I think you do the American conservative right a bit of a disservice. The VAST majority of GOP voters will listen to conservative talk radio and will be guided in their voting decision by religious commentators/analysts. If you think that the far right Tea Party commentators won't talk about her pro-choice standpoint, you're sadly mistaken. They might not carpet her for it, but they will highlight it and use it as a discussion of whether Romney is truthful in his pro-life beliefs, given he went public as pro-choice some years ago but has reversed his position. A big question for GOP voters will be whether President Romney would seek to appoint a VERY conservative or just SLIGHTLY conservative Supreme Court judge, if the need arises. And having a Vice President Rice weighing in on that discussion would scare far-right GOP voters rigid. As for the Rice/Risotto thing, seriously???

7 posts in, you're already a VT legend for that If you had the choice between Alan Hutton or Mohammed al Mohammed al Mohammed Bin Bizir for your Homeland Security block, you're better off choosing Hutton

He played OK at Chelsea? This is the one half decent game you're talking about, I presume? He was the reason that we beat the future European Champions. He ran the show in that game. He was significantly better than "half decent". However, you're refusing to consider that he may be a good player worth having in the team/squad based on a spell that has included a lying manager who tried to paint him as a troublemaker and the fact that he's a bit flamboyant with his cars. So, I won't try to convince you any further.

Habib Beye was twice the player Neil Cox was. Honestly, he was garbage. Even Alan Hutton was twice the player Neil Cox was. As good as we were in 1994, the memory of Neil Bloody Cox still haunts me.

Neil Cox???

Which game was that?

That's great to hear Gazton, more importantly does PL see him as part of his plans? You'll have to ask PL that but the impression I'm getting is that everyone is part of his plans at the moment. No favourites.

Does not want to leave. Is loving his football at the moment, for the first time in years, and is excited about what this year could bring.

Doesn't crossing an I make it a T?