Olejniker

Get the donkey off seriously. He doesn't offer us enough.

Terrible penner.

PENNER!

Why didn't Davie continue his run after he passed?

There was acres of space!

Carew with a beautiful flick-on almost helped Milner set up a goal. Too bad Heskey can't finish for toffee.

Rapid has looked more threatening. They have actually got into our box. We are having no joy.

Crap selection MON!

Crap selection. Really crap.

Should have played Carew as the lone striker. And play Gardner/Albrighton/Bannan as the extra midfielder in a 4-5-1.

Young-Petrov-Delph-Milner is a terrible midfield. I can see our wingers being marked out of the game and Petrov trying but failing to get from box-to-box. It's easy to play against us when we line up like that. Clog the midfield, double up on our wingers and get the central defenders on the 2 forwards and who do we have to attack?

Shorey and Beye.

This formation sucks. If I were the Rapid Wien manager I would just play a deep 4-5-1, and we would hardly have a sniff.

When is kick off?

I voted Turner too. Seriously underrated.

He has tremendous ability in the air, he can really attack a ball, similar to what Laursen did for us.

So Turner.

I only drink/use milk occasionally so I get UHT. It's more convenient.

Chilli Cheese Fries.

Love em.

I honestly think the likes of Hodgson, Martinez, Bruce could do so much better for us than O'Neil.

Then why haven't they done better than us yet?

Hodgson in 2 seasons has caught up with us. Don't kid yourself, Fulham is in the same position as us. And are much stronger defensively.

Bruce has been jumping clubs the past few years, but his Wigan side always got the better of us.

It's only Martinez's first season, but if it's any indication, Wigan under his management could very well challenge for Europe with us.

I honestly think the likes of Hodgson, Martinez, Bruce could do so much better for us than O'Neil.

You know what's sad?

I just watched the Man U game ...

And Birmingham defend and attack better than us.

Gary O'Connor in 20 minutes managed to hold up the ball and link up play so many more **** times than Heskey. The reason? He doesn't just flick on random headers when the ball is played into him.

And their players actually can pass the ball from defense to midfield, as well as passing around in midfield to work an opening for a shot ...

Just an observation.

I really think MON needs to stop trying to make obviously failing formations to work.

We were the most successful we ever was under MON when we went 4-5-1 with Agbonlahor as the lone striker and 5 good midfielders.

And we were the worst we ever was under MON when we went 4-4-2 with Heskey upfront with Agbonlahor and Petrov in a 2 man midfield.

But MON keeps persisting with the formation, trying to make it work, when he really should just accept the fact and stop.

How long does it take for MON to change formation? In previous years when we've had a terrible run of games, MON would change formations to a 4-4-1-1(Berger behind Agbonlahor) or a 4-1-2-1-2.

Why doesn't he do that now? 17 games of the same terrible formation and personnel.

Seriously, if he doesn't change things around, and continues to be stubborn, he really should go, because if we continue having these kind of performances we will be relegated.

If MON keeps persisting with the same players in the same formation as the end of last season we are in serious trouble.

Hoofing it upfront for no reason, passing the ball to Young, who just continually runs into trouble and having a defense of which 4 out of 5 members are extremely shaky.

This is not the sign of a good team.

I'd like to think of positives, but apart from Albrighton, who did manage to deliver one good inswinging cross from the left, and Beye's decent debut, there really aren't any.

Abre Los Ojos is good, watched it whilst I was still learning Spanish. Did nothing for my command of the language as I watched with English subtitles, but awesome film.

In The Loop

Seems like a movie version of The Office.

I'm not sure whether this has been done before, but if I have to check every page before I post something it's kinda sad. So here goes.

A Girl's First Time:

As you lie back your muscles tighten. You put him off for a while searching for an excuse, but he refuses to be swayed as he approaches you.

He asks if you're afraid and you shake your head bravely. He has had more experience, but it's the first time his finger has found the right place.

He probes deeply and you shiver; your body tenses; but he's gentle like he promised he'd be.

He looks deeply within your eyes and tells you to trust him-he's done this many times before.

His cool smile relaxes you and you open wider to give him more room for an easy entrance. You begin to plead and beg him to hurry, but he slowly takes his time, wanting to cause you as little pain as possible. As he presses closer, going deeper, you feel the tissue give way; pain surges throughout your body and you feel the slight trickle of blood as he continues. He looks at you concerned and asks you if it's too painful. Your eyes are filled with tears but you shake your head and nod for him to go on. He begins going in and out with skill but you are now too numb to feel him within you.

After a few moments, you feel something bursting within you and he pulls it out of you, you lay panting, glad to have it over. He looks at you and smiling warmly, tells you, with a chuckle; that you have been his most stubborn yet most rewarding experience.

You smile and thank your dentist. After all, it was your first time to have a tooth pulled.

Naughty, Naughty!

Excuse me, What were you thinking?

I made a rather simple pasta dish the other day, boiled some linguine and then fried it with onions, celery and shrimp. Tossed the hot pasta with some parmesan and mozzarella cheese, and the resulting gooey mess made for a good snack in front of the telly.

Moyes has had 7 years with Everton ... during that time he has gotten them to the heady heights of 4th, and then nearly got them relegated the next season ...

MON is in a far better position that Moyes ever was at Everton ... give him time and he will do much better with Villa than Moyes has with Everton.

The Jonathan Ross one got a chuckle out of me.

His lisp is quite amusing.

Heat some duck fat/goose fat/olive oil in an oven dish, roll the potatoes round in it

I put my roast potatoes into cold olive oil, in a non stick roasting tray. They work really well. I reckon that if you give them a try you won't go back to using hot fat or oil.

I find roasting potatoes with butter and strips of streaky bacon to be the best ... not good for the heart, but I don't care.

Does anyone remember that one religious thread we had with that guy from a cult ... Strong City or something.

It was an awesome thread. Soap-ish at times ... oh the drama!

Taken is one of the funniest films this year!

Comedy Gold!

Funniest film of the year ? what is so funny about it ?

Review

Liam Neeson’s ill-judged presence should not cause you to even consider going within 30 feet of a fleapit that’s screening Taken. Here he plays an ex-spy divorcé who’s desperate to make up years of parental neglect to his daughter (an over-aged Maggie Grace). This involves Daddy creepily obsessing over her 17th-birthday present, trying to facilitate her childhood ambition to become “a singer” (this involves saving a pop star imaginatively named ‘Diva’ - Holly Valance, remember her? - from a crazed fan), and agonising over the fact that she wants to spend her summer holidaying in Europe. Terrifying, terrifying Europe.

Yet to Europe - specifically Paris - she goes, where within minutes of landing she and her slutty (read: dead-meat) pal are hoodwinked by a slimy Frenchman and kidnapped by sneering Albanian gangsters whose intention is to hook their victims on skag and sell them to cold-eyed Arabs for white-girlie sex. Turns out Daddy - paranoid parent and towering xenophobe that he is - was right. If a good little teenaged Caucasian strays even an inch beyond the mighty US of A’s borders, she’s pale prey to every godless, sex-mad, drug pushing foreigner out there. Hell, even Daddy’s ol’ French-spy buddy can’t be relied upon to help; he’s French! “Jean-Claude, I’ll tear down the Eiffel Tower if I have to!” growls Daddy, like a true American. Despite speaking with an Irish accent, this guy bleeds stars and shits stripes. He’s from a land where actions speak louder than words… So cue an hour or so of him brutally pummelling every foreigner who stands in his way, stopping only to torture a few. He even deliberately shoots one utterly innocent bystander. Call it friendly fire. Or rather, don’t. If you took Commando and replaced all its humour (intentional or otherwise) with snarling hatred, you’d end up with Taken - a risible male-re-empowerment fantasy set in a world where a fatal headshot and rescue from a life of inter-racial rape is the best way to win back your daughter’s heart.

Right, well thats one way of looking at the movie. The other way is.. Hollywood doing what it does best!

If you're looking for a good well-plotted novel concept film then Taken is shit ...

But for what it is ... a straight-forward action flick of mindless entertainment, involving a likeable actor who kicks the shit out of everyone in the movie ... it's a nice way to spend the time.

It won't win any awards nor will it blow away critics. And admittedly, the story is littered with plotholes and unrealistic far-too-coincidental, convenient turn of events.

If you choose to be anal about these things, of course you won't enjoy the movie. But if you just sit back and just watch Neeson do his shit ... you might find it somewhat enjoyable.

I liked this film, it was decent entertainment ...