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My favourite from sikipedia... Thank God for the "Save Maddie" fund. Her parents can afford a babysitter now.

General, In recent times Britain has encountered somewhat of an upheaval in what society sees as right and wrong, and ultimately what it is prepared to accept. With that in mind would it be appropriate for an organisation whose core business is the pursuit of physical excellence, to bring in a blanket ban both alcohol and unhealthy foods? After all, we would be appalled if Gareth Barry was to indulge in a burger and a pint before a game, so as an organisation should we be seen to encourage this lifestyle in our fanbase? Should we set a better example by outlawing these products from villa park?

Censorship is perfectly valid, though sometimes when making valid points, and then being accused of only being interested in upping your thread count can be sometimes frustrating.

Thats only if you consider the squad to be worse. The only position we're worse in is right back, and thats only a numbers thing, because both Bardsley and Hughes were terrible. Moores, Gabby and Gardner a year wiser, Young, Petrov and Carew will have had time to settle, we have added a cracking player in NRC and added better cover in the shape of Harewood. Overall a better squad.

I like mcdonalds. its not to say its all i eat, but it has its place. When your on the run. you finish work at 6 and due in the pub at 7? it works. Sitting down for your tea to a big mac? it doesnt. Indians the best, hands down but fast food itself? Pizza.

One of the tracks off the new editors album

General, Wanted to offer further thanks, first to the club management for the great Lower north deal, and second to the ticket staff for processing our purchases so quickly and efficiently and the stewards that sat with us throughout a very wet windy night! It really feels that these days the staff are taking some level of ownership of the image of the club and its great to see.

Even the words 'White Stripes' make me wince.

Inspired by Tony's cover version hell I was inspired to put on Nouvelle Vague 'Sweet and Tender Hooligan' probably my favourite cover version. In fact that particular band make a habit of it.

I'm not practising but I'm catholic and although free will and a modicum of intelligence prevents me from blindly believing every silly thing I was taught, I do believe that my own personal moral code and ethics are built firmly on the religious teachings of my childhood. I also think that is true for most moderate people with some level of religous background regardless of creed.

I was thinking 7/10 when I first listened to the album but now its up to 8.5. The lastalbum i felt was a 9/10 was A Certain Trigger so you can see its been a while since I've enjoyed an album as much.

Very good post. Michael Owen has NEVER managed 20 league goals in one season.

I spent most of last summer in Europe and on my travels visited both Gothenburg and Riga. Both have no smoking policies and I found it to be very pleasent to step outside for my 'fix'. It also cut down my intake and I found my hangovers were much less severe. However this hasn't made me any less resentful. Passive smoking still hasnt been proved even though the theory has been tested continually for many years. I watched newsnight a few years back and heard what appeared to be a middle aged middle class middle of the road scottish lady rattle about how she feels restricted from going to pubs because she cant stand the smoke. She also claimed that many people like her would begin to frequent pubs once the ban in scotland came into force. I'm pretty sure after one visit to the pub, she remembered that the loud laddish environment was the real reason for her staying away. I can live with the ban but its the sneering attitude of many people who will never frequent the pub on a regular basis, claiming some victory on those who they seem to view as shit on their shoe. It would be interesting if, just to make a point, all smokers stayed out of pubs for say two weeks. And let the no smoking brigade enjoy a smoke free atmosphere in an empty pub devoid of....atmosphere

I dont think O'Neill is gonna look for 'direct' cover for players like Carew as it will limit how flexible we are tactically. I may be wrong but I'd be very surprised if every time carew was injured he'd be replaced 'like for like'. I think any striker he signs will have different skills, giving us four different options, thereby ensuring the opposition wont just be able to predict the way we play all the time. For example it has been mentioned that signing someone like Bellamy or Defoe (just an example fella's!) would be too similar to Gabby, but to my mind thats a very shallow comparison in that pace is the only similarity. Either of those players would add something we dont have in the other three, Carews agression (granted without the physique) allied with directness. And that theory also stretches to other signings. A question I've read repeatedly is if we get NRC and we also go after Sneijder, where will they all play? Again that is assuming we're gonna have a 'starting 11' that never changes unless forced to (like under DOL) again being too predictable. I see MON having a core 5 or 6 players that are regulars, with the other 5 positions being selected on merit and to suit the occasion. That also gives flexibility of formation and would explain why two of MON signings (Young and Maloney) are two of the most versatile players in the prem with the ability to cover any forward going position. I may be massivley wide of the mark and Mr O'Neill may prove it by signing a Carew mk II but its just how I have being viewing both the tranfer rumours and, over a longer period, the positional experiments since Jan.

I would be miffed in that he is similar to davis so selling davis and buying an older more expensive player with the same frailties would be a mistake.