Troglodyte

\o/ 7 points clear!

Dortmund v Hamburg at the Westfalenstadion tonight - 7:30pm kick-off on ESPN. Should be a good game!

Köln are a horrible team, especially Podolski. Did anyone see their game against Dortmund the other week? Podolski scored what he thought was his side's equaliser, and shortly after fouled Sahin. There was a heated exchange, and Podolski started to indicate '3-0' to Nuri Sahin, as Germany had beat Turkey by that score in the week. Cocky bastard. But, fantastically, Sahin grabbed a late winner and proceeded to run back up the pitch and slide on his knees right in front of Podolski, pointing at him. Roman Weidenfeller also ran half the length of the pitch to rub it in, too Here's a (you don't really see Podolski's gesture to Sahin until around 3:00 in, as a replay of the incident is shown after the full-time whistle). Awesome stuff, and Dortmund still flying high at the top! Brilliant season so far! Such a great team to watch. Sahin is world-class, and with the likes of Kagawa, Barrios etc, we're doing very well going forward. We've also conceded the least amount of goals!

Alba for me. Yummy.

How many leagues did you have loaded? And did you start on the lowest reputation? Not criticizing you or anything, I haven't got the full game yet so can't really offer my own view on it.

Propped our window open the other day with a mop bucket:

So where's the cheapest place to buy it?

How many are we expecting to attend against Burnley, General? Cheers.

How did it taste?

It's a useful feature for setting a system up from scratch it seems, but effectively does everything that you can customise anyway. I did all my tactics etc before I realised it was there, so didn't really need to use it. Same goes for the set piece creator too really, but neither are bad additions.

Anyway Andy, been meaning to ask you a few questions. Who's this Reece Caira fella? He's one of the crop of youth players (whose stats are entirely inaccurate btw) which don't include Jack Grealish (is he the missing one, or is he not on because he's too young?). Btw Gabby and Ash are rubbish. ...wink.

Really enjoying the game so far, and have only played friendlies. Can't believe I haven't played an instalment of FM since FM08 (which I was still playing regularly until my previous computer died a couple of months ago) but the developments seem great. There's lots of detail but it still all seems understandable and useful. Have signed Alexis Sánchez (£11m, £45k p/w), André Santos (£2.8m, £37.5k p/w) and Vaclav Kadlec (£1.5m, 10k p/w) so far. Sánchez is playing well in a right-sided inside forward position. Currently playing him with Young on the left wing, Ireland behind Agbonlahor and Petrov and Reo-Coker sitting back (NRC as anchorman, Patrov as deep-lying playmaker). Downing has looked good in his appearances, though. Only managed to get rid of Osbourne so far (£800k to Leicester), with Heskey, Carew, Sidwell, Salifou and Marshall all on the transfer list.

Fair enough, I can see how the expression could be used like that.

"It's all downhill from here" is surely an expression to indicate that something's going to get better/easier? Unless it was something similar, such as something like 'it's all going downhill', then I can't see why it would mean anything else, logically.

Sounds good, much deeper than I thought. Think I'll wait for the DVD release but will certainly watch it then.

Those who've seen 'The Social Network' - I assume I'm wrong with my initial assumption that it was just 'a film about Facebook'? Didn't think the trailer looked great either in all honesty, but may have to give it a watch with all the good reviews. Off to see 'The Other Guys' at the cinema tomorrow, anyone seen that? Looks very funny.

I assume there will be a patch very shortly after the release. Causes a bit of a dilemma for me; I want to play it asap but I'd rather wait for the first patch (which will obviously sort out any initial bugs etc too).

Cherno Samba, what a beast. Maxim Tsigalko! Oh and... Franco Costanzo, Mark Kerr, Tonton Zola Mokouko, Julius Aghahowa, Tieme Klompe, Tó Madeira (although turned out he wasn't even a footballer), Stefan Selakovic, Dionisis Chiotis, Youssef Hersi, Eldar Hadzimehmedovic, and the legend himself: Kennedy Bakircioglü.

Cheers, but I have looked at that site and wasn't too convinced of how reputable it is. Wouldn't really mind last season's top if I can get it fairly cheap though, and may try buying from there if I can't find anywhere else. ...and how do you know I'm a medium? Weirdo :winkold:

That would cost me €100 to get delivered to the UK. I'm not paying over £80 for a football shirt! And Kitbag only has Bayern, Mönchengladbach and Stuttgart, unfortunately.

Can anyone recommend me a site to get this year's home Dortmund shirt - with Lucas 18 on the back, if possible - without shelling out a huge amount of money? Danke!

I like St. Pauli a lot (even though I can't stand this Che-worship from anyone). Definitely see Dortmund as my main team though, and they've got off to a great start this season. Very good team to watch - Kagawa has made a real impact and Barrios is on top form. Good to see Grosskreutz has been called up to the Germany squad again, he certainly deserves it. And Nuri Sahin has been great, scored a brilliant free-kick recently against Bayern. Have to get over to the Westfalenstadion at some point. The atmosphere looks second to none.

It's Always the Quiet Ones - Biffy Clyro

In the news again today: Even the Daily Mail has an objective article: And there are the usual comments, such as this: ...I also heard that 99% of all heroin addicts and criminals have, at some point, eaten bread. Actually, in terms of cannabis being a 'gateway' drug, people always seem to either agree or disagree. In my view, it's not an argument for its criminalisation at all, although in some (not all, in fact I'd say 'few') cases it can lead to users experimenting with harder drugs. This kind of thing depends on the individual, the area, where they get their stuff from, etc. However, if the source of the drugs wasn't dealers who - in some cases - may offer harder drugs to susceptible cannabis users, and instead cannabis was available in a legal environment, I think that this would actually reduce instances of cannabis being a gateway drug. Most readers in both the Guardian and, perhaps surprisingly, the Mail, seem to be in favour of legalisation. In related articles, such as this, there are a few comments along these lines: But I liked this response: So, let's get together and feel alright.

Went to see Jónsi (lead vocalist/guitarist from Sigur Rós) last night at Leeds academy and was absolutely blown away. Incredible gig - I'd say the best I've been to. I think he's on in Brum tonight and if there are tickets left I'd certainly recommend going to see him.