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Remember the last time they tried to sign Bowyer and some of the fans got up a petition, because "there's no room for thugs at Blues" (chock a block already, presumably)

The twerp that started it used to post on Rivals, spent ages gloating on there about how Blues board listen to the fans and what a great job he'd done with his petition (when they didn't sign him)

Then the threats of voilence came in from his fellow bluenoses and all of a sudden it was "don't be stupid, my petition had nothing to do with us not signing him"

Comedy gold

Ah now its Black Sabbath....from 1970 but I cant fookin remember wot it is

1970 is a calendar year...always happy to remind you when you get confused mate.

Also it's the best calendar year ever, for it was the year of my birth 8)

I've got Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees

Nothing wrong with Night Fever.....I still love the music from Grease too, those balmy summer nights back in 1978, seeing Olivia Newton John on top of the pops in those leather trousers and getting uncontrollable boners....

Summer loving, happened so fast....

Ahem.

REAL music now, 5 to 1 by the Doors....the live version where he got into trouble with the law

**** I don't think I've ever heard someone sing when they're THAT **** :shock:

I've got Saturday Night Fever by the Bee Gees

My vote goes to Rose Royce, how can they have been overlooked in this poll?

Same goes for Leo Sayer and David Soul, come to think of it.

Jose Mourinho or Thierry Henry... Or both infact, I'm not fussy.

:shock:

Those shoes in your avatar are far too close together, methinks

So come on then, name all these bands that the Cure inspired if they were so influential?

the Cure ceased to be a great band the day they released Love Cats, they have had moments since but not many. Pornography is their finest moment and will never be bettered

The Cure, First 4 albums were Great and its been a long slide down since with the odd decent song along the way

I couldn't name any bands The Cure inspired but I'd bet my life they're out there, not just in England too. Pornography was a tremendous album yeah but the line up then was pretty weak, I still think they hit their very best from around 1987 - 1992. Personally I think their best 2 albums are Wish and Disintegration...funnily enough I think I preferred Bloodflowers to Pornography and Bloodflowers was around 2000 I think.

Knocking them just for Lovecats is daft though, that was more jazz than anything else...it's bad yeah but they released worse singles than that in their time.

Marr is a great guitarist, it was a partnership that worked fantastically, but some people I know say 'I love the smiths tunes but the lyrics are depressing' and only really listen to the smiths for Marrs great guitar riffs. Anyway have a look at this video from about 1min 50s. Not a bad refernece unless you think noel gallagher is shit, which I suppose is possible.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1MsuoNJQ3U

Gallagher is a competent guitarist just like Marr was...Marr wrote better riffs is the only difference. Neither are great guitarists though which was my point - the Cure have Smith and Thompson, both of whom are great guitarists, also Gallup who is one of the best bassists I've ever heard and when they were at their very best they had Boris Williams on drums who was also great. The Smiths had a very weak bassist and drummer which isn't good for a 4 piece band. I never found their lyrics depressing at all, mostly just amusing tongue in cheek stuff. Anyone that said The Smiths were depressing was obviously just too thick to 'get it'.....but that doesn't stop Morrissey being an absolute word removed.

I really like The Smith, even if Morrissey is a clearing in the woods... But I massively prefered The Cure.

Same here, The Cure have been my favourite band since 1982, no reason to stop now as far as I can see. Muscially they shit all over the Smiths to be honest who were really just a half decent guitarist and a great lyricist - albeit a total wank-stain.

What are you trying to say, Marr wasn't a half-decent guitarist, or that he's better than I suggest?

If it's the latter then you're flat wrong I'm afraid. Good but not great.

I really like The Smith, even if Morrissey is a clearing in the woods... But I massively prefered The Cure.

Same here, The Cure have been my favourite band since 1982, no reason to stop now as far as I can see. Muscially they shit all over the Smiths to be honest who were really just a half decent guitarist and a great lyricist - albeit a total wank-stain.

Thinking only to save her embarrassment by making a joke of it I wittily said, "Ha ha, there must be an 'r' in the month" to be met with a stony glare.

Showstopper

Perhaps "have you ever followed through" should have been added to the poll

No it shouldn't, I'd probably bring the server down.

I enjoyed one particularly loud one I dropped at the Open a few years back that caused Vijay Singh to step back from his putt amidst a ton of sniggering from the galleries - I used that trick that Chevy Chase did in 'Spies Like Us' and turned and gave the bloke next to me a thoroughly disgusted look, and everyone else copied me

Another all time great was the one I dropped on the dance floor of the Blue Angel in Seel St, Liverpool years ago. It was a studenty type place but I loved it there, tiny crowded dance floor whcih was great for cheap gropes. Anyway I'd had a bad sweet and sour the night before and one pump cleared the entire floor it was great. The scouse bird dancing next to me and my mate turned green and had her hand to her mouth trying to prevent herself from spewing, yes it was that bad. I didn't even attempt to blame anyone else for that one, I wanted all the credit.

If we are great then ace, and if we are crap then oh well.

Best way to be........there are more important things in life

Yep. Raspberry Jam for a start.

i2 years to find a right back really should see a manager close to the sack ... results are what count though and 6th was a good achievement

Yep, I was happy at the end of the season and thought that this transfer window couldn't possibly be as crap as last seasons. Oh dear, a 37 year old keeper, Sidwell and Davies so far and the rest of the summer has been taken up with the Barry fiasco. Up until today I thought we'd handled that situation perfectly but we look bloody stupid now.

Yes last season 6th was a great achievement, how good could we have done with a manager in place that had all the angles covered, squad-wise? It also rarely gets mentioned that it was the first season Laursen has played more than a handful of games since he arrived. Lucky that, and who'd have predicted it at the start of last season? The point I'm making is if he had been injured most of the season again we'd have been pretty much ****, defensively.

I have to say that I am not convinced that Woods will beat Nicklaus's record.

That is not to say that he won't beat it.

However, it is not the 'guaranteed' thing that it was. I am doubtful that Tiger will stay fit enough to be able to manage it (I actually think that this latest surgery is a last ditch attempt to extend his career - much though I am not a fan, I hope this is not the case).

We are talking about a knee injury and also, apparently, a double tibia fracture - they've not even mentioned his hip joints which some think are under extreme pressure because of the dynamics of his swing.

I have actually pointed this out on another site a while back and got crucified for being a 'hater' - the way Woods swings a golf club is not going to allow him longevity in the sport, no way. He's going to have to make adjustments as age kicks in, as Nicklaus did. Nicklaus was good enough to do it, is Tiger? Time will tell.

FWIW I believe there has never been a golfer like Nicklaus for without him and the battles he had in the 60s and 70s with Palmer and Watson the game would be nothing like the one Tiger dominates now.

I accept that there are far more good golfers now, I don't think they are competitive and see beating Woods as a challenge to accept.

To answer another point raised: The game is global yet all it means is that a lot of mediocre players are now making a living at it.

And back to BOF, short game technology. I bet Nicklaus wished he had a club (60degree wedge) that he could stop on a sixpence - he didn't have that. Also the advance in putting equipment is unbelievable too.

Nicklaus also had Player, Trevino and later on Ballesteros to compete with in his career. Woods nearest 'challenge' is Ernie Els with a piffling 3 major titles to his credit.

Nicklaus had Player (9 majors) Palmer (7 majors) Watson (8 majors) Trevino (6 majors) Ballesteros (5 majors) to deal with, along with several others who had 3 or more. There may be a lot of good golfers around today to challenge Woods, but no 'great' ones. It's not just about hitting balls all day, the players back then used to practise just as hard - it's about mental toughness and this lot at the moment are a bunch of chokers, with the exception of Woods himself. Might be what you said about even the average players on your making fortunes out of the game...just no hunger there any more.

Mediate proved the point I've just made in that playoff - he had that title won and choked.

Nicklaus record in the majors is just amazing, even the ones he never won he was usually right up there:-

Starts - 163

Wins - 18

2nd place finishes - 19

Top 3 finishes - 46

Top 5 finishes - 57

Top 10 finishes - 73

Longest streak of top-10s in majors - 13

Technology in golf enables mediocre players to play much better golf. With this in mind, dominating so much and for quite a long period of time would suggest that Tiger Woods is second to none. But in all honesty, I believe that you can never truly compare players from different eras.

I'd agreee with that. Though a big thing for me about Woods is that he hasn't come from behind after 54 holes to win a major.

I'd venture that there is one thing that Nicklaus did which Woods won't - and that is win a major at the age of 46.

Woods also never seems to get opponents making charges at him on the final day either, Nicklaus shot 65-66 back in 1977 in the last 2 days of the open and sitll lost :shock:

Tiger is projected to win quite a few more majors than Nicklaus, in a more athletic, professional and competetive field of players. He's the greatest ever.

Yes, the first thing that springs to mind when you look at Westwood and Mediate is "wow, professional and athletic"

Nicklaus had better competition, no one in their right mind could argue otherwise. Woods will go past 18 majors at some point probably but comparisons between the 2 are unfair.

to that bloke from the Manchurian Candidate?

he looks nothing like Denzil Washington :-)

I was referring to Meryl Streep and well you know it, pedant

a quick google will show you that Thatcher is revered amongst the greatest PM's of our history .. I don't see Brown making that list ... I think people fail to remember the state of the country when Thatcher took control

Absolutely 100% spot on. She did one or two things I didn't agree with but the results she got from her policies speak for themselves. Also got to love her handling of that Iranian embassy thing - "shoot the ****"

Another thing, am I the only one that looks at this Edward Timpson bloke and sees a striking resemblance to that bloke from the Manchurian Candidate?

We need some euro nights at VP next season, we best not mess up against odense.

When was the last time the Villa was involved in any sort of penalty shoot-out?

FA cup semi at Wembley vs Bolton in 2000?

I can only think of a few in the last 15 years or so.

Bolton FA cup 2000 (won)

Internazionale UEFA cup 1994 (won)

Tranmere Rovers League cup 1994 (won)

Wimbledon FA cup 1993 (lost)

Are there any more?

We lost to West Ham in 1999 (southgate missing again) but this was scratched because of the ineligible Emmanuel Omoyinmi

I thought it was Alan Wright that missed the important penalty in that one?

Chelsea were set to do a Leeds until Roman come in, they'd have been relegated.

Man Utd had one famous incident of surrounding the ref which got blown out of proportion and Ferguson has made it clear they don't do that anymore. Chelsea surround the ref multiples times in every match.

Words fail me.

Fergie having a word with the ref in the tunnel..i wonder what he said to him ?

Hopefully it was "is there a doctor anywhere close, I've got this horrible stabbing pain and it goes all the way down my arm..."