MrDuck

Also, he's a tosser: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/11/manchester-united-ashley-young-referees-diving

My favourites this year:

I think they're all in shock. Johnson has changed from one of the most wildly inaccurate fast bowlers I've ever seen into the reincarnation of Dennis Lillee.

Stuart Broad, thou art a ****.

Well he's halfway there. Great innings. Feck he's good

FFS Stokes. Wicket is quite dead, but we're creating a heap of chances and not taking them. Does not bode well.

Australia looking a bit shaky now at 155-3. Which means Clarke will now probably get a double hundred.

Melbourne is ridiculously expensive now, like most Australian cities. Melbourne and Sydney now both rank in the world's top 5 most expensive cities to live in.

This Australian side is just as brittle as the English, if not more so. Series is still there for the taking for either side.

You're right... but it didn't seem a problem in 2002 with Japan/Korea, which is essentially the same time zone as Australia.

Announcer at the ground fired for introducing Monty Panesar with an Indian accent.

These are no ordinary Gingers! They are descended from the mighty Budini! (No, I've never heard of them either) Nice find, thanks!

Manary?

And yet they're all wearing dresses. Crazy world.

Real men have beards all year round.

You didn't see the interview that was played on SSN yesterday then. The Aussie press asked him about it and although he admitted he may have overstepped the mark a bit, he didn't apologise and reiterated that Trott had played shit. He comes across as a right bellend. I'm down for a bit of friendly rivalry and ribbing, but the Aussie team really do seem to be pretty classless. Like Clarke and his 'broken f******* arm' comment to Cook. Clearing in the woods. Australian sporting team in classless shocker Warner is a dick, of course, but I don't think he's a particularly malicious one. As for Clarke, he was just unlucky to be picked up on the mic - by all accounts Anderson gives as good as he gets in this department.

Wonder what happened in that little area of Russia?!

Agreed. It's a solution looking for a problem. But... but... "Your guitar will now have a fuller sound than ever before"

This is just rewriting history, Cahill was a raw youth in 2006/7 and certainly not good enough to hold down a regular place in a premier league team that was trying to challenge for top 4. He had been brought into the first team too early due to the failure of the previous chairman to provide adequate funds for transfers and quite understandably wanted to go on playing at that level. He had run out of short term loan opportunities and selling him to Bolton was a good way of helping him get what he wanted - he went to a lesser side whose main concern was avoiding relegation and he was able to learn his trade there. He was pretty inconsistent in his first seasons with Bolton. In my view he is actually still inconsistent and his game has flaws but with the experience he has gained, and surrounded by a starry Chelsea side costing billions of pounds, it doesn't show up so much. Oh, and £5m was a pretty good price for him considering the stage of his development. Not all youth team players get to flourish at the club the were apprenticed to. Didn't Cahill want guarantees of first team football? Which we quite rightly didn't offer, thus he asked for a move?

Got a lot of time for Abba. Some of the best pop song-writing ever.

Ooh, might have to have a look for that book, looks interesting

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bahahahaha!

You'd think so, but a lot people still think he's a good manager for some reason. Probably because he's done well everywhere other than Sunderland. Although FWIW, I think he's lost his passion for it now.