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Arse, I had typed in a load of stuff and the page crashed on me and I lost it all. Basically, I said that you all have some very valid points. I don't think it's a matter of men behind the ball so much as muppet teams working really hard, closing down lamps, ballack and maka so that they have no time to look for the "killer" pass. Even Valencia last night were pressing really hard, forcing even JT and Arsely back at times. The Manure comparison is tenuous. They play mainly on the counter, they like for teams to come on to them and then they break at speed. How many times this season have they scored from an opposition's corner or free kick. You often see El Tumblo, "Giggsy" and Shrek running at stretched and over-committed defences from the half-way line or even closer to their own box. Ultimately, you are all right. Our boys should have the ability to deal with this, and should also be able to break down the "park the bus, Liverpool leading 1-0" type of defence with swift passing, sexy show-pony tricks and sublime skills. But, like I said before, whilst we are still winning, I will tolerate the way we play, whilst longing for some excitement. I just don't want to go back to the days of being the Mighty CFC, play some nice football, quite good in cups but not really gonna bother the bloke who engraves either the Premier league trophy or the Champions League trophy Kev

I'm sorry people, I can see where most of you are coming from, but I can't really find it in my heart to agree fully. Firstly, as someone else has said, we have been, at worst, 2nd top scorers each season. Secondly, we do not rely on "brute force and strength". I have lost count of the number of times this season I have seen two or even three CFC players in a tackling group around some muppet or other and the muppet comes away with the ball. Thirdly, we are not being allowed to play in the fast, sexy way that we would all love to see. Just look at Watford, Sheffield Utd, sh*t, even Valencia last night. As soon as our player receives the ball there is an opponent in his face, forcing a hurried, sidways or even backwards pass. Fourthly, the much maligned Robben. Every time he gets the ball now, he is confronted by two or even three defenders. He rarely gets the chance to run at and/or past people now. (I'm making no defence of his glass legs though. That's for another thread) Much as I hate to admit it. teams had worked out how to play us to restrict us to 1-0 or 2-0 wins mid-way through last season. They have taken it to another level this season, which tightens everything up another notch. Just look at the way that teams now have someone man-marking Lamps and/or Maka. This forces everything back towards our defence and limits what we can do with the ball. Mostly, the only outlet is a hoof up to DD or some 50 yard, Lickle Stevie-style hollywood pass. (Is that the only time in the history of the written word that the words "Lickle Stevie" and "style" have been used in the same sentence?) I yearn with all my heart for us to be playing exciting football, but, in the final analysis, I want to win everything. We are still doing that so far. Kev

Whilst I agree that it looks a tad over-enthusiastic on the aprt of the police, we should all bear in mind that it was only a few weeks ago that an Italian policeman was KILLED BY A BOMB at a football match. That might have had some sort of bearing on the the actions of those particular officers. I'm not condoning, just trying to put some perspective on it Kev

Bit hasty that mate. Can you get anything displayed if you press and hold control and then press ESC? Also, this is described, with a load of possible solutions in One of the likely things to try is to open Task Manager, click New task and type in explorer.exe - Then see what happens Kev

I loved this bit Sidwell is only a tad worse than his cousin, the talented and much-feared midfield dynamo Dame Edith Sitwell (she changed the name slightly because of chanting from the terraces at Accrington Stanley the year they won the "old" first division Jeesus people, shouldn't this be in the Rumours Forum, under the "sh*t, I was so pissed last night I made this up, and the lads in the pub laughed so much I thought I'd write it up this morning (you probaby had to be there)" Thread? Kev

BJD - What better anniversary present could you EVER buy her than a ticket to the Semi at OT?? Think outside the box mate Kev

Probably not for me to comment, but........................ Don't we have ENUFF dog-ugly feckers already? What happened to "Swinging Kings Road Style Icons" Chelsea Football Club? kev

A bit (lot) like Herny then Kev

Errrr - that would be the "I Shot The Sheriff" written and first performed by Bob Marley and The Wailers, would it? Kev

OK, Isn't Google a wonderful thing. I have all of the missing ones, but obviously cheated so won't post them yet. Some interesting choices, and some that were blindingly obvious (several DOH! moments) when the answer was given. Also, some very interesting links between the films. Well done Maksimov - Excellent reason not to do any work Kev

All this old-codgery longing for Owen, the fatally injured yesterday's man! It makes me and Bluebeard longing for the good old days of 60's and 70's music and standing on the Shed wiv our stanley knives at the ready seem positively modern! Give it up on Owen people. Time to move on. Only frontman for Engerland is ................... Scott Sinclair Kev PS - I also agree with BB - Owen is a diving little sh*t, and IMO was always vastly over-rated - I said that on the old CSR when there was talk of us buying the little scroat

Can't get my head round this number/letter business 3 is Bowie 4 is Neil Young 6 is Pink Floyd All the rest I have no clue whatsoever kev

Bummer hard this is - I only had Guns of Navarone and King Kong, but.................... is the Jazz Singerkev

1) The Wicker Man 2) papillon 3) Groundhog Day 8 ) Trains, Planes and Automobiles Kev

Harry Secombe's Greatest Goon Show Hits Kev

BB - I'll give you that the "Weeyins" (is that a word?) ran about a lot, but they never looked either like a team or like threatening anything. Sadly, I think that the home-game factor has put them up near the top of what is admittedly a strong group, but they are flattering to deceive. I agree that they will beat Engerland though (unless the newly deified Steve Me is allowed to play exactly where he wants for as long as he wants and McLaren doesn't expect him to play for the first hour) Kev

I had a very strange night of TV footbal last night. I switched on BBC2 for Match of the Day LIVE (That's how it was billed in my local paper) and they were showing an Italy training game against some pub team. It was all very entertaining, but not what I would have expected from either the BBC or the Italian training set up. Then I stayed up very very late to watch Match of the Day (Not LIVE) on BBC1, and bugger me if they didn't have two more pub teams playing. It was all extremely dire (and then to cap it all some Te$co shelf stacker called Dire came on and did nothing) except for a little bit of a small fat scouse man getting angry, and some other scouse man diving in the penalty area. After the match, and after the "lads" had packed up the goalposts and gone off down the pub, Gary "Slip it in from three yards" Lineker and Alan "That was shocking" Hansen both started a mutual masturbation session over something called Gerard Stevens VC, MBO, OBE and bar, claiming that he had now been proven to be the true saviour of English football (and probably everything else). I promise you all that I had partaken of NO DRUGS (unless 4 or 5 glasses of Te$co's finest Red Wine in a box counts) but I was in an altered reality that has left me more than a tad shaken. More wine required I think Kev PS - Is there any benefit to me slipping in more mentions of Te$co?

I thought it might have been your away-thong Val

I came to this very very late, but two things have confused me 1. Why, in the middle of a discussion about the merits and/or dangers of LSD, do we have a video of Joe Cole scoring for England. Was that just a mass hallucination?, and 2. Why, if Valerie had passed out in the beer garden of the Peli, didn't any of you CSR gentlemen at least cover her with CFC flag or something - She mighthave caught her death! Oh, and the album covers - mostly way too esoteric for me Kev

It's The Man with the Golden Gun (and One extra nipple) kev

8 is Dr No 10 is either the remake of the 39 steps or its the English Patient Is 4 Shipping News?

Lethal Weapon - Danny Glover to Mel Gibson

Is Puss Up some sort of Amsterdam thing Val? kev

Oh this is such a lovely link - thank you thank you thank you Some pearls of wisdom that caught my eye And finally Gotta just love it Kev

I don't need anymore viagra, mate. Cheers, Butch Can I have your spare lot then?