BlueStar

Morning,have I missed anything? Villa got Bent, which made me happy because I've been telling them to get bent since May 2009.

Their job is to provide a fair and impartial analysis of the game, including judgement on the calls of officials. If they've already decided that an assistant is unfit and doesn't understand the rules of the game based on something as arbitrary as their sex it calls their professional conduct into question, in the same way as if they've decided a new premier league manager is going to be tapping people up and taking bribes because he's a covetous Jew or a new player is going to be diving all over the shop because he's a cheating arab. If it sounded like just banter then I'd be more inclined to feel sorry for them, there's lots of things you can get away with saying to mates who know you're being tongue in cheek and don't really hold those views that you'd be mortified if they were overheard, but it comes across as a genuine hatred of the idea that someone could be involved in the game just because of who they are.

Does he have a walk in wardrobe with 25 identical white shirts and blue jeans in a row, with one toon shirt at the end? The Simpsons wear more varied outfits than this bloke. Business meeting? White shirt, no tie. Corporate box? White shirt, no tie. Nightclub in Hawaii? White shirt no tie. Casino? White shirt, no tie. Match day at SJP? Toon shirt! Funeral? White shirt, no tie...

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:thdn:Considering theres so much valid criticism that can be leveled at some of the hapless officials game change, it's pretty pathetic to slate one of them just because shes a woman. A male official gave that goal that never was against watford for fucks sake and his cock didn't seem to help him there. Don't the pundits all say they don't understand the offside rule anyway in terms of phases?e.

Surely the problem of needing a deeper squad would be at least partly mitigated by becoming a much more attractive prospect for players and getting a wodge of TV money to spend?

It's not something we need to think about, but then it's not something that people shouldn't be allowed to consider either. No matter what our aims are, survival, mid-table, top half, Europe, what is required is the same - pick up points. Let's just go in to every game trying to get whatever points we can and see where it gets us. It's not like we need to totally change our battleplan to aim for Europe, is it, we don't have to make a choice about what we aim for.

When crouch came on 'You're just a shit andy carroll, shit andy caaaarroll...'

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I'd much rather stay up as well, it's no good qualifying for europe if we get relegated.

For £18 million it does smack of a bit of a panic signing, for the same price or less they could have got a player who would probably come good and be an excellent long term prospect, but they've shelled out for the safe option of a tried and tested 26-year-old who will score you goals, simply because they can't risk someone not coming out the blocks straight away.

Gonna be strange when he makes his 'ex-mackem' appearance against us next season. "Do... do we boo him?"

What's all this stuff with mackems saying 'after all we did for you'? What about what he did for them? He was much more prolific than anyone expected when he signed, offered them excellent value for money and, when the chips were down and everyone else was hiding he stepped up and carried the team.

They were ready to drive Welbeck back to manchester themselves before this recent run of form, are they not worried it's just a purple patch?

The man city fan with the rooney tattoo was a sunday sport piss take.the guy with the champions league tattoo however...

For sale: One Sunderland shirt, would fit small child or malnourished teenager, some grass stains and light wear. http://1.2.3.10/bmi/img268.imageshack.us/img268/3048/steveharper854505i.jpg

Second last game in the Championship against Ipswich, shola scored a pen on 84 to put us 2-1 up and Walters scored four minutes into injury time.

They keep talking about these five points they are ahead of us, do they realise we have a game in hand or do they not care? And as if players come to us because they're money grabbing any more

They hate his chicken dance as well. Well, to be fair, they're probably sick of seeing it this season

Sample of the tweets flying around mickeyscouse I have heard there was fighting before during & after todays Merseyside derby, reports say an Everton fan was stabbed & has died #YNWA KateEdwards0 brilliant. everton fan was killed by a liverpool fan in a pub and now everyone hates liverpool supporters a_sufi Nothing Confirmed but a lot of rumours 2 Everton fans were stabbed today outside the king harry pub anfield road 1 dead 1.. Image_normal keejayOV RT @AmyMcFlyCescAFC: R.I.P to the everton fan who lost their life in disgraceful circumstances.

RTG have deleted the thread about the guy with the kitchen knife

I always seem to see magpies before Newcastle games, which would seem a coincidence but for the fact I probably see them all the time but don't pay it any mind. It's like when you think it's eerie that someone rings when you were thinking about them, but don't think about all the times you were thinking about someone and they didn't ring, or when somebody rings when you were thinking of someone else. Sure there's a magpie on the pitch at some ground every weekend, but they don't get on telly unless we're playing the mackems.

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