Exiled in Texas

And the guy in blue next to him is saying "Hey, smell this!!"

So what happens if they get relegated from the Premier League - down to the championship they should go, and not back to SPL. Once they leave the Scottish leagues they should have not route back. But it does raise the question (as noted above) about Hibs/Hearts and the Dons.

Could someone make that a emoticon? Here you are! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/pmrye/Smilies/clapping.gif

I see Red X, but I'm guessing it's Katherine Jenkins from the Ronnie Gill. Yup, great set of pipes on her. Eh? Pretty sure she's never been a reporter for the Ronnie like! OK, Katherine Jenkins photo from the chronicle. Some people....so picky..

I see Red X, but I'm guessing it's Katherine Jenkins from the Ronnie Gill. Yup, great set of pipes on her.

I'd love to see both those if they are YourTube etc. I bet they were truely hair raising.

Agree about the timekeeping. I referee in Texas both Highschool games and local youth leagues. In youth leagues the referee always keeps time, and adds whatever is appropriate. It's also the norm to let an attack finish (within reason). When I do highschool games, some use the stadium scoreboard to show time (and we signal start/stop to the timekeeper, as well as keep time on our own watches). In which case, when time it up, time is up. And you have the buzzer going for the end of the game right as an attack is going on or even as a shot is made. Makes for some fun moments at the buzzer. The funny thing is that coaches/players etc accept the official time on the scoreboard and the ending of the game to the second if it's on the board. But give you grief if it's kept by the referee. As much as I like the official time being kept on the stadium scoreboard (under the direction of the referee), there is something exciting about not knowing exactly how much time it left. Can you hang in there to keep the win? Can you get one more attack? It's more fun that teams knowing exactly how much time is left and running the clock out at the corner flag etc.

Ahhh, the world as we knew and loved it....

Stung by criticism, even though it was true....so here's my original composition. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/pmrye/italianmannequinspaint.jpg

Brilliant. I wasn't good enough to draw that from scratch but over painted it for the effect. Liked how it came out though.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/pmrye/milanflarespaint.jpg

Second Vid and the Rent-A-Bikes

I can't wait to hear the Chewseee response to Citeh buying the Premier League to Champions League. Those fackin' cahnts just bought it. LOLOLOLOLOL

from wiki "Ephedrine, as a component of over-the-counter cold medications, enjoyed a strong underground reputation as a stimulant among athletes in many sports. National Hockey League (NHL) and College players have been reputed to be among the most persistent ephedrine users, who consume the substance in the form of Sudafed, an over-the-counter cold medication. Hockey players are on the ice in shifts lasting no more than 60 seconds at a time, and the players have found that the ephedrine seems to provide an edge in their performance." I think that the gist of the hockey players was that by using the stimulant, the speeded up effect of the brain made the actual game seem slower and easier to make plays. Seems like this is a legal substance (with standard doses) but can be taken in larger doses which fall foul of doping rules.

I agree that I doubt this is upheld...somehow I suspect that it's overturned or simply reduced. But the idea that Chelsea should just pay market value is lilke telling a shop lifter who got caught to just pay for the stuff, and they can go. Where's the incentive not to try again if the worst that happens is that you just have to pay the real price, but you might get away with a steal.

My main reason for thinking Shearer is the best option (outside of "Mancini" fantasy land) is that I think he is the only guy who would be given time to get the necessary foundations in place to put this club on a solid footing. I think he would get much more time allowed than Strachan, Curbs, or any of the other mentioned managers. What we need is stability, and some time spent getting the foundation of the house right, and not rushing out to pick out curtains and carpet. I can see Shearer being allowed more time to do this by the fans/media than I can any other manager who hits a slump period.

Couldn't provide proof of funds.

Funny. You might burn in hell for that but it was funny!!

Exactly - when your not a PL team you don't get PL comforts

This - the silver suit and his dignity at the moment of great failure. Although my real memory of this was not from the game itself but from the closing credits of the TV round up of Italia 90, with Pavarotti's Nessun Dorma reaching its crescendo. Dignity personified. Whenever I need a "pick-me-up" moment to say "you can do this".........Nessun Dorma and Sir Bobby.

Or more likely Insh'earahhh

University in Newcastle and then stayed on to work for a few years. Job took me down to London, and then Texas but still a Toon fan. Ahh, the Saturday nights in Sgt Peppers with Mickey Quinn getting the winner, and the DJ playing "the Mighty Quinn"

Would be nice except the patch spoils it.

Of course technology will be different at different levels of the game - it shouldn't be an issue. We all understand that at different levels of the game the technology will differ. At low level games you have one center ref, or maybe one referee and two club linesmen. Then you move up to a three man crew with center ref and two AR. But the ARs only have regular flags......when you get up to the big leagues they start to use electronic flags, and at the top level they add in 2-way communication. So why shouldn't the top leagues use new goal line technology just because pub teams don't. As log as it improves the game, then it should be used....and it will permeate down the leagues as far as it is cost effective.

Loved that last line of the 2nd one