The Woolster

Haven't made 15 posts yet to include the photo, but for the one of Ngog and Evra

Ngog misunderstood Rafa when he told him before coming on that if he scored it would be one in the eye for those Manc cunts

To the tune of Let it Be

When we find ourselves in times of trouble

On the wing we want to see,

Skipping past the tackles, Yossi

And in our hour of darkness

He’ll create something with his mastery

Skipping past the tackles, Yossi

Benayoun, Benayou, Benayoun, Benayoun

Skipping past the tackels, Benayoun

Citigroup are in the shit, and much like RBS/Lloyds over here, have been bailed out by the government, so it is not them who will be making any investment.

The guy mentioned is Citigroups largest individual shareholder though I think.

This guy is on the Times Podcast this week, comes across as the type who likes to use long words to prove how intelligent he is. Has got Tony Evans I think having a go back at him though.

Also discuss if Torres is the best striker in the world, and how the midfielder may play when Aquilani regains fitness, so worth a listen.

Not seen this mentioned anywhere else, but don't think it needed its own thread so this one seemed appropriate as they both only got a warning, but how can Neville only get off with only a warning for his celbrations to the City fans when he has previous? Surely if you do something which you have already been fined and warned about, then if you do it again the least you should get is a bigger fine!

I have read it a few times, too. He doesn't seem to like Liverpool or Benitez much, for whatever reason.

 

(Bit like Le Tissier in that respect)

Aye, here's what he said about Johnson last week. Starts off saying he is not a great defender, but then goes on to talk about Italy and Brazil winning the World cup with Defences that are sound but not great, bearing in mind that Brazil had 2 of the most attacking full backs of the last decade or 2.

Think he has been coming on here and reading Code72s posts! Perhaps the fact that Bright agrees with him can be used to prove that Code is wrong. Again.

Mark Bright: Johnson is England's weakest link

 

This summer Liverpool paid £18million to Portsmouth for Glen Johnson but come next July he could just cost England the World Cup.

Going forward he is great but as a defender he gets beaten too easily.

 

Former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho thought Johnson would let him down against top-class *opposition. At the moment, he looks to be right.

 

Slovenia were modest opponents at Wembley last weekend but it was *amazing how easily Johnson was *beaten and Slovenia's goal came from his poor defending.

 

If England are going to win the World Cup we need a rock-solid defence.

 

Fabio Capello says Johnson is one of the best right-backs in the world and he has the talent to be the best if he *improves the defensive side of his game.

 

Johnson need look no further than his England team-mate Ashley Cole for inspiration. The Chelsea star has completed his *transformation as a brilliant attacking and defending left-back.

 

Capello is getting the best out of his talented squad, there's no *question about that. The Italian knows it takes sound, but not always *brilliant, *defences to win major trophies.

 

Take a look at the last two World Cup-winning defences. In 2006, Italy won the final with an excellent goalkeeper in Gianluigi Buffon and a back four of Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio *Cannavaro, Marco Materazzi and Fabio Grosso. I would say good, but not great. Brazil, in 2002, had a decent keeper in Marcos, two great wing-backs in Cafu (pictured) and Roberto Carlos, with Edmilson, Lucio and Roque Junior in defence. But what about further up the field? The argument on whether Jermain Defoe should start in place of Emile Heskey rumbles on and I ask if it isn't broke, why fix it?

 

Defoe is doing what he does best, scoring goals. The results are the *important thing and we keep on *winning. Defoe is piling the pressure on Capello but keep an eye on *Carlton Cole. Should Capello not start with Heskey he might opt for the ever-improving West Ham forward.

 

If England beat Croatia they will join the eight other *countries who have already qualified for South *Africa next summer.

 

And I feel this World Cup will be our best since Italy in 1990 – when Sir Bobby Robson's side reached the semi-finals.

 

The weather in the South African winter is in our favour – it could be cold, damp and wet *especially in Cape Town.

 

And after *watching the *Confederations Cup a couple of months ago I feel we have nothing to fear. We just need to sort out Johnson and that right-back position!

There's a real lack of Garth Crooks youtubeage unfortunately. He's got to have some belters.

 

All i could find was this.

 

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I don't mind him, in all the blandness of BBC punditry he's actually quite refreshing, even if he does talk absolute bollocks nearly all the time.

I used to have to mark Agogo playing Sunday league football, and then played on the same team as him, and he really wasn't that good. Not trying to big myself up as I am pretty crap to be honest, and he wasn't that much better than me. Gutting to see him go on and play with the same team as Stoichkov and go to the African Nations Cup. And yes I am jealous and bitter.

As for Garth Crooks, he is a thundercunt, but that is quite funny, as Bright is also a twat. I have had the misfortune of reading Bright's weekly column in The Metro on the way to work a few times, I dunno if it is in the London edition only, but it is absolute shite, week in week out.

I reckon Crooks was showing him he is still top thundercunt though.

Best Jews ever:

 

1. Yossi

2. Avi Cohen

3. Jesus

I'd have Ronny Rosenthal ahead of Cohen, Sammy Davis Jr. in 4th, and Sacha Baron Cohen in 5th. Not sure if Jesus would even make the top 10, he just doesn't have that je ne sais quoi anymore.

Only have 1 post, but have been lurking for years, so hope you don't mind me joining.

Might make me post more, especially when I win the thing :smile:

It includes National Insurance which used to only apply to a certain level.

 

 

"Less anticipated though was the clawback of the personal allowance for higher earners, which will see some taxpayers effectively paying paying 60p in the £1, according to leading accountants. These changes will not just affect the 1pc of taxpayers earning more than £150,000 a year. It will potentially affect 650,000 people earning more than £100,000 a year. To further rub salt into the wound these higher earners will also pay an additional 1pc in National Insurance costs, giving an effective taxation rate of 61pc - a rate not seen since the late 1980s."

For a start, that is the marginal tax rate and not the average tax rate. The people who will be paying the marginal rate 61p in the pound are the ones somewhere around the £150k per annum mark I believe as it is to do with people losing their personal allowance as well as increased National Insurance. The amount that Xabi earns, he won't even notice the difference. There is still an upper limit to National Insurance which is in line with where the higher rate of tax starts (around £45k pa), above this National Insurance contribution is 1%, increasing to 1.5% from 2011. As Xabi earns the £150k in a couple of weeks, he will not be paying the 61% marginal rate of tax, but 51.5% (from 2011, 51% at the mo). So the difference between the Spanish tax rate and the UK tax rate then becomes more like 7%.

And yes, the exchange has made a difference, however the Pound has been strengthening compared to the Euro, a trend which is likely to continue as the global economy improves, which I am sure he would be told be the expensive financial advisors he can afford. Prior to the financial crisis, I think it was around €1.25 to the Pound, it is now around $1.15, not such a huge difference again.

And stop banging on about Pennant getting paid more, Pennant was a free signing, so I am sure that the lack of a transfer fee has been reflected in his wages.