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In terms of potential repercussions, of course not, but in terms of the rules, yes it is. True dat, I'll grant you.

I have. I will. Mea culpa for assuming what I probably shouldn't, but you did call me a nasty name ;)

So, before I can answer any of your posts, I'm supposed to check everything you've ever written or posted? An interesting concept yet, I fear, one which is doomed to failure. Oh, and I'm certainly no Blatterite, so I still take your comment as insulting. It doesn't, however, mean I automatically gainsay any statement he makes.

Seeing as how you actually know fuck all about me, and have offered nothing to the argument, I can only assume your comment to be thus - Spoken like a true gobshite.

Ummm, no. Not having linesmen in under-11's is borne out of not getting enough volunteers to do it, and a decision being taken that it was all or nothing. The reason, predominantly, that they can't get those volunteers is down to the cuntish actions of a handful of cuntish parents. That, however is a different thread altogether. As for you simply wanting the rules to be applied more accurately, I can only assume you'd be happy, then, for every single refereeing decision to be be instantly reviewed, lest he makes a mistake. Offside ref? Reviewed. Handball ref? Reviewed. Foul throw ref? Reviewed. Beach ball in the goalmouth ref? Reviewed. They're all governed by rules, after all. It's not where it starts, it's where it stops. Once it comes in for goal lines, those clubs with influence will be clamouring for a wider application. The two non-penalties in the Arsenal/Utd. game are prime examples of what they will want someone with a million camera angles to look at. Also, once the rules are in, should a side not have the immediate benefit of instant replay - as in Iantn's example - what would be to stop them bringing legal action for a review of the incident or even the match result? Climbing into Pandora's box never did anybody any good. Except Pandora.

The beauty of football is that the rules are exactly the same from park pitches to the Bernabeu. Long may it remain that way.

The thing with Ferguson nowadays, as compared to a few years ago, is that it's no longer a game for him. He used to toy with the likes of Wenger and, hilariously, Keegan, but now I reckon he truly believes that his team is treated differently*. Like it, or not, there's no denying what he's achieved as a manager, it's just a shame he had to be such a cunt whilst he was doing it. *They are, of course, but not in the way he means.

The problem, despite how right Gaillard is, is that UEFA - and Platini in particular - have an agenda where English football is concerned. Straight away, that devalues anything they have to say, as everybody is immediately suspicious about their motives and timing. When viewed in the cold light of day, most of what UEFA say is spot on, but they need to broaden their target sites. Many of the biggest European teams are in the same never ending swirl of interest payments and spiralling costs, yet seem impervious to Platini's critical financial eye. All we can hope for, frankly, is that football implodes soon enough that the damage is merely significant, rather than catastrophic.

Having been forced to follow the fortunes of the Whelan empire since 1995, when he invented football in Wigan*, I can tell you this - A few years ago, the staff at the warehouse went on strike for an hourly rate which barely even broke minimum wage levels. Whelan likened those staff to communists and, within weeks of the strike ending, almost every union rep found themselves unemployed. When Whelan first sold JJB, the new owners made a statement to the effect that the moral of the staff throughout the company was below the point of effective salvage. They have pretty much been in the financial shit ever since. Whelan, naturally, did the decent thing and bought back all his gym clubs at a knockdown price. *No, he did, really. Ask him, he'll tell you.

1318913 I'm actually quite pleased with passing a million in fewer than 300 posts. I realise, of course, that this makes the rest of my life appear quite insignificant. Which it really isn't. Honest.

I know you've solved this but, for future reference, you can't just copy files to a DVD and expect a DVD player to know what they are. A data disc can only be read by a computer, which is why it worked in your laptop. You need to actually create a DVD slideshow (or similar), to proper DVD blue-book specs, which is what the software suggested by DJLJ will do. Google "create dvd slideshow" for a mind-boggling selection of software which will attempt do the same. I say "attempt" because many, unfortunately, are shite.

The "we HATE kitlers" link on the left should really be published as a list of people who are guaranteed to take life too seriously.

It's slightly different with Kroenke than it was with Hicks and Gillette. Kroenke has been a shareholder for several years, slowly buying out other shareholders. I'm not saying it's better, just different. Mind you, it's a far cry from when he first tried to buy his way in and Peter Hill-Wood made the immortal statement "We don't need his money, and we don't want his type". Win some, lose some, eh Peter?

Anouk "Anna" Hoodendijk. Just signed for Bristol* And if you think it's all good lighting, good makeup and photoshop, even during a game she's none too shabby... *I know, but it was too easy.

Phil Ochs - No More Songs "A ghost without a name, Stands ragged in the rain. And it seems that there are no more songs" Painfully autobiographical. He recorded only 5 more songs after that one. RIP Phil.

Nah, that's bullshit. a hot pixel is a fault, whichever way you look at it. Some success can be had when trying to fix it, with various methods, but on a brand new monitor? No chance. If they are a reputable dealer i.e. not some bloke in a pub, then press them for a swap. If it was bought on ebay, use the PayPal dispute process, if they didn't say it had a hot pixel.

The Whois shows it to be still in the grace period. This is normally when it has expired, but has not yet been deleted, as the issuing body allows time for accidental non-renewals to be rectified, before making the domain publicly available again.

Here's all the current info for your domain. If it doesn't look right, in terms of ip address, location or registrar etc., contact your host. Andrewwilkins.eu

It would be nice if just one referee thought "Come on then, you cunt, let's play fuckin games" and gave them fuck all, whilst giving the other team absolutely everything. So they don't referee United for the next 5 years, so fuckin what? If you have to compromise yourself that much to be able to take charge of the biggest set of footballing cunts the world has ever seen, then you're worth fuck all, anyway.

Self medicating at it's finest "I gon fli' ya. Fli ya f'ril" "Rabrar" "Give me tiiiiime..." "If the milk turns out to be sour, I ain't the kinda pussy to drink it"

What that man said. It's at least a year too soon for him to be joining a *cough* top 4 club. The crunch will come if we get relegated. At that point I imagine all bets will be off, in regards to him hanging around at the DW, as with a few others who are good enough for the prem. It'd be nice to think he'd give us another year, regardless of the division we're in, but football isn't really like that, these days. By the way, for the wag who did the tag for this thread, I'm not the one using text speak. Glass houses, and all that.

When he signed for us, George Burley drove to the JJB, and spent 2 days begging McCarthy to play for Scotland, and McCarthy just kept saying no, until Burley gave up. Before he signed, he spent a few days at Melwood, being courted by Liverpool, but he again said no, as he wanted to play first team football, and knew that this was more likely at Wigan. Watching him week in, week out, it's obvious that he already has what it takes to be exceptional. We know we'll lose him, eventually, but you'd all better come a-knocking with sacks full of cash, because he won't be had on the cheap.

I upset my missus by telling her not to include me in the list of recipients of chain e-mails, as - 1. I am a heterosexual, 45yr old male 2. I delete them without reading them 3. See both 1 and 2 She felt I'd stopped loving her, but hey ho. With FF, you've always been able to delete the history on exit. It has served me well for many years.

True dat

There have been others but, inexplicably, this utter fuckin gash got a second series. It shows how desperate the BBC are for good comedy these days. I mean, My Family? 11 seasons? I fuckin despair.