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There is some right shit being chatted so far, lets post them all in the one thread. For laughs of course. Two from the people, first from Chris Waddle : Blame Rafa Benitez not Roy Hodgson for Kop chaos - Chris Waddle - Columnists - Sport - People.co.uk ROY HODGSON’S sacking may have given the Liverpool fans what they want but it hasn’t given the club what it needs – new players. Hodgson has been made the scapegoat for past mistakes and that is wrong on every level. Wrong because the damage at Anfield was done before he got there. Wrong because he wasn’t given the time to sort out the mess left by Rafa Benitez. And wrong because the new manager – whether it be interim boss Kenny Dalglish or whoever – will be in exactly the same boat. Liverpool don’t need a new manager, they need some decent players and that’s not going to happen overnight. They’ve got the poorest squad Anfield has seen in decades, but blaming Hodgson for those problems is a Kop-out. Former gaffer Benitez must shoulder a lot of the blame for saddling the club with players who just aren’t good enough to wear the Liverpool shirt. On his watch, Liverpool lost Xabi Alonso, Javier Mascherano and John Arne Riise and brought in players like Alberto Aquilani, Ryan Babel, Robbie Keane, and a whole host of signings that just fell by the wayside. Admittedly, Hodgson has not done himself many favours with signings of his own that aren’t up to it either...Christian Poulsen and Paul Konchesky are prime examples. I’ll let him off with Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic because they were Liverpool-bound before he got there but, of the men he has brought to the club, only Raul Meireles has performed anywhere near up to scratch. The names of potential long-term successors are coming thick and fast, with Marseille boss Didier Deschamps, Jurgen Klopp of Borussia Dortmund and out-of-work Martin O’Neill all in the frame. But they would face exactly the same problems that have existed at Anfield for a long time. Liverpool have been left behind by the re-birth of clubs like Manchester City and Tottenham, and they are staring at years outside the top four unless there is some major investment. If I was in charge at Anfield I’d have backed Hodgson with some decent cash in this transfer window and let him get on with rebuilding the squad with some quality. His first task – now the first task of Dalglish – would have been to change Liverpool’s over-reliance on Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. They have been the heartbeat of the side for years. There is nothing wrong with that so long as the other arteries are working. At Anfield, however, those arteries have been clogged I would have then ordered Hodgson to solve the puzzle of Fernando Torres. The striker has not looked happy since Benitez left in the summer and you can see his heart is not in it any more. Torres looks like a player with a big decision to make, and it is playing on his mind. That’s why he might as well sit on the bench or in the stand because he has been no good to himself or the team this season. I often judge a team by imagining how many of their players Ferguson or Arsene Wenger would take and, in Liverpool’s case, only Pepe Reina and Gerrard would be in that category on current form. For a club like Liverpool who once dominated the English game that’s a shocking indictment. When I was growing up and coming through the ranks as a young player, they were the club you looked up to. But no football fan under 25 now would have a clue they were successful and I cannot imagine them winning the title again in my lifetime. Facing Manchester United today is doubly cruel because United had the vision to look into the future. They expanded their ground, conquered the world commercially, and invested in a youth policy – all the things Liverpool didn’t do when they ruled Europe years ago. Now United’s future is secure and bright while Liverpool’s is uncertain and very, very bleak. And that’s a crying shame for the Anfield fans. Second this little nugget from Dave Kidd : After the David Beckham balls, let’s all salute Golden Bat - Dave Kidd - Columnists - Sport - People.co.uk SO The Kop’s wish has been granted, the Manager Of The Year replaced by a pro-celebrity golfer, who, like so many semi-retired people, was enjoying a little winter sunshine on a cruise liner when the SOS call arrived. A short-term boost for today’s FA Cup visit to Manchester United is a possibility for Kenny Dalglish’s Liverpool – but Wednesday’s visit to Blackpool could be the start of a long slide towards relegation under the ring-rusty Messiah. Then who are Liverpool’s almighty supporters going to blame? And who are their bewildered American owners going to appoint next? We await that Iain Dowie moment.

I've got a question. Now I know what you're thinking, 'how could weeksie have a question when he is the biggest nerd of all'. Well I do, and here it is: How in sweet jesus do I set the folder view for every folder possible, including media folders, my documents, and other assorted shite than Vista wants to handle seperately? I know about Folder Options/Apply to All Folders, and the Remember Each Folder's View Settings setting, but I'll be fucked if I can get it to work for every single folder. I keep getting Rating/Album/Artist and other stupid column headings on the most random folders, and I want rid. Fellow nerds, I place my trust in you...

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