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is a frightening place eh? if you think its bad now (during my youth) wait and see what it's going to be like when my kids are growing up! people getting beaten to death because they are gay? imagine how the lad felt in his last few minutes of life... one minute he was having a party and having a laugh with his mates, the next a well known thug turns up and starts to beat the shit out of him simply because he was different. if the twats that done this arn't thinking about how the lad felt already, someone should make them. surely that would play on their minds and make them feel sorry for what they've done... then again, some people just don't care. it's heartbreaking to me to think how the lad was feeling and i don't know him or know anybody that does. it's scary as fook how these scallys can physically harm another person to such an extent and not feel bad. i'v got a gay mate, sometimes he's a bit excentric and some of the little gay things he does are annoying but you can easily laugh about it. i stayed in his flat with my girlfriend once while he went away and some of the DVDs and magazines we found we're grose, but then, you can still laugh about it. i could never dream of beating him up because he is gay. obviously we don't know the circumstances yet but if it comes out that the lad had bullied someone or what ever it still doesn't require a gang of inbreds to come round and kill you. there is a way of dealing with things that young people seem to have missed out of their learning. i'm am genuinly considering moving out of the city and built up areas when i start a family. you would hope that in a little village somewhere the kids will be safer but we'll see. there are so many great things about this city that would stop anyone wanting to leave but the amount of scum who are happy to live and die as scum is plain wrong. sorry if that was a bit long, just felt like i could do with letting a few things out. cheers if you read it.

I have been quite critical of Rafa over the last two seasons as I feel he has made numerous mistakes that have impeded our progress. However, there are a number of little signs that it might finally have clicked with him what's required to win the league in England: whether by choice or necessity, he seems to be thinning the squad down a bit. he is signing players for key positions who are experienced in this country and in the prime of their footballing lives. he has steadily brought in more and more players with genuine pace (Torres, Babel, Keane, the two new full backs apparently). he is increasing the number of reliable goal scorers and maximising the goals from existing ones by using them appropriately (ie Gerrard in attack). he's bringing in more leaders/characters (The Chief, Keane, Barry). he is providing width from the full back positions. he is settling down the changes into a reliable system. Now I'm well aware that he is more than capable of confounding all my growing hopes for the new season by doing a few mad things like changing the formation or dropping Gerrard back into the centre of midfield, but as things stand right now, I am more (cautiously) optimistic than I have been in a good while. I think there are still some significant question marks over the side, many of which will be answered soon enough when we see what happens. I also feel that the squad is some way short of matching the strength of those of The Mancs and Chelsea. However, as long as Dossena is a player, our first team now is as good as anyone's in my opinion and Rafa looks like he's finally learned many of the lessons English football teaches. Here's to hoping.