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I am in a really difficult situation at the moment. I have been looking for a new job for a while ideally in the same town as the other half as we have had a long distance relationship for a while (Bournemouth & Birmingham). Last friday I had an interview in a commutable distance from B'mouth (a place I love to bits) in a decent job with a modest (tiny in fact) pay rise which I have now been offered. However last night I was called about a job I had long given up hope on. The salary is way higher with amazing development opportunities however this is in Oxford. We have had a long distance for a while and it is getting a little bit of a strain she cant move as she is studying and would continue for the next 18 months. Now do I give up what could be an amazing opportunity and struggle to find a job of equal caliber that would give us both the stability and possibly let us achieve our dreams or put more strain on our relationship which I dont think either of us can stand. Bugger.

Why did Connery not play Bond in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"?

A 61-year-old man was sent to prison yesterday (12 June) because the dead grandmother of one of his victims revealed to medium Patrick Hutchinson (right) that the girl had been abused. He was convicted of five charges of indecently assaulting three girls aged from nine to 11 between 1997 and 2001. LINK

Who else is excited?

I am planning to come up for a weekend in Liverpool and go to tranmere game then out into town. I will be own my own and I am 45. Can you local boys point me in the direction of decent bars clubs restaurants. I have seen the worlds best bars website which has some interesting reviews of newz bar etc. I am not on the pull, just looking to get away from domestic problems for a weekend. So its decent places where I can meet decent people that know how to converse. Thanks

how the fuck did Scholes not get sent off, they get a soft peno(as fuckign usual) and a decent peno shout against them is waved on, it truly is one set of rule books for them, and another set for everyone else im fucking livid here at home, surely somebody else agrees :telloff:

We signed for our new house yesterday. After a short but intense spell of hunting we found an ace house in the perfect location and managed to get in and agree a price before it had even gone to market thanks to our ace estate agent. It is a semi, which was not really what we wanted but the rest ticks all the boxes, it has 5 bedrooms which will be handy for guests and the sproggs can now have their own rooms. Ace!

No not the escort variety, the one you puff on... anyone tried it? I blood hate it, had a relative round today who fucking puffed it and stank my whole house out and had no regard for my little boy!... It stinks!

LIVERPOOL 2 Cardiff 1 Report by Dave Usher at Anfield Scorer(s) - Nabil El Zhar, Steven GerrardHalf Time - 0-0 Venue - Anfield Date - Wed 31 October 2007 Star Man - Steven Gerrard It may be fourth on the list of priorities, but realistically the Carling Cup represents our best chance of silverware this season. That’s not to say we can’t win anything else, but we’re in the last eight of this competition now so logically you’d have to say it’s our best hope of a trophy. There seems to be a stigma attached to this trophy these days. One of the big four always seems to win it, but with all four having had their hands on bigger prizes in recent years, a League Cup success is never really seen as much cause for great celebration. But you know what, at the start of a season there are only four trophies up for grabs, and maybe we need to take a step back and stop being so picky. Of course we want to win the Premiership and the Champions League, and if we have to settle for a cup instead most people would choose the FA Cup. No-one seems to care about the League Cup, but honestly I’d be made up if we won it this year. It wouldn’t make up for a poor season in the league, but lifting any trophy is an achievement and it’s always a great day out. Sometimes we don’t realise how lucky we are as Liverpool fans. There are 88 teams in the League that would give absolutely anything to win the Carling Cup, because it’s so rare for them to win anything. Fans of the big four have become very blasé about winning this trophy, and I’m as guilty of that as anyone (I remember mocking the mancs for celebrating winning this trophy a couple of years ago). The thing is though, you never know what’s around the corner and it could be that we end up slipping into the ranks of the also rans who rarely get to play in any kind of cup final. So if we could get to the final and win this trophy, I plan to savour it and I’d be made up. Not as made up as I’d be if we won any of the others, but I’d make sure I enjoyed every second of it. Of course, there’s a long way to go yet and we could get dumped out in the next round. I don’t think we will though, because the players really want to win this competition. You only have to look at the performance of Steven Gerrard against Cardiff to see that. The skipper was phenomenal, and the Welsh side simply couldn’t deal with him. The scoreline suggests this was a tight game, but for me it was anything but. I always felt we were in total control, and it was a case of how many chances we would convert. We scored twice, but it should have been more because any time we actually moved out of second gear we created a chance. Even with an experimental line up including youngsters Jack Hobbs, Nabil El Zhar, Lucas Leiva and Sebastian Leto, we still had too much for a hard working but limited Cardiff side, who’s only threat came from set-pieces. With Peter Crouch back to his best form, we had a great platform from which to build attacks. When Crouch is in the side and playing well, Gerrard has an extra dimension to his play and the two link up superbly at times. The skipper knows when the ball is played up to Crouch that he can gamble and run off him, because nine times of ten the big man will divert the ball into the path of his run. With Kuyt or Voronin in the side, Gerrard wouldn’t even bother making the run as there’d be no point. He’s always linked well with Crouch, and it’s great to see both of them back in form. Cardiff, backed by a massive following, started quite brightly and won a free-kick on the edge of the box a few minutes in. With Fowler over the ball, eyeing up the net at the Kop end, I definitely thought we were about to go a goal down. The Cardiff fans were singing for Hasselbaink to take the kick, but let’s face it, that was never going to happen. Robbie curled it over the wall and towards the top corner, but Itandje got across and made a great save. No fairytale homecoming for God then, who was hardly given a sniff after that by Carragher and Hobbs. We began to get the ball down and pass it about well, with Aurelio very prominent in most attacks. The Brazilian is an excellent footballer, it’s just a shame he’s made of paper and always seems to have some kind of pull or tear. His use of the ball down the left flank was excellent, and with his compatriot Lucas catching the eye with some neat and tidy play in the centre alongside his captain, we quickly took control of the game. El Zhar was busy on the right flank, but didn’t make too much impact in the first half apart from one nice cross that Crouch headed at the keeper. Leto was involved a bit more on the other side, and would have had two goals had his finishing been sharper. The lad looks like a world beater in reserve games, but he’s struggling to transmit that form into his first team outings. There’s more to Leto than just great hair, but so far we haven’t seen it in the first team. I think he’s got something, but he may need to go somewhere on loan and play every week before we see it. He definitely has talent, anyone who’s seen him in the reserves will testify to that, but he doesn’t look ready for the first team. Lucas on the other hand, looks like he could walk into the side now and hold his own. I really like this lad, he’s got a good football brain and makes the game look easy. He covers a phenomenal amount of ground, but he does it almost unnoticed. He isn’t like Momo or Mascherano who you see charging all over the place, but he gets from box to box really well and he’s never far from the man in possession. There was one occasion in the first half where he played a nice long ball into the channel for Babel to chase. The Dutchman gathered the ball by the touchline, turned around and looked to see who was available for a pass, and who was the first man to reach him and ask for the ball? Lucas. With Alonso injured, I’d play the young Brazilian alongside Mascherano, and use Gerrard in the role he played in against Arsenal last weekend. Lucas looks very much like a Liverpool player, and his progression looks to be bad news for Sissoko who is going to have a very hard time getting a game now. At half time I was fairly happy with how we had played. Some of the football had been good, and we really should have been in front. Babel had been lively if a bit erratic, but the partnership with Crouch had shown signs of promise I thought. I’d rather have those two in tandem than Kuyt and Voronin, that’s for damn sure. With Kewell and Benayoun on the bench, it was inevitable that in the second half they’d be on for the two young lads on the flanks, and that’s what eventually happened. Not before El Zhar had produced a moment of quality that he’ll remember for the rest of his life however. Collecting the ball from Gerrard, the Morroccan u21 star unleashed a powerful shot from 25 yards that left the keeper with no chance as it crashed into the Kop end net via the inside the post. I was really pleased for the lad, as on his previous outings with the first team he’d looked completely out of his depth. Having watched him a lot for the reserves, I like him as he’s a worker and always tries his best. He’s a good little player, but I don’t think he’s anywhere near good enough to become a regular first teamer. To me he’s a poor man’s Pongolle, and he wasn’t good enough either. Whatever happens to him in the future, Nabil will always have this goal to look back on, and good for him. We should have gone two up when Gerrard made a sensational burst onto a Crouch lay off and cut right through the Cardiff defence before dragging a shot wide. Other chances came and went, whilst Cardiff went really close to an equaliser when the left winger cut inside and had a shot fantastically saved by Itandje. The keeper didn’t have that much to do, but he made two or three really good saves and will be happy to have got this game at Anfield under his belt. He doesn’t look like a keeper to me, the way he has his shirt not tucked into his shorts makes him look like an outfielder who has donned the gloves in an emergency, but as far as back up keepers go I reckon he’s not bad and I certainly trust him more than I would Dudek. I think he’s suspect on crosses, but there’s nothing wrong his shot stopping. I’m not sure if he could have done anything about Cardiff’s equaliser, but at the time I didn’t think he had much chance. The ball seemed to go in slow motion, but it was right in the corner and it looked to me like Itandje just couldn’t get across in time. Maybe TV replays suggest differently, but that’s how I saw it on the night. Of all the players in their side, Darren Purse is the one I’d have wanted to score the least as I still remember him from the 2001 final in his Birmingham days, pointing at the name on the back of his shirt like he was somebody. You’re not somebody, you’re a chump, and guess what, you lost again. Understandably, their fans in the away end went crazy. The ones scattered about the rest of the stadium did too, resulting in a flurry of steward and police activity in the Kop. I don’t have a problem with fans of other clubs sitting in our end, as sometimes it’s the only place you can get a ticket. However, there’s certain unwritten rules that you have to adhere to and the majority of Cardiff fans on the Kop didn’t do that. I’ve sat in with the home fans when we’ve been away from home, and I wouldn’t jump up when we scored or antagonise the home fans by shouting and chanting. There are some things you just don’t do, as it’s seen as a sign of disrespect. If you sit on the Kop as an away fan and piss off those around you by giving it the big ‘un then you’re gonna either get filled in or thrown out or both. And rightly so. There were Cardiff fans being ejected all over the place, which was stupid from their point of view as now it looked like we had a real cup tie on our hands. That lasted less than a minute though, as the imperious Gerrard released Benayoun down the left, and then surged into the box to collect the Israeli’s clever cut back and bury the ball into the Kop net. 2-1 and there was no way we were going to let them back in it this time. The margin of victory should have been greater, but we couldn’t find the killer goal. Babel’s wayward shooting cost him a couple of goals, whilst Crouch was denied by the keeper following a brilliant cross by Babel. The best chance of all fell to Yossi right at the end, but he took too long and the keeper saved. Overall, I really enjoyed this game. It was entertaining, and at no point did I ever think we would not win it, so I was pretty relaxed all the way through. I really enjoy Carling Cup games, because it’s always interesting to see players who don’t normally get a chance. Hobbs came through this game very well, but having watched him develop in the reserves over the last 12 months I’m not surprised at how comfortable he looked. When Jack played for the first team in pre-season a year or so ago, he wasn’t really ready to be involved at that level and he made some bad mistakes. Since then though he’s really progressed as a player, and he’s absolutely outstanding in the reserves week in week out. He deserved this chance, and he did enough to suggest that he may get more opportunities over the coming months. It’s a pity Jay Spearing didn’t a chance too, as he was originally going to be on the bench until Mascherano declared himself fit on the day of the game. With only Premiership teams remaining in the draw, it’s unlikely that the younger lads will get a chance now and we will probably see several of them go out on loan. Threlfall and Lindfield both went out this week, and Spearing might be the next one to go. Hobbs would have been a contender for the star man award under normal circumstances, but Gerrard’s performance was of such a high standard that the decision was a no-brainer. He’s come back to top form just when we need it, and with others such as Carragher, Mascherano and Crouch also looking like they are back at the top of their game I’m hopeful that we can come out of the slump we’ve been in, starting at Blackburn this Saturday. As for the Carling Cup, well we’re three games away from a place in the final. I just hope we get the chance to knock the blues out on the way. Hopefully we’ll get them next, but I also like the idea of facing them in a two legged semi. Mind you, two legged semi’s are much more fun when we play Chelsea, so hopefully Everton at Anfield will come out of the hat for the next round. Team: Itandje; Arbeloa, Carragher, Hobbs, Aurelio; El Zhar (Benayoun), Gerrard, Lucas (Mascherano), Leto (Kewell); Babel, Crouch:

Anybody notice that bellend Richard Keys` hands aren`t as hirsute as they used to be. Must be waxing. That man is a gimp of the highest degree.Surely Sky could unearth someone, a rotting corpse would do a better job.