matthew123

Who says Scholes is not a good player... sounds like you are typing that wearing a Man U shirt Quids.. such is the response to any criticism of anything United...

Just because old whiskey nose claims Scholes cannot tackle does not mean he is immune from the yellow card. He clatters into players with the same precise touch as he does on the ball. He is a dirty player.

Better education perhaps, for instance do we always need to bin food as soon as it's passed the supermarket best before date. Other question slightly off topic, is it better to bin unwanted food or stuff our faces and get fatter?

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Scholes 9 Lucas 0 Hahaha - I wonder if Scholes is being tee'd up for Footballer of the Year, with Fletcher getting the PFA joke award. If Scholes and Fletcher played for any other Club they'd get 2 yellow cards each every game before half time.

Darren Fletcher, 'I don?t want to sound big headed, but I?ve never come up against anyone who has torn me to shreds. The only time that has happened has been in training against Roy Keane and Paul Scholes.' .... 'I have to train with Scholesy every day so I know how good he is. I can?t get near him.' .... hmmm yes the same Scholes the much maligned Lucas kept robbing of the ball last month at Anfield. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1230332/Manchester-United-star-Darren-Fletcher-admits-loves-new-tough-guy-image-wants-make-life-awkward-rivals.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0XjCYv6fD

Declan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting expression 'clean sheet'! Wonder where > it comes from? Wikipedia - "The term first appeared in the 1930s. Sports reporters of the era used separate pieces of paper to record the different statistical details of a game. If one team did not allow a goal, then that team's "details of goals conceded" page would appear blank, leaving a clean sheet."

Remember Zaki who played for Wigan last season? Scored twice at Anfield. Well I hope FIFA throw the book at him over these comments as to why he will not sign for Portsmouth: 'After Portsmouth signed an Israeli player and also hired an Israeli football director (Avram Grant), a possible move was ruled out. On top of that, no way could I play at Portsmouth with an Algerian within their ranks. After the match between Egypt and Algeria, and what happened on the pitch with Algerian players, it would be a dishonour to play alongside any Algerian.? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1230101/Zaki-cites-Israeli-presence-Fratton-Park-reason-shun.html

I wanna know does the god of speech work closely with the god of thought? ;-) But seriously is there any evidence that God exists, and if he does exist what evidence is there that He is not one amongst many other gods? I think Voltaire summed it up when he said, "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."

Too complicated, they're only capable of the madame tussauds sidestep

Come on Mick, that was a decision taken by the All Blacks to perform in the dressing room. Wales wanted them to perform Haka before the national anthems like the previous year when it was the 100th anniversary of the first Test when also they'd done the Haka before the anthems. Anyway, although it was a long time ago at least Wales can say they have beaten the All Blacks so in our case the Haka does NOT intimidate our players.

From my experience of using the 48 and 149 - there is a noticeable difference loading up large numbers as one has a bottleneck of checking upto 84 tickets and the other is done in constant(-ish) time. From my recollection before the introduction of the bendy bus at London Bridge the queues would sometimes quadruple back on itself - taking maybe 10 to 15 minutes in bad weather before you were aboard and on your way. As I suggested it depends on the route to whether it is appropriate but in terms of shuttling people between LS and LB imo it's the best solution during the rush hour.

Tip Top Tottenham Hotspur! Wow what a performance! Could have been 15-1! Although have to say Chris Kirkland could have made more of an effort with some of those goals. He may not have had a chance with the the power from the Crouch header and Krankjar volley but hell at least appear to try!

One of my favourite books that

Aye it's bit like the Football thread innit.. I think some crimes do deserve capital punishment - but can we always be sure that the conviction is 100% safe, that would be my concern.

My goodness they call that singing down at Twickenham do they.. soon they will say that the men in purple white are actually playing Rugby

I've got Defoe - only got me an extra 22 points though, should have made him skipper with Torres forever injured, damn!

Hang on now, where exactly have I mentioned Football in this discussion? It seems to me it's other people who are using Football in attempting to excuse problems in Rugby. But seeing as you have mentioned Football Mick, I disagree with your argument. If a player commits a violent act in Football not seen by the Ref he will be punished after the event by the governing bodies, just like Rugby. As for cheating, I assume you mean the handball in Paris by Henry, well, what game play cheating has Rugby ever punished? The number of times I've watched on TV the scrum half rolling the ball into the scrum not straight is endless but I don't ever remember he being banned or having the match replied, do you? The Haka is a tradition of Rugby, opposition teams can try and line up and respond, e.g. Wales and England in recent times, but as far as the crowd behaviour not sure how you can condone fans booing the Haka but come down hard on a penalty kicker being booed.

Oh yes, oh yes nods that English Lion Dean Richards over in the corner..

Saw a Hollywood movie star in Sainsbury's today - Toby Jones

Anyway... this is what I consider to be diabolical behaviour from Rugby fans - England Rugby fans treatment of the Haka.

Well I'd question whether that behaviour on the pitch is okay - I think they need to clean up their act on the field before the finger is pointed at paying punters who may have lost a little etiquette after guzzling beer all afternoon from their seats.

Just making some observations Mick - I'd not trespass on your territory ;-) We saw Shay Given on our train yesterday, he looked quite depressed, and looked suicidal when he had a photo with our group! Haha. Although he did have the humour to say Mark Hughes had told them at end of match that City 'should have won' the game.

Liverpool very flat yesterday - barely testing Shay Given. Players were up for it, and City were there for the taking, but the system of putting everything through an unfit Gerrard was too easy to defend. I'd been hoping to see Aquilani or Riera brought on with 5 minutes to go as we pushed for victory but Rafa decided to replace the tired Yossi with another left back. I've been told that Rafa's contract contains a clause that should Liverpool fail to make the last 16 of the CL he can be dimissed by the Yanks for ?5m (max) (rather than the full ?15m to ?20m).

Rugby has been tarnished with eye gouging, bloodgate, punchups, spear tackles - but this booing at a penalty kick is beyond the pale, every Scotsman should report to the Tower to have his head cut off such is the disgust in east dulwich ;-)

Maybe on some routes it is preferable to have a bendy bus over a DD - it certainly makes a quicker journey travelling from London Bridge to Liverpool St than a DD during the rush hour.