Mick Mac

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No I missed them but I saw Camille O'Sullivan on > Saturday night and she sang Fairy Tale of New York > (quite wonderfully) with her band, as an encore. > Shane is the best. How is he still alive though? Speaking on BBC Four's Folk Britannia television programme (first broadcast February 2006), Robyn Hitchcock recalled: "I remember going to the Hope and Anchor [a pub where many folk punk acts played in London]. The Pogues were all on stage and ready, it was a full house, but they hadn't started yet. Then this character shambled in through the door and shambled downstairs. I thought, 'Jesus, you're not letting that guy in are you?'. Then he walked on stage. That guy was Shane MacGowan." He has suffered physically from his years of binge drinking; he is notorious for performing while drunk, and was often impaired in interviews; on the BBC TV political magazine programme This Week MacGowan gave incoherent and slurred answers to questions from Janet Street-Porter about the public smoking ban in Ireland. On 7 September 2002 MacGowan became so intoxicated before a performance at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin that he stopped singing and threw up over fans in the front row. Fiona Wynne wrote in the Daily Mirror that the consequent criticism of the behaviour of MacGowan "who was in a wheelchair after breaking his leg" led Sin?ad O'Connor to call Joe Duffy's RT? Liveline programme three days later to defend MacGowan, saying: "He is an angel near the end who needs support. He's too far gone to stop drinking; he has an illness that cannot be cured, and as far as I can see, the end is near for him".[10] Conversely, MacGowan's fianc?e Victoria Mary Clarke claims that although his alcoholism was so bad that the two had to split up at one point, "[shane] loves a drink and he probably always will. But he drinks less than people think and I haven?t seen him drunk for quite some time", suggesting that his enjoyment of alcohol is in moderation, and perhaps not as dire or life-threatening as most of his fans believe.

La Gazzetta dello Sport has claimed that Massimo Moratti has decided to sack Rafael Benitez only two days after lifting the FIFA Club World Cup. The paper ran with the headline of ?Benitez e' fuori!? which translates as "Benitez is out!" The Spaniard has struggled to produce results this season and the Nerazzurri lie 13 points off the top of the table, a situation made worse as top spot is occupied by fierce city rivals Milan.

BBC Sports Personality voting results: 1. Tony McCoy 293,152 (41.98%) 2. Phil Taylor 72,095 (10.33) 3. Jessica Ennis 62,953 (9.02) 4. Lee Westwood 58,640 (8.4) 5. Graeme McDowell 52,108 (7.46) 6. Tom Daley 50,763 (7.27%) 7. Mark Cavendish 44,170 (6.33) 8. Amy Williams 43,056 (6.17) 9. Graeme Swann 13,767 (1.97) 10. David Haye 7,538 (1.08)

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Nicolas may have it. They have a range of cognacs but otherwise its central london or online I guess.

All sounds scary MrBen and at the end of the day the most important thing is that you are safe. We all need to know that these dangers are out there so that we can be better prepared but as you say, just to get away safely is the main thing, material goods are easily replaced.

David Beckham - a lifetime achievement award? that is rather strange. I have voted for Graeme McDowell and Tony McCoy. Tony McCoy probably deserves a lifetime achievement award for his long term achievements but winning the grand national was the icing in the cake for his career to date. Graeme McDowell for me deserves a shout for having won the US Open at Pebble Beach - most golfers who have watched the US players like Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus fight it out over that course in the 70's and 80's know what a great achievement that was. As well, Portrush has needed a champion to put it back on the world golfing map. Coincidentally, both McDowell and Tony McCoy are from Co Antrim, so I'd be happy for either of them to win.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What a great start to the 3rd Test. Went a little > flat as the tail wagged a bit but 230 odd behind > with all wickets standing and Cook seemingly in > form bodes well. 120 for 9 England Oh dear.....

Stop copying me declan Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Actually Allardyce has shown he is not useless in > keeping small clubs in the PL which after all is > what most of them aim for. You may not like his > style but you could argue he has been more > sucessful than some managers of so called big > clubs.

Losing to Barca again could put pressure on Wenger, especially if the title challenge has slipped by then.

Rangers FC (SCO) v Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) Rangers against the team who play in the Celtic strip.

Looks like England were counting chickens a little early , now 119 for 5.

Call it what you want I will be having a good time and don't know what any of it has got to do with religion .

There were a lot of happy Arsenal fans in 1989 and 1991, not to mention 1971. Thay did not seem to care if other fans taunted them with boring Arsenal.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> So we always think that one season it'll all just > come together and we might actually win something, > but weirdly it never seems to quite happen. Bring back John Lyle, Tony Cottee and Frank MacAvennie. And the guy who used to take the penalties.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wasn't disputing your point MM, just saying > sometimes being an also-ran is ok, non glory > hunters are fine with that. > I also believe it's good for the soul. I admire West Ham and their committment to stylish passing football - I don't agree with every manager, through peer pressure or otherwise, feeling oblidged to adopt it, especially if it means losing - its a competition after all.

I just thought I'd stick up for the guy as he makes the most of what he has available and, Newcastle apart, teams seem to do better with him in charge. Sam

Jah Lush Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mac weren't Bolton Wanderers also rans when > Allardyce was there? They are playing a much > better style of football now and are all the > better for it wouldn't you think? It's all about > passing and movement. So simple anyone can do it. > The long ball style of play = mid-table mediocrity > and bored supporters. Probably true but not everyone can get a manager who can achieve this in the way Owen Coyle has been able to so far. Tony Mowbray is an example of someone with high football ideals and low achievement.

As I said: "and it would certainly not sit well with west ham and their history" The rest of the point was not West Ham related. The current possession and passing game is just a current fashion where managers see it as the best way to play. West Ham have it in their history and should stick with it, but not every team can make it work. It will "pass". When Celtic won the European Cup in 1967 they did so with attacking football the game signified the beginning of the end of the previously successful Catenaccio style adopted by Inter. Catenaccio Fashions in football coaching come and go. Most teams in England will revert to type within a few years in the same way as Inter reverted to type under Morinho. Its the nature of the english game to attack with speed, width and crosses. Some team will reap the benefit of big Sam. He makes the most of his resources.

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There are a lot of football snobs around who don't like the Allardyce style of play, and it would certainly not sit well with west ham and their history, but he might get the job done. Personally I think calling Allardyce's style backward etc is just a current state of mind given the attractions of Barcelona and Spain, but football goes in cycles and people will tire of the passing possession game if they don't achieve results. At the end of the day, all teams can adopt a more graceful style of play, but there can only be a few winning teams and the also rans have to play to their strengths. Its interesting that the Blackburn captain was very disappointed to see big Sam go, and I feel he gets a bad press.

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Surely phone to Facebook is all the rage for young people Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do people really use their phone cameras? > > I honestly ever see people using a phone camera > once a year.

sometimes the sound is not on but if the game is at the emirates you might find it hard to tell if the sound is on or not .

> Brendan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I always suspected she was Portuguese. No he didn't