david_carnell

Redgrave +3, Sydney, 2000

Meanwhile my milkman's cat's uncle's brother-in-law reckons Man Utd are going to buy Messi in the transfer window.

YEEEEEESSSSSS!!! .....a draw! Hurrah.

Oh god, Bell.....GONE. Just the Onion and Swann to survive two overs!!

Mick, you've no idea quite how grippng this is, do you? Stuff Twenty20 - this is edge of the seat stuff.

Broad gone. Argh.

Oi - those are very comfy. And they keep my feet warm.

Oh god of course! Nightmare.

Only Broad and Swann left of people who can bat a bit. Then we're down to the Onion and Jimmy. And right now the EDF's own (Floating)Onion might as well be batting for all the good those two do! C'mon boys.....

Less than 300 to win now! C'mon Belly - the innings of your life awaits.....

National Minimum Wage..... Working Family Tax Credits.... Child Trust Fund.... Increased spending on education and health to record levels - and if you think that has had no effect then we need a WHOLE new thread for that argument.... ....to name a few C'mon MM, you're more intelligent than the simplistic argument you've put across. It's more complicated than either you or Jimmy make out.

Hmmm....dare I even dream it? Maybe, just maybe? KP has been dire this series.....could this be the moment for his maiden double ton leading the team to victory. Or will England be all out for under 200?

Good idea as long as they are well behaved. Much like children. Seen but not heard. Gowlett and Bishop are deffo dog friendly. As would anywhere with garden (although perhaps not for you in winter).

Nothing to say is there? It's looking grim. Declaration early tomorrow morning?

Don't forget Anders Limpar and Ian Wright. Oh, but then there was John Jensen. Plus, the longer he's out of the game, the less chance of him being offered a contract. Football has moved on a lot since 2001 and at 65 he's the wrong age for a club looking for a long term appointment.

I'm not so sure about Graham's legacy at Leeds. We were in dire straights towards the end of Sgt Wilkos reign, no doubt, and Graham stabilised us. He bought cheaply (Hasselbaink for 500k anyone?) and we were difficult to beat. A half decent UEFA cup run was also a bit of fun. But in general the football was dirge. Lumpen defenders (anyone remember Ze Terminator Robert Molenaar) and industrious midfielders who have since sunk into obscurity. We had a fantastic youth set-up courtesy of Wilko and Graham ignored it. It was only when O'Leary took over that "the babies" were introduced to such good effect. Then he went and ruined it by buying Seth Johnson and Robbie Fowler. The youth set-up at Elland Rd is still amazing. Lennon, Delph, Smith, Taiwo & Woods (at Chelsea), Robinson etc have all come through and gone on to bigger clubs. Hopefully if we get back into the Premiership we can hold on to some of these better young players. Looks like Beckford might be off to Newcastle for ?3million though. Personally, if we get that much, I'd bite Mike Ashley's hand off. He's worth nowhere near that.

We're pretty disliked in the media, Keef. Weirdly, although you (and indeed many Leeds fans) dislike O'Leary, it was his team that for a while resurrected our image. Unfortunately certain incidents put paid to that. The Bowyer/Woodgate court-case was the prime example and disrupting a minutes silence for Matt Busby at Ewood Park, whilst not without genuine greivance, was pretty low. Leeds and Liverpool have never really had much of a beef though. Perhaps the peaks never coincided (Leeds being late 60s early 70s and 'Pool's coming in the late 70s) and we have a mutual loathing of Man Utd. But a historic rivalry with Chelsea also stems from that period. And whilst the team of that era was dirty, the picture Jah posted shows all teams of that era had "enforcers" which just don't really exist any more. What perhaps was mroe galling to our opponents of the time was that as well as cloggin lumps out of them, Leeds players could, when they chose to, pass the ball like a continental team, not allowing their opponents a sniff. And Mick Mac - the reason for your friend's drunken reference to "Champions of Europe" is somewhat embaressing as far as I'm concerned. We played Bayern Munich in the 1975 European Cup Final and played them off the park. We had two goals disallowed and theirs shouldn't have stood. Hence we have "declared" we are the rightful champions. Ludicrous. But that's football fans for you.

He's merely distracting Mackay until Norman Hunter kneels down behind him ready for Bremner to push and hilarity to ensue. Those were the days, eh Jah? Can't really see Luca Modric squaring up to Johnny Howson (That's a Leeds player btw) in quite the same way.

I laugh how Leeds, a team almost universally loathed, have become overnight heroes and much loved underdogs after dumping Man Utd out of the Cup. And with Redknapp and Spurs up next may all the support from neutrals continue. But how much more did I want Crystal Palace to be the London club we had to face in the next round. I somehow doubt we can pull off the miracle twice in a row.

Right now, I could not be happier. Leeds certainly didn't look two leagues lower and imo Fletcher would have made no difference. Howson, Beckford and Naylor were a solid spine that never wilted against Man Utd. Snodgrass hit the bar and we had more than enough chances to score more than one. A return to the top flight cannot be far away now. Altogether a cracking game. Although how Wes Brown stayed on the pitch I don't know.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > All out 133! Wonderful morning. > > Where's Brendan when you want to gloat? I do believe that he may well be back home, in the land of the veldt, sunning himself. Or drowning his sorrows in a Durban bar. Happy New Year, Brendan.

Tra la la la la la.... Oh happy days.

I got a tea towel from my Mum. Granted, it was not my proper present (which was lovely) but still... a tea towel? With a cartoon runner-bean on it! And the inscription "I've bean cooking!". *hangs head in shame*

When it was a combined section the "cat flap fitter" thread was something truly special. Colin (the cat flap fitter in question) was special too, just in a different way.

SteveT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DC wrote:- You have made the decision to finance > your own healthcare despite perfectly adequte free > care being available. > > It is not free care we are paying for it. It is free at the point of consumption. > If it was perfectly adequate there would be little > or no private practice, but this is increasing > year on year. Adequate, Steve. Not perfect. But perfectly adequate. It provides for your every medical need. If some people wish to spend more money to get a private room and a bed-bath by a playboy bunny then good luck to them.