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Charlton have very serious financial problems. Not sure that installing Dennis Wise in any kind of managerial capacity is going to help.

Approx ?70k pa plus match expenses and bonus. Despite now being professional referees, I don't think that the overall standard of officiating has improved and that there are still large inconsistencies in decisions. Would like to see referees being more open and being interviewed after games but, given the current climate of reporting, I can understand why they wouldn't want this.

EC - can't disagree about Bowyer and he's rightly received a three game ban. Would point out that before his challenge on Sagna, Song had felled Bowyer with an off-the-ball kick which went unpunished - not that I see this as any form of justification. The whole game was fractious which, unfortunately, continued the tone from the game at the Emirates back in October. The referee, Peter Walton, has admitted that he missed the 'key' moments in the game - I assume that the FA will 'rest' him for a while.

Just looked at the table, doesn't make good reading. 19th.

Total capitulation in the second half at St Andrews. Should have been level at half-time either through Johnson's chance or a stonewall penalty for handball, but the tone was already set by then. Unnecessary bookings for two defenders in the first half, with the first goal coming from a pointless foul. Carr gave the ball away cheaply for the second goal and Johnson tapped in for the third when he could easily have cleared. Except for Foster, Carr and Jerome, nobody played well. Big games coming up - we could effectively go out of both cups and lose to bitter local rivals in an eight day period. Thank god for brilliant bar staff and Crabbies Ginger Ale with large whiskies.

Since You've Been Gone - Rainbow

I've often wondered why referees make so many bad decisions. Now I know. Drunk Referee

Chinese Rocks - The Heartbreakers

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does the writer of your extract from the Guardian > have any particular affinity with Liverpool? Jacob Steinberg, who describes himself as a freelance journalist for The Guardian and professional West Ham fan.

White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground

Annasfield Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > From the Guardian. > Anna, slightly disingenuous just quoting the source as The Guardian, rather than the fact that it comes from the Five Things We Learnt From Watching The Premier League This Week blog., Not saying that the article doesn't contain some valid points but the main purposes of the blog are to produce 1,600 words of slightly humourous and contraversial web filler and promote the junior journalist who writes it. Although I did like the fifth thing that we have learnt (Are Aston Villa in freefall).

Boogie With Stu - Led Zeppelin

Anadin - Alberto Y Los Trios Paranoias

Birmingham had agreed a ?9m fee for him in August and N'Zogbia had also agreed personal terms only for him to ask for substantially more at the last minute. Two days later he backed down but Blues were no longer interested.

It's The Same Old Song - The Four Tops

Go Buddy Go - The Stranglers

Fair play to Haddin and Siddle for adding a bit of late entertainment. Be good if England can win in Sydney to put the correct balance on the series. What has impressed me most is the time England have occupied at the crease, a sign of increasing maturity in the team.

Narnia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > United were crap. Yep. May have been a couple of technicalities about Lee Bowyer's equaliser (foul, handball, offside), but result was the least Birmingham deserved. Lee Mason's refereeing could be described as idiosyncratic (at best). or crap because it's easier to type.

Absolutely - a desperate need for anyone who can score goals. But fancy our chances of a Wembley final though.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jah Lush Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Blackpool are in for a right messy fixture > pile-up > > before the season's over. > > > Agree Jah, I predict a plummett down...and hope so > too for entirely selfish reasons Think you're hoping for complete free-fall there. The relegation battle is going to be very messy this year with most of the bottom half of the table being involved.

The End - The Doors

You're My World - Cilla Black

Resigned to cancelling holiday in Kenya. Bummer but at least I'm fully insured.

Kenya Airways have a spare plane in Paris that they are trying to get to Heathrow so they can put on an extra flight- more news after midday. Otherwise they have advised no availability before 29th. I'm due to fly back on 30th!!

Or at no.66 in the charts, some puerile political parody from K*nt and the Gang - Use My Arseh*le As A C*nt (The Nick Clegg Story) YouTube