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Given that Hicks is supposed to be richer than Henry I'm not entirely sure how much this is going to improve things with the situations at the club. Hicks/Gillet are clueless with regards to football but not afraid to invest money when it was asked for to buy players. Unless attitudes on the field I can't see just how much the new owners can really do. I just can't accept Liverpool are THAT bad and that the blame can be entirely laid on the shoulders of people who've given managers what they've asked for.

Europe got three today and not been caught out in the others just yet. Either way tomorrow's shaping up to be interesting and the crowd won't be as strong in favour of Europe. Looking like a great finish though.

Super tangerines, knew they'd have a go and the scousers are piss poor at the moment but can't believe they managed to get the three points.

This morning I was reminded of Liverpools effort to sign a player off Sky Ones "Dream Team" and how they're not that bad yet. At the moment it's looking like the mighty Didier Baptiste would be a pretty useful signing

Looked like a charge down in real time. Seeing it since a few times might not have been too much he can do but lift your arms most of the time it'll be given.

Stupid double post. Please delete if you can, useless poxy Virgin

Ridiculous game. He got the sending off as predicted but a third penalty now (though the ref didn't want to give it) and hopefully back to almost comfortable. The little twat who got Rafa sent off shouldn't even be on the pitch but at least it doesn't matter. Now we need to not let them back in again.

With the blitz promotion its almost like cheating. In my first game of this I managed to smack the shit out of India, who had NO army at all, I literally just walked into their two cities. And then England who was on my border used a great person to steal my land! I had no idea you could do that, so I depleted most of my army taking half of their cities. Elizebeth is a bitch. Moral of the story, never trust a bald woman in a ginger wig.

Watching Arsenal last night put the Carling Cup match into perspective. Fabianski, Djourou, Gibbs, Denilson, Wilshere and Rosicky all started last night in the Champions League and in the league cup game. Of the Spurs team that night probably only two of them will get in tonight (Bassong and Assou-Ekottu) and Bassong only because four/five people above him in the pecking order are out. Going forward hopefully Spurs should create plenty of chances but wouldn't trust a makeshift defence too much. Think we'll win still but can never trust us to do anything. If Twente play it tight and spoil then it might end up being one of those games where we'd struggle to score against Barnet...

commentary has been hiliarious so far. Loved when the camera panned along some of the Spurs injured list and they were silent then... "Arsenal, of course, missing Cesc Fabregas with injury". To be honest at 1-0 I'm pleasantly surprised since for how bad they're playing Arsenal haven't had many chances. If they come out and give it a go (shoot Bentley for a starter, even if we have to start with 10 men ) they can get back in the game and maybe nick something. Will see how things go from here but deceptively tight.

Amusing? It's pretty strong actually and much stronger than I expected. Should beat us quite comfortably on paper against our third/fourth string.

yeah such a bad punishment for him. Should've been a one match league game because of course he'll happily take it for a game he'd rather not attend!

Think he's just trying to deflect the negatives of Man Yoo almost blowing it again by defensive incompetence. It was definately a penalty and definately a free kick but he's going to throw the diver thing at him. I was more startled by how Nani managed to avoid a booking for his shenanigans. Man Yoo were easily the better side but they managed to implode at the back and almost bail out Liverpool and he's starting to get frustrated that they're a bit shaky and Chelski seem to be breezing through matches. See also - Wengers weekend rant.

True, after acting for around 15 years I got my first principal singing role recently. I put a large amount of this down to singing on Rock Band, whether it's just through confidence I can actually tolerate hearing myself sing now. Another way for playing rhythm games is to look at them "old school". I can understand players having a feeling of acomplishment for playing *incredibly tough guitar song* on expert and getting 100%, which is basically playing the song in full but only essentially on one fret (Rock Band 3 will bring this up a few gears). I myself look at it as a score attack game, since I'm not any good on guitar or drums (hard-->expert on bass, expert vocals) I can get some satisfaction out of beating high scores, yeah I won't compete on the global charts but against myself pushing the scores up feels good. It's the same as people trying to complete *game X* at high speeds and playing for top scores. Let's be honest, if it wasn't for score attack style games, there'd probably not be an industry now, RB/Gh just play to those old points and add in the customisable sound track factor which makes it feel "new". For me I don't get the popularity of FPS' on console. I find things so much more enjoyable with mouse and keys. Maybe it's down to getting used to them long before pad based games. It's standard shooter fair but I've not really got the enjoyment out of them. I put the popularity of Halo down to it being a lot of gamers first experience of the things since as a game it's got nothing which I think is really special yet it's huge.

Well in the end Spurs've got away with it. Sounds like it's touch and go if that penalty was in the box from what Absolute were saying but in the end turned round and three points. Bloody needed that as well since not got started at the Lane yet this season.

Keane + Jenas = lots of pain. No idea why we can't break down teams who stick everyone behind the ball. Wigan the other week and Wolves today. Possibly should've had a pen though so 1-0 is about right but not acceptable.

Ditto,over 1000 songs covering all sorts of genres and styles in one place? Some of them will feel a little deflated unless they update them to include the new features in the long run but being able to play from that sort of library in one place depending on mood or the whim of any of the band memebers. Plus he seems to ignore the diversity around the artists he mentioned, Dio in the week between Snoop and Marley after Country had followed a week of Disturbed for starters. I know not every week will cater to everyone but generally it's a good mix.

Ouch, wouldn't have expected a Civ to be THAT demanding in comparison. Civ 4 had similar specs to M2 and I wasn't expecting V to be quite so much vaster. Tis much better to look at though and first Civ I'm going to have to skip after many years, will try a demo but not confident on getting anywhere.

Not able to get online with the laptop at the moment so can't check the "Can you run it thing" What are the proposed specs compared to a title like Medieval 2 Total War? I'd guess if I can run that I could run Civ 5 but just double checking.

It's a common arguement but when a blokes not even played 90 minutes he's not going to set the world on fire is he? "Here have a run out for the last quarter of an hour and score a hat trick". One goal in seven isn't THAT bad given the time he's had on the field for England. David Nugent scored on his only appearence (mind you it wasn't his goal was it?) I suppose he should've got a lot more caps for England

Surprised he's gone completely, didn't think they'd be gutless in that respect, it won't die overnight and he'll be abused by the next team, and the next team Unless of course Rangers and Liverpool fans are going to be gentle . Completely random thought but could it mean his sister-in-law has had a turn for the worse?

*goes all nerdy and snorts in Geeky fashion* strictly speaking it's only one film, stupid cinemas refusing to allow 13 hour films

I am reminded of the Motley Crue fans who did that at Sonisphere... In front of the wrong stage and didn't notice until halfway through Rammsteins set...

Isn't she at West 'Am these days though?