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This is Russia were talking about, so that's quite likely.

Nero look like Jacob and The Man In Black from 'Lost'... :/

I believe it's because the Russian third tier is split into five regional divisions with one promotion place each.

It really doesn't matter, we could hire Sir Alex to manage, Jose to do his press conferences and Arsene Wenger to look after the youth team along with the 20 best coaches in the world but as long as Ashley and Lambias remain in charge, undermining, undercutting and being general cunts, the club is going nowhere but backwards again.

Sokol, Russian for shit.

What fight were you watching? Phan outstruck him in R1, schooled him in R2 and out punched him on the counter in R3. Garcia threw a lot but hardly anything hit. By the logic of that fight, all you have to do to win a fight in windmill for 15 minutes with no regard to actually landing any shots. Look at the Compustrike stats. Phan should have won that 30-27 straight across the board, you could make more argument for a 30-26 Phan than a 29-28 Phan. Either way, there is no way Garcia even came close to winning that fight. Compustrike Stats

Well, Ruud Gullit's sexy football didn't work :/

We're going to rehire him then do a straight swap with Real for Mourinho. (Y)

I know I'm a realistic Newcastle fan, but personally I'd have been happy this season with 17th by 1 goal difference, as long as we consolidated our Premier League status. I've just put on my facebook that the new manager will have no money to spend in January or the summer, no job security, an interfering and utterly useless chairman and boardroom, the fans will already be against him (save it being some wonder appointment) and apparent board expectations that 11th is not good enough for a newly promoted team with a squad that is short on depth and bloated on wages. It's quite possibly the worst job in football and only a fool would take it on. If he reappoints Kinnear the pair of them had better not come within 200 miles of St. James' or they'll be hung from the Gallowgate. MON? Not a hope in hell. He got pissed at Randy Lerner, who personally I think is one of the best chairmen in the league, he'd have Ashley by the throat before they'd even signed a contract. Newcastle are at VP on April 9th, where we'll probably get relegated again.

'Kalashnikov rifles in the free kick' Oh FM, how you make me chortle sometimes...

My brother was there in October and it was still too hot for footie. Irrelevant though, apparently all games will be played in indoor air conditioned venues. Granting Qatar the legacy of the least environmentally-conscious World Cup in history. That skidome I mentioned, the air conditioning alone uses a barrel of oil (159 litres) an hour. I doubt they care.

My brother was there in October and it was still too hot for footie. Irrelevant though, apparently all games will be played in indoor air conditioned venues. That would make sense actually, seeing as you can go skiing on real snow in the middle of the Emirati desert these days. Looking at the proposed venues, the furthest east in Yekaterinburg, the stadium in Vladivostok is only 10,000 capacity, I should know, I'm Luch-Energiya's manager.

A few observations... English fans will still get pissed and smash up a city centre in Qatar 2022. Qatar allows alcohol, only the sale, presentation and being drunk in public are banned. People may actually learn how to pronounce Qatar now. England's excuses for failure Russia 2018: Too cold. Qatar 2022: Too hot. Qatar is a ridiculous choice really, assuming the World Cup is played in June/July as always, the average temperature in Qatar in July is 46C/115F. At that temperature, moving is a chore, nevermind 90-120 minutes of strenous aerobic exercise. Playing in the mornings/evenings won't help much either, I was in Dubai in June and it was 38C at 4am.

This is why I love these games, still in Siberia, last game of the season, need to win to stay up or get a point and hope the team above me lose. 3rd minute - 1-0 down. Going down. 22nd minute - 2-0. Going down badly. Switch to a 3-2-5 overload formation. 44th minute - 2-1. Still going down but camped in their half. 60th minute - Team above me goes 1-0 down. Still going down. 81st minute - 2-2. I'm staying up 84th minute - Team above me equalize. I'm going down. 92nd minute - Team above me concede. I'm staying up on head to head games. 94th minute - Safe! Unfortunately this means I now have to spend the winter in Siberia... >_<

Started a journeyman game and my first port of call (literally) is Vladivostock with these boys. Started out with 5 straight defeats, on the bright side, it's doing wonders for my frequent flyer miles.

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You have to factor in acclimatisation though. The majority of the guys who wear gloves etc. are from South America and Africa, where 0C to us feels like -30C to them. I've been back from Australia now for 5 months and I'm fucking froze whereas before I went my spiritual Geordieness allowed me to wear next to nothing in the harshest of weather.

Apparently the Titanic sank recently.

Make sure you deport EddieG (Y)

Clay Guida with a haircut.

It's ska-wummy hunting season...

Rooney? £2m? Bargain! >_<

Not particularly, but a few weeks ago I was playing F1 2010 online, about to win my first race when the guy in second, frustrated at not being able to pass, just plowed straight into the back of me. Ned Flanders would have called it the 'loudest profanity I've ever heard'...