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He has signed a long term contract, Barcelona are offering a pittance compared to what they have recently payed for players half as good and they are conducting all this "business" in public through the papers which makes them all the more reprehensible.

I don't carry a wallet at all. In fact, normal day to day working type thing, I don't carry cash at all. If I am going out then it's cash in the front pocket until I'm drunk and then it's just change and who cares at that point!

I think it it bloody great. The first season is fantastic, the second dipped a bit and the third (final?) season was pretty fine too. Željko Ivanek is wonderful in the first season.

My in laws are in France. Feel my joy and conversely the anguish of a lot of French people.

Yes. Did you all see that one play where the Dutch guy kung-fu'd the Spanish guy? DAMN.

That's about as apt a description you will get. He just committed GBH on him!

Shite final and I really can't give a toss about Spain winning because there is so many reprehensible Cheatalona twats in that team. Cesc changed the game for SPain when he came on, again. Then you get Reina, Poodle Head and Pique trying to pull a Cheatalona shirt onto Cesc on live tv. Arseholes.

 

hmm, Midlake is the backing band.

Album of the year for me. I don't care what else comes out in 2010. This is IT.

The supremely gifted Joe Henry and Fuse.

I'm gutted that Ninja Video was taken down by the Feds. I am lost without it.

If Uruguay had not cheated, they would have lost. They had the opportunity to win because they cheated, which is not the same as winning because they cheated, but it's close.

Look, Uruguay reverted to type for them. If you can't win, cheat. That's been their style for years and a little good press this time around all wet out the window when Suarez handled the ball.

Like Germany against England. Disgusting and embarrassing if you like me are cursed with a German passport.

Were you even watching the same game? Germany could have been 4 goals up by the time Fat Frankie's hopeful slash went in off the bar. The to compound matters the Germans took the English apart and won handsomely.

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Adidas stripes are a dime a dozen.

Ask Johan Cryuff. He pulled off one of the stripes on his shirts back in the 70's cause he didn't want to be sponsored by Adidas.

a kick in the box

Quoted just because it is much funnier over this side of the water than it is over there. I got a laugh out of it though.

Putting iOS4 on my 3GS iPhone was a major pain in the cock. I had to restore the phone completely and lost everything I had on it. It would try to back up for hours and hours and then fail. It took me the best part of a week to get the stupid thing back to where it was before iOSFuckery.

The Pooh Sticks? Holy fuck...

The Cranberries...Jesus, save us from wailing bints. I do like that Sneaker Pimps track though.

Real grower of an album for me. They went down fantastically well at Glastonbury as well seemingly.

I am thinking that the entire run was recorded by someone close to or actually in the band. There may even be a legal download thing from a website. Ya know, like Pearl Jam did with their live shows.

Or maybe I actualy daydreamed that one up!

When I'm making love I want to be focused on my wife

There ya go...take the fun right out of it!

Casino Queen.

 

Nobody rallies the troops like Brian Henneman.

The Shuckster...banging it Peavey style.

I was sickened when that Ghana player missed the spot kick in normal time and Suarez's reaction halfway down the tunnel left a bad taste in the mouth. I feel there should be a referee's discretion allowed in situations like this. Give the goal as it was so obviously going in and then red card the player and restart the game from the centre circle. FIFA of course won't touch this sort of amendment with a barge pole.

I am rooting for Holland all the way with a soft spot for Germany for the cavalier way they play. Their young players are hungry for it and want to take the game to the opponents and I applaud them for that. As long as the Uruguayans are hammered with maybe RVP grabbing a couple I will be happy.

The World Cup early stages was like WW II. The French and Italians left early, the Americans arrived late and the English were left to face the Germans.

Happy 4th to all VCers and their families. Enjoy the day!

I knew Gale would be pivotal. What a great season of television. Very little comes close to this show.

Brazil will win it this time I think. Dunga has the defence really well drilled and going forward they are always great. It won't be Brazil from 1982 but that will work for them. I would love to see the Dutch win it though.

They sort of lost me with all the keyboards and synthesizers. I know they let that go of that some point.

 

Yeah, that happened to me too. I really didn't get back to listening to them until they put out that Feedback EP and the last album. I really enjoyed those and the new songs, from what I have heard, are excellent too.

Today I have had:

And now this:

So, 5 or so games in and it has been a bit of a damp squib so far. It's like the Champion's League with too many shite teams and it doesn't really get going until the latter stages.

England were awful and the USA team did well to hang in there after going a goal down so early. They deserved a point for sure.

Frand and U-R-GAY was awful claptrap. The constant droning from those vuvuzelas are completely annoying on the television. I mean, even Adrian Chiles shuts up after a while.

I never even knew this thread was here. This show is just the best thing on television for me. I LOVE it to death! The only thing about the series as a whole that pissed me off was the whole Landry/Tyra stalker thing but this season, 4, was amazing and one episode in particular called The Son brought tears to my eyes.

From the title music to the characters to the way it is shot....it continues to delight me. Season 5 now shooting as well!

He's finally making the sort of music his varied career and parts of his solo stuff have hinted at. Hope you enjoy the show. Fingers crossed for a US tour later this year. He doesn't play here often but you get to see him in great smaller venues

I take it from various interviews he has done that he is not completely taken with America and playing there. Seems he is a very insular Briton.

I agree with you. This album and 22 Dreams are completely great and seems that Weller is really bang on form and in a purple patch. Seeing him live soon and really looking forward to it.