Another story about Barton, appearing in today's Daily Mail ... A team-shirt was being passed around the bus for players to sign, it belonged to a youth team player. Everyone signed, bar Barton ... who smeared food on it. I'm sure another one of those horribly-diostorted stories about our Joey, by people lining up to do a hatchet job on him.

Who? Ronald McDonald?

I was trying to see things from his point of view, as I say his earlier comments do stretch credibility just a little given that this happens time and again. What he was doing at half five in the morning outside the chav magnet that is McD's ... who knows? You'd think if he wanted to avoid trouble, he'd avoid situations that were likely to generate trouble, carousing the streets of Liddypool at that hour doesn't sound like that sort of strategy. Perhaps he just likes aggro. A bit of baseball bat counselling should help in which case.

Wasn't it earlier in the year that Barton was saying that he's more sinned-against than sinning; that he's a victim of circumstance more than anything else. He's been in trouble so many times that his previous statements are really stretching credibility. Having a brother do life for murder probably doesn't help. I think Barton needs some form of assistance, whether it be counselling or whatever, otehrwise this stuff is going to keep on happening again and again and again. Or maybe he's just a bad apple, who can tell?

Sounds like harrassment to me.

Apparent;ly global temps have gone down slightly over the last 6 or 7 years.

Mourinho is over-rated and was never interested. He was trying to keep his name in the 'papers, that's all.

He may well be, but I'm not fooled into thinking that F1 is a sport, it's a processing of car-sized fag adverts. Where would Hamilton be if him and Button swapped motors? Where would Button be? It's easy to win when you have the best car (and let's not forget he committed several naughty manoeuvres throughout the year). Boxing, however, is a sport, and I was shocked but pleased to see Joe win. Although I agree with Colin, teh programme is a bloody farce. I just hope he now goes on to paste Hopkins all over teh place after what Hopkins has said.

First team coach at Wallsall apparently.

Not sure if it's an attempt to get Curbishley out of the West Ham job. I did think it was noteworthy that clever Trevor wants someone who is currently west Ham manager, sounds a bit too close to home to me. But in any case, he's bloody useless. You don't need to set fire to his wife's dress to see that.

In the 'paper to day ... Brooking wants Curbishley as manager. God help us, he'd be worse than frigging McClaren!

Opinion polls aren't perfect. I've always, always been against them (ID cards). The thought that they may be brought iun by an over-bearing, money-grabbing, wasteful and incompetent government, and implemented by 100 chimps with a 100 typewriters, oh I do beg your pardon, I mean civil service, is scary. Totally agree with philipl's last post.

It made me laugh, and summed things up when Owen said that no Croatian player would get in the England team. Even after 12 games where we finish out of the places, they still are deluded enough to think they're better. It's incredible. A few reality checks are needed.

It migfht not be easy but look at Scotland's group - hahahahahahhahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

When Stuart Pearce tells you you have your players training too hard, then they're definitely training too hard. I'm not sure how much money he's spent, but to be fair to Keane, a first season in the premiership is hard for most teams. I will give him the benefit of the doubt and see what happens in their second season (if they stay up ...) And to be fair, Kenwynne wasn't a bad buy. But I do think some people get distracted by what a boss did as a player, anmd look on their managerial exploits more favourably than they should. And example of this was people calling for Hendry to be installed as a defensive coach at Rovers ...

No, I didn't mean it like that. I was making a general piint about experience, a lack of experience you couldn't accuse Jackie of. The only thing against him is being out of the game for so long, that's why I think he is a non-starter.

Fishing I would guess. He hasn't been a manager for how long now? A complete non-starter. It's a very important job and you need someone with experience. We can't afford to take any gambles.

Hahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! That made me laff.

I don't know ... but I think the word "balls" features somewhere ...

The procedures are there, but were disregarded by a junior member of staff who was probably over-worked, underpaid, and couldn't give a to55. Perhaps something to do with out-sourcing and getting best value for the tax payer, leaving those left behind totally apathetic? Or perhaps they're just fricking useless. In any case, ID cards are surely dead in the water now. If they did come in, I'd suspect there'd be significant amounts of civil disobedience.

The difference between a top-class manager and him? You mean talent? The time to blood Carson weas not today.

I think Graham Taylor was better. Feel sorry for McClaren, he is clearly way out of his league. The obvious problem is the pillocks at the FA whjo can't appoint anything other than yes men.