Hughes has already told the Lancashire Telegraph that none of the triallists so far have impressed.

touche

Cannot remember where I saw it but that's not the first time I've heard mention of Ngobeni- the beni bit stuck in my mind for some reason....

It was interesting that the TV "expert analyst" on the commentary backed both MGP and Benni when they shot for goal with the other better placed all three times it happened saying that the player himself was low on confidence and desparately needed a goal. Some of MGP's cock-ups have been so bad in recent games (dribbling the ball out of play when under little pressure for instance) that it simply has to be an in-the-game mental thing. I suspect he must be looking in very good nick on the training ground or else he would have been dropped. At the moment we are seeing a perceptual lag in comments on this thread. He has been terrible so posters are seeing MGP still making mistakes in current games and saying he is awful. The reality is he has definitely improved of late but is still short on confidence and lacking the instinctive decision-making all footballers thrive on. I would take a 4-4 draw at Ewood on Tuesday if MGP and Benni got a brace each.

Ferguson fines the party-goers £1m and donates the proceeds to charity

Judging the by the tiny minority you find yourself in, you are the one less in touch with reality.

The more I think of it, the more the idea of charging McDonalds with Actual Bodily Harm appeals.

digging in rarefied atmosphere? particularly 100% of the world's population extremist centrists I think is another recent contribution Your posts maybe misguided and naive but there is always some entertainment value. PS I think your mate drog was the one who wanted to sign Joey Barton. I had a post removed that would have reminded him but well done for having a go on that thread.

As Barton arrived with imprisonable charges already hanging over him, if Newcastle's contract doesn't cater for what happens if he got sent down and if he got into any more bother then I have absolutely no sympathy for them. They have had prior experience with Bellamy and didn't one or both of Dyer and Bowyer get into some serious trouble as well? Just as well the Newcastle shirt has bars on it- gets the players aclimatised to their new abode. Barton faces 6 months sentence. If that Times article is true, this incident looks bad for BFS- giving him the OK to be in Liverpool and personally vouching for Barton's good behaviour to the board. BFS is history unless he pulls some spectacularly good results in the next few days.

You imagined "sayin that people of working class background done use Cocaine" when I wasn't.

Hmm, time of arrest was 5.30 in the morning. How many games in how many days would he have played if he weren't currently locked up?

Ok no point scoring with this contribution. There are four trends emerging rapidly which all point to the last deal being a sort of EPL high watermark: - The internet is going to be an increasingly dominant method of distribution which the existing deals handle inadequately - The EU will eventually level the playing field - The EPL is the superior product but not THAT superior they can justify the premium in emerging markets as the Chinese experience is showing - The new entrant into the Maltese TV market has bought MUTV, Arsenal TV, Chelsea TV and Liverpool TV feeds.

Cocaine snorting Swiss bankers and London lawyers are as much a part of the real world as cocaine snorting kids from Shad. Both are potentially wrecking their lives. The point at issue is that criminalising drugs has not stopped drug use from being endemic across all strata of society. It would be better legal and regulated than illegal and unregulated.

100% of the population live in either the developed or the developing world in case you hadn't noticed- I was just havinga laugh at your nonsensical dribblings.

That is another not very smart observation. Players out of contract sell for less than those in contract. Had Jay gone to Derby out of contract, we would have got £300K compensation max (remember we got him from Everton as a youth player so I don't know if even those rules apply in this case). As it is, adding the promotion bonus, Derby have paid about £1m for him and we probably have a sell-on clause for 25% of any transfer from Derby.

Its not Sky's greed- where do you think all the money for the Premiership is coming from? If Landlords are allowed to buy Arabic feeds, then why should not ordinary citizens be able to buy arabic TV broadcasts of EPL games at an 80% discount? One follows the other. Chinese Premiership TV rights screwed up.

Thanks for pointing that out. Watching it on TV, I kept thinking Ewood was really bouncing with lots of end to end banter. Now I understand the main reason why!

Another compelling reason for ending drug prohibition. In the USA there is evidence that more youngsters buy illegal but unregulated marajuana than legal but regulated tobacco.

and the media pendulum swings towards charging the girl

Like I said before the root of the problem (if it exists) is in the global economic system allied to massive overpopulation - particularly in the developed and developing world .

'drog being man of the world and all that. Sunday Times on free prostitution Boobonomics in the Times Certainly keeping Murdoch's female scribblers in ink.

Very open interview with the LT

Very interesting and long Aaron Mokoena interview from the Mail.

We don't know whether the young lady who was so pleased that her bodily functions were so appreciated by one and all is the same as the one who made the tearful phone call.

Got a feeling this one could be different from the usual gold-digging. One can easilly imagine a 19 year old's state of mind and hormones after six hours of drinking and being in a group of lads being pawed anf fawned over by Manchester's best looking and seemingly easiest talent.