I'm getting the occasional highlight through the tv coverage that I have, but I can't get rovers player to work, so I can't add to that full commentary. I'll see anything important within a minute or so of it happening, but a bit frustrating.

Rovers player down for anyone else?

Sad news, my condolences to his family.

Those were really tough conditions to play in. It wasn't a pretty game, but it was an interesting one.

Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes

The problem is that he said that there is no racism. I would say that racism is a relatively small problem in professional football and it is rarely an issue (although something that should always be taken seriously and punished severely), but the problem for Blatter is that this comes not long after his ridiculous comments about homosexuals attending the world cup in Qatar and on the back of several other comments that could be construed as bigoted or hateful at worst or careless and insensitive at best. They are probably closer to the latter, but well thought out public comments concerning sensitive issues rather comes with the job description of being the President of FIFA.

That's a bit unfair. Shearer continued to be fantastic at Newcastle for years. It wasn't his fault that his time there was ruined by the incompetence of some of the managers that he had, the lack of quality in the rest of the squad and his own troubles with injuries. He is certainly in the discussion as the greatest all around forward of the modern era. It's not often that you see a forward who can truly do everything. On top of it, he didn't really 'bottle' it. Walker refused to let him go to United, so he instead chose to go to the club that he had always supported. I personally applaud him for that. I wish that more players would look to fulfill their boyhood dreams rather than simply chase trophies and money. He wouldn't have gone there unless he had been pushed a bit, but he still ended up at what I think was the right place for him. It's an insult to Shearer to even compare him to the likes of Neill, Sherwood or Warnock. Friedel is the only one who comes close as a player who really did reach the world class level.

It's very sad to see. Such a wonderfully talented footballer when he can be bothered. He should have just come off representing South Africa in a World Cup on home soil and instead he will probably end his career sitting in the reserves and picking up his cheque each week.

I really enjoyed it, thought it was very funny, but I can certainly understand why it wouldn't be to everyone's taste.

Best thing I can say about True Grit is that it felt like you were watching a classic western. It isn't the greatest movie ever, but it was very good for that genre. Very enjoyable.

Good day for our internationals. MGP's goal was very nice and Kalinic scored with a well placed header for Croatia.

Or it could just be that our taste in movies differs. It was a nice concept, but it just didn't manage to seal the deal for me. I can imagine someone pitching the idea and it sounding fantastic, but then not having the talent to actually produce something amazing. Long parts of the movie seemed to be a bit lost and it ended up being rather trite in my opinion, which was a shame.

Saw that for the first time last night and wow.... what rubbish.

Although Duff's career went downhill as a result of injuries, I am pretty sure that he will have enjoyed winning several trophies.

Who the f*** are you? Tiger Woods.

Inception: Competing with Avatar for the most overrated film of recent years. Wonderful to look at, but had no interest in the storyline or the characters.

Even in France it isn't viewed as acceptable for athletes to be smokers. There are probably more smokers here and it certainly plays a greater role in society and is far more accepted when it comes to work (where smoking breaks every hour are seen as necessary) and social situations (although this is being reduced slightly by the smoking ban), but people understand that it isn't good for your health and that you can't be a smoker and be in top physical condition. Thing is, he never ran those players off of the pitch, he played them off of the pitch. Imagine the player he could have been had he had that extra yard into his 30's. His game never required pace or a huge amount of movement, it relied on incredible vision and ability, but had he been able to cover a bit more ground and recover that bit faster he could have been an even better player. It was a tremendous pleasure to watch him play and he will always be one of my favourite ever players, but maybe we would have seen the invisible friend a little less and seen a few more Tugay masterclasses.

That's true of most clubs in France though. The fact is French clubs can't afford to buy many players from abroad, so that makes it necessary to produce a reasonable amount of talent and encourages clubs to give youth a chance. It has positives and negatives, but it's nice as a supporter that there are often "home grown" players and that players do stay at clubs a bit longer.

I saw Four Lions the other day and really enjoyed it. There are some really funny moments and its a pretty original comedy. Has to be said that you find yourself wondering how funny it would be had you had a family member die on 9/11 or 7/7 or in some other terrorist attack, but then again we make comedies about everything else so I don't see why terrorism should be left out. Would highly recommend it.

Bought it and it has instantly become my favourite non-sports game. Really great. The era suits the GTA style more and the multiplayer is quite a bit of fun too. Very, very good.

News saying that Henry will move to New York after the World Cup.

I find chatroulette strangely fascinating. It's the perfect format to randomly meet and interact with people and yet it is basically used solely for men to get their junk out and everyone else to spend an hour pressing next every 3 seconds.

Pleased for McCoy and a nice win for Don't Push It. Don't think I'll ever pick 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th again in the Grand National, so have to be pleased.

out to 40s...shows what I know, but like it even more at that price.

I've backed a few of the horses at various prices as I had a good day yesterday so have house money to play with: Black Apalachi is the main one I've picked, so hoping he will be the winner. One of my horses that I always back. Dream Alliance is a very interesting one and a nice horse with good odds. I'd expect the odds to come in significantly, so if you want you could just bet at 33/1 now and probably lay at around 25 which I think might be the starting price. Irish Raptor, Ballyfitz, Snowy Morning, Ballyholland and Made in Taipan are all worth a look E/W. No point ignoring Big Fella Thanks and Don't Push It could do it for McCoy this year. Any one of those and I'll be a happy man.