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Fell right into that Claire . Anyway....important stuff. Got a paper cut on my right index fingure opening the post this morning <_< . Bloody hurts, and the plaster affects my mouse contol . Why is life so hard ?

Was a Bovril man myself .

Funny....I thought, "But we have!" And then I realised you must have been about eight in 1995 . Worth waiting for though. I was ten in 1970 so, although it was great you don't really take it in properly. '84 was an amazing experience.....forget how many blues have never had success in their adult lives. Don't have SkySports sadly, so I didn't see the programme .

Appreciate the sentiment but I'm glad he didn't .

No secrets here .

If we're going down the "My mate's a photographer" road here's my contribution. Good mate of mine, though I've not seen him for a few years, went to school with him but he's in Dublin now. http://www.kelvinhudson.com/index2.htm His other claim to fame is being in this penalty shoot-out...should have won the dope (but he is a Leeds fan ) http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...ctid=2740834001

Great idea if we get past Boro/Wham. Tempting fate big time to talk about it before then.

Think we'll lose 3-1. Or draw. (Is that OK?)

Thanks Taxi but what it appears to have been is an old wireless adapter causing the problem. I switched and put the lad's adapter onto my PC and it's fine. Just means I need to go out and buy another one.

OK. Done the switch painlessly but... ....while the laptop and Josh's PC are fine my computer stubbornly refuses to find the signal. It's picking up ten different networks from the neighbours but can't find the right one <_< . Any ideas? It's actually only about ten feet away from the hub, though up a level. Driving me insane .

My wedding ring is white gold....I like it a lot...tasteful imo. Hi Claire, nice to hear from you .

Kirsty Alley is a famous one. Can't believe how hideous Kelly LeBrock looks now .

If I'd have been him I'd have stayed in Aberdeen . How stupid can you get?

Excellent news, lots of people saying we needed him tied to new deal and it's done. Could be an extremely special player...

No, yes, yes (unless Spurs beat United in the Carling Cup) .

I only realised today that the semi's are at Wembley. Possibly if it were other clubs involved, or we were still in the eighties when visits to Wembley were commonplace, I'd agree... ....but I have to say my first reaction was the thought of seeing the Blues play there again (first time at the new stadium) is extremely exciting, and wondering if/how I could get hold of tickets . But don't want to get ahead of ourselves....have to beat 'Boro/Wham first.

Looks like a four horse race according to the bookies... http://www.oddschecker.com/football/englis...-cup/win-market ....good to see us in the big four again . If those are the last four the upside is that sixth place in the league is a certainty for Europa qualification. And in a one-off game we can beat any of those (they've also all got the Champs league to worry about as has been said), although I'd rather avoid United until the final . Did I hear some stat about the team knocking out 'boro being the losing finalists for the last three years or something similar ?

Just need a decent draw now, preferably at home and avoiding the "big" three. As someone pointed out recently, fourteen years since the last trophy, same as in '84. Knocking out two of the top three we deserve a trip to Wembley. Well in lads!

Missed that...stream froze and I was searching for a new one <_< . But I'm over it !

Saha's not on the bench. Nash, Yobo, vdMeyde, Castillo, Jacobsen, Baxter, Wallace.

It's the channel on the top right, still is of two girls in red bikinis for some reason .

Current Player of the Year standings.... Jagielka 205 Arteta 134 Baines 99 Cahill 97 Fellaini 94 Osman 80 Howard 60 Neville 56 Saha 43 Lescott 40 Pienaar 39 João Alves de Assis Silva 37 Gosling 21 Castillo 19 Anichebe 15 Hibbert 15 Vaughan 11 Yakubu 10 Baadhi 10 Van der Meyde 10 Yobo 7 Rodwell 6 Baxter 4 Valente 2 MOTM winners.... Blackburn (H)...Mikel Arteta West Brom (A)...Leon Osman Portsmouth (H)...Leighton Baines Stoke City (A)...Tim Cahill Standard Liege (H)...Segundo Castillo Hull City (A)...Leon Osman Blackburn (A)...Louis Saha Liverpool (H)...Phil Jagielka Standard Liege (A)...Phil Jagielka Newcastle (H)...Leighton Baines Arsenal (A)...Marouane Fellaini Manchester United (H)...Marouane Fellaini Bolton (A)...Marouane Fellaini Fulham (H)...Phil Jagielka West Ham (A)...Louis Saha Middlesbrough (H)...Phil Neville Wigan (A)...Tim Howard Spurs (A)...Phil Jagielka Aston Villa (H)...Joleon Lescott Man City (A)...Tim Cahill Chelsea (H)...Leon Osman Middlesbrough (A)...Mikel Arteta Sunderland (H)...Mikel Arteta Macclesfield (A)...Leighton Baines Hull (A)...Mikel Arteta Liverpool (A-league)...Leighton Baines Liverpool (A-Cup)...Phil Jagielka Arsenal (H)...Tim Cahill Manchester United (A)...Tim Howard Liverpool (H-Cup replay)...Phil Jagielka Bolton (H)...João Alves de Assis Silva

Could have had another penalty but I'll settle for 2-1. Think we'll have to score again in the second half because I think Villa will get another one. Probably Agbonlahor. Then VDM wins it late .

Veetle's fine for me . Great run from Vic there, and top pen from Mikel. Still think the Villa defender (Petrov) who handled on the line for the first goal should have been sent off and he didn't even get a yellow. Error from the ref. And he's had a yellow since, so if he hadn't been sent off at the time he should be by now.

Cahill and Hibbert both suspended.