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Booing Ashley Is Wrong Says Rio You Should Be Ashamed I agree with the points in this thread and the article above. After a mistake the best way to get behind the player is to cheer him on and give him confidence that he needs. He knew that it was his fault that the goal went in and I feel that the fans booing only made it worse for Cole and the team on a whole. The fans have a right to boo if they wish, but c'mon its not what they should be doing. Come on England.

I remember where the saying Wrong End Of The Stick came. It was in the olden days when they visited to toilets they would wipe themselves with straw or other wet random objects on the end of a stick, the stick would be placed in a kinda' pouch, just for it to sit in when not used. Sometimes people thought it was a good prank to turn the stick around and put it in the other way. When the man/woman took a dump and grabbed the stick themselves they would get a good, gripped handful of poo. Or in other words they had got 'The Wrong End Of The Stick' Give Them The Whole 9 Yards refers to the length of a Browning Machine gun belt from WWI. When the men shooting needed to rapidly fire the general would usually say 'Give him the whole 9 yards' and this is why we say it in modern society.

Videogamer.com It's interesting times in the world of virtual footie. For years Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer series has scored the winning goal in the gameplay stakes, and EA's FIFA franchise has lifted the trophy in the graphics stakes. And for years gamers have, on the whole, considered PES the superior game. But last year something happened. Something happened that was very interesting indeed. Overall, FIFA 2008 was a better game than PES 2008. It came as somewhat of a surprise to us here at VideoGamer.com. Perhaps it shouldn't have. For a while now EA's money making powerhouse has been creeping up the quality ladder, with solid tweaks to its game engine, functioning online play and a more simulation approach to gameplay. FIFA 09 is the culmination of all of those tweaks. It is the coming together of a game engine now supremely confident that it is the most realistic representation of the game of football the industry has to offer. And it is the best FIFA game ever made. Why? Because it plays superbly, a more important factor in the game's quality than the new 10 versus 10 online play, the new Adidas Live Season (which imports real world, real time stats every week to keep the game up to date) or the new four season Be A Pro mode. Despite the fact that you can change the game speed, FIFA plays almost sluggishly. The players are more responsive than in previous efforts, and turn quicker, but if you're not controlling a speed demon - Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi, for example, there's absolutely zero chance of you putting clear blue sky between your heels and the defender's hacking big toe. Sure, you might beat a man - using one of the many tricks assigned to the right analogue stick - but you won't get away from him. What you will do is immediately notice the new player physics which make shoulder barges and 'turfing' opponents off the ball a realistic reality. For example, if Chelsea sledgehammer Didier Drogba chases for a ball with lightweight Manchester United left back Patrice Evra, he'll out muscle his opponent - fairly, if he's appropriately positioned. This doesn't happen all of the time, of course - it's not a guaranteed win - but it feels like it happens when it should. And it's class. This has an overwhelmingly positive impact on how FIFA plays. More than any game in the series, FIFA 09 makes you think before you shoot. You're forced to craft goal scoring opportunities cautiously, eking out killer through balls only when defenders have been pulled out of position, or players have made penetrating runs (they now raise their hand when calling for a pass, Wayne Rooney style - a useful and realistic visual clue for when to hit through balls). At least that's how it plays out during the first hour or so of a match. After that, just as in real life, games start to get stretched, players get tired and space begins to present itself. You won't be able to simply wait for this to happen, however. You'll need to react to how your opponent is playing and adjust on the fly, with the excellent new custom team tactics system. Here you'll be able to change tactics on the fly from three overarching types - defensive tactics, attacking build up style and attacking chance creation. Say, for example, you're 1-0 up with 10 minutes to go. You're probably not going to want to pump players forward, so will instead want to concentrate on keeping possession and controlling the game. Here, quickly switching to the short passing attacking build up style should, assuming you're good enough, carry your team over the finishing line. Your players will position themselves closer when supporting and players further away from the ball will be less likely to make runs. The reward is that you always have close options and can keep the ball on the ground, Arsenal style. But with every tactic there's an associated risk. Here, you must advance the ball with the entire team, and you need a good deal of patience. The custom team tactics system makes a hell of a difference to advanced FIFA 09 play. The more you play the better you'll get at identifying what tactic your opponent is using, and at deciding which tactic is best to counter that system given the kind of players you've got. It amounts to an easy to use layer of tactics we've yet to see beaten in the genre. So, like we said, think before you shoot. If all this sounds too much like hard work, then know that you don't have to use custom team tactics to enjoy the game. In fact we suspect most players won't use them, just like most players use default formations when playing. The custom team tactics system is by far the biggest innovation this year, even more so than the 10 versus 10 online play, which we have yet to test (and fear could end up being total school playground chaos, we'll have to wait and see). All the other new features are tweaks or refinements that don't fundamentally affect the way the game plays. One is the new heading system, which forces you to time when you press the button so that the player times his jump properly, rather than simply press the button at any time and wait for the animations to kick in. Players' weight and momentum is all taken into account here - so expect some meaty collisions. The heading will take a few matches to get used to - you'll jump too early and too late initially - but you'll soon get used to it, and enjoy the added satisfaction it brings to a headed goal or a flick on. And it might even have some surprising benefits - in one game I played against Tom, I positioned Chelsea winger Joe 'there's a bee hive in my hair' Cole in the box hoping for him to nod in a cross, but instead he spectacularly overhead kicked it into the bottom right hand corner of the goal. I jumped out of the VideoGamer.com sofa for that one I can tell you. Bar this, it's as you were, at least in comparison to EA's last footie game - the summer's excellent UEFA EURO 2008. The goal celebrations make it in (watching Michael Ballack, for example, do 'The Robot' is as hilarious as it is ridiculous). The Be A Pro mode will keep players who like to go it alone entertained across four seasons (a tad short for our liking), with the ultimate goal of getting called up for your national team. You can of course, take your created player online and test your skills against the rest of the world. The commentary is solid. The graphics are stunning, when it's in wide view and in-game. During replays and close ups it's not so good. EA still hasn't managed to nail football players on the head - most look like hulking apes just as they did in the last game, with low foreheads and beady eyes. At least now they don't look fat though - one of our main graphical gripes with 2008's effort. And EA was clearly staying up late with the rest of the football world on transfer deadline day. Robinho's at Manchester City and Berbatov is at Manchester United. We've hardly a complaint to make. But we do have them, and most are age old FIFA annoyances. Players will still hilariously fall over themselves for no apparent reason, falling victim it seems to the game's excellent physics. Crossing is a bit ropey, as it has been for a while. Yellow cards can sometimes feel like they're dished out too long after the offending foul. And to get a free kick in the first place you need to be physically assaulted, rather than fouled. But apart from those minor issues, we can't help but be incredibly impressed by FIFA 09. We had worried that FIFA 09 was going to end up like EURO 08 with a Premiership skin. Luckily for us, we were wrong. Like we said, the best FIFA game ever made. Over to you Konami.

Our For A Duck This is short for 'out for a duck's egg', the duck's egg being the large nought (0) recorded on the scoreboard. The expression is recorded from the 1860s. OK The word OK is reported to have arisen during the American Civil War, when the armies wrote in a blackboard, at the end of a battle day, the casualties they had suffered. It was written in the following way: [number of people] K (K for "killed"). Therefore, OK means "0 [people] killed", undoubtedly a synonym of a good day, or a controlled situation.

He's scored 6 goals in his career so far, most of them coming whilst playing for FC Copenhagen. He's currently Denmark's first choice right-back meaning that he has to be of some good standard. He looks like a solid player, he's tall and big built which could prove what Tony's missing. 5'11 to be precice he's quite a large character. At 28 we can still get a few more seasons out of him, I suppose that 2010 will be his last International Year. I'm looking foreward to seeing him in January playing for us, because he seems like a real good defence unit. Much better than the one were fielding at the moment.

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Didn't watch Peter Kay's new program because I just don't like him. He's up there with Lee Evans for the most pointless and useless comedien and one which will never appeal to me. I did however see a little bit of Frost. I was settling down with a game of Halo 3 in bed and had Frost at my side, didn't really follow it much but it seemed a good program. Will watch the next one when it coms out. Most things with David Jason included are good TBH. Haven't seen him in a bad thing yet.

He was, before he went to Liverpool, an Everton supporter. Personally I think he'd be good for Everton and certainly a massive improvement on Johnson, though the question should be, can Everton afford to pay his wages? I do not think he will join Everton the club he supported as a kid his wage demand is too high ,but yes I do agree he would bring an attacking change to my team and if he stayed fit then we could be a force.

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Fellaini Nash Saha Castillo Jacobsen Pienaar Gardener Gosling Fernandes Gravesen Yakubu Wessels Baines Jagielka Jutkiewicz ^Out of those players I can only choose Gardener and Gravesen that haven't made a significant differance to our squad. I for one think it was a real shame that Stefan decided to leave, he was an excellent goalkeeper.

You beat it already Aaron I managed to watch the England game last night too. I thought we played some good football and I predicted correct that we would go down the tunnel at half-time with a 0-0 scoreline, we always seem to do the buisness the last 45, we need to play quick, physical Premiership football to beat teams. I think that Capello needs a shake up. Again Gerrard and Heskey were woeful and I can't see why he picks them. The only regular who deserves to be in the team is Rooney. He gets a lot of stick but after his Kazak performance he is our best foreward at the moment.

We would also have the problem of teams like Manchester United buying players each week, whenever a player went out of form or got injured he was sold and a new superstar was brought in his place. I do believe that it would have its good sides but at the same time the negative side of things is too bad to revert to the old system. What would be a good idea would be to have the transfer list open all season but limit the amount of signings that one club can make.

Went and watched Mirrors last night with a couple of friends. It's about Mirrors (hence the title) that can actually possess and brutally attack the person they can see. Basically there are evil demons from behind the mirror, the person that's looking back at you isn't you. It's a bad-ass demon. The film stars Kiether Sutherland, who plays a good part as the lead. He's on medication for his drinking habits and starts to believe that he's seeing things. He gets a job as a cleaner-cop guy at the 'Mayflower' which is a burned down department store that killed and injured a good few people. Kiether, or Ben Carson starts to feel things. One experiance is when he looks into the mirror in the basement he sees himself burning in the reflection. He then starts to feel the burning and ends up screaming for help in pain. Ben realises that this Mayflower is haunted and is determined to put an end to it all. Now, for me. I don't watch that many horrors because for one they have the same kinda' story to it and for the other reason that they're getting bloody scarier. But this was actually quite good. It wasn't 'scary' it was just really really jumpy. One part Ben is in his car and looks into the reflection in his car windscreen and sees a dead mutated girl on the back-seat. The film ends in a good way and I left the cinema more than happy. 8/10

Went and saw the Mummy 3 yesterday. Will now give you my review. THE MUMMY III:TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPORER At first, it was quite awkward. The addressal of the Dragon Emporer, I mean. I was expecting more of a blockbuster smash-style starting. Perhaps with some action, a chase sequence, shooting scene, whatever, something that we commonly see in action-comedy cross-breeds these days. But no. Instead we were delivered the history of what the movie was about. Who the Dragon Emporer was. What he did. And in the end how he came to be nothing more than a cold, lifeless corpse. I wasn't expecting too much from the new Mummy movie. I hadn't expected to see another one being released. I mean, I only found out about a thid film nothing short of a couple of months ago. I was quite pleasantly suprised at this discovery. For starters, I will say that the producers have replaced Rachel Weisz as Evelyn from the first two movies as she had another movie to deal with and didn't even bother to read the script they sent her, offering her the part once again. So they found the replacment (Mario Bello) and made the movie. with that said, the acting was solid with Brendan Frasier delivering a fitting performance yet again. Bello did fairly well, could have been better though and the rest of the cast were pretty good. Jet Li actually kind of suprised me, I thought he would be terrible but he actually was okay. The visual effects were stunning and I especially loved how they Yeti looked. They did an awesome job in this department again. The story was fair, could have been improved a bit and the film seemed quite rushed and short. As if there actions were limited. It seemed that due to the short length of most scenes in location that the characters did quite little in the duration of the movie. But there is a tremendous battle scene at the end that is great. Could have been slightly longer though. It too felt rushed. All in all, however. I would say that The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emporer is probably only qorth seeing if you enjoyed the first two films. But it is a bit of a let-down really. Something I should have pointed out is that Luke Ford doesn't really act ike the son of Rick O' Connel (Fraser), he acts and looks too mature for the role, in my opinion. Some of the Chinese actors are a little poor in the skill department and some of the dialogue is cheesy and not funny. Still, there are a couple of laughs, not too many though. Most of the humor that you would expect from a Mummy movie is dry and there are only a few lines and moments where you laugh, even then, they are mostly giggles anyway. But the action is definately up to par and matching that of today's expected standards to constant movie-goers who love loads of mindless, fun action. But my main problem with this picture is Mario Bello, and many, many other people agree with me. Weisz was soo good with her character and her role and on-screen it looked like she actually had large amounts of chemistry with Fraser. Bello doesn't seem to have very little, if any chemistry with her opposite. Frankly, it some aspects it was a dissapointment, and most will feel as if the film didn't deliver as the franchise casually promises. But most will at least admit that it was an average film and a all fans of the previous two movies should definately give it a watch at least once. Honestly, I believe that this title deserves a 2.5 out of 5.

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Downes is now playing for Yeovil Town. I always thought that he would be a star player, along with Schumacher and Gerrard. I guess the Acadamy know best. Article is below; After spending a spell on loan at League One side Yeovil Town, for whom he made his début in the Football League, he was released by Everton at the end of the 2007–08 season. On 21 May 2008 it was announced that Downes had signed for Yeovil on a permanent basis on a two year contract. Downes would join officially on July 1, 2008 when his contract expired. Downes has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-19 level[3] and, in October 2007, he made his U21 début, scoring a goal in the process.

Not really gotten that much into the Star Wars games. I played the Lego Version and then went and played on Battlefield 2 and was kinda' impressed but not enough to spend hard earned cash on it. The Lego Series always seems cool, and quite unique, but I don't see the reason behind paying full price for a silly little child-game. Does anyone play the Burnout Series? I just got hooked again. I'm playing through Paradise after beating all the others and am currently on my A Licence with 50 wins to go till I become an Elite Burnouter (is that a word?) It's basically (for those that dont know) a car racing game in which you drive wrecked cars around the city street-racing. The differance is that you have to Takedown your rivals, you smash them into walls, over fences and into water to try and slow them down, they do the same to you. The pure speed of the game is appealing, top speeds of 300mph and a slow back-marker at a mininal 200 your never going to be cruising in a race. Be sure to fasten your seatbelts, as it's one hell of a ride.

Going to go and try out the new Pasta Hut downtown, as a reward for a hard days work at the army office

Channel 4 tonight for me: Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong Comedian Alan Carr returns for a second series of the entertainment show which pits a team of celebrities against members of the public. Alan presides over a battle of the soaps featuring past and present cast members of EastEnders and Coronation Street. Representing The Queen Vic are Martine McCutcheon, Jessie Wallace, Todd Carty and Joe Swash, while Julie Goodyear, Ian Reddington, Sally Lindsay and Bruce Jones fly the flag for the Rovers Return. The Secret Policeman's Ball Another chance to see this year's edition of the music and comedy showcase in aid of Amnesty International, recorded at the Albert Hall. Performers include Al Murray, Andrew Maxwell, Chevy Chase, Eddie Izzard, Graham Norton, Russell Brand and The Mighty Boosh

I was thinking of getting thier Kerrang! Legends book today when I saw it. For £5 I decided against it, but it would have been awesome to have. OT: Lost & Found - (Feeder)

“Sometimes I have the feeling that people think, ‘look at him, he’s injured again and enjoying it’, but that isn’t the case, I want to play football. I feel good now, it’s been a long time, I’ve been out for 10 weeks. I feel good, I’ve started doing some shooting and doing some running. We don’t want to rush it because it makes no sense. If I come out too early and pull it again, then I will be out for another ten weeks, so I’d rather stay another week out and get back for the rest of the season.” Sounds good, been a good fan of Andy. He's a fantastic player and when his head's screwed on he can be a real threat.

De Jong and Gonzarles <_< On 19 October 2002 he made his début for Ajax's first team. He quickly made an impact and became a favourite with the fans. A versatile right-footed player, he was preferred choice in both midfield and defence but later on in his career he was sitting on the reserves bench more often than being in the starting line-up. In January 2006, he signed on with the German club Hamburger SV. He has since made a significant impact in the German Bundesliga by scoring a winning goal condemning Bayern Munich to their first defeat of any kind at Bayern's new home ground. I'm not really a big fan of De Jong TBH.

Ninety Naps a Day. Amazing show, really weird illness and one which must be hell to live and cope with, sometimes you need to realise how lucky you are.

Some really good releases coming to the 360 in just a few weeks. On October 17th Pro Evoulution Soccer 08 and Saints Row 2 will be released. I'm not getting either of the games. As I'm not really into the Gansgsta' Game Market, but Saints does look good for anyone wanting an alternative to Niko and GTA IV. The Official Xbox Magazine gave it an 8/10. The following weeks will see Fable 2 hit the screens along with Dead Space and MotoGP 2008. Perhaps more so than his work on genre-defining titles, such as Populous and Syndicate, Peter Molyneux has become known for not delivering on promised features for the final retail products of his games. With the release of Lionhead Studios' action role-playing game Fable II just a few weeks away, the designer isn't doing that reputation any favors. Last week, Microsoft said Fable II's oft-touted online co-op mode would not be finished in time for the game's retail release. As a result, the publisher hopes to patch in the mode for North American gamers sometime during the first week of the game's release, though the timing for European co-op remains in limbo. Today, Lionhead had a bit more bad news to report. By way of the studio's official blog, Lionhead community manager Sam Vantilburgh revealed that the Fable II Limited Collector's Edition has been dramatically scaled back from what was previously announced. Due to "supply chain issues," the bundle will no longer included a premium box, the five printed fate cards, or a Hobbe figure. As the collector's edition now stands, it will include the game itself and…a "Making of" DVD. Collector's edition purchasers will also be granted bonus in-game content, including The Hall of the Dead dungeon, a weapon, and Halo-themed Spartan armor and energy sword. As a result of the cuts, the collector's edition has been discounted from $79.99 to $69.99. Hoping to regain a bit of goodwill, Vantilburgh also announced that Lionhead has released a special Fable soundtrack that can be downloaded for free through Sumthing Digital beginning October 6. For more on Fable II, check out GameSpot's previous coverage. MotoGP looks a really interesting game - I've had all the games and really enjoyed them, and this one looks to be the best yet. Progress is definatly made here with this installation. With Capcom and Milestone at the wheel not much can go wrong. Dead Space, another great game will hit the shelves October 24th like the previous. Horror-Survival-Action was never better. Trapped aboard a city-sized spaceship that's been overrun by horrific aliens, engineer Isaac Clarke does the only thing a video game character knows how to do: He arms himself to the teeth with badass futuristic weaponry and starts to blast his way through a seemingly never-ending wall of alien flesh in the hopes of finding a way out. That's the setup for EA's new sci-fi survival horror game, Dead Space. Announced back in September of last year, the game has actually been in development for more than two years. At E3 2008, EA is showing off a new level and a grisly boss battle, both of which we got to check out a bit early to see how this surprise-filled game is shaping up. The E3 level comes from roughly the midway point in the game, as Isaac finds himself on the hydroponic deck, where all of the food for the Ishimura crew members is grown. Half of the level has been infested by a strange substance known as "corruption," which is a nasty-looking substance secreted by the necromorph aliens that have invaded the ship, as well as makes the ship a more hospitable place for the aliens to carry on with all their mindless slaughtering and eviscerating. The corruption substance doesn't have a negative effect on Isaac (other than preventing him from running), so your job is to wade into the muck and face down whatever monstrosities are lurking in the corridors of the ship.

Got an army course down at my school tomorrow. There struggling to recruit new members so thier giving us a little demo and practical of what's invloved in the army. We get to go paintballing and all other army stuff, the reward being if your good enough you'll get asked to join (even though thats stupid) but it should be really fun. Army is win. The Army mainly recruits within the United Kingdom, and normally has a recruitment target of around 25,000 soldiers per year. Low unemployment in Britain has resulted in the Army having difficulty in meeting its target , and in the early years of the 21st century there has been a marked increase in the number of recruits from other (mostly Commonwealth) countries. In 2008 Commonwealth origin volunteers comprised approximately 6.7% of the Army's total strength. In total 6,600 foreign soldiers from 42 countries were represented in the Army, not including Gurkhas. After Gurkhas, the nation with most citizens in the British Army is Fiji, with 1,900, followed by Jamaica and Ghana with 600 each; soldiers also come from more prosperous countries such as Australia, South Africa and the Republic of Ireland. The Ministry of Defence is now considering capping the number of recruits from Commonwealth countries, although this will not affect the Gurkhas. If the trend continues 10% of the army will be from Commonwealth countries before 2012. The cap is being debated, as some fear the army's "Britishness" is being diluted, and employing too many could make the army seen as employing "mercenaries". The minimum recruitment age is 16 years (but only after the end of GCSEs), although soldiers may not serve on operations below 18 years; the maximum recruitment age was raised in January 2007 from 26 to 33 years. The normal term of engagement is 22 years, and once enlisted soldiers are not normally permitted to leave until they have served at least 4 years. There has been a strong and continuing tradition of recruiting from Ireland including what is now the Republic of Ireland. Almost 150,000 Irish soldiers fought in the First World War; 49,000 died. More than 60,000 Irishmen, more than from Northern Ireland, also saw action in the Second World War; like their compatriots in the Great War, all were volunteers. There were more than 400 men serving from the Republic in 2003