FA general secretary Alex Horne announced 3G pitches will be allowed in all rounds of the FA Cup from next season. Horne said clubs with those surfaces can now retain home advantage in the competition. "They are a useful asset and capable of delivering 50 + hours per week as compared to natura...

swannsong wrote:Seriously...looks like a stick of Blackpool rock

A very poor copy - I'm a Blackpudlian and wouldn't eat rock that looked like that.

paul merson wrote:

Nice One Cyril wrote:Looks like a bloody flamethrower!

I wonder if the accelerant in the spray is flammable?

Pepper spray is expensive, I'd just go your regular Mortein!

They should have used a petrol spray gun on the arseole.

Moyes is a good manager but he was let down badly by Fergie & Co by not being given time to stamp his authority on the club. Fergie was given 7 years before he won anything and Moyes deserved at least three years to rebuild his squad. The UTD squad was full of players who were Fergie-ites and ha...

Agree that was dumb defending, concentrating on Ronaldo & letting Ramos sneak in for easy headers. Why the shiraz didn't Mandzukic track back and pick up Ramos? ps, the Real midfield of Di Maria, Alonso, Modric & Bale can keep possession with best of them. But true, Real showed flexibility,...

Con, can you desist with the small print it makes your posts look like an insurance contract.

Bruce Grobbelaar: Hillsborough disaster still makes me angry By Ben Smith BBC Sport Bruce Grobbelaar closes his eyes as I ask him to recall the day he will never forget. "I can remember it as if it was yesterday," he says. "It was a beautiful day. I remember the sunshine." He puf...

I think I'll go to bed and record it instead - not really interested in who wins - except that I can't stand Arsenhole ( that's the team not the Manager who I actually like).

Stayed up to watch the Gunners on ESPN. Tense semifinal to get out of gaol against Wigan after trailing 0-1. Per Mertesacker redeemed himself, scoring the equaliser after he conceded a penalty earlier on. Wigan started the penalty shootout by missing their first two and Arsenal were home and hosed....

I think the game will come down to who has the better defence. Both teams have unbelievable attacking players and midfielders but are a little suspect in defence under pressure. To my mind Liverpool have a slightly better defence "but it all depends on what happens on the day" - as the pun...

Con M wrote:Very good mark of respect.

It was shameful that some cops tried to blame fans and victims of that avoidable disaster.

Even more so that it took so long to finally be revealed.

Personally, it would certainly make a nice change from the usual suspects.

Sagbo and Assou-Ekotto face FA bans for 'quenelle' sign comments Hull's Yannick Sagbo and QPR loanee Benoit Assou-Ekotto are facing possible bans after they were charged with improper conduct for social media posts relating to the 'quenelle' gesture. Nicolas Anelka was banned for five games and fin...

True. IMO I'm really look at individual performances. I'm hopeful we'll see a couple of kids step up and become the names of the future for our country. Hopefully we start to see a few seeds of something to look forward to for the Asian Cup next year. Yeah I want to see more young players get a go ...

And I LOVE tika-taka football.

Stitch This wrote:See even the oldfarts are going soft.

First it's all this tiki taki shit and now they want cushioned toilet seats.

Any seat would be a good improvement.

Okinotorishima wrote:Sounds pretty gay to me.

I think he well be - but who cares?

Are you sure about San Siro? It was modernised for Italia 90 but has been around for as long as Oldfart. Wembley - each seat faces the centre spot I have different views of best and favourite (for sentimental reasons) stadiums. He's a photo of the toilets there you decide how 'modern' it is :lol: h...

LFC, the council and the ones who won’t sell are all to blame to an extent, , hence the reason the CPOs’ may have to be put in place. A lot has happened in the past year since that article, why don’t you post the positive stories about the progress? Or do you only want to put one side of the story,...

I don't know if we'll win any games but I think we should get a couple of draws and come out holding our heads high.

I don't think we will be thrashed by any of the countries in our group.

Looks more like something a Gay French Sailor would wear.

Looking at the list of percentages it basically shows that the older a club's stadium the less facilities they have for people with a disability. BTW shouldn't this go in World Football forum? I was hoping to use this to stimulate a discussion of how A League clubs compare to the English standard. ...

The following article was published today on the BBC's Premier League website and demonstrates the lack of progress and duty of care by the supposed "Number One League" in world football. As usual English Football is way behind the rest of the world in changing attitudes. :oops: :oops: :oo...

The Bourne Legacy wrote:

oldfart wrote:

sexual chocolate wrote:COYG

It makes sense to me.

I guess it's a generational thing?

What does it mean for those of us who are less digitally enhanced?

Australian-born Croatia defender Josip Simunic will miss the World Cup after FIFA rejected his appeal against a 10-match ban for pro-Nazi chants after a play-off match last November. Football's world governing body said on Wednesday its appeals committee "has decided to reject the appeal lodged...

It can also be seen on cable TV in the USA.

Uruguay have to be the favourites in the group due mainly to Suarez. Costa Rica have upset a number of other more fancied opponents in friendlies so can't be dismissed as 'easy beats'. They may just surprise Italy & England. Italy are playing poorly in the lead up but can NEVER be overlooked in ...

If H is really fit and playing really well at the end of the season I say pick him, if not leave him behind.

He does have experience and still has a superb touch (when fit) and can pass accurately (again if fit) but can he match the pace of international football?

sexual chocolate wrote:COYG