Frankly Mr Shankly

£25 is a bit steep but I was kinda expecting that from Dirtyleeds. I don't think we'll sell out that entire allocation but I've a feeling it'll be close to it.

I don't think BigfinLatic understands. It isn't always possible to pre-plan, in fact it's pretty difficult for me to get to the ground during opening hours and that includes on a matchday. Usually I have to get my dad to pop by if he's able to or rely on friends to pick mine up. It's never usually posed that much of a problem as there's only a handful of games in the last 10 years which have been total sell outs.

And I get no credit for coming up with the design...

Was Comic Sans your idea Rummy? Shame on you.

I've fallen out with good friends because they sent an email in Comic Sans once.

1986 ...... year OASIS started and funny enough the year I started going regularly

I always thought it started around 89-90, officially anyhow.

But yeah, nice idea and it's a great flag mate. That font looks suspiciously like Comic Sans though. Please don't tell me you're a Comic Sans kinda guy Mark.

What's the 1986 for Mark? was that the year you started going or was it the year OASIS was created?

Anthem gaffe 'helped Croatia'

 

The British singer who sang the Croatian anthem before last night's match accidentally sang 'My penis is a mountain'.

 

Tony Henry was trying to sing the national anthem in Croatian, but reportedly got the words wrong.

 

Fans say the mispronounciation helped the players relax before the game at Wembley where Croatia beat England 3-2.

 

The national anthem is written in old style Croatian, and there can be slightly different interpretations in English because it is a very lyrical language.

 

The line in which Henry slipped up should have been "mila kuda si planina" (You know my dear how we love your mountains).

 

But what he actually sang was "mila kura si planina" which means "Dear Penis, you are a Mountain" or "My Dear, my penis is a mountain".

 

Croat players like Manchester City's Vedran Corluka and Arsenal target Luka Modric started looking at each other and grinning when they realised what he was singing.

 

Croat fan websites have been calling for Henry to be given a medal of honour for helping the players relax, they also want him made an official team mascot for the tournament.

 

Mate Prlic, publisher of the top Croatian footballing Torcida Magazine said: "It would be great if Tony Henry could join the Croatian team and fans at the European Championship in Austria and Switzerland.

 

"He obviously relaxed the Croatian players before the match at Wembley and if that's a winning combination why not invite him to join the team at Euro 2008 to keep the winning streak going."

Awesome.

To the tune of "Go West"

Bashforth, you're an utter c***

(Repeat many times)

Jamie - Can your dad tell us the quickest route? What will the traffic be like on Saturday?

 

Or should we ask an expert like Councillor Bashforth instead?

 

Hehe. I've passed on your good feedback mate! I'll get him to do the stats on the traffic expectations for that lunchtime!

Can someone set up an event on Facebook? I'll send it to my contact list on there which is nearly 200. Out of that 5 or 6 may come along.

If everyone who is on Facebook does the same the word will spread very fast.

Like others have said, I wholeheartedly applaud Alan Hardy for coming and even though he is still obviously quite emotional gave a good account on how everyone at the club is feeling. Hurt and betrayed by people who have now really nailed their colours to the mast.

Well done Alan.

as far as i am aware it means the whole plan collapses

I'm sure the club have right of appeal don't they?

But it doesn't look good whatsoever. I expect TTA will be gone by the end of the week and the future for OAFC look bleak. Very bleak.

When Eardley's on the ball, we could sing "He only hates Man United"

Turn the words around to the gary neville song that they sing...

[To the tune of London Bridge Is Falling Down]

Neil Eardley is our boy

Is our boy

Is our boy

Neil Eardley is our boy

He hates Man U

AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

 

I'm sorry, but what is this... is Sheridan becoming Neil Warnock??? i.e - there is something not quite right at the club - I know! Lets add another striker! That will work!!!

 

This for me is a massive mistake - the problem is not our strikers, but the cutting edge in the team - what is the point in having a master finisher when we cant even get the ball to a position where they can score??

What?? You've clearly said you've gone yesterday, yet we had the ball in the danger area numerous times but were missing someone with a bit of nous to be there, on the end of it. The same script at Forest.

Defence we seem to have sorted. Midfield are starting to show signs of gelling, some great football. We're clearly missing a striker to be in the penalty area who's got something up there *taps head* and knows where to put himself. Hughes could be that man but it will take at least 10 more games for him to reach his peak. The young lads, Smalley and Wolfy are far too inexperienced to have a major impact just yet and are perfect substitutes.

Like Exile, I've mentioned Jevons before. Fits the bill perfectly. Perhaps try for Scott Dobie at Forest or even Geoff Horsfield who's been rotting away in their reserves having been on loan at Leicester and Leeds in the past.

nesbitt1988 has carried out his own investigation and it seems it's not smalley talk after all.

I've no idea whether it's true or not. But what I do know is that his mum does work in the Village Pantry on Oldham Road, Failsworth. Or she did do as of around September when I last went in.

I was just confirming that part of it.

The butty shop where Dean's mum works is in Failsworth on Oldham Road. I know the owner, Alison and I've been going in for years ever since I worked down that end about 10 years ago. Lovely set of girls in there, always happy and they do a gorgous brekkie too.

So yeah, a plausable source for this. I knew something had happened behind the scenes for Ricketts to go so suddenly. If it is true (of course, it's still hearsay and 'someone who knows someone else told me...') then surely there'll be an investigation and Ricketts could get sacked?

FMS...you've seen CT beat a man? When? I refuse to believe it.

Aye. You're right.

Change the slogan to "I was there when Chris Taylor played in his natural position."

Bump

Exile... Any chance of a run of "I Was There When Chris Taylor beat a man" tee shirts in time for Tranmere next Tuesday? ;)

Excuse me, what about "The Cockleshell Heros" (just picked up in Asda for £3) or better still "In Which We Serve" or or or "The Dam Busters", no "The Battle of Britain" noooooo "633 Squadron" ........ and also

Nah. Still Ice Cold In Alex. Every time I watch it it MAKES me go and get a beer at the end. No other film does that.

I recommend to you Saturday Night and Sunday Morning from 1960.

This Sporting Life - 1963 - Lindsay Anderson/David Storey. With Richard Harris and Wakefield Trinity!

Both are on my 'to get' list, along with a couple of others. Amazon's lists are quite good!

I'm really into the kitchen sink dramas from the 60's of late.

Poor Cow (1967)

One of Ken Loach's early efforts showing the dark, seedy side to swinging London in the 60's. Absolutely stunning turn by Carol White and also John Bindon, as a mobster (who he was in real life, dying of a drug overdose in poverty during the 80's).

Also, another which hasn't been mentioned here is Billy Liar (1963).

If ever a film wasn't better casted it is surely this one. Every character in it is simply perfect but it's really Tom Courteney that steals the show with a brilliant turn as a daydreaming boy trying to turn his ridiculous thoughts into a reality which is a joy to watch. Julie Christie is really foxy in it and it has a wonderfully thought-provoking ending. Very much an influence on Morrissey and it's easy to tell.

Also, honoury mentions for:

A Room For Romeo Brass, TwentyFourSeven, Dead Mans Shoes, This Is England (all by Shane Meadows. Stunning.)

Rita, Sue & Bob Too (Absolute genius, but this was WELL naughty when it came out!)

The Long Good Friday (There simply isn't a better mobster film IMO)

Get Carter (heh Alf Roberts; car park! Not quite as good as TLGF, but still genius)

The Wicker Man (One of the most downbeat endings in a film ever)

Gregory's Girl (Every schoolboy can relate to this!)

A Kind Of Loving (More great Kitchen Sink)

Georgie Girl (ditto)

Small Faces (Underrated Glasgow-set coming of age film)

Trainspotting (Don't tell me you've never seen it?)

Nil By Mouth (A film version of a smack between the eyes! Amazed this was actually acted!)

Straw Dogs (Deliverence if it were in Cornwall!)

Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz (Great fun)

Regeneration (One of the most impacting films for WW1)

Made In England (This Is England but actually made at the time. A great modern history example)

Brighton Rock (One of the first ever British Gangster films)

Ice Cold In Alex (Personally, the best british war film ever made)

Meantime (Mike Leigh at his best with an all star 'before they were famous' cast)

My Summer Of Love (Very absorbing with Paddy Considine shining)

Sexy Beast (Rare you'll see a more powerful performance than Ben Kingsley in this)

Withnail And I (A student classic!)

The Italian Job (Institutional)

Skylon! - Gruff Rhys

 

The Gruff Rhys track is awesome, a hypnotic 15-minute tale of a flight, an actress, a terrorist, a bomb disposal expert and a dilemma.

God yeah! I saw him perform it at the Picture House in Hebden Bridge last summer and it was absolute tremendous. That was before I got hold of Candylion. Brilliant.

You must be the first person (outside of Grandaddy gigs) that I know to have heard let alone listen to Grandaddy. If only more people got the hear their delights before the split

Nah Mark. I saw them 4 times between 1999 and 2002. They were always great fun live. Bands with beards usually are!

Always found them a slight let down on record though.

Edit: While I'm here, I'll do party shuffle in iToons and see what comes up...

Stadiums and Shrines II // Sunset Rubdown

Some Candy Talking // Richard Hawley

Trophy // Bat For Lashes

I Created Disco // Calvin Harris

The Sun Always Shines On TV // A-Ha

Crossley - did fumble a couple of balls, but was talking to his defence well.

Tsk! Can that man not multi-task?

I've voted for 'Guns of Navarone' even though I've never heard of it before It's a quality song to be played after we score.

Did I just read that right?

I would dearly love to hear either "Wake Up" by the Arcade Fire, or "I Am The Resurrection" by the Stone Roses as the players approach the pitch. They're both pitch perfect as a) being great songs and slow-buildups which are sure to get the crowd going.

So, slow build-up songs for pre-match.

And for scoring a goal... something punchy and distinctive like "Move on Up" by Curtis Mayfield, "Louie Louie" by the Kingsmen, "Standing In The Way Of Control" by The Gossip, or "Blue Orchid" by the White Stripes. Especially the last one as it has such an infectious and distinctive opening riff. And it has Blue in the title!

Very good call. Could play at this level and score goals alot. Seen him play a few times for Dons and has impressed me.

Doubt we'd get him; MK Dons turned down a £300k bid for him (ludicrously) last week. He certainly ain't worth that.

We need height, and aerial presence. Porter had that plus ability in the box, so it's a loss. I feel with Davies, Hughes and Wolfy we may have some finishing power, but we don't have a target man to get the flick ons and hold the ball up. We've got to be looking at someone with good experience at this level. Wouldn't be surprised to see Thorne from Norwich here now, who would be a more than adequate replacement.

For the record, I don't really blame Porter as such, although making repeated promises to Corney and co about staying narcs me somewhat. He does have an absolute cad of an agent mind, who is set on ensuring Chris never pulls on a Latics shirt ever again. I get the feeling that he has a lot of influence on CP and unfortunately could now have a negative impact on his career. Of course he may learn that when he's on football's scrapheap in 5 or so years but his agent is hardly going to tell him that. It's all now now now to them.