Tuesday madness - Pope, Bees, Musharraf, Blu-Ray vs HD DVD, Newcastle United
Big post today - Starting with news item no. 1
The Vatican is slowing down the process whereby a Saint can be nominated. About time to. I would love to nominate St. Peter of Beardsley but it aint gonna happen. How about this, we all decide that miracles do not happen and the catholic Church (indeed all religious organisations) shuts down - now I am happy. Oh come on, how the hell does anybody believe in miracles these days?
Saw some Bees on Saturday in the street - I'd imagine they've frozen to death over the last two days.
The apparent victory of Blu-Ray vs HDDvD. At least I can start getting a load of my favourite films on Blu-Ray, rather than waiting for any more time for the winner in the format stakes. That said, currently HDDvD currently have the better equipped disks and Blu-Ray has a bit of catching up to do. I also own an Xbox360. This means that as Microshite have picked HDDvD as their format of choice I am now caught in the conundrum of buying either a Blu-Ray player or PS3.
The potential sale of Newcastle United from their current owner to the Dubai DIC. Right, first things first - This article is on the Guardian website - They have a track record of sticking the boot into Newcastle United. The article is by a well-known mackem sympathiser - Louise Taylor is a Sunderland fan who seemingly is in love with Roy Keane - I wonder why she hasn't done any articles kicking the Mackems when they are playing crap. hmmm.
However, if Newcastle United were for sale and I had a personal fortune of £40 odd billion (i'd need that much money at least) - then this is what I would do.
1 - Get the director of football into my office with the manager and myself to go over a suitable plan of attack for getting back up the league.
2 - Offer the manager & Director of Football £500 mill a season to sign and pay the best players in the world. listed below are some of the positions that need filling and the players I'd try and get - Now as we all know money talks, so here is the list.
Positions that need filling.
Centre back X 3
Right Back (reserve)
left back (reserve)
creative Centre midfielder x 2
right winger
left winger
decent striker who is actually interested in playing for the club.
Current Players I'd keep in Toon
GK - Given, Harper, Krul
Fullbacks - Beye, Enrique
Centre Backs - Faye, Taylor
Centre Midfield - Emre, N'Zogbia
Wingers - Milner
Strikers - Oba Martins, Andrew Carroll.
so, in no particular order here are some players I would try to get.
Christiano Ronaldo - for a club with a load of debt (and scum fans) - Man Utd, they would have to accept a bid of £50 mill
Carlos Tevez - - £20 mill
Andres Iniesta or Xavi Hernandez (Barca) - £30 mill
David Bentley - £15mill
Phillip Lahm (Bayern Munich) - £10 mill
Diego (Werder bremen) - £15mill
Klaas Jan-Huntelaar - (Ajax) - £12 mill
David Villa (Valencia) - £20mill
Daniel Alves (Sevilla) - £20mill
Sergio Ramos (Real madrid) - £13mill
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - £40mill+
Christopher Samba (Blackburn) - £12mill
So, I have some of my offers accepted. Here is my teams first XI on the first day of next season (hopefully in the Premier League).
GK - Shay given
RB - Habib Beye
LB - Jose Enrique
CB - Sergio Ramos
CB - Abdoulaye Faye
RM - Cristiano Ronaldo
LM - Daniel Alves
CM - Steven Gerrard/Diego
CM - Xavi Hernandez
CF - Obafemi Martins
CF - Klaas Jan-Huntelaar
now, I am well aware that there is only one English person in the XI.
so subs are
SGK - Tim Krul
SDEF - Steven Taylor (when he gets his head in the right way he should play).
SDEF - Phillip Lahm (until acclimatised)
SMID - Emre/James Milner
SCF - Andy Carroll/Michael Owen.
Cost of New team - £195 Million (on transfers alone, add another $50 mill at least for wages).
it's nice to have dreams.
the other option with that kind of cash would be to buy Man Utd's debt and then increase the repayment schedules and rate - they'll have to sell all their players soon after. Bye Bye Manc scum.
Take a look at a Newcastle United blog - it's a good read.
PS - I'd also have the Times and the Guardian banned from attending St. James' park - the times as they have a fat bastard of a chief football correspondent who looks to my eyes like he shouldn't be allowed near Children, and the Guardian for the fact that they employ Louise "Whe'se Keys" Taylor.
PPS:- As the cricket season is round the corner - here is my official player profile for a good laugh.
Cricket Player Profile.
Damo Briggs - 3rd Team Skipper
Background:-
Genuine Geordie Damo moved to Cambridge after fellow Newcastle United fans used his club shirt to dress the Angel of the North. After initially plying his trade with Whittlesford CC Damo has found his home with Cambridge NCI where he has now been entrusted withe the responsibilities of 3rd Team skipper and Club relaxation Officer.
Nickname
'Mad Dog' 'Steve's brother' 'Phil Mitchell'
Education
Byker Grove Primary; PJ and Duncan comprehensive; jimmy 5 bellies school of fine cuisine;
Attributes
Anything short and wide of off gets slapped, while equal disdain is found when despatching
any full ball on leg to cow corner. However, when faced with a knee high straight ball
Damo seems to miraculously be able to transform himself from Batsman to square leg umpire
in the blink of one stroke. His bowling and fielding can fluctuate between ridiculous
and the little less ridiculous, although his greatest attribute seems to be the ability
to wear a T-shirt no matter what time of the year, what time of the day and no matter
what the weather.
Punctuality
Good. Since becoming skipper he has become merciless on anyone of his team who has the
nerve to turn up even a fraction of a second late.
Sample Quote
'I'm not drinking this weekend', 'GRRRRRRRRRRRR PADS PADS PADS!', 'Sorry, who'se bed is this and what's your name?'
Finest moment
Scoring 98 against Fordham u12's in 2003. Leading the 3's to the league title in 2007.
Most Likely to
Lose his temper for no reason when the 3's are stuffing the opposition and in sight of victory;
Not know the name of the person he wakes up with or where they met.
The Vatican is slowing down the process whereby a Saint can be nominated. About time to. I would love to nominate St. Peter of Beardsley but it aint gonna happen. How about this, we all decide that miracles do not happen and the catholic Church (indeed all religious organisations) shuts down - now I am happy. Oh come on, how the hell does anybody believe in miracles these days?
Saw some Bees on Saturday in the street - I'd imagine they've frozen to death over the last two days.
The apparent victory of Blu-Ray vs HDDvD. At least I can start getting a load of my favourite films on Blu-Ray, rather than waiting for any more time for the winner in the format stakes. That said, currently HDDvD currently have the better equipped disks and Blu-Ray has a bit of catching up to do. I also own an Xbox360. This means that as Microshite have picked HDDvD as their format of choice I am now caught in the conundrum of buying either a Blu-Ray player or PS3.
The potential sale of Newcastle United from their current owner to the Dubai DIC. Right, first things first - This article is on the Guardian website - They have a track record of sticking the boot into Newcastle United. The article is by a well-known mackem sympathiser - Louise Taylor is a Sunderland fan who seemingly is in love with Roy Keane - I wonder why she hasn't done any articles kicking the Mackems when they are playing crap. hmmm.
However, if Newcastle United were for sale and I had a personal fortune of £40 odd billion (i'd need that much money at least) - then this is what I would do.
1 - Get the director of football into my office with the manager and myself to go over a suitable plan of attack for getting back up the league.
2 - Offer the manager & Director of Football £500 mill a season to sign and pay the best players in the world. listed below are some of the positions that need filling and the players I'd try and get - Now as we all know money talks, so here is the list.
Positions that need filling.
Centre back X 3
Right Back (reserve)
left back (reserve)
creative Centre midfielder x 2
right winger
left winger
decent striker who is actually interested in playing for the club.
Current Players I'd keep in Toon
GK - Given, Harper, Krul
Fullbacks - Beye, Enrique
Centre Backs - Faye, Taylor
Centre Midfield - Emre, N'Zogbia
Wingers - Milner
Strikers - Oba Martins, Andrew Carroll.
so, in no particular order here are some players I would try to get.
Christiano Ronaldo - for a club with a load of debt (and scum fans) - Man Utd, they would have to accept a bid of £50 mill
Carlos Tevez - - £20 mill
Andres Iniesta or Xavi Hernandez (Barca) - £30 mill
David Bentley - £15mill
Phillip Lahm (Bayern Munich) - £10 mill
Diego (Werder bremen) - £15mill
Klaas Jan-Huntelaar - (Ajax) - £12 mill
David Villa (Valencia) - £20mill
Daniel Alves (Sevilla) - £20mill
Sergio Ramos (Real madrid) - £13mill
Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - £40mill+
Christopher Samba (Blackburn) - £12mill
So, I have some of my offers accepted. Here is my teams first XI on the first day of next season (hopefully in the Premier League).
GK - Shay given
RB - Habib Beye
LB - Jose Enrique
CB - Sergio Ramos
CB - Abdoulaye Faye
RM - Cristiano Ronaldo
LM - Daniel Alves
CM - Steven Gerrard/Diego
CM - Xavi Hernandez
CF - Obafemi Martins
CF - Klaas Jan-Huntelaar
now, I am well aware that there is only one English person in the XI.
so subs are
SGK - Tim Krul
SDEF - Steven Taylor (when he gets his head in the right way he should play).
SDEF - Phillip Lahm (until acclimatised)
SMID - Emre/James Milner
SCF - Andy Carroll/Michael Owen.
Cost of New team - £195 Million (on transfers alone, add another $50 mill at least for wages).
it's nice to have dreams.
the other option with that kind of cash would be to buy Man Utd's debt and then increase the repayment schedules and rate - they'll have to sell all their players soon after. Bye Bye Manc scum.
Take a look at a Newcastle United blog - it's a good read.
PS - I'd also have the Times and the Guardian banned from attending St. James' park - the times as they have a fat bastard of a chief football correspondent who looks to my eyes like he shouldn't be allowed near Children, and the Guardian for the fact that they employ Louise "Whe'se Keys" Taylor.
PPS:- As the cricket season is round the corner - here is my official player profile for a good laugh.
Cricket Player Profile.
Damo Briggs - 3rd Team Skipper
Background:-
Genuine Geordie Damo moved to Cambridge after fellow Newcastle United fans used his club shirt to dress the Angel of the North. After initially plying his trade with Whittlesford CC Damo has found his home with Cambridge NCI where he has now been entrusted withe the responsibilities of 3rd Team skipper and Club relaxation Officer.
Nickname
'Mad Dog' 'Steve's brother' 'Phil Mitchell'
Education
Byker Grove Primary; PJ and Duncan comprehensive; jimmy 5 bellies school of fine cuisine;
Attributes
Anything short and wide of off gets slapped, while equal disdain is found when despatching
any full ball on leg to cow corner. However, when faced with a knee high straight ball
Damo seems to miraculously be able to transform himself from Batsman to square leg umpire
in the blink of one stroke. His bowling and fielding can fluctuate between ridiculous
and the little less ridiculous, although his greatest attribute seems to be the ability
to wear a T-shirt no matter what time of the year, what time of the day and no matter
what the weather.
Punctuality
Good. Since becoming skipper he has become merciless on anyone of his team who has the
nerve to turn up even a fraction of a second late.
Sample Quote
'I'm not drinking this weekend', 'GRRRRRRRRRRRR PADS PADS PADS!', 'Sorry, who'se bed is this and what's your name?'
Finest moment
Scoring 98 against Fordham u12's in 2003. Leading the 3's to the league title in 2007.
Most Likely to
Lose his temper for no reason when the 3's are stuffing the opposition and in sight of victory;
Not know the name of the person he wakes up with or where they met.
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