John Terry -Sack Him

I have been saying for ages that John Terry is the wrong man to  lead England, my bias is not because he plays for Chelsea and I am a Manchester Utd fan, but rather the calibre of the man.

Terry it is revealed has been having an affair with the girlfriend of his best friend and England colleague Wayne Bridge, how can he command the respect of his team mates after this revelation, Bridge who is a very popular member of the squad is said to be distraught and is considering his international future.

Why should he consider his future its Terry that should consider his future, an unwritten code between the players indeed all blokes is that you don’t mess with your friends wives/girlfriends Terry has broken that  code in spectacular style,  Bridges girlfriend Vanessa was also the best friend of his own wife Toni.

Whilst I don’t doubt that he is a decent player I have never subscribed to the superstar tag,  Terry became a Superstar overnight by virtue of his wallet due to the ridiculous wages he commands at Chelsea because of the size of Abramovitch’s wallet rather than his ability.

Cast your minds back to the horrendous events of 9/11, Terry's response was to drop his trousers and moon the grieving Americans at Heathrow airport while they waited for news of their loved ones in a VIP area. At the time some called that high jinx, I found it totally unacceptable and that showed me what kind of man he was.

Not surprising what he is like when you look at his family, His father a drug dealer and mother a shoplifter, now I know you cant judge children by the sins of their fathers but Terry has more than enough “form” on his own, he has cheated on his wife many times and was recently in the news for sneaking anybody prepared to stump up ten grand a time to behind the scenes tours of Stamford Bridge (not sure why anyone would pay that amount for that).

According to newspaper reports a lot of  players both at Chelsea and for England are unhappy with Terry’s conduct, it will be interesting to see if Terry plays today or is dropped as I suspect he will be, the Captains armband should be taken of him both at Chelsea and for his Country, in fact I predict he will leave Chelsea at the end of the season, I wont speculate as to where he will end up, because I couldn’t care less.

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Terror Threat

Britain's terrorist threat level was raised last night from “substantial” to “severe” - meaning that counter-terrorism agencies believe an attack is “highly likely”.

But at the same time the Government urge us to go about our lives as normal “just be a little more vigilant” they say, vigilant for what, what exactly are we suppose to be looking for, this raising of the the threat level is said to not be based on specific intelligence warning of an attack,  but rather a combination of factors, what factors?

Severe is one level away from the highest which is “Critical” that means an attack is imminent, that would suggest that the Authorities know the detail of the plot otherwise how could they know it was happening, so why not put all their energy into stopping it rather than these stupid warnings to the public that are no use other  than to cause panic.

My understanding is that this latest scare was prompted by “intelligence” that  a hijacking of an Indian airliner in either Mumbai or Delhi was planned with the aim of flying said airliner into a British City, How exactly we as the public are supposed to prepare ourselves or “watch out” for that I’m not sure, surely increased security and vigilance at Mumbai and Delhi airports would pay more dividends.

After the July 7 bombings in London  the threat level stayed at severe for 4 years,  it was on severe for so long we got bored and the Government reduced it, I suspect this new warning is more likely be a ruse by the  politicians to divert out attention from something else that is about to be announced, or Just Gordon trying to scare us into voting Labour at the upcoming election by showing how well he can protect us from all the nasty terrorists out there.

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Celebrity Big Brother

What a brilliant CBB this is turning out to be when I first saw the line up I was a bit disappointed but it is shaping up quite nicely.  the biggest surprise is Vinnie Jones who after the few days looked a stand up type of bloke and certainty to win, I was looking at him in a different light compared to his past reputation,  but as usual the mask slips and you revert to type, and he is exposed a as bullying gossiping Bitch, he is such a woman I half expect he sits down to wee.

Asshunter from Sweden is equally as obnoxious he is fascinated by farts and shit and those are his main topics of conversation, thankfully now that the Russian prostitute Katya has been evicted he does not get as much air time. Stephanie whilst proving to be the most elegant and stylish of the ladies is as two faced as is possible to be, after spouting on about her special friendship with Ivana Trump and remarking that she had made a friend for life she then went into the diary room and nominated her for eviction.

Stephen Baldwin the ugly one from the Baldwin clan is a born again idiot though he would say Christian, he quotes the Bible all day or should I say misquotes it all day, and he has the most irritating way of talking whereby he can stretch 10 words into a half  hour monologue, chuck in his maniacal grin and you would not want to spend to long in there with him.

Alex Reid the cross dressing boyfriend of Jordan is an idiot in the mould of Lenny from “mice and Men” a likeable oaf, he is ok, except when he tries to speak, he is not adding much to the house because all he does  all day is train, but he is growing on me and is nowhere near as bad as the press have made him out to be, out of Jordan’s most recent blokes I would rather sit and have a pint with him than any of the others.

Dane Bowers is a prick, he may well need surgery to remove him from the house as he currently has his head stuck up Vinnie Jones’s arse, and I cant see him slipping out easily or willingly.

The ex page 3 girl Nicola T is ok in a dull sort of way, but every time I look at her though I do marvel that she was/is a model, if she can make it as a model perhaps I can to.

This brings me to my favourite and I hope winner, Sisqo an American singer he may only stand about 3 feet high but he has balls, as he displayed when standing up to Vinnie Jones and telling the house that he was a bully, he is immensely likeable very funny and the only one deserving of the title,  if as I expect he survives tonight’s eviction watch him antagonize Vinnie causing the Jones mask to slip further, I may even have a fiver on him to win it.

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It’s not over till its over

I was bombarded with text and email taunts last night after the Man City Man Utd game, it appears a lot of my tormentors think that City are through to the Final of the league cup, when in reality it is only half time after all  its a two leg match. I suppose the excitement of the result has affected the anti Utd brigade more than normal.

It was a entertaining game particularly  the last 10 minutes  which was edge of the seat stuff particularly if you follow Utd, City have a one goal advantage going into the second leg last week courtesy of a ridiculous penalty decision, even the most faithful City fan must admit it should not have been awarded as initial contact was outside the area and Bellamy went down for no reason after he got into the box, but no matter the game is poised nicely and I have full confidence in The Red Devils turning around a one goal deficit.

An interesting game for neutrals tonight Spurs play Liverpool in what could be a job decider for Benitez, as I don’t like either Manager I’m not sure which way to lean, Harry is a thief and Rafa is incompetent, I should hope for a draw but I will  come down on the tax dodgers side for no other reason than to annoy my brother (a Liverpool Fan).

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Man Utd the Real Deal

Interesting how this season there have been so many twists already in the fight for the premier league title, following that nonsense last week of the power shift in Manchester because Manchester City managed to string together 3 wins, we now have  Ancellotti the Chelsea manager claiming they wont lose another game this season because they thrashed Sunderland 7-2.

Lets look at both these claims just a little closer, yes City did win four on the spin but look who the four were Sunderland, Stoke, Wolves and Blackburn who are sitting 13th 11th 17th and 12th respectively in the league, hardly world beaters, yesterday they played Everton who sit 10th and City were beaten 2-0.

As for Chelsea’s performance against a woeful Sunderland on Saturday, on the surface a great performance by the blues but on closer inspection I would question how a team so poor that they let in 7, are able to score two of their own, so maybe Chelsea not so brilliant as Sunderland so rubbish.

The media are quick to put labels on, but football isn’t a game that you can judge on one or two games its about consistency, you will always have hiccups along the way but at the end of a long season the cream usually rises to the top, that’s why the best team in England for the last few years have been Manchester Utd, they are consistent winners, the real deal, and on course for their fourth consecutive title.

Take note Mancini and Ancellotti one swallow does not make a summer.

DurdensView Tags: Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City

Fat Bast**ds

A floor collapsed beneath a group of about 20 members of Weight Watchers as they gathered to compare how many pounds they had lost over the Christmas  period .

Members of the weight-loss club were lining up to compare readings on the scales when they heard a bang as the floor came away from the walls of their meeting room in southern Sweden.

No one was injured in the incident, the cause of which is being investigated. The scales were not damaged and the weigh-in continued in a nearby corridor.

Fat Bastards.

Harry Redknapp

In a newspaper report yesterday referring to Harry Redknapp the Spurs manager who yesterday was charged with false accounting (a posh term for fiddling his tax).  He was described as a successful long serving Premiership manager.

He has won one cup in 50 years hardly “successful” Harry reminds me of a used car salesman I don’t believe anything that comes out of his mouth, I predict  that he will be found guilty, sadly he cant be hung for this offence and he will walk a way with a fine while still protesting his innocence and how he was “fitted  up”, there are people out there who will swallow this line.

The footballing establishment however  know how bent Harry is that’s why he has never seriously been entertained as a England Manager, that and his appalling success rate.

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Haiti

When you see the awful pictures being beamed into our homes from  Haiti you really do have to appreciate  the fact that we live in a Country where thankfully Earthquakes are not a problem, we do have the occasional tremor but they barely register on the Richter scale.

Meanwhile over in Haiti rescue teams estimates are of 50,000 deaths,  maybe more,  that’s fifty thousand human beings  snuffed out,  just like that, no warning, no chance to hold on to a loved one no chance to say goodbye.

This in a Country where up to 20 years ago Voodoo was the main religion, they have since turned to God, they must be wondering where he was yesterday.

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Harry Hill

ITV and Sky are apparently locked in a battle for the services of Harry Hill who presents TV burps, this is a programme which shows clips from programmes already aired and Harry adds “hilarious” one liners to the footage.

I understand it costs £200,ooo per episode at the moment, out of that Hill takes £40,000 as wages, Sky are said to be offering four hundred thousand an episode doubling Hill’s wages. A couple of things here how can a show which is rehashing clips from previously aired showed cost anywhere near that amount to produce.

Once you have paid Hills wages and perhaps splashed out on a pen and some  paper for him to write his “hilarious” one liners that is your budget, where is the other £159,998 going.

And secondly and most importantly the show is crap, I have watched it a few times and cannot see how it is so popular, granted I may have the odd chuckle but on the whole it is rubbish, last week 7 million people watched it so maybe I am missing something and the show is brilliant, but if it moves to Sky half his viewers would be lost as not so many people have Sky, so why the increase in budget for less viewers. why not just give him a pay increase for the move and leave the cost of the show the same.

No wonder this Country is going down the toilet with this kind of business acumen, it also explains why our TV personalities act like they  live on a different planet, its because they do.

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Manchester Utd

The Doom mongers are circling over Old Trafford like vultures trying to create a story where I really don’t see one, this talk of financial catastrophe at the Theatre of Dreams is being blown out of proportion, this morning on a call in radio sports show I heard it said that the balance of power in Manchester has now shifted to Manchester City.

What a load of rubbish, Utd sit second in the premier league a single point behind Chelsea, are in the semi final of the league cup and are in the last 16 of the Champions league.

Season tickets are sold out and there is a waiting list, add to that the fact that they play to a full house every single home game, I’m not even going to go into the realms of world wide merchandising or foreign TV rights.

As for the supposed servicing of the debt, Utd are up to date on all payments, and are currently raising a 500 million pound bond issue which I believe will succeed, that money will be used to re-finance the existing debt at a more reasonable rate of interest.

So before anybody starts writing Utd of I suggest they wait till the end of the season and then lets see where the power in Manchester lies.

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African Cup of Nations

I am glad that the African Cup of Nations is to go ahead, calls for the tournament to be abandoned were knee jerk and ill advised, apart from the obvious mantra of not letting the terrorists win, this would have sent a message that major sports events can be disrupted and even be forced to cancel, this would have without  doubt encouraged further attacks.

I was amazed at the call though from the same people calling for this tournament to be cancelled saying the World Cup, due to start in 6 Months in South Africa should also be abandoned because of the Terrorist threat.

I don’t think anyone including the organisers believes that this will be a crime free World Cup after all South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, street crime is so rife that passers by don’t even bother to stop to watch muggings, Motorists in South Africa very rarely stop at traffic lights because to do so invites car jacking.

But to link South Africa to a terrorist threat is absurd, on the World terrorist stage South Africa does not even register, it would be like finding a bomb on a flight to London and then cancelling all events across England.

I’m sure that security will be further strengthened for the the World Cup as it has now for the  African Cup of Nations, so no more talk of giving into the Terrorist scum and hope for two great tournaments.

DurdensView Tags: African Cup of Nations, South Africa, World Cup

Killer Dogs

People who own vicious so called status dogs like Staffs and Pit bulls will not be allowed to live in Council property, this is the new  initiative being put forward by Harrow Council.

It is an excellent idea in principle and should be adopted nationwide not just by individual Councils, the problem will be enforcing it, the first defence will be the old bug bear “human rights” by taking away somebody’s “loved” pet and companion I’m sure their rights will be infringed somehow.

Councils will find it impossible to evict tenants who keep these dangerous dogs because apart from anything else their own staff will be too frightened to serve the order or enforce the eviction. And the people who keep these dogs are not amenable to suggestion, discussion, or abiding by any law.

Thugs have realised that to carry a knife can lead to a jail sentence of up to 5 years, whereas arming yourself with one of these vicious animals carry’s no punishment , yet they are equally as deadly, and a menace to the public in general as is borne out by the number of attacks in recent years mostly on children.

Drug dealers use them routinely as protection, if you are standing on a street corner selling drugs, you are just as likely to be robbed for the drugs you have,  also its obvious because you are trading you are carrying cash to, that’s why these dogs are a necessity for those in that line of work.

Visit any Council estate around the Country and you will  see gangs of youths standing on street corners with these dogs. these Killer animals are increasingly being used in street robbery’s, it takes a brave man to refuse to hand over his valuables when confronted by one of these snarling beasts.

So though I applaud Harrow Council for having the idea , I’m afraid making it work is going to be impossible.

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Patrick Viera

Manchester City are on the verge of signing Patrick Viera on a 18 month deal on which they will pay him  TEN MILLION POUNDS, this is the 34 year old Viera who cant get into the side at Inter Milan, the same Viera who has only started 34 games in three and a half seasons.

Nice work if you can get it.

Jonathan Ross -Good Widdance

The first item I saw yesterday afternoon on Sky news under the banner “breaking news” was that Jonathan Ross was quitting the BBC, for goodness sake with all that is going on in the world is that worthy of being called  news important enough to merit the breaking news banner, I would have thought the end “and finally “ section would have been more appropriate.

I am not a Ross fan, I don’t find him remotely  funny at all and his interviewing style is pathetic and crude, filled with sexual innuendo and juvenile quips inevitably involving sexual organs.

Most people only watched the show for the guests rather than him because he occasionally had worthwhile guests though he never gave them a chance to speak when he wasn’t stuck up their backsides fawning over them like a love struck teenager (this applied to male as well as female guests).

Usually he would be boring us with his weekly anecdote about having sex with his wife or a story about one of his ridiculously named kids, for example “Apricot tea towel has started developing breasts so I am taking her bra shopping tomorrow” I for one could have done without that snippet. incidentally “Apricot tea towel” is the name of  his eldest girl,  most probably, I couldn’t be bothered to look her actual name up.

Its a mystery to me why the BBC ever put him on such a huge deal, but I suppose its easy to be generous when you are spending other peoples money, in this case ours the TV licence fee payer, Ross was on a reported six million pound a year deal, nice work if you can get it.

Never has so little talented a person received such a large reward, he began every sentence with the word “listen” as if without that instruction the viewer would “not Listen” him and Davina McCall obviously learned their craft at the same school, she is equally annoying.

Now if we can  just get Davina of air to 2010 could be a good year.

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24 hours is a long time in politics

That was an almost exciting 24 hours in politics when it was thought   their may be a Leadership contest in the Labour party, but anyone who knows anything about politics knows it will come to nothing.

This is Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt, former cabinet members making a little mischief for the Prime Minister, party members have no stomach for a leadership ballot now,  let alone a secret one.

Changing leader would involve a complex ballot of unions, MPs and grass roots party members, Twenty per cent of Labour MPs would first have to vote for change and it would take at least six weeks.

With a general Election looming in May it would be political suicide for them try to change leaders now whilst at the same time running a re-election campaign.

My own opinion is that it wouldn’t matter who the leader was the Country are sick to the back teeth with the Labour party and the Tories will be in power, short of Cameron being caught killing and eating babies between now and May , He will be Prime Minister.

DurdensView Tags: Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt, Labour

Persecution

Why cant chickens cross the road without having their motives questioned?

Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham bought her husband a dog for Christmas, presumably on the grounds that you can’t have too many of a good thing.

Rod Liddell

I was not writing anything today no news event really caught my eye, but as I was perusing the papers I came across this piece by Rod Liddell and enjoyed it so much that I thought I would offer anybody who came to view my effort today to his piece, its not just laziness on my part, its because Rods piece is a bloody good read. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/rod_liddle/article6973998.ece

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In its review of the decade broadcast on New Year’s Eve, the BBC cut from footage of those planes smashing into the Twin Towers to a man called Will Young winning the original incarnation of The X Factor — as if these two crimes against humanity were equal in their devastation.

They are not, of course, although there are similarities. The mastermind behind each atrocity remains at large, planning new miseries for the rest of us. Both have become so familiar to us through their evil intent that they have made cameo appearances in popular American cartoon programmes — Osama Bin Laden in South Park and Simon Cowell in The Simpsons. Bin Laden cannot be found while Cowell cannot be avoided.

Meanwhile the adolescent protégés of these two men enjoy their exceptionally brief moments in the limelight before vanishing into the ether — in the case of Osama’s multitudes, quite literally so. There is no proven link between Bin Laden and Cowell, although Cowell once described the Saudi as “a guy with just bags of talent, and a real edginess, I really like what I’m seeing”. Actually he didn’t — I made that up.

Simon Cowell is not a mass murderer, which is an important caveat. People do not die as a direct consequence of The X Factor — except in a few unverified cases of viewers witnessing their will to live exiting through the tops of their skulls as some off-key warbling nonentity makes a George Michael song even more emetic than it was in the first place and being congratulated on so doing by thick, doe-eyed, over-emoting panellists who themselves are possessed of not even a soupçon of talent.

And it’s here that there is something genuinely defining about The X Factor — in the elevation of suffocating mediocrity, the superficial, the banal and in the incontinent, demented shrieking of the studio audience, and — when the hopeless winner is announced, the statements of congratulation from No 10 and the opposition.

When the Geordie Joe McElderry won last year’s contest, they cut to a vast street party in his home town of South Shields where the idiotic mayor and his wife were dancing a jig, the sorts of scenes Britain once witnessed only on occasions such as VE Day.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Told you it was a good read.

Excuse moi can you direct me to the Premier league

Unbelievable as it was on Tuesday night in the match between Arsenal and Portsmouth not one ENGLISH player was in the starting 22.

I am all for foreign players playing in our leagues but this is ridiculous how does this bode for the future of the national team, in the 6901 games played since the premier leagues conception as far as I know this is the first time this has happened.

It may be that I am over reacting to a one of event, but I don’t think so, unless the FA get involved somehow the future looks bleak for the England team, let them act quickly or a few years down the line I will be saying I told you so, and I would rather be wrong on this particular subject.

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