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Does failing to control everything that was floated his way, mis-kicking, and not having any shots on target (nor probably any shots full stop) constitute a good performance from a "striker"? I think not. Where was his trademark pace? In Jimmy's mind, in which it has only ever existed On the other hand, it appeared to me McNaughton handled the threat of heftier players than him, such as Brewster, very well, with several timely clearances and interventions. As PopTart mentioned, he never gets much praise because he is not very well liked player by the fans. Which is a shame, because he is talented

No-one agrees And rightly so

1. We Hate It When Our Friends Become Successful - Morrissey 2. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet, Baby - The Smiths 3. Spit On a Stranger - Pavement 4. Carnation - The Jam 5. Move On - Hot Hot Heat "If you're wondering why all the love that you long for eludes you ...I'll tell you why."

Good shout with Forward, Russia! as well, although I prefer Eight and Nine, and I don't think they are '05

I was at the Caley game with PopTart (and Sir Edwin of Isaac) Firstly, let's take the negatives. Byrne got man of the match for aimless running and poor distribution; John Stewart gave the worst display of ball control in the history of soccer; Nicholson belied his price tag; and most obviously, we missed easy chances. However, despite the dire first half performance, there were positives. McNaughton looked absolutely solid in the decent-looking back three partnership; Clark looked assured at right-back; Stewart's performance must confirm to Jimmy C that he is bawbag; and basically, we did everything but score against an unthreatening 6th placed side. Sacking Calderwood right now would be wrong, which is what Dons fans have been suggesting on radio phone-ins

Happy New Year to everyone 'Cept it will probably turn out to be unhappy and unsatisfying, like every other year

Well, there's been plenty of good 'uns. Here's a few that I have bought, or enjoyed in various circumstances: Interpol - Evil Interpol - C'mere Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies) Nine Inch Nails - Only The Departure - Lump In My Throat Editors - Munich Editors - Blood Sons and Daughters - Dance Me In Drive-By Argument - Sex Lines Are Expensive Comedy Idlewild - I Understand It Maximo Park - Going Missing Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands Death From Above 1979 - Romantic Rights British Sea Power - It Ended On An Oily Stage Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To The Strokes - Juicebox Hot Hot Heat - Middle of Nowhere Queens of the Stone Age - Little Sister

Morrissey - Your Arsenal The Strokes - Juicebox Franz Ferdinand - Do You Want To?

Good to see PiL are in your thoughts, young Time Machine 1. The National Front Disco - Morrissey 2. Your Diary - Franz Ferdinand 3. Missionary - Josef K 4. Seattle - PiL 5. Skank Bloc Bologna - Scritti Politti "Where is our boy? We've lost our boy But they should know where you've gone Because again and again you've explained You're going to the National Front Disco England for the English."

Good man! Griffin can get to f**k though, rejected by Dunfermline and the bottom club in the entire English league system. What does that tell a rational human being? But if it denies Dempsey a place in the squad... Yousef! You g'an to the game?

Josef K reappears! But not as the previous Leif Erikson...

1. Juicebox - The Strokes 2. Ask - The Smiths 3. Do You Want To? - Franz Ferdinand 4. The Classical - The Fall 5. Stink - Arab Strap "Shyness is nice, shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life you'd like to."

Football is as boring as you are exciting

I know, I was just looking for pathetic ways to amuse myself at 00.38am by picking holes in what people were saying

And you just like American things

Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth The Faint - Danse Macabre The Robocop Kraus - Living With Other People

I would look look forward to them with equal anticipation, yes.

Having read Roddy's online diary, I'm a little concerned that he appears to be completely ruling out the sort of musical direction that produced "Warnings/Promises", whatever you care to describe it as. It's a bit silly really that he is keeping the folk stuff exclusively under his own name; Idlewild as an exclusively "rock" band is not a bad thing (because they do rock better than most bands), but it still seems something of a "backward" step....

1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths 2. Glass Danse - The Faint 3. Certain Tragedy - Radio 4 4. Sex Lines Are Expensive Comedy - Drive-By Argument 5. Why Can't I Be You? - The Cure "You might sleep, but you will never dream."

You never mentioned to me Maxi, when you sent me Desalvo once, that Allan Stewart was in them! An interesting move, I never would have thought his delicate acoustic laments would have been subverted by drop-tunings

Well....me

Here's my input: Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth British Sea Power - Open Season Editors - The Back Room I think Death From Above 1979 was 2004...

You should see the Spanish press - "Rangers will pose no problem whatsoever for Villarreal, dream draw...etcetera" It may be true, but by the same token Rangers will be delighted to have avoided bigger names, despite the dangerousity of Villarreal (I know that word doesn't exist). And Rangers can rape anyone at Ibrox, just depends if they can be arsed