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I don't use Firefox either but I'm not sure this would make me change if I did. I probably disagree with opinions held by executives at most big companies whose products I use. Sadly it's too impractical to boycott everything.

I thought that as well as soon as saw ca_gere's post. Lucky has been absolutely taken to school.

I love Ivanovic,absolute colossus. And he gets crucial goals at times too.

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What is your job? I find the idea of being drugs tested by your work bizarre.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/action-movie-kid-dreamworks-dad-daniel-hashimoto-turns-toddler-son-into-cgi-superhero-9220843.html

You should. I've been paypaling Guntveit a fiver a week.

I'd never seen this goal until now, I think this must be the best half way goal I've ever seen.

I'm reading Sid Lowe's latest La Liga column, I didn't know the story about their striker.

I agree, it's pretty obvious when the fans have lost faith in a manager, they don't need to go to the lengths of protesting and hiring planes. Just today I was reading a book on the history of Aberdeen FC (purchased in the midst of a slightly drunk youtube session after the semi-final) and it reminded me of how bad the dons fans could be in this respect in the past. The way the fans hounded the board into sacking Alex Smith was terrible and the fans choice of Willie Miller hardly worked out well. I remember many other occasions later in the 90s when fans would gather in front of the main stand and protest after bad matches. It was embarrassing and certainly not helpful.

The new Liars album is great.

Moose is right that if you look back over a period of 20 or 30 years The Scottish top flight is clearly much worse than any of the other major leagues in terms of competitiveness and variety of winners but in the last few years other leagues have found themselves in similar positions. Soda Jerk is right that in terms of league winners other leagues have been comparable for a long time but what set Scotland apart in in the last 20 years was how far ahead the big two were ahead of the rest and really for the first time we've seen similar gaps open up at the top of other leagues. Only a few years ago 80 points would have been enough to win the league and now it could leave you 20 points off of the top. Bayern have been the team to beat in the Bundesliga for years but winning by the margin the have this season and last is unprecedented. Similarly in Serie a and ligue 1 the eventual winner has been clear for months. I think the Premiership boom combined with the increased importance of the Champions League had had a huge knock on affect around Europe. The dominance of English clubs in Europe between 2005 and 2008 really force the other big clubs around Europe to up their game and find new levels. At the same time France, Spain and other countries have seen an exodus of much of their best talent. Players who couldn't play for one of their country's top one or two clubs move to England. There are obviously other issues such as corruption and financial mismanagement to consider too. It's a worrying trend that if it continues I could see it leading to the European super league I imagine some club owners dream of. If every league has a couple of teams which outgrow the rest a breakaway doesn't seem as unlikely as it did in the past. Sadly if we look at England the solution seems to be rich foreign owners coming in and using their money for new teams to challenge but for every Man City that upsets the status quo you get a few disasters like Blackburn.

The games when City and Chelsea visit Anfield are obviously going to be crucial. I think they will miss out but Rodgers has done a fantastic job to get Liverpool so close. At the start of the season they were expected to fight for fourth spot so to be in the top three competing for the title is a great achievement. They can't defend but neither can most teams these days so maybe it wont cost them.

I think I had one of those Punk-o-rama cds. It could have been 3 but maybe five.

yeah, I'd agree.

Aside from the premiership and la liga which are having very exciting title races it seems every league in Europe has been dominated by one team this year, Scotland is far from alone. Simeone and Atletico deserve a lot of credit right now. IN previous seasons they definitely would have bottled it in the past couple of matches and dropped some points and failed to take advantage of Madrid's slip ups. I thought they could still be close at this stage of the season but I never believed they would be leading.

I still think Soldado will come good over here. He was great against Southampton. However I would agree that of the big signings he's been a big disappointment. Better than Lamela I suppose, he's at least getting on the pitch. One of the biggest disappointments for me is that Arsenal couldn't keep their early season form up and stay in the title race. The end of the season would have been even more exciting.

Here's a new Jay Electronica song. https://m.soundcloud.com/cracktracks504/jay-electronica-better-in-tune Maybe this means his album will be released within the next ten years.

The Freddie Gibbs and Madlib album is excellent. Really great.

The first and last are two of my favourite scenes.

For the record Bundesliga teams play 4 fewer matches. I liked this idea when it was first suggested and still do. I think you might have made that up. The rules in England changed after the Liverpool win in 2005 so that the fourth team would miss out, I'm not sure why they would then be changed again just because that actually happened. Valdes got injured tonight and will be out for about 6 months which if he's leaving in the summer means he's played his last match for the club. However who know's what being injured until almost October will mean for his plans for his next club.

I'd like United to get something for the sake of the title race but I can't see it. I'm worried the dons might put in a bit of a limp performance tonight. After the cup final and then a home match in front of a big crowd a mid week trip to Dingwall might not inspire a great performance.

I just tried opening a banana from the other end for the first time. It wasn't any easier than normal. I think I'll stick to the old fashioned way.