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Read on the BBC Red Button that Dave Whelan thinks the Premier League should take over the running of the England team rather than the FA. Does anyone have any ideas if this is a good or bad idea? For me the problem facing any England football manager is the 'John Barnes conundrum' - how to get a gifted club footballer to replicate it in an England shirt. The other problem is - why do England always seem to underperform no matter how good they seem to be? For example, the German team of 2002 is acknowledged by many to be a poor team and yet got to the final - could you ever see a poor England side getting to the final? Greece won the Euro 2004 competition without any major stars but were disciplined, worked as a team and were hard to break down - again, could you ever see an England side do this and be successful as Greece?

Enjoyed the episode - especially how the enemies teamed up against the doctor - seems like such a simple idea you wonder why it took 47 years to realise ... Kudos to thisispop about the kitchen sink - just a personal gripe about the new series - how it seems that it must end with the absolute end of the doctor/the earth/the universe/reality/past/present/future/James Corden. Another gripe is the killing of Amy. This should be incredibly emotional and yet I watched and thought, 'Yeah right!' (and I avoid all spoilers and have no idea if Amy has been killed off or not). The reason being is I felt this way is the number of times where a character has been written out or killed off with the promise they will never,ever,ever be back and then ... voila! Here they are again ... Rose Tyler, Cpt Jack Harkness, Donna, Alternative Universe, Rory .... It's like wrestling retirement stories ... the first one you watch has a lot of impact and the more wrestlers break their retirement vow and return the less impact a future retirement story has ... can't believe I'm mixing Dr Who with wrestling!

Can't say I'm surprised he's left - what annoys me is how every day Liverpool seem to be in the media - Gerrard is leaving, Torres is leaving, Torres stays if Rafa goes, players wanted Benitez out, Reina wants him to stay ... the political machinations at Anfield seems more exciting (and confusing) than your average British soap opera. What fascinates me is (seemingly to me) that Rafa's greatest strength - he was detached from his team, had no favourites - became his greatest weakness - he was cold, players needed an arm around their shoulder and encoragement. I'm not saying this is - ahem - 'fact' just my opinion. I would like Kenny Dalglish to be interim manager - he would unite fans, possibly inspire the players, lift the doom and gloom from around the club. Longer term, I would like Martin O'Neill. I hope Rafa does well in Inter - Inter versus Real in the Champions League final 2011, anyone??

Think the Allisons represented the UK in Eurovision ... spent a few weeks at number 2 ... just checked out chartstats.com and it was released in 1961 and spent 6 (non consecutive) weeks at 2.

Grandwicky - Liverpool did the double in 1986.

Thought tonight's episode was wonderful and full of humour ... 'Did you kiss her back?' 'No, I kissed her mouth.' was so funny. Plus, I love how Matt Smith's doctor is so ill at ease with women - he used the word buxom!! Refreshing change from David Tennent - I could have sworn it was in his contract he got to snog any famous female actress on the show. Next week's episode looks interesting - wonder if it'll be similar to The Mind Robber? Interested in finding out who the Dream Lord is. Did the first doctor visit Venice?

Just read the news that Katy Manning is appearing on Sarah Jane Adventures - Unbelievable! Thought the last series of SJA was the strongest yet. Is Torchwood coming back this year? Just a few points about Saturday's episode ... as many have said, Karen Gillan is superb. Just a lovely, warm character ... and only after 3 episodes! I think Matt Smith is very good - I do see aspects of Tennant's Doctor in Matt Smith's Doctor - I guess you could say that's understandable as it is the Doctor - he should have some familiar/similiar traits. I do find Matt Smith's doctor quite geeky, in a charming, likeable way. As for Steven Moffat's casting of Matt Smith ... Steven said in an interview that he was planning to cast an older actor to contrast with David Tennant. However, that idea changed when Matt auditioned and was the best choice. I agree with the Daleks being overused but I wonder if Steven Moffat decided that since it was a new doctor and companion it would be helpful for the audience to have familiar villians? Just an idea ...

Agreed with Rooney's statement regarding Sir Alex not getting anyway near as hard a time as Rafa ... a journalist wrote a couple of week's ago that he doesn't get a hard time this season because all focus for criticism/analysis has been on Rafa and Man City. Happy for Leeds - my wife asked how much the ref would add on in injury time and I replied 'Until Man U score'. Glad I was wrong!

Yes, but non of the other Doctors knew when they were going to die. I thought it was used to great effect. Tom Baker's doctor must have known he was going to die .... what with The Watcher and all. Really enjoyed tonight's episode .... I've always been a sucker for returning characters. Matt Smith looks the part already - I wonder if the BBC are anxious about Matt replacing an incredilbly popular doctor?

I was hugely disappointed with this episode ... I struggled to understand it - I was completely sober and not especially tired after a half 5 start with two daughters aged 2 and 10 weeks. Now if I found it difficult to follow what hope a 10 year old?? There were nice touches .... Bernard Cribbins was brilliant, the Doctor talking about his regeneration, the ending but much I disliked ... the Master bouncing like a demented Tigger being the prime one. As I was watching it, I had a yearning to watch the classic series boxsets my wife bought me for Christmas. Still, there's always the one on New Year's Day ... and, as much as I have enjoyed the David Tennant era, I am looking forward to Doctor Number 11.

This is getting ridiculous! Losing a game we should be winning .... and by the sounds of Radio 5 Live we are dominating.

Every time I think Liverpool might turn a corner .... cant believe we lost to Fulham after our performance against Man Utd. Think Rafa, Hicks and Gillete need to decide whether they want to win the league or the Champions League - we dont have the squad who can compete on both fronts. Seems Rafa picked his team yesterday with one eye on Lyon on Wed.

Great result for Liverpool and easily our best performance yet. If history repeats itself ... when we beat Man Utd at Old Trafford our season took off (last season). Great we kept a clean sheet! Loved Jamie Redknapp on Sky Sports saying Jamie Carragher should have been sent off and that if Jamie was asked he'd say the same ... five minutes later Jamie was asked if it was a sending off and Jamie said no! That's it, Jamie, deny everything!! Now to Wed and a match to Arsenal - not expecting much, to be honest. Wonder if Aqualani will get a run out?

Ah well 105 points to play for. Long way to go yet. I've definitely got my concerns though, although we were like this at the beginning of last season. There was a man on LFC TV last night said something similar but pointed out we were picking up wins when we didn't play especially well. From what I heard on Radio 5 Liverpool weren't that bad .... as my dad told me when I was a child there's sometimes in football it's just not your day, no matter how you play. (Actually it didn't rhyme like that). Though he was talking about are local team, Coleraine, and it was rarely our day.

Friedel seems to be in fine form, Villa seem to have parked a proverbial bus! Oh and how much longer will we have to hear that Liverpool are going to miss Alonso?? Everytime we are losing or at 0-0, seemingly!

Can't believe Liverpool are losing 2-0. Against the run of play, mostly. Just heard on Radio 5 that's 3 we've conceded from set plays.

Great result for Burnley - cue three days worth of analysis of how Man U are a poorer side without Ronaldo. Happy days for Liverpool - crisis? what crisis!!

While I understand the ruling - surely if you are sent off you should be punished (irregardless of which team you play for/ are registered for)?

Can't believe how poor Liverpool were ... no urgency; thought they were playing like it was a pre season friendly. On the plus side, I thought Reina, Johnson and Benayoun played well. Full credit to Spurs - they deserved the win.

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Alonso will be missed but, from a purely monetary point of view we have made almost 3 times what we paid for him. The rumours were that he was going to Juve for 16 million last summer ... now, in one season, he's worth 14 million more. Kinda glad the saga is over ... was this to Liverpool's disadvantage? After all there is only a week and a half til the season starts.

Don't understand the appeal of Eriksson ...an article in today's Daily Telegraph had some interesting points, basically he happens to have advantages on his side... led to Benefica to success in Portugal (one of the biggest clubs in the country), IFK Gothenburg (another big club) and Lazio (whose owner showered millions on the club). Why would you appoint someone as director of football in the fourth division of football who has no experience of working this far down in a league. Whoever fills in Sven's application forms ... could he help me when I do mine??

The Sun is saying that Liverpool will receive 60million for Alonso and Mascherano. If you were Benitez would you take it? 60 million is alot of money - could sign 4-5 very decent players. But you weaken a strong midfield. Dilemma or not?

Heard on Setanta Sports News that George Gillet has sold the Montreal Canadiens for 500million. Cue the rumours in tomorrow's tabloids of Liverpool spending massively this summer. Not sure of economics but Liverpool must have some money from the sale to spend on players? If I had the choice of just of signing just one player it would be David Villa.

Ah, didn't know that, Ben. Are they available in supermarkets? Any time I'm in Asda, Tescos or Sainsburys I only ever see iTunes vouchers.