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Is Browns still going in London? I was there on a stag do one night (about the third place we'd been so I was well on the way) and was amused by the novelty of totally naked girls walking up to me with pint glasses we were supposed to fill with change. This was 1998 and the standard contribution...

Albeit a fairly saggy one...

Players and managers often say they're just taking it one match at a time...not looking beyond the next game etc. That's a load of bollox - at least from the coach's perspective. CH was planning his entire season, not just the Citeh game, and played the system he felt best suited the cattle at...

This is pretty good... https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/premier-league/premier-league-preview-brighton-and-hove-albion-mat-ryan/news-story/edd0d89802cbc0174e97941807ca2c99

Only by the French, but that's the last thousand years. I've never had a problem with Brits or most other nations. Most people are considerate (enough) of others and there'll be a few dickheads among any culture (except Australians)...but Russians, jeez. Almost as bad as Kiwis.

My wife is probably the nicest person in history, but she does not understand how much I detest selfies. Selfy takers are no better than seal clubbers or Auschwitz guards to my mind but...anyway... Back to Russians...why is it there are only Russians working in London hotels these days? Cool...

Don't get me started on Russian tourists... The drunken oafish men splashing obscene amounts of money are bad enough, but the women - jeez! Super arrogant and never stop smoking. Had restaurant lunches ruined in Nice, Zakynthos, Amalfi and Santa Margherita and it's not like it takes them an...

Mat Ryan to save two penalties for a one goal win.

I'm 5 foot 9 and have played (as a keeper) state league in Australia - which is maybe on a par with Conference in England. I was always (obviously) short for a keeper but I liked playing there and when I was quite young had a coach who explained a simple truth to me: a short keeper with his...

Jeez some of you blokes need to give yourselves an uppercut... Ryan has been playing professional football and being voted keeper of the year nearly every year since he was 17. Why do you think the club broke the bank for him? The guy is an amazing keeper and approx. six foot. Six foot is...

I used to work in publishing - far out that was one female dominated industry. I'm all for positive discrimination (within reason) but the thing that totally galled me was the fact that they used to constantly be starting up movements like Rights for Women in Publishing etc. They already had all...

I worked for a couple of months in London in 1995, and while excited (as a Sydney boy with a deep affection for the Old Country) I was also scared - not least as I was living in Mile End and often got home late with a longish walk from the tube. Those dark lonely walks along Mile End Road made...

How so? Not all films put it on a plate for you. The 60s and 70s had many many films that required a bit of work from the viewer to fill in all the gaps. And the gaps were not necessarily linear.

That's why it's cinema as art. Let's you interpret it for yourself.

For those who've read the book (tedious beyond belief), Kubrick's film is a work of absolute genius. He also did A Clockwork Orange around the same time - two incredible examples of cinema as art.

Growing up in Australia, sharks are never far from your consciousness... Some years ago, the day before the Missus and I got engaged, we were swimming at Cottesloe off Perth. There was a huge buoy about 200 metres offshore and the Missus says: come on...let's swim out to it. She was an...

Ryan, Troisi, Irvine? Seagulls are turning into Kangaroos. Irvine is the best of the emerging younger Australian players. His record in a relegation threatened side speaks for itself. Before that he was player of the year for Ross County (another struggling team). Wins everything in the air...

Erm...that post above was supposed to be in response to the chap who thought Mooy a bit dim.

He's an unusual chap for a footballer. Very shy and reserved - takes a long time to open up to strangers. He is just REALLY into football and not much else. Reminds me of a young Robbie Fowler being interviewed when he first broke into the Liverpool team. He was asked a number of technical...

Mat Ryan had a good game against Chile. James Troisi was MOTM - pretty fair effort against the #4 ranked team in the world. He can certainly play - are BHA still looking at him? I doubt whether he'd be first XI but good quality cover and an option off the bench.