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This is not FIFA backing down, as much as a sensible compromise in a stand-off manufactured by the likes of the Daily Mail. It has to be said that FIFA has applied some common sense! Hold on..... FIFA and common sense in the same sentence? Now that is amazing!

Sorry, couldn't resist that one. Last time I played Cluedo, it was Colonel Mustard with the lead piping in the library.

Yes, but you killed Dr Black!

Anywhere else we would call it biological warfare! Stupid Yankee fuckwits.

A good draw under the circumstances at Ashton Town last night. Should have been out of sight by half time, but rode our luck in the second half in a typically clich?d game of two halves.

And for that reason, they should all refuse! Who is he to tell anyone what they can and can't wear? Up until now, I was all for them being worn, but it is this kind of tyrannical behaviour our boys fought to erradicate in the first place. I support the poppy and our boys, but when politicians start using it as a political football, it loses all its meaning.

Tevez is not a c?nt- c?nts are useful! That is the second act of gross misconduct in the space of a month- if we just don't turn up to work we usually get sacked. Surely Citeh would be well within their rights to simply charge him with gross misconduct and get rid? Doubt they'd get much for the former DMB in January anyway. His attitude stinks and shows us just what is wrong with football today.

No such qualification for Eno. She started as a fashion designer before operating the autocue on NWT. And judging by her dress sense- no wonder she gave up fashion!

Although slightly off topic- I wonder how that Eno woman got the weather job on BBC North West Tonight?

It was in the general vicinity that Lord Mountbatten met his end at the hands of the IRA, and although a Republican stronghold, it isn't anything like it once was. In truth, given the state of the economy, the locals will probably be glad of any contribution you might make to the local economy whilst there!

My family are originally from Cloonacool near Tubbercurry in Co. Sligo. Been to Baile Easa Dara (correct name in Irish- settlement of the oak by the waterfall) a couple of times- never been my favourite place. There is a lovely seaside town south of Sligo town close to the Mayo border at the mouth of the River Moy called Enniscrone. The Moy was a favourite salmon fishing river for Jack Charlton, who has a house in the Ballina area of Co. Mayo. Indeed Mayo is probably a better bet all round. Fishing, beaches, two major holy pilgrimages (Croagh Patrick and Knock), pretty towns and villages all over and quiter than Galway and Sligo. Far better base all round.

Just to clear everything up: There is no immediate financial crisis at BWFC Eddie Davies will not call in the debt for the forseeable future, as he will never get it Even relegation isn't financial doom, although a further relegation might be The sole major creditor is the owner of the club- he is in it for the long haul not just a quick buck Relax. There is nothing any of us can do about it anyway

No club has a God-given right to be in the PL. I am of the opinion that with the gap between rich and poor in the PL getting ever wider, it is only a matter of time before it becomes a cast-iron guarantee that promoted clubs will be relegated and each of the other 17 places is filled by the same team every year. That is assuming the TV money keeps rolling in....... I don't think relegation would be the end as some supporters seem to think. We will never win the Premier League. We will never be in the Champions' League. We have little to aim for in the PL. A top half finish? The rate player wages and values are going up, the extra money earned from the extra place does not warrant the expenditure. Unless wages and transfer fees go down, we will be left further behind every year, both on the pich and financially.

Even if we got the ?30mn the stadium is supposedly worth, the rent would give the club another outgoing to contend with, whilst bringing debt levels back to what they were just a couple of years ago. In the meantime, we are at the mercy of property developers and any financial difficulties they might experience. The club owns the stadium, Eddie Davies owns the club. Leeds and Crystal Palace owed other football clubs, the FA and HMRC. The HMRC issued the winding-up petitions. Owners owed by clubs don't tend to. Failing to pay football creditors allows the FA to place a club at whatever tier of the system it wishes- Leeds and Crystal Palace could have been expelled from the Football League if they failed to pay football creditors and would have ceased to exist altogether, had HMRC not been paid. Eddie Davies is here for the duration. Whether he can continue bankrolling our losses is another matter. We will have to live within our means or risk running up massive debts with the banks. That would be a recipe for disaster.

Spot on. The club he owns owes him money- ?110mn. Calling in the debt would ensure he never gets it, whereas if he simply forces the club to live within its means whilst giving himself a few million a year, he is likely to see a return on his investment. The whole football world needs to take a good hard look at itself. The players (and their agents) are too greedy and the clubs are stupid enough to give in to them. The bubble will burst eventually. A salary cap is in order- but it must come from FIFA to ensure that players can't just go to another country that doesn't have a cap. Most of us find ?25k a week over the top- but you can stick a nought on that for certain players in the Premier League. We take around ?8mn a year in gate receipts. If the Sky money goes- and it could if the European Court of Justice's ruling is upheld- that is all a club has. If you need a squad of 25 players, the ?8mn works out at just over ?6,000 a week each. Still pretty good money for kicking a pig's bladder around a field. Considering the average footballer works around 25 hours per week at the most, that works out at 50 times the national minimum wage. City's work-shy Tevez is on the equivalent of around ten grand an hour- over 1,600 times the NMW. I have cancelled my Sky subscription as I do not want to pay for that.