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ogbeche77: Dembele? Yes!!! I prefer him to your beloved Anderson

in terms of fitness and durability, yes.....
but in terms of ability, i don't think he's better than anderson...however, he would be cheap as he's got only a year left on his contract. £10m or £15m should bring him to old trafford! our fans singing "sign him up, fergie" on saturday might influence fergie!

having pondered over dembele, i think he would be a wonderful addition to our squad because of one factor - his physicality! he's a beast - i would love to see him go against yaya toure(it would be the battle of the titans).

anderson and cleverley are excellent but only when going forward - midfield dominance is much more than dominating only when you have the ball, you must also dominate when you don't have the ball and it's obvious ando-clev easily get bullied when they are not in possession.

another reason dembele should be considered is the carrick factor! if we lose carrick to injury, then we are royally screwed! fletcher is the only similar player to carrick defensively and he's been out of competitive football for far too long. scholes/giggs are over the hill...

oyb: are you sure the fellow is not an accomplice? this is naija where bank clerks can send robbers to your house

i couldn't tell you if he's an accomplice or not - which was why i asked
just making sure the investigators are not overexcited....only the guilty party should face the full wrath of the law.... knowing how brainless nigerian police can be, one has to ask these questions.


if 2 people fight and 20 other people are there watching, nigerian police would arrest the whole 22 for fighting and disturbing the peace - whereas only 2 people have actually broken the law - the other 20 were just arrested so the police can generate revenue for their own pockets!

dayokanu: It depends on what he knew, Assuming the guys came to meet him to prescribe a "date rappe drug" for them and he did then he might be an accomplice

absolutely....
and if that is really the case, he's as evil as the murderers.... but supposing he's unaware of what the criminals were doing with the drug. if he owns the pharmacy store, there's a chance he employed a sales rep to dispense the drugs and he just comes in to sort the accounts and take stock of what needs to be refilled!

Effiko: any1 notice hw liVerPool played against shitty yesterday?

their first home game - i wasn't expecting anything less....united would have won that game if we had lost our first game game 3-0 to west brom! the scousers were dying to impress their fans and prove they ain't dickheads!

this just in....
fergie threw in a £5m bid for moussa dembele some few weeks ago which martin jol obviously rejected. there's a rumour gathering pace that fergie is still after him and he might sign him before the window slams shut! do we need dembele?

okoji: The pharmacist was also charged to court. He is my sisters friend and they attended the same school. He is a very very very nice guy. Unfortunately he is now the scapegoat because a lot of pharmacies sell drugs without prescription. The pharmacist is the one with glasses not covering his face.

but why charge the pharmacist as an accomplice? did he know what the criminals were going to do with the drug before hand? i know he shouldn't have sold drugs without prescription but in nigeria, these ethic codes are not obeyed.....one can get anything at any pharmacy store in nigeria. most of them are not even qualified pharmacists! nigerians just use their car loans to buy drugs, rent a shop and before you spell "jonathan", they are dispensing drugs to all and sundry!

logica: LMAO. So the prying eye in the lobby is not close enough? The guy that came into the lobby just to be sure he knows who's carrying money doesn't know what he's doing? If it was to determine who's carrying large sums by judging from GMG-dragging-dolts (as yourself), does he need to be in the lobby? Was it not a few posts back you said robbers stay at the entrance of banks? Keep grasping at straws. Once again, only a zinjanthropus will go collect large sums of money that require GMG (and without being accompanied by armed policemen).

stop barking without biting - not everybody in the banking hall can be in a position to see what is being paid @ the counter. i cannot say for the community bank you operate in your hamlet where banking operations are done under mango tree! i have made my point, high denomination currencies are easier to count and much more comfortable to transit from one point to another. it now means i can have half a million in a small envelope without being marked by miscreants like yourself!

Any with the part in bold, were you being logical when you jumped for joy that now you can collect 2 bundles of 5000 notes, when there really is no guarantee that they will ALWAYS be available?

the availability or the lack of it would be determined by the demands of the customers!
if the bank is situated where big merchants operate then you can expect more 5000 notes than your community bank where the total cash in their vault is less than N50,000.....you lack wisdom and please quit these [color=#000000]m[/color]oronic lines of arguments and let other people advance their own points....

logica: I must confess, I have never seen this kind of m0r0n before. Is there anything like "vintage mugu"? I was in the banking hall today, and I saw a man paid 500k right there at the counter. I didn't have to count it. They were bundles of 100k notes. It doesn't take a degree in rocketry to count bundles of 1000 notes knowing the color of the note, and knowing each bundle is 100k and 5 of such is 500k. I know, I know. For a mugu like you it's a science.

goodness gracious!
don't you ever stop - you have to be close to the customer to know which particular currency he was paid to begin with. with a man dragging a GMG bag, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know he's dragging money. one of them is more prone to be marked as a target than the other - that is the point! your username is logica and yet you display the attributes of an intellectually-sterile baboon!

And this is a given right? Or why did you use the operative word "might". As I said, what is the GUARANTY that simply because there is now a 5000 note, then they will be available even if the 1000 note isn't? Will there be more 5000 notes in circulation than 1000 notes? Now using probability, can you tell me how likely it is for a bank to have more 1000 notes available than 5000 notes?

logic evades you.....
the plan is to mop up the worthless currency denominations and gradually introduce the 5000 note. there would be availabilty of the 5000 note and a bank can run short of any currency denomination at any given time.....it has little to do with the general circulation, another customer present at the bank earlier could have hauled off all the 1000 notes available for the day so what's your point?

Biggyd2: UK Will Not Tolerate Abuse Of NHS By Nigerians

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/08/fraud-uk-to-go-tough-on-nigerians-coming-for-child-delivery/

idiotic brits - why didn't they ask her to produce some sorta insurance before granting her a visa? they are busy concerned about fleecing nigerians off "non-refundable" visa fees but they neglect important issues like abusing the NHS! i hope more nigerian women with multiple birth issues continue to abuse their NHS - it serves them right, let them use part of the visa fees to pay for the bills incurred by the abscondees!

coded guy: Hi, is anyone experiencing this, I can't log on to nairaland with my lappy, it gives me a
'http 408/409 server busy' error msg.

Can anyone help me out or has an info concerning the situ. Will appreciate.

Thanks

try another browser - chrome, explorer, firefox, safari, tshabalala...

logica: LOL. Why won't you be banned? Eventually "coogar" too will be banned and what will you come up with?

i would come up with "kougar" and another dingbat of your ilk would then say i misspelt "cougar"....

Obvious? So to somebody who saw you collecting 500k, it is not obvious you have 500k on you right? He needs to see the bulky GMG to know you have money on you. What is more obvious than what you have seen? And you think you are smart?

look at this cretinous vermin.....
are you being paid to be obtuse deliberately? how would a man sitting in the banking hall know the exact denomination i was paid in comparison to a man who is dragging his bag along? with me, it can only be a guess if i was even paid at all. with the gmg dragging man, it's a no-brainer........for the umpteenth time, i have proven your intelligence quotient is lower than your shoe-size!

Jezuz, can anybody explain to this dolt. If a bank cannot have 1000 Naira notes to pay you with, what guarantees they will have 5000 Naira notes to pay you with?

and yet the charlatan still speaketh rubbish....
any bank can fall short of any currency denomination. they might have 5000 notes without having 1000 notes! you are a disgrace to the community that sponsored your education! if i were you, i would demand a full refund from the idiotic school that trained you to be this brainless.....damn, nigeria would not stop producing halfwits like yourself!

ronkebp: YOU all are funny, , what is the way forward for this family members?, the deed has been done already.....
1. Every one involved have learnt their lessons, and am sure will not want a repeat of that nasty event.

2. How can they live together and let bygones be really bygones??

there should be a boxing match between the father of the girl that was slapped and the husband of the wife that slapped the little girl!

the truth is, if any man/woman touches my child, he/she is dead as a corpse!!!
i would go to any length to destroy such person....no individual has the right to touch my child without my consent!

logica: Firstly, I must say I didn't expect much intelligence from you if you couldn't even get the spelling of your username right (spelling "cougar" as "coogar"; and don't even bother trying to put a spin on it to say it's intentional).

in the punditry of hard currency, your intelligence at it's best would be the zimbabwean dollar.....i wouldn't even try to explain the concept behind "coogar" cos those who know me knew why coogar was chosen after "cougar" was permanently banned! i would just let the world know the truth that your idiocy in megawatts should solve all the electricity problems in all the 3rd world nations.

Can any primary school student in here check the 3 exhibits and tell us how EXHIBIT B differs from EXHIBIT C. And how EXHIBIT A significantly differs from EXHIBIT B? For one, EXHIBIT A is saying hoodlums wait at the entrance of banks and randomly select customers who they think have huge amounts (which of course is far from reality as anybody hanging around a bank exit will surely be harassed by policemen and security attached to the bank; so our man has changed his story to EXHIBIT B). While EXHIBIT B and C both say that the hoodlums actually target customers because they KNOW have money on them after having witnessed them being paid on the counter.

you must have traded your common sense for a plate of porridge.....
whether exhibit a,b or c is deployed has nothing to do with the general modus operandi, fact remains smaller volume of cash is less obvious than a larger volume. if you cannot bend your mind around that simple irrefutable fact then you should sue your teachers for mismanaging your child development!

But then, tell me if your story has changed from EXHIBIT A to EXHIBIT B (meaning you now agree with me), how will 5000 Naira notes help you since the hoodlum has seen you've been paid? Whether you are paid in 50 Naira notes or 5000 Naira notes, does he not know you have 500k on you?

even his lame attempts to be pedantic falls flat on its face!
so who is easier to rob? a man dragging a bag along the road or a man whose cash is in his inner pocket of his jacket? are you such a saphead?

so, you mean you go to a bank to collect 500k and you don't ensure you are only given 1000 Naira notes? Which kind of id!ot does that? You mean you tell the teller to give you 20 Naira notes? You dey go spray 500k for Owambe party?

and if for a reason the bank does not have any high denomination, you won't take the money? isn't that the reason high denomination like 5000 naira is being introduced? isn't this the reason the lower denomination notes are being mopped up? when God was distributing intelligence, you were on a leave of absence!

I am still trying to figure how you end up using GMG bag to collect 500k. But then, if you cannot even ensure you are paid only in 1000 Naira notes, what will ensure you are only paid in 5000 Naira notes? If being an 1diot you use GMG bag to carry 500k, I can imagine 5000 Naira note will not change anything: you will still collect in smaller denominations. Surely you have a love for GMG bags.

without any shadow of doubt, you operate on a single digit intelligence quotient! it is what the banks have as currency that they would pay with - and this is exactly why sanusi is introducing high denominations! you still don't know how to argue - you are so poor in spirit and mentally that rainbow appears to you in white and black!!!

mylunch: Listen to your self,why should't they?are you her father?did u bring her to life?from no where u show up from d blue,she marries u,so she should eliminate d name she has known all her life,the man that has cared for her all her life,the man that made her existence possible.Do u hv any idea of the sacrifices and pain involved with raising a child?i believe a good man should say to her father inlaw thank u for raising her for me,to show a bit of gratitude,she will keep your name.Am settling for a compound name.

why not marry her father then? did her mother keep her maiden name? this is the same bullshyte you sentimental beings ptyalise - she should say to my parents "thank you for raising a responsible son good enough to be the father of my kids"! i reiterate, the men who allow such from their wives are [color=#000000]p[/color]ussies.... if you love your last name so much to such dizzying height then you have 2 options: remain single or marry your father!

[quote author=A-ZeD]Worthless note? Those are the most commonly used note. You need 20, 50 and 100 Naira notes on a daily basis but you dont need 5k notes at all. Besides i dont think cashless means removing cash completely but what ever you are going to use 5k for can be done electronically so why spend money to produce 5k bills that are not needed?
You claim its easier to carry a bundle of 5k notes and i say whatever you want to do with a bundle of 5k notes can be done by other means without physical cash.[/quote]nigeria is not that technologically sound yet! would you pay with a visa card in the meat market to purchase N100,000 worth of beef meant for a get-together? policies are meant to take care of all and sundry. there are commercial buyers too who buy in bulk and only few shops in nigeria own pdqs to facilitate cash transactions - so there you go!

You can't enter bus, buy things at mile 12 or normal everyday things like food, gala, omo e.t.c without cash and you need the small bills to pay for those thing. So tell me why we need 5k bills.

bus entry is one arm of it - what about people who need to buy 5 bags of rice @ oyingbo market? cash, card or cheque? if its cash then you expect me to count 50 naira notes for hours because i have such time to waste?

[quote author=obo_man]@Coogar, Prices do go up due to 'general perceptions'... Laptop sellers in Alaba might want to push their prices up because maybe they find lower currency denominations less worthy, by so doing, push prices up to accommodate their thirst for newer denomination?[/quote]this makes no sense - the introduction of a new currency should not hike the prices. the value of your laptop should still be the value of your laptop. nigerians love to take advantage of situations and the buyers simply buy into the bullshit!

@Coogar, simple goods and services that aid production ( Increase aggregate supply) might go up, hence increasing inflation..... E.g, cost of power, fuel, labour, etc

what's the meaning of the above comment? counting tonnes and tonnes of worthless cash actually increases the transaction fee levied by the seller. with high denomination currencies in circulation, less time is wasted at the tills and transaction fees charged should reduce!

@Coogar, why are developed Economies not adopting this policy?

because developed economies are not bugged down by the inflation we already have in nigeria!

@Coogar, why should printing money come @ a cost, when its virtually zero in other countries?

what is going to produce this new currency? abracadabra?

If the CBN is really committed to reducing inflation, Why can't they use Seigniorage they generate to enhance supply?

high denomination currency should not drive inflation higher - this is a perception of the quack economists! they are 2 different issues and should not affect each other!

[quote author=A-ZeD]Dude ask yourself why countries that are "cashless" have small bill e.g the U.S and the U.K... A transaction worth 5mil will be done easily with cash with the introduction of 5k bills while it would be harder with 10 naira bills. That in itself would for people to use bank transfers and other e-channels rather than cash.[/quote]you mean countries like america where you can present a $100 bill to buy a can of coke priced at 50 cent? their economy still thrives, isn't it?

[quote author=A-ZeD]A right thinking graduate that believes in going cashless should reason that lower bills makes it inconvinient to do large transactions in cash while higer bills makes cash transation easier.
So how do you plan to go cashless by making cash transactions easier?[/quote]lord of mercy....
cashless-policy does not mean the complete removal of cash transactions in the economy---it means reducing our dependence on cash. so you think people don't spend cash in developed countries? come off it, mate!

the introduction of the 5000 note would reduce the volume of the worthless notes in circulation. it means less cash for you to carry around. less cash is not less value as cash is different from value!

Chrisbenogor: Nna na wa oh take am easy now.

why should i take it easy when a supposed graduate believes a N5000 note has more volume than 250 pieces of N20 note!

bittyend: To those arguing the N5000 notes would help Nigeria become a 'cashless society', why can't we go for the kill and print N100,000 notes, since most Nigerians have more than N100,000 in their accounts anyway?

You guys aren't making sense at all. What problems are the N5000 notes going to solve? How will it reduce inflation?

This is just another wasteful project, I bet they would spend billions of Naira to print the notes. This is madness in a country where the budget hasn't even been implemented, and there are so many things crying for funding. Why waste billions of Naira to print unnecessary and elitist notes?

nigeria is not zimbabwe that was forced into hyper-inflation by the various sanctions imposed on their economy. this is nigeria, the 5000 note would help ease transaction process! why do you think many organisations in nigeria transact in dollars? it is because of the ambiguity of counting worthless naira notes!

logica: You must be naive if you think hoodlums know you are carrying money just by staring at you. There is no robbery without information. Meaning they must have been tipped off (either by an employee of the bank or somebody present as you collected the money or the person you are paying the money to).

don't be daft ......
what tip-off would a hoodlum standing at the entrance of a bank need when he sees an alhaji dragging several gmg bags out of a bank? all he needs is to follow him and pin-point where he resides and so on n forth.....but if the same alhaji puts a bundle of 500k in his agbada, he can walk out of the bank easily without attracting prying eyes!

In any case, I don't see how this policy rhymes with the cashless policy. It's like speaking from both sides of the mouth. The 5k note simply encourages people to carry larger amounts of cash which they normally wouldn't due to bulk. I for one have never carried any amount of cash larger than 100k. Anything beyond that, I do a transfer.

it rhymes with the cash-less policy as the 5000 note would effectively reduce the volume of currency in circulation! 1 X 5000 note = 25 X 200 notes. 200 notes of currency is more than one note. contrary to what you think, you are actually shooting yourself in the foot!

[quote author=ANY-PEN ]Well, the quality of your jacket will tell & even if there's nothing in it, your life may have gone before they know your jacket isn't carrying such amount[/quote]better to keep them guessing than the the obvious gmg bags, don't you think?

Beync: clasic senario!! pls can any one explain how a balance of 4500 in other denominations say 200x22 + 100 note enhance cashless economy?
sanusi is high on kwunu

so how is this scenario different to when you present 1000 note to pay for a bottle of fanta?

logica: Half a millon is 500k. That's 5 bundles of 100k. If u need a GMG bag for that, I posit your bag is filled with old newspapers.

can i carry 5 bundles of 100k on me without attracting the eyes of hoodlums? which is easier to carry around, 1 bundle of 500k or 5 bundles of 100k?

[quote author=A-ZeD]But if it was with 50 naira or 20 naira notes, you would embrace internet banking, pos and the likes.[/quote]nigerians would embrace ghana must go bags like they did in the past! these bags attract criminals!!! anyone coming out of the bank with those bags are easy pickings for hoodlums! i totally embrace the 5000 note especially for someone like ke whenever i visit nigeria! i get tired of counting n counting dirty 200/500 notes when changing ordinary £100

Ola one: Why would you want to walk around with such a large amount? Isn't that odikwa risky in Nigeria?

how is it risky?
how would you tell i have such amount in the left pocket of my jacket? one bundle of this 5000 note is N500k.....which is more convenient unlike carrying 5 bundles of 1000 note to carry the same amount of money!

Ola one: Thus defeating the whole 'cashless' idea

how does this policy defeat the cashless policy? the withdrawal limit is still pegged at N500k! with the 5000 note, i only need 100 notes to walk around with my maximum limit.
that can easily fit into my pocket rather than needing bags that would attract hoodlums!

Jarus: My Conversation With SLS On The New Currency Policy

Aftermath of all the issues raised on my FB wall and elsewhere, I decided to hear directly from SLS on this issue of currency introduction and others. I am publishing these relevant parts and left out private matters

ME: (by SMS) Sir, I wouldn't know if you're free now so I can call. I have some issues I want your clarifications on regarding this new currency policy. Suraj

SLS: (called immediately) Suraj, I am very busy today but...(line went inaudible)

ME: (by SMS) Let me raise my issues by SMS. MTN has been having reception issue here

SLS: (called) Suraj, I am very busy today. I have Bleep meeting tomorrow and YYY meeting on Tuesday before travelling to ZZZ on Wednesday. But we can have the discussion by phone in few minutes

ME: OK sir. I just needed your clarifications on some of the issues my friends have been inundating me on this CBN new policy. First, don't you think it is counter productive that at this time that we are advocating cashless Nigeria, we are introducing another currency, a higher one, N5000.

SLS: See, Suraj. It is not. First, know that this is not a monetary policy but just currency management. Our cashless policy never says there should not be any cash at all. It only discourages heavy cash in the system. Whether in N5 notes or N5000 notes, the limit of N500,000 will still be N500,000. So what are we saying? It also enhances operational efficiencies. The number of times banks load their ATM machines will also reduce. Banks can now load up to 5 times the value in their ATM and reduces rate of stocking and associated costs. The cost of printing and managing currency will also reduce. We

ME (cut in): But sir, don't you think this will ease corruption and movement of funds among our politicians?

SLS: Well, is there no corruption now that there are no N5000 denomination? It is not the duty of CBN to fight corruption among political class, you know. We are trying our best to block all holes of corruption, but that doesn't stop CBN from introducing a currency management policy that it deems fit. Fighting corruption is the work of EFCC, Police etc

ME: Sir, what of the issue of inflation. Is it not inflationary?

SLS: All that are unproven talks. I have challenged people to bring any study or research that says higher denomination leads to inflation. Nobody has brought any. Look, it is inflation that brings about currency renomination, not otherwise. In the last 10 years we have been battling double-digit inflation in Nigeria.

ME: What of this scenario: an item that is worth say N4,800 will be forced to be rounded up to N5000?.

SLS: But we have not phased out N1000, N500, N200 now? So you mean it is only N5000 you can use to pay for a N4800 good? How have you been paying before? (laughter)

On coins, Suraj, at CBN we are forward-looking. Look, in the next few years, even when I must have left as governor, people will look back and realize this is a good policy. We are looking at not only currency management but also modernization. A time will come, in very near future, when we will be paying tolls, paying for newspaper vending, with just coins at vending machine points. That is why we are promoting coin culture now. Also note that, we are not cancelling the notes. We are introducing the coins side by side. So you will still have N20 notes, for example, with N20 coins, until it gains acceptability.

ME: Sir, have you been speaking to be the media on this issue?

SLS: Suraj, you know I have been on this job for more than 3 years and most times when I talk to the media, the matter is sensationalized and controverted, so I have deliberately minimized my interface with the media in recent time.

NB: He quoted some statistics at relevant points in time which I can't exactly recall and weeded out to avoid misquoting him.

good job, jarus!
i can work with this piece rather than the sensationalised drivel i get to read on "saharareporters". i agree with the introduction of 5000 naira note, i wouldn't need a ghana-must-go bag to transport half a million naira anymore.

DIG1: Me: want τ̅☺ take a cab τ̅☺ wuse (Abuja)
Me: driver, wuse
Driver: #400
Me: entered, afta 2min drive, driver do u ve change #5000?
Driver: no, pls come down
Me: stopped anoda cab, wuse
Driver: #300
Me: entered, afta 2min drive, driver do u ve change #5000?
Driver: no, pls come down
Me: flagged down anoda cab, wuse
Driver: #200
Me: entered, afta 70sec drive, driver do u ve change #50000?
Driver: no, pls come down
Me: just walked 2min τ̅☺ my destination.
The introduction of #5000 denomination will cost more harm than good in all ramifications, IMO

break your high denomination currency before going to the road to get a cab! besides, this denomination would not be prevalent! just like the 50-pound note is a scarce commodity in the uk!

texazzpete: The iPhone screen is made by LG. The Battery does not come from Samsung. You see how brainless you are?

Everything in the iPhone is DESIGNED by Apple in Cupertino. That's where the innovation is, not in Samsung where the Korean giants make and supply parts on order to Apple's specifications and definitely not at Foxconn where the housing is put together and the phone assembled.

You people need to give it a rest. Samsung DID rip off Apple for the Galaxy S in 2010...and it was done deliberately.

the tool does not understand the difference between the theft of an intellectual property and apple making orders from rival companies!

ritchboy: In other words, Dembele violated the revered Ando/Clev axis?

he did not.....
ando-clev murdered him as observed by martin jol.....then sidwell came on to join diarra
and dembele was pushed further forward.....that was when he got united! dembele played in 2 different positions....when it was dembele/diarra versus ando-clev in the first 60 mins, ando-clev murdered their counterparts!

montelik: * Tom Cleverley (central-midfield): 69/76 passing (91%), 1 chance created, 0/2 crosses, 4/6 long balls, 0/1 through balls, 4/4 tackles, 1 interception, 2 shots (1 on target), received 75 passes, made 30/34 passes in the attacking 3rd!

* Anderson (central-midfield | substituted off 81'): 53/56 passing (95%), 0 chances created, 0/0 crosses, 11/11 long balls, 0/0 through balls, 2/3 tackles, 0 interceptions, 0 shots, received 52 passes, made 19/20 passes in the attacking 3rd!

moussa dembele:

51/53 passes(96%), 0 assists, 3 chances created, 1/1 crosses, 2 shots attempted, 2 shots on target, 7/8 tackles, 1 long ball, 1 interception, received 52 passes, made 16/17 passes in the attacking 3rd!

StarBoard: Yeah bu 18 1/2 hrs later we're still waiting for the stats. . . That Nokia has the micro-computing power of a candle!

the stats are ready but i am @ the carnival now dancing alanta with some jamaican bootays! not convenient to post with my nokia.....cleverley and anderson posted 90+% pass completion, dembele posted 98%. i checked the heatmap and i can categorically say it was our weak defence dembele sodomized - not our midfield! when kagawa went off and we conceded the 2nd goal - united went into a panic mode.......martin jol then pushed dembele from his deep position(where he was murdered by ando-clev) into the heart of our defence. he terrorised carrick, evra, rafael and vidic!!!

Sagamite: I am not a funky father o! I am not your BFF kind of modern father o! I am your FAADA!

continue this way and there's a fat chance you would spend a considerable number of years in belmarsh prison!

StarBoard: @coogar,
Nokia 3310 you mean?
No wonder it's taking 91/2 hrs for it to start up!

3210!!
the most durable phone on the planet!

ritchboy: The Brittania is never an easy place to get a win, but the Sunderland result looks worse now.

britannia? i am shocked arsenal got something there today - massive credits to wenger's new assistant! that was the best defensive display of arsenal i have seen in about 6 seasons now! they dealt with everything stoke threw at them but sadly, the attack weren't up to the task to compensate the good work the defence put in today!

arsenal need a proper striker - at this point, a cheeky bid for owen or darren bent isn't misplaced!