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It isn't looking good for Sala and everyone else on board. In this social media age of swift communication if he was not on board he would have been located and the minds of his friends and family set at ease by now. My thoughts are with everyone on board and their families and friends.

What a relief. When we signed GON we were told he was brilliant at protecting a scoreline. I can't recall him ever doing that for City. So on he comes for Bolton to protect their lead and fails to do so again. Thank goodness for that. Had it worked I would've been extremely miffed seeing he never achieved that for us.

The ref in the Frampton fight looks like Gareth Southgate will in 6 months time.

That's because Ipswich had won 6-0 and not 5-0. It would depress me if City beat a team at or near the top of the table 6-0 and the visiting fans thought it was 5-0.

What do the initials DNA stand for? The National Dyslexic Association.

When I was a school kid I was invited to a mate's house on the river near the tea gardens in Hanham. I was shocked when I got there to find that he was being raised by a pair of swans. He pleaded with me not to say anything as he feared he would be removed from the swans if news of this arrangement got out. Life with them was idyllic. When it came to the parents evening I wondered how the heck my mate's secret wouldn't get out. I was astounded, therefore, when I suddenly seen the father swan marching into the school on parents evening. He's got some bloody neck, I thought.

Think both sides are trying to say they want the goals increased in size.

I've been an LJ supporter on here, but if we don't pull our fingers out and press for a win in the second half and obtain it, I will be also pressing for a change.

The first cut is the deepest.

A Roman senator went into a bar and said to the barman, 'I'll have a Martinus, please.' 'Are you sure you don't mean a Martini?' replied the barman. 'Look,' said the senator glaring at the barman, 'If I wanted a double I would bloody well have asked for one!'

I've got a brand new combine harvester.

Hello, I love you.

Papa's got a brand new bag

The Devil went down to Georgia.

Who is this lethal Bizzle chap? I know I could look it up on Google, but think it will be more fun getting your take on it.

I was really disappointed that the brave tactics of both defeated opponents at the top of the bill didn't garner greater reward. Briggs opponent attempted the mass and sudden exhalation of air from his lungs tactic last employed by James J Corbett v Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897, in which he was deliberately being walloped in the stomach in the hope that the sudden mass evacuation of air would knock Briggs to the canvas. Fair play to the American, he didn't even flinch. Unfortunately, as the Argentinian soon discovered, this tactic cannot be employed for very long before it results in the fighter's own demise. In the case of Haye, his opponent, unbeaten in 30 fights, relied on the tactic of trying to get Haye to bust his knuckles on his forehead or to damage his toe as his lumbering frame hit the canvas at every given opportunity, each time missing Haye's feet. Apart from this I seen nothing offensively from either opponent. The ringwalks were the only offensive thing on view in my opinion.

When I was really into boxing there were only two world sanctioning bodies the WBC and WBA and fewer weight categories. Thus being a world champ really meant something. Obviously, TF won the version of several sanctioning bodies on Saturday so that counts for something. Like others have commented, I was surprised to see him get the decision effectively in the champ's backyard, but wonder if the English are now getting a reputation for sniffing out anything that isn't above board in the world of sport such as with FIFA. Thus the judges were at pains to score it fairly even accounting for the ref's attempt to put the mockers on it by deducting a point. Had TF been Spanish or something, would probably have been a unanimous pts victory for the champ.

Is there a pole I can run this up?

A lump of black tarmac goes into a pub asks for a pint and then shouts that he's the toughest sonafabitch in the pub. Nobody argues with the statement so he takes his pint and sits down next to his mate. A stretch of Red tarmac then enters the pub asks for a pint and shouts that he's the toughest sonafabitch in the pub. Nobody argues so he goes and sits down. The mate of the black tarmac then says to the black tarmac ' here, I reckon you're tougher than him, so why didn't you say anything?' 'No way,' replies the black tarmac, 'I ain't having nothing to do with him...he's a bloody cycle path!'