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Yes we have done well at these younger levels for several years now but as with our so called golden generation before what did we win?.

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So you think he is making a poor excuse then?.

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You mean the wally with the brolly.;)

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Whether Wales win or not tonight; I've just witnessed the most passionate singing of a national anthem ever. If only England had such pride and passion, having a crap national anthem doesn't help.

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Good for Ireland, sucks for Wales. The latter threw that away.

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Personally l prefer Land of Hope and Glory and Jerusalem.

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:tu:

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Question, is Mane a bigger loss for Liverpool than Fellaini is for United?

Just hoping the big swallow doesn’t get injured tonight.:(

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Only time will tell.:)

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We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Mancunians seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? - Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Lukaku.:p::D

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Liverpools stats with and without Mane make interesting reading. ;)

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l will ignore them until needed.;):D

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I would say so :shocked::shocked: Not looking forward to this at all and i'm usually quite upbeat pre-biggest match of our season.

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All the pressure is on United so lets see if they can walk the walk at Anfield.;)

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Well we're usually well up for it Den, trouble is too many injured or under performing at the moment. Mind you they're winning without looking great so there's hope :cool:

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No, he was popping in the onion bag yet again tonight. :)

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FA Cup day again tomorrow, one game away from the first round proper! Winnings so far £12,000, £12,500 more prize money at stake tomorrow. We just might be able to afford a new bike shed :)

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Nice to see the bus park reliably one more time.;):p:

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Not bad for a makeshift defence given the players absent.

The only real chance Liverpool had was the one that De Gea saved with his foot in the first half.

It's a good job that Lukaku isn't a defender with a 'reputation' , that first half challenge on Gomez was at least a yellow, horribly mistimed.:(

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If you get City knocked off their form, which is scary at the minute, United would win the league with performances like that. Rather than go for it, Mourinho seems content in taking a point away from the big games and then consistently picking up three against the lesser teams.

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Jim must be rather twitchy watching his big neighbours taking over the videoprinter.:)

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Only just seen the score TBH, 45th wedding anniversary today so have been getting ready to go out for a meal.:cool:

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Congratulations on your 45th wedding anniversary.

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Thanks Den, sharing a meal with my sister in law and her ‘partner’ he is a big City fan.:D

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Its alright l will get you diplomatic immunity if one gets into trouble.:D

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Annnnd, Arsenal have lost. :erm:

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Arsene l am sure will be moaning about something.:)

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Back to takeover season, Staveley could be beaten to a purchase if she's not certain about what she's trying to do. It's expected the chinese investors will formally launch their takeover bid if overseas investment policies are scaled back. There's no four groups, up from three. Staveley and Co who haven't signed a NDA, and three other who have, of which one is a Chinese consortium looking as per to throw money into football (see the ridiculous chinese premier league boom) another is Middle Eastern, relatively little is known on that front. The last is merely rumoured to be Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots, very little is known however because of the NDA so that one is merely rumour and fans have dismissed Robert Kraft as an owner due to.. well not offering much more than Ashley.

Until more decent news arrives, I'm stuck with local rubbish. Like this.

Except anyone involved with football knows that owner interest free loans are added to the overall value. Which makes it all the more genius when he literally smashes his own argument in pieces with :Sherlock Holmes level reporting right there. Putting The Sun to shame.

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Sadly even the local reporting now is increasingly of a very poor standard as we get plenty of it in our local area adzii.

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Any reason why the Brighton v Everton game is not being televised?

Just found this on the bbc web site.

‘It was moved several weeks ago but, when the television companies didn't select it, the Premier League decided to keep it on a Sunday to try and attract an international audience.’

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Is it wrong to laugh at Aresenal and Chelsea :D

COYS :D

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No its alright to laugh but as the old saying goes it can come back in the opposite direction.;):D

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Benitez has never won at St Mary's, encouraging stat.

Newcastle are set up to counter and let Soton play, but Soton aren't playing. Hayden smashes home, 1-0.

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For my money Forster is far too big and slow to be a top keeper.

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+1

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And again Forster let’s them down.

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Once again a ref bottles it, Yedlin should have walked for that challenge.:shocked:

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l gather you have put forward the reward out of you own huge financial pockets TD.;):D

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41643718

Newcastle United officially for sale amid looming takeover.

Still no firm word on the potential buyers but they'd put it between the Chinese group and the Staveley group that's prompted this statement.

That bottom bit being incredibly important. You'd want to spend instantly in January but after lumping out a massive sum for the club, they may be left with little liquid cash for the remainder of that season.

With this statement, one can only assume that one of the parties has opened formal talks. Otherwise, being fair, we already knew it was for sale. One will assume this but I can't grasp why you'd release a statement like this is one of them had made a proper approach? I could be wrong but to me it doesn't make much sense and actually signals the opposite?

It could also link with the original idea that Ashley would welcome Chinese investment and sell shares of the club, (Clever way of getting someone else to foot your bill really) It's accepted that he was pretty much told they'd only buy outright or nothing.

Obviously as in earlier posts, Staveley never signed the NDA, the Chinese and other middle eastern group both did, however it was expected Staveley wanted a deal done by Christmas, which is mentioned in the statement above coincidentally. Mere coincidence? It's all I have though, nobody knows anything besides the four groups I've posted about before.

All in all, I just think everyone would happily settle for any amount of investment at this point.

Update: Ian Dennis suggesting the Staveley group is pushing ahead. Multiple outlets reporting Staveley deal, I think it's tosh though.

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Pardon me for not remembering your team Mr K, how did they get on, 1st round draw just published.?

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Do Leicester have that tribute to King Bhumibol Adulyadej on their perimeter advertising at every home game or is there tonight because it was one year last Friday since he passed away?

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l think its there just for tonight Jim.

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Early right now but there's reports/suggestions that Craig Shakespeare has been sacked as Leicester City manager. Awaiting a confirmed source.

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He has been sacked sadly adzii.:(

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41656917

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Leicester are ruthless, look what happened to his more successful predecessors !

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Sadly with that approach Leicester are only going one way and we know where that is.:td:

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An England team scoring five out of five penalties to win a game, UNBELIEVABLE JEFF.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41659274

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Lets hope the seniors learn from the youngsters Jim.

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We lost the 'very winnable' home tie, and the winners couldn't have got an easier first round draw ! Guess we'll 'concentrate on the league', probably for the best !

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Seems the Staveley source was more than just rumour, Club Lawyers are ready to set up a meeting amid reports she wants to buy the club outright but only values it at £300 million and she'd want to stick £150 million straight into the club on top of the £100m in TV money to give Newcastle a £250m budget over the two upcoming windows.

No word on the other three groups though but again the Chinese group are said to be desperate to get in on a takeover but can't until overseas investment restrictions are dropped.

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Yeah correct that, outlets are already confirming Staveley's team met Newcastle chiefs yesterday afternoon and have started the negotiation process. It's expected she'll be the 'sole' owner of the club should it go through but will be heavily backed with Chinese and Arab investment via FCP capital I believe it is.

The bookies have a different look at things however.
Shahid Khan - 11/1
Mikhail Prokhorov - 14/1
Mark Zuckerberg 14/1
Tilman Fertita - 18/1
Mark Cuban - 33/1
Rupert Murdoch - 50/1
Richard Branson - 66/1
Vince McMahon - 66/1
Donald Trump - 80/1

I mean I understand why they're playing around a bit given they can't offer odds on Staveley or the other three groups that signed NDA's but Zuckerberg at 14/1? same odds as Prokhorov whom is more likely to complete such a deal.
Obviously it's just a list to part fools from their money of course. I can't imagine the ramifications of someone like Zuckerberg buying a Premier League team and bankrolling it to the moon, circumventing FFP on the way by.

Last time I heard him pop up was for Spurs? which is more than affordable for him and he flat out denied it.

I'm worried Robert Kraft is legitimately interested though, don't like the idea at all. He doesn't seem much better than what we already have, although a statement claiming Ashley will not sell to anyone that hasn't got the ability to take the club forward may well be a good parting gift.

Onwards for the night though, United/Benfica for me, because Benfica are having a stinker, want to see Lukaku continue his ways.

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Looks like Man City are giving Chelski another lesson.:shocked:

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Apparently Chelsea is where all the fun is. :shocked:

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Nice to see the United players and Lukaku in particular consoling and ‘bigging up’ the young Benfica keeper at the end. Job done but not the greatest match TBH.

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Amanda Staveley launches £300m takeover of Newcastle. Wonder what the eventual cost is going to be and whether it's going to go through. Strange times in the north. Questions surrounding does Ashley have to take the offer, we're unaware of potential bids from China or the Middle East or whether either of those two could be completed in the time frame he wants. Just wish it was done with now.

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Well Chelsea certainly seem to have a few creaking holes there.:)

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Its a win as at the end of the day Jim.

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How long have they been calling Red Star Belgrade, Crvena Zvezda in the English press?

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Lets hope a few more supporters are banned for life as there are no excuses for what happened last night in our game and suffice to say the book should be thrown at some of the players involved last night in the disturbances as well as they are just as culpable.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...n-child-police

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Williams deserved a straight red for his stupid and needless assault on the keeper. :mad:

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Yes l agree totally with you as l would be very surprised if Williams does not face some charges for the part he played last night in the disturbance.

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Already said no further action as he was booked. :confused:

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l would be very disappointed if that is the outcome as l still expect retrospective action to be taken and l will be very disappointed if nothing happens at all.

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Were racist chants in the Chelsea match the other night, directed at the former Roma CB who now plays for Chelsea, then with all the complaints of last night, a few missed the Everton fan attempt to punch a Lyon player in that scuffle, who has subsequently been banned.

They could take action, the referee hands out the yellow for the challenge in my opinion and absolutely missed everything Williams then done as part of the scuffle, it was impossible for him to see it, it was impossible for us to see it without the overhead camera. The initial challenge would be a soppy red card to be fair, on first look people are calling for his head but if you watch it over and over he's just pushed the keeper off the pitch really. Credit to the keeper, he hasn't made an absolute meal of it either. I think a yellow would be fair for that, it's not fair for what happens afterwards though.

Everything that follows after is grounds for Williams dismissal.

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Bilic on his last legs sadly after another shocking performance from his players...

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Shocking performance from the Hammers but all credit to Brighton, far and away the better 'team'.

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Absolutely Jim.

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Its quite clear the players are not playing for him now as l don't expect Bilic and Koeman to last that much longer now sadly.

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If they'd have done away with Bilic and approached Benitez a few weeks ago, I'd have been worried but I think that ship has sailed now that the Staveley train is in town. Assuming it goes through he'll net a £350m war chest for two windows, and I can't imagine he'd want to walk away from that chance unless it's a substantially bigger club.

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Bilic seems like a decent bloke but can’t imagine anyone of substance wanting to work for Gold and Sullivan.

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Yohan Cabaye gets a yellow for a horrible scissor challenge in which he dived with frustration about a denied Zaha penalty appeal, turns out he dived. As in a previous post, the standard of refereeing this year is absolutely shocking. From horrible red card decisions to yellows for leg breakers.

So does Zaha have a game where he doesn't go absolutely flying when someone breathes on him? We've already had one Ashley Young in this league.

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Very much the special one today so far l see.:D

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Funnily enough I was walking home from shopping in the city centre and it was really depressing weather and though to myself I don't have a good feeling about this afternoon, how right I was. :(

Not easy to judge without seeing the game but it doesn't sound like a great performance, first win for the Terriers against United since 1958, well done them.

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Managed to nick a win from the jaws of a bore draw.

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l still think Man Utd will end up in the top 4 but reality is starting to set in now as there is only one team who will win the title and we all know who that is.;)

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Eat thet pulis you negative git.

Watch the wonder of Boufal's goal especially the bit where the hapless west brom players collide in his wake. :D:D

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Prescient is the word, above quote written by me on the 30/09/17 :(

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Well lets hope it does not repeat itself for your happiness.;):D

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Thankfully my happiness does not depend on the result of a football game Den.:angel:

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l thought that as within a hour one totally forgets about the football unless one is my young brother who does take his team losing pretty badly..

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It won't be long before you have even more of a smile on your face judging by the happenings this afternoon.;)

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Very true Den, Koeman now sitting where he belongs.... in the relegation zone.:D:D

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There was a ominous frown coming from the head honcho's up in the owners seats.

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Really thought Everton would be a force this,season, all totally at sea ATM.:(

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£150 million spent and down in the bottom three

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I watched this game today, Everton were just hopeless.
Would have looked even worse had they not been gifted one of their goals.

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Good grief l sit down and get settled and that old reliable strikes again.:(:td:

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And again..:td::td::(:(

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Looks like Lovren has been taking lessons from Lindelof.:)

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The question is every man and his dog knew we needed a top quality centre back this summer but alas diddly squat was done sadly..

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You can have Van Dijk for loadsamoney, he clearly doesn't want to play for us. ;)

Then we can sign someone twice as good for a quarter of the cost. :D

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No you can keep the malcontent now.;)

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Not in todays inflated transfer market.:p:

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Just watching the beginning of the end for Jurgen Flopp :erm:

Honestly, this started as soon as the media started questioning how much better Liverpool are now than they were under Brendan.

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Well poor defending signalled the end for the previous incumbents so you might be on to something there adzii.:tu:

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I mean the defender is gonna get the blame for that free kick, but what's Mingolet doing? There's no shout from him, the ball goes out for a goal kick if he shouts for it. It's a combination of poor decisions and poor communication.

I had a conversation with Liverpool fans a few nights ago who were niffed that Newcastle were looking like getting massive investment. They feel FSG are holding Liverpool back and to get to the next level they need similar investment. I'm not familiar with Liverpool's spending capabilities though so it's not for me to speculate although they were convinced the manager wasn't getting the signings he wanted, nor was Brendan.

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Another set piece, another flop, another goal.

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Perhaps Mignolet need to take lessons from your world class keeper..

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Bring back the flying pig.

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No the flying swallows might do better.:p:

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Tommy Lawrence aka the Flying Pig must be pig sick of watching this? The worst away goals against in the league by some. :(

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If Sissoko scores you know you're sacked.

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Hodgson , Rodgers and you can now add Klopp to that sadly..:redcard:

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The KK klowns, Klopp & Koeman. Who will go first, my money is on Koeman.

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You better get your millions on then Jim.:p:

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Well he ain't there anymore Julian so l gather its champagne tonight for you as celebration of his demise.;)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41683786

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Damn, didn't get to the bookies in time.:)

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Not really celebrating Den.

It's just another name to add to the list of people who thought the grass was greener......;)