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You generalised about American Catholics being something we should aspire to be like. I reminded you that many americans actively support horrendous acts perpertrated by their government. I think people can do a lot better than aspire to be like american catholics. If you find that negative fine.

Could we aspire to being like the Catholics we had in Ireland 20 years ago?
I was comparing Catholic faith in America and Church community to what it used to be in Ireland 20 years ago.  Something we could all aspire to.......

A lot of things have changed in 20 years. For instance my parents would have crapped themselves with happiness if I had even shown the remotest interest in being a priest. I honestly don't know how I'd feel if any of my kids felt a religious calling. I'd like to think I'd let them make up their own minds  - but would be afraid that I'd actively discourage them.  Its a lonely life that shows all the signs of getting harder. The vocation is also not held in the same respect in this cynical - post clerical scandal -world. Then there's all the selfish stuff like Grand-kids, keeping on the family name etc....

Any sort of win against Villa will do. Three points and the tiitle nerves should be settled with two winnable games against Sunderland & Portsmouth coming next.

Ronaldo owes us a big performance.

Dalglish won the Prem with Blackburn, hardly what you'd call dragging the club down.

Yeah he purchased his way to the title past a fading Man U side at a time when Blackburn were the Chelsea of their day funded by Jack Walkers cash. Even then he was largely reliant on the goals of one exceptional player.

My point is that at any club Dalgliesh was at he failed to invest in anything outside the first team and left no legacy for the next person to carry on. Look at Liverpool. It used to be said in Shankly & Paisley's time that the two best sides in England were Liverpool first team and Liverpool reserves. The same could not be said in the Dalgleish days.

Dalgleish fails to leave anything to build on and then Souness just fails......


Shearers appointment smacks more of the wider celebrity culture pervading society which NooooKastel seem afflicted to. Think of a Geordie icon and appoint him manager. Keegan, Robson, Keegan - now Shearer.

Who next? Gazza - at least he has some managerial experience!

Ant & Dec?

Give me a David Moyes type anytime

Funny the number of clubs that have been dragged down by the old Dalgliesh & Souness double act. Liverpool, Blackburn, Newcastle.....

Wish Shearer all the luck in turning the Toon around. I sense he's going to need it