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never liked the paper but has gone up in my admiration after this article ...

Now vintage Mourinho is a cheap whine
By Jim White

You may have seen those posters featuring Jose Mourinho advertising a sleek new brand of mobile phone. If Mourinho is endorsing it, one of the features of the device, presumably, is a low, irritating whine emitted in lieu of a ring tone.
When the Chelsea manager first arrived in this country, he was a delightful addition to the Premiership's cast of characters. His press conferences were a command performance, his post-match interviews full of playful asides and sharp observations. He was not only —according to those who judge these things — significantly more physically attractive than many of his peers, he seemed a funnier, more interesting man. When he was on television, he held the attention. Frankly, we couldn't get enough of him.
Not any more. These days the moment his face appears, you are overwhelmed by the sour whiff of paranoia oozing out of the screen. Referees, opposition players, FA officials, the media, rival managers: none of them have been spared his endless complaining. This week has been the culmination of a period in which he has been more chippy than Mrs Abramovich's divorce lawyer, forever muttering darkly about conspiracies, convinced that the world and its local NHS trust is combining to do him down. (link)

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I have not seen a thriller that has kept me on the edge of my seat as well as "Saw" (2004). Right from the beginning this original story sucks you in and doesn't let you go until the very end. Thrillers as gripping as this one have become extremely rare in times like these, where people have seen almost everything and can guess any twist during the first half of the movie. With "Saw" James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creative heads behind this project, set new standards. Think you're hard-boiled? Think again and watch "Saw", a movie that will creep you out and surprise you beyond your expectations.
Jigsaw is the creepiest, most gruesome killer the cinema has seen in a long time. Wan and Whannel really came up with a monster that has no peer. Where many movies drift into ridiculousness trying to establish the villain as an almost superhuman evil being, "Saw" does never get anywhere near that trap. Sure, the cops are depicted way too stupid and the killer is unrealistically smart, outshining each and every opponent with his perfect plans.
However, considering that this movie was made in only 18 days by two independent filmmakers with literally no budget at all, it's really impressive they came up with such an original and stirring movie.
I can't remember the last time I've been surprised by a movie's final twist, but "Saw" has an ending that I didn't see coming at all. This Thriller is the most original piece of independent film-making since "Cube".

... vanished with the following:

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has criticised the time it took for an ambulance to arrive for Petr Cech after the goalkeeper fractured his skull. Mourinho claimed it took 30 minutes to get Cech from the dressing room to an ambulance at Reading on Saturday and was upset he was taken in a wheelchair.
However, a South Central Ambulance Service NHS Trust spokesman told BBC Five Live that it took seven minutes. He also said a Chelsea doctor had made the decision not to use a stretcher.
Chelsea want the Football Association to look at that challenge, and both the Premiership champions and Reading issued statements on the matter on Tuesday. We believe there are serious questions that warrant further investigation by the relevant authority
"Chelsea Football Club will be submitting a letter to the Football Association over the next few days regarding a number of issues that arose from the match at Reading last Saturday," said a statement from Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
"We can confirm that questions regarding the two tackles on Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini, and the medical procedures to treat the injuries sustained by our players, will be in the submission.
"We have not prejudged the outcome of this submission and Chelsea FC want to stress that we will be asking the FA to look into these issues.
"But we believe there are serious questions that warrant further investigation by the relevant authority."
But BBC Radio Five Live sports news correspondent Gordon Farquhar reported on Tuesday that the local NHS Trust has disputed Chelsea's version of events.
"We understand from the ambulance trust it was Chelsea's doctor who asked for the ambulance to be called when he realised Cech's condition was perhaps more serious than may at first have been the assessment," Farquhar said.
"At 5.45pm it was decided that an ambulance should be called. It arrived at 5.52 - seven minutes after the call was made - and at 11 minutes past six he was in hospital.
"So 26 minutes after the call was made to the ambulance, he actually arrived in hospital."

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I want to take my virtual hat off to you sir.

You were on TalkSport around 6:30 last night, and in one very well spoken statement you conveyed every sentiment that I and many others have been feeling about Chelsea and Hunt-gate since Saturday.
I hope you'll forgive the following attempt to paraphrase your oh-so-eloquent comments for those that missed them. It went along the lines of, "If Chelsea are demanding an FA investigation into the Hunt/Cezc incident then we'd welcome it, but why not widen the investigation to include the diving, the haranging of the ref, the holding of the ball in the technical area and the incitement of the fans after the match, all carried out by Chelsea"
Those who didn't catch the call will also have missed the responses from Mickey Quinn ("of all the fans around the country who call this program, none are as eloquent as Reading fans"), and Adrian Durham ("You Chelsea fans who always complain about how much you are despised around the country, watch that Reading game in full and you'll find out why")
I don't think I've ever been so proud to be a Reading fan as I got home last night - thank-you.

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Reading 0
Chelsea 1 (Ingimarsson og 45)

Reading (4-4-2): Hahnemann; Murty (c) (Bikey 36), Shorey, Sonko, Ingimarsson; Harper, Sidwell, Seol (Little 64), Hunt, Doyle, Lita (Long 73)
Subs: Stack, Gunnarsson
Booked: Ingimarsson, Sonko
Sent off: Bikey (two yellows)

Chelsea (4-3-3): Cech (Cudicini 5); Ferreira, Bridge, Boulahrouz, Terry (c); Essien, Lampard, Mikel; Robben (Kalou 82), Shevchenko (J Cole 63); Drogba
Subs: Carvalho, Wright-Phillips
Booked: Terry
Sent off: Mikel (two bookings)

Ref: M Riley
Ref: 24,025
Reading were somewhat unlucky to lose a scrappy game 1-0 to Chelsea this evening, with Ivar Ingimarsson's own goal separating the two teams. The first half saw Chelsea on top in terms of possession, and both teams hit the woodwork, with Kevin Doyle rattling a post and Ingimarsson heading against his own crossbar. Reading lost Graeme Murty through injury in that first period, while Bobby Convey missed the game completely because of a knee problem. Frank Lampard's free kick took a lucky double deflection just before half time, and Ingimarsson's final touch took it past Marcus Hahnemann. Chelsea then slowed the game down after the break, but John Obi Mikel's dismissal for two yellow cards just after the hour opened things up. The numerical advantage lasted 20 minutes until sub Andre Bikey was dismissed for his second caution. The Cameroonian's second card looked a little soft, with Didier Drogba certainly fouled but Mike Riley's decision to get the book out was a little surprising. Drogba cleared off the line inside injury time as Reading looked for an equaliser, and John Terry was forced to go in goal with Carlo Cudicini dazed, and Petr Cech already off injured. There was still time for more drama as Kevin Dillon and a member of the Chelsea staff were sent away from the dugout as the Chelsea man prevented Reading from getting the ball back. In the end though Chelsea went home with a win that was perhaps more a display of their experience rather than their undoubted quality.

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Only in the U.S. PHILADELPHIA - At first glance it looked like the real thing, so store clerk Kathryn Miller was happy to accept the $200 bill as payment — and even make change.
The bill did carry a picture of President Bush, but he is not one of the presidents who appear on U.S. currency. And in any case, there is no such thing as a $200 bill.
That did not stop Miller, who works at Fashion Bug, a women’s clothing store in Greensburg, Pa., from taking the bill in payment for an item costing $99.
Police in Kentucky are looking for a customer who succeeded in paying for a $2 order at a fast-food restaurant with a phony $200 bill like the one passed in Pennsylvania. The back of the bill features lawn signs saying things such as “We like broccoli.”

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Lyle's Golden Syrup has been named as Britain's oldest brand, with its green and gold packaging having remained almost unchanged since 1885.
The Guinness Book of Records gave the breakfast and teatime sweetener, whose tins bear the image of a lion and a biblical quotation, the prized honour.
The syrup came into being as a by-product of sugar refined by Scottish businessman Abram Lyle in London.
It was first stored in tins in 1885 - a million tins are now produced monthly.

READING'S magnificent assault on the Premiership continued at West Ham this afternoon where a brilliant goal by Seol Ki-Hyeon after 90 seconds was enough to land a 1-0 win against former boss Alan Pardew's unhappy Hammers. By the bitterest of ironies it is a result which puts even more pressure on Pardew - a great friend of Royals' mentor Steve Coppell and who left Reading under a cloud when he went originally to Upton Park.
In the Sunday newspapers it was reported that West Ham's prospective new owners were thinking of a bid to land Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, although that was probably more in hope than reality.
For an hour the match was played in driving rain, but the sun eventually shone on the Royals as they mounted a massive rearguard action against all the big striking names that Pards could muster.
Argentine World Cup star Carlos Tevez came and went - and so did the boisterious Carlton Cole, warned several times and eventually booked for careless use of his arms.
Other Hammers went into the book, including Teddy Sheringham, who came on along with Bobby Zamora and Marlon Harewood as West Ham tried desperately to salvage the game.
But the Royals held firm - thanks in part to a sensational goal-line clearance by Steve Sidwell - but they could have had a second goal in the final minute. West Ham keeper Roy Carroll had gone upfield for a corner and was still way out of position when Shane Long broke clear for the Royals. But as he prepared to shoot he was crudely chopped down by Paul Konchesky, who was let off with only a yellow card by ref Uriah Rennie.

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