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Big J R - It's amazing how the FA always manage to shoot themselves in the foot isn't it

Our heroine has been keeping a fairly low profile of late hasn't she other than her regular riveting column in the West Seattle Herald, which has more than quadrupled sales, however I see that she recently offered to come to the aid of a young Massachusetts woman who has been wrongly convicted of manslaughter for supposedly encouraging her suicidal boyfriend in, wait for it, text messeges to end his own life in 2014 when she was then only 17 and her boyfriend 18, it's an interesting case and, as I said, our heroine felt that she had to get involved due to her past experience of wrongful arrest, conviction and imprisonment. Watch this space: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11899273

It's 'criminal' isn't it the way poor Mark Sampson has been treated, perhaps we should permanently have a woman in charge of the National team, such as the incompetent Hope Powell, what did she win in 15 years at the helm between 1998 and 2013 yet Sampson was on the verge of great things with the team when he was unceremoniously sacked, now we're back to the drawing board.

I see that there has been another kerfuffle involving Mark Sampson whereby he supposedly man handled player Lucy Bronze in training which she objected to, it would appear that the players are ganging up on Sampson for some reason but my guess is there are little cliques in the women's squad and some players still hanker for the past her sell by date Hope Powell which clearly the excellent Sampson doesn't need: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12016/11033399/lucy-bronze-plays-down-tussle-with-mark-sampson-during-england-training

By the bitter Eni Aluko you mean, yes definitely

I was just wondering what poor Mark Sampson is supposed to have done, in this article he says that his conscience is very much clear hence him being rightly cleared by the FA of any wrongdoing. It's clearly just sour grapes by the bitter Eni Aluko for being dropped by Sampson and even if he did say to her to make sure her visiting relatives from Nigeria did not bring the Ebola virus with them what's wrong with that as it would have clearly been a tongue in cheek comment and a bit of fun by the excellent Coach who took over from the well past her sell by date Hope Powell who, as we all know, clearly had her favourites including the over rated Eni Aluko, maybe that's her real problem with Sampson: http://www.france24.com/en/20170905-england-womens-football-coach-has-clear-conscience-racism-row

Yes, it has been truly horrendous hasn't it and now Carrie Fisher's iconic Mother Debbie Reynolds has gone, who is to say though that 2017 isn't going to be the same and stars continue to drop like flies.

I meant to post Hayley Tamaddon's amazing appearance on 'Good Morning Britain' prior to her dramatic exit from Coronation Street, the ailing soap hasn't been the same since without her has it although the door has been left open for a possible future return: http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/entertainment/corrie-star-hayley-tamaddon-joins-us

Very sad news to end the year and on Christmas Day too, RIP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI

A nice Christmas messege today I thought from Theresa and a tribute to our Armed Forces, it seemed really genuine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I54lBeyq0bQ

Sad news folks on this Christmas Eve, RIP: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rick-parfitt-dead-aged-68-spain_uk_585e91e7e4b0f24da6e798ae?

Some recent articles penned by Amanda for the West Seattle Herald, truly inspiring reading, enjoy: http://www.amandaknox.com/

Sad news that Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall have lost the baby they were expecting shortly after announcing the pregnancy, you have to hand it to the so called golden couple don't you for working at their marriage so diligently and making it last this long against all expectation: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zara-and-mike-tindall-baby_uk_585e7008e4b0f24da6e79885?

Posted on 15 June 2014 folks, many congratulations to Mick Jagger and Melanie Hamrick on the birth of their baby son: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4046352/Thrilled-Melanie-Hamrick-shares-snap-newborn-son-Sir-Mick-Jagger.html

I've been meaning to post on this thread for a while to say how utterly amazed I was that Millie's marriage, if that's what you call it, lasted for as long as it did from 10 September 2013, when they married at Babington House in Somerset, until 20 February this year when they unsurprisingly announced their separation, Millie's well heeled family must have breathed a huge sigh of relief to finally get Green out of their hair: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3610199/Millie-Mackintosh-Professor-Green-granted-quickie-divorce-2-half-years-marriage.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3880676/Professor-Green-reflects-drugs-divorce-takes-thinly-veiled-swipe-ex-Millie-Mackintosh-new-single.html