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#1411 Re: Guns N' Roses » Dublin, Ireland - September 1, 2010 (The O2) » 844 weeks ago
I do think that some of the press stories seem to focus a little too much on the fact that he left the stage. But the band actually did return and perform the rest of the show.
The comments from the Stinson vents at Del James story make it seem he just left and never came back to the arena when that is not the case.
#1412 Re: The Garden » 2010 Fantasy Football » 844 weeks ago
there are rumors that oakland is looking at leinhart as well
He's gonna get cut anyway. I wouldn't bother giving up a draft pick for him.
Montario Hardesty of the Browns tore an acl and is out for the year. Buzzsaw has him on his FF team. Time to pick up another rb buzz.
#1413 Re: The Garden » 2010 Fantasy Football » 844 weeks ago
From top to botton on the qbs
Henne--added Marshall and got rid of stone hands ginn; he's probably the best of the bunch here.
Alex Smith--has a good rb, good te, and a good young wr. They also revamped the OL adding Iupati and Davis during the draft. He showed some promise during 2006(or 2007, forget which year it was) and got injured the following year. It's up to him otherwise they'll be looking for a qb if he bombs out
Vince Young--homer alert. He's looked good this year in preseason. He worked on throwing to his left in the offseason and that seems to have helped. He'll be facing a lot of eight man fronts this year and has a good ol. He'll give you some rushing yards as well. TE note--keep an eye on Craig Stevens this year; he could get a bunch of catches this year
Garrard--hard to know what to make of him. Sims-Walker and MJD are great offensive players. Garrard had a great 3rd down conversion rate a few years ago; don't know what happened to him last year.
Cassell--He could bounce back with Chambers and Bowe, and Charles + Jones in the backfield.
Hasselbeck--looked awful last year. No real playmakers at WR; rookie OT okung out for a few games. Houshmanzadeh will probably be cut.
Freeman--showed some signs late last year; but he's only in his second year. Probably the best upside of the lower group
Campbell--ugh offensive talent in OAK is not good. He took too many sacks as a redskin last year too.
#1414 Re: Guns N' Roses » Stinson Vents at Del James During Dublin Concert » 844 weeks ago
Just signed up there as I couldn't believe what I was reading.
Now, the O2 has a STRICT 11pm curfew, always has (even when it used to be The Point Depot).
This is not because Harry Crosbie wants it that way, he could not give a fcuk if bands played until 5am, but its has to be 11pm for transport reasons.
Lots of multi stories lock up at midnight and your car is lock down till 8am if you don't collect it, trains and buses all leave at 11.30pm etc.
If you live in Dublin like myself, no big deal - but if you are after driving for four hours to see the concert, your basically on the streets for the night.
So, long story short - the curfew is there for a reason, we all know about it in Ireland and EVERY band is made aware of that also.
This is one reason that I don't think has been discussed enough in the lateness issue. In Europe people use public transportation a lot more than in the US. Most of the train/buses stop running at around 12am. So when Axl shows up late and the shows run routinely past midnight it fucks over a lot of people who depended on public transportation to get back home.
Anyway it's strange that in 2006 he actually showed up early to a Dublin show as opposed to this round.
#1415 Re: Guns N' Roses » Stinson Vents at Del James During Dublin Concert » 844 weeks ago
Assuming this article is accurate, I'd say the cummulative effect of things have taken a toll on Tommy. It's not just the late starts; it's the lack of music being released and having very little power or say in the band.
It just seems like there's something a little extra going on here. It's a nightly occurrence that things are hurled at the stage now. It's almost a part of the show. Maybe they should build themselves a bubble that they can play in for protection.
Honestly though, it just seems some concertgoers are taking matters into their own hands and they feel they have the right to become part of the show. I mean, this was a SOLD OUT show and this happened. I just don't get it.
I'd say it's because people are peeved at having to wait a long time and that they're drunk. I'm surprised this doesn't happen a lot more at GNR concerts.
#1416 Re: The Garden » The 2010-11 NFL Season Thread » 844 weeks ago
BAD day for the Patriots and they haven't played since Thursday. Leigh Bodden was placed on IR and is out for the season. He is their top DB. He may not be great, but he's solid and he's the lone veteran presence in their secondary. Now 2nd year UConn product, Darius Butler and rookie Devin McCourty move up to starting slots. They're young, they're fast, athletic, they've got some promise. But neither is nearly as good, or as trustworthy as Bodden.
The lone bright spot is I don't think their defense was going to be great with or without Bodden due to the shoddy pass rush, but this just goes from bad to worse. It's looking more and more like they're going to have to get into shootouts with teams and rack up some serious points ala 2007 to be successful. Losing two key guys on defense before the season even starts is not a good sign, Bodden and Ty Warren. We'll see what these young guys are made of.
Speaking of which. We saw WAY too much of what one of the rookies was made of today. Don't know if you guys heard about this, but rookie LB, Brandon Spikes had a sex tape leak online yesterday. Apparently he went onto Chat Roulette with his girlfriend while at college and filmed an intimate moment. Not exactly the greatest impression to make on the organization, after a very solid start to his pro career.
On the Spikes stuff--he already lost an endorsement deal with Reebok because of the sex tape. It won't affect them on the field.
The DB thing is tough but I think they should be offering up some draft picks next year if they're really concerned about the position. The Ravens (also hard hit by injuries to the secondary) just picked up Josh Wilson (young CB with starting experience) for a measly fifth rounder.
So Derrick Burgess and Cunningham (rookie OLB from Florida) haven't provided pass rush for them? I guess I can understand Burgess--he's old but I think they should have attempted to grab more 3-4 olb during the draft especially during the middle rounds.
The good news is the Butler had a year in the defensive system and should be better. Although the secondary is very young (Merriweather--4th year, Chung--2nd year, with the 2 corners), I'd rather have a bunch of young guys than some old guys who can't cover.
#1417 Re: The Sunset Strip » Van Halen to record new album with Roth » 845 weeks ago
I actually think this will happen since they've toured a few times (with Wolfgang on bass). And I think they've come to an understanding to just deal with one another and not let the old issues bother them.
I think Eddie's health scares in the past had a lot to do with this.
#1418 Re: Guns N' Roses » GN'R Twitter Updates » 845 weeks ago
"I didn't organize, arrange, authorize, have knowledge of or was even consulted about our being booked for these shows till after the fact nor did I choose to work with anyone I'm aware of other than our manager who was involved in arranging these dates."
Does anyone actually believe this anymore? Seriously every GNR decision goes through him? To believe that Doc McGhee (or whomever is managing them) would just randomly book this stuff without consulting him is absurd. The fact that he used this excuse close to 10 years ago to cancel a European tour doesn't help either.
The funny part is that even with all this stuff the Leeds and Reading festivals still wouldn't mind having them back next year.
#1419 Re: The Garden » 2010 Fantasy Football » 845 weeks ago
Didn't the Vikes pick up Javon Walker? He might be a guy to keep an eye one, although he hasn't been good for a few years. Anyway, took Adrian Peterson with pick 1.2 and hope that he has a big year.
The Vikings lost another CB today. Chris Cook out for two weeks. Makes starting Robert Meachem a good proposition.
I'll stick with the Cowboys D for at least week one as they play the Redskins in what should be a low scoring game.
I'm actually kinda worried about Cutler. He's my backup QB but fuck that Bears oline has been awful. 9 sacks in two halves. Ugh.
BTW, Carolina hasn't scored a td in preseason in 42 offensive posessions.
How the heck did this league get 25 TE's taken again? That's pretty incredible.
Oh and Neemo, Derrick Ward got released today. Time to go waiver wire hunting.
#1420 Re: The Garden » The Wrestling thread » 845 weeks ago
Hopefully if she did have it, it was prescribed and she took it responsibly.
I say that, because if that had ANYTHING to do with it.... rack up ANOTHER drug related, specifically pain killer, death from wrestling.
Something is really fucked up about that business. I saw Stone Cold say in an interview once that he felt the problem was that these mid-cards thought it would last forever. Doing Monday nights, PPV's and stuff, and then one day it's just over, and the blew through all their money, they're beat up because they did it 300 days a year for 10-15 years, they need the drugs, they're broke... it all goes downhill. He credited his survival to conservative spending and smart investing, then again he was probably in the Top-3 all time in terms of fame. So that paycheck was alot fatter in his hey day than a Luna's or Test or Chris Benoit, etc.
The business pretty much lends itself to late night partying and drug abuse. Add to that the long amount of days on the road and the streneous job of performing at house shows + live events and PPV, and you pretty much have a lot of guys just going by the wayside.
Ric Flair is pretty much still wrestling because he needs the money (he owes money to the IRS and several ex wives) and is still addicted to the lifestyle.
Vince pretty much just uses these guys for all their worth and spits them out. They really need a union in order to just limit the amount of time these guys spend on the road. I'm talking about the mid card guys; the guys at the top they're smart enough to take time off or just go film a crappy movie. It's just less taxing on the body.
