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I worked out, he actually will miss 12 games for liverpool...

Oh, Sky Sports said it would mean he couldn't be transfered if he is banned from all footballing activity.

That is 9 games without their top goal scorer, it is a big difference for them. He wont be able to make up the games he misses as for liverpool he scores on average 33 goals a season. As a result if you take away 1/4 of his games, you remove 8 goals from him. Those 8 goals are the difference between a win and a draw/loss. Liverpool will likely not recover next season.

He can't change teams whilst his ban is in effect.

Wow....the 9 match ban starts now, if he appeals, it wont be looked at until after the world cup, and he has to pay a £65k fine. His ban affects the transfer status, and he can't start (or play) for Liverpool until at least November.

Ban comes in with immediate effect, however they should have slapped a £1m fine on top as a minimum. That said, his sponsors are likely to drop him, and he's shaved £30m off his value.

9 match ban and 4 months no activity is a joke. He is a danger to other players.

I am having this running 4.4.2 since the app updated.

This is just fantastic! Luis Suarez Biting On Things

I've declined my hours in this game also. EU4 is now my Jam.

Suarez caught outside the locker room!! http://hugelolcdn.com/i460/293296.jpg

Will go back too them and ask. Right now its all in the preliminary stages as we need to agree on the house first (its in a development area). Also depends on the mortgage company as well agreeing to the extra for the solar panels. Can you explain why they wouldn't pay back if we pay NOTHING to the electrical companies and save the money from that? I know going for the feed in tariff will get us money for 20 odd years or so, but that doesn't really bother us too much.

I had 3 companies (all reasonably local, within 25 miles at least) give me a quote. Most expensive was £15.5k for 8kWh, cheapest was £10k for 8kWh, all companies saying they will get a government payback for each set of 2kWh panels they install. Obviously the more they install, the better for them, but also, in the long term, for us due to the conditions I will explain later. We have the plan to have local storage, so that we will be off the grid (or using so little grid juice its negligable). However where we are planning to live there are conifers growing which will eventually be so high that it will shade the roof, hence the need for a bigger system early on to compensate for when it does happen. All 3 companies, I have checked companies house, so I know they don't have the same directors etc, which is certainly helpful. The overall goal is to be completely independent from the grid, and with my current set up, I can run my house for about 6 hours (longer if various items were not in use) if there is a black out, however I want to be at the point where blackouts don't matter, I can have juice all the time. But also, the solar panels will be used for water heating as well (which is an added cost on top, I forget how much overall), but that would be good for us for the gas as well as it means we wont need to use gas for the boiler (and thus, negate the gas costs also). The colour of the roof is red, and I'll be honest, we haven't looked at the colour of the panels on the roof. Total energy it is expecting to produce in a year is around 6500kWh, and our current usage is around 4200kWh, however factoring in the water heating as well, this is likely to go up to around 5200-5600kWh a year. When it gets shaded from the conifers, it is expecting to drop to around 5500kWh a year. Total current electric costs are around £600 a year Total current gas costs are around £900 a year The savings from electric alone should be covered, and the reduced gas costs from using the panels as the water heater (which will do the radiators and hot water for bathing etc) should further reduce our expendature on grid supplies substantially. All 3 companies have explained that we will save money overall (should in theory not have to pay for the gas and electric once installed), and that it will have paid itself off in 10 years max.

OK, on the house we are looking at, 8kWh was suggested because of the angle of the roof, the potential shade from trees in 10-20 years time etc. We use LED bulbs where possible and I think our total light wattage is around 9w for the whole house. We also have A+ or A++ appliances everywhere (with the exception of the washing machine which is B and tumble dryer which is also a B). Our usage over the whole day is something around 4kWh all told, unless I am doing a day on the PC where it will go up to around 7kWh. The price includes installation and is done by a local company who get government funding to cover a large part of the cost. Local storage isn't an issue in terms of the power. I have a current set up of a 500Wh panel, and a battery set up which has a 200ah (2400kWh) battery. I would expand this to 5 batteries to be on the safe side so they can store up the juice without an issue. Each battery (again from the local supplier) is able to be put into an array so they can be charged simultaneously and used simultaniously. As for energy efficiency, the house we are looking at has been surveyed, and it has been insulated everywhere possible (cavities, attic etc), and has triple glazed windows.

Will answer after lunch (hurray for meetings!)

My mrs and I have agreed that when we buy our next house (current one is too small, looking for a new house for the new arrival on Friday/Saturday), we want to get Solar Panels. Now to buy outright they will set us back £10000 for 8x 1kWh solar panels which should in theory generate 3500kWh per year (based on current shading of our house, angle of the roof etc). We also currently use solar for heating our water, and all in, I have worked out it will cover 85% of our total usage, so looking at the other 15%. Could this be made up with a Wind Turbine? I am also looking at other "green" aspects of living, such as water recycling for our plants, along with adding to my composting etc. Now my question is, has anyone gone down the solar/green energy route and managed to get off the grid completely?

No, because that is clearly a fix!

Got a link to this?

At worst he should be banned from football...at best he should be allowed to coach.

@SiliconAlley_Sam as nobody correctly guessed, can you give it too the funniest joke submitted?

They are a good shop for a bargain, provided you dont mind what you buy. I've bought some car towing rope, hammock string, tarps etc, all been great, can't fault them. Other stuff, can openers, cutlery etc, all poor.

Looking at this game, England are just poor. Sturridge is on his own too much. This 4-3-3 is not great, as many of the players are slipping so its more of a 4-5-1. England could run a 4-4-4 (yes, with the 2 extra players), and still look awful.

Dad: 'Hey son, pass me the hammerfor.' Son: 'What's a hammerfor?' Dad: 'Banging in nails, stupid.'

Why does Magneto not wear purple any more? Because the days of fuschia've passed.

This song is brilliant!