We'll soon get to see how accurate Screacher's Leeds v Toon comparison was when Leeds play Troyes in the next round of the UEFA Cup. First leg is in Leeds.

Other matches include:

Ipswich v Helsingborgs, Rangers v Dinamo Moscow, Hapoel Tel-Aviv v Chelsea

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

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I don't think the Leeds fa,s will be as popular as the Toon army was.

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Start your own thread off instead of using mine why don't ya ;))

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Hope it p*sses doon when they finally get to Troyes.
Nice place; shame about the monsoons!

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Would you believe it's hardly rained since, and that it's a gorgeous gay today?

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

A gorgeous gay?

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Actually, David I would believe it. I've got an unfortunate, but deserved, reputation as 'The Rainmaker' - without a word of exaggeration, I've literally turned deserts green, just by showing up.

How is your lecturing 'en fancais' going?

-- Anonymous, September 28, 2001

Not too bad actually. It just takes a lot of time to write each lecture. The students seem to think it's a laugh!

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

As someone who has failed miserably to learn French on two separate occasions, I can't believe how gutsy you are Kiwi!

For those on the outside of this conversation, we teamed up with Kiwi Toon during the Toon Army's visit to Troyes recently - KT lives there. He emigrated from NZ and decided to settle in France, which " seemed like a nice place". At that point, he didn't speak French.

Some short time later - 12-24 months - he is not only working in a French University, but actually delivering lectures in French!
Amazing, really - nice blerk too, if not too good on weather forecasting!!

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001

It might pay to ask the students what they think of my French! And it's been raining ever since my boast yesterday!

-- Anonymous, September 29, 2001