Beat Crewe in a Charity game this afternoon 42-21, then the Raiders won in OT. Great day overall.

I've got a Dynasty Draft on Thursday night, and having never been in a Dynasty League was wondering if you lads have ever been in one? Not sure of the tactic - but I've got the first pick! Not too sure which way to go, I usually go RB's in one year drafts, but with this one I'm thinking of playing it safe and going with Rodgersas the first pick, then take it from there. What do you lads reckon? Could RGIII be the man to build a dynasty franchise around?

I'm absolutely delighted so far!

With so many rookies on the squad, and a head coach laid up with cancer, things are always going to be difficult, but right now we're legit playoff contenders in the AFC!

Offensively, Andrew Luck is going to be something special, it's amazing how composed he is for a rookie, and a first road win yesterday will only aid this further. It looks as though slowly but surely we're starting to be able to run the ball, this largely due to starting Vick Ballard who offers a lot more than Donald Brown. I still think Luck could do with some extra offensive weapons in his arsenal. Apart from Reggie Wayne he hasn't really got any other go to guys, although Coby Fleener and Donnie Avery have made some nice plays.

Defensively we're a lot more sound than we have been of late. We seem to have adjusted pretty well after the switch to 3-4, and have been missing key players such as Mathis and Angerer who are making their way back for the business end of the season. Also, Jerrelle Freeman has been a superb pickup from the Canadian Football League and has helped to sure us up around the middle.

I think there's a real chance that we end the season 10-6, which would be more than enough for a playoffs spot in the AFC this year. I can see us getting wins against Miami, Jacksonville, Buffalo, Detroit, KC and Tennesse but losing to New England and Houston x2 between now and the end of the season.

But as they say, Rome wasn't built in a day, and we're certainly heading back to where we need to be after a difficult couple of years!

Big win for the Broncos over the Saints, more big numbers being put up by Manning. It's so good to have him as a Bronco.

How sjit are the BBC, MNF is meant to be on early because of the time change but they aren't showing it until 1.25, bunch of dumbasses

Someone must've been listening...

Anyone go to the Wembley game on Sunday? Massively disappointed with the performance, but was still a good day. Think I really need to go to a game in St Louis to get the proper experience, as the atmosphere was pretty muted for large parts of the game.

Is it just me or does this thread take an absolute age to load? Don't know if it's because it's 600+ pages now? Maybe time to start a new one?

Yeah. The problem was that about halfway through the second quarter the result became obvious and that killed of the atmosphere.

And the thread is taking a long time to load.