CB Fry

Ings = wank Watkins = wank Chris Wood = amazing Clear.

I for one am absolutely salivating at the prospect of a Chris Wood / Che Adams goal machine front line. I can see why you look at all the spreadsheets now.

So just to recap, one player from Villa would get in our team, but you'd swap out half of our current first team for Newcastle's first team. Got it.

Were the Newcastle fans not "demanding it" this time last year, and the year before that when they were terrible? Maybe it is absolutely nothing to do with the fans at all and everything to do with them now being the richest club in the world.

Still, at least we can sleep easily knowing that only one player out of the Villa squad would improve us.

That lovely rest they all had for the Cup game has done them the absolute world of good.

Shane Long is coming on so that means goals goals goals.

I've been watching the OVO stream all night (very good by the way) and I still have no idea who the co-commentator is. He sounds so like that Chef who lost loads of weight, Tom Kerridge, that I can't think that it is anyone else. I keep expecting him to start talking about Steak and Kidney pie or something.

Shame about hesgoal.com - I think probably the longest running reliable streaming service I've used. To be honest it always amazes me how they stay up as long as they do. Er, so, what's the best one now then?

Were the coaches from Somerset not running that day?

I think if he installed a puppet government led by Sweep, I think the global community would get behind it.

If Burnley do enough to get out of it (I'm not sure they will now) then I think Leeds are more likely to be the victims than Everton. Leeds, fundamentally are still an over performing Championship team: now stripped of their manager, the source of that over-performance, they look pretty weak. The injuries they've had have exacerbated that. This new guy could be a Pochettino but he could very easily be a Felix Magath/Carlos Carvahal/etc. Everton, annoyingly have enough quality to cobble together the points. It will be a quite breathtaking achievement for Lampard to relegate them. I'd love it but I can't see it.

Top 8 and Europe is not an optimistic suggestion.

Still, only one of Villa's squad would improve our wonder team 🙄

Can't wait to see how Valery and Smallbone get on, starting at Villa Park.

I've read the Q&A piece on the Athletic and for a professional journalist to put that up is pretty poor. On multiple occasions he tends to repeat the same point just with slightly different wording. Several times in the piece he makes the same point twice with only some words slightly changed. Like that. I kept thinking the scrolling on my phone wasn't working (haven't I just read that?) but no just repetition. For a piece with short answers it is a poor show. Come on Dan.

Hoddle in 98. In fairness he was past his best at that point but great hat trick vs R*ss*a B team. Unfortunately missed out to Darren Anderton and Paul Merson which I think we can all accept because those two were absolutely world class.

Also one of the greatest kits we ever had. What a season.

I was hoping for a 24-letter compound noun, ideally with one of those German letters that look like a B but sound like S. Plus an umlaut or two.

Blimey.

Sure - just needs a fancy German/Spanish name.

Keep your German pressing and false nine bollocks. This, for me, will be the ultimate footballing system. Chris Nicholl we salute you.

Why are you making out that Liverpool will definitely not play Chelsea on their way to the cup? They're as likely as we are to play them. Why do they get to play Palace but we don't? To win the cup Liverpool may have to beat City and Chelsea in the semi and final. The main reason they won't play City is if we beat them, which you are now making out as evidence of an "easy run" for Liverpool. Do you want us to lose just so Liverpool get some harder games?

Thierry Small, Ryan Chavez-Munoz and Shannon Sievwright are going to rip City a new one.

Balls