CB Fry

Agree that is dog sh it. Certainly on a level with the two gruesome "big in Japan" monstrosities of the Cortese era.

Wes not a great one for the facts, Tim.

Or, on the positive side, England can do a Leicester and win the whole darn thing. Our squad is about good enough to finish 14th in the Premier League so on paper we have plenty of Leicester pedigree.

The future is just the same people moaning about players that haven't had enough sh it games for England yet. Dele Alli and Eric Dier and the rest are just the players people will be saying "why oh why oh why do we persist in playing him...we need to get rid of him and bring some of the youngsters through" in about five years time.

Cheers mate.

Blimey. Forgotten I'd posted this. Not bad.

So he only needs to be given the budget 14th place Leicester were given last summer then, right?

Tuesday, I've heard. Ronald is on a late train back from Merseyside on Monday night or something.

He's bang on to be fair. They should have finished in the auto spots all day long. I remember saying way back when that the very best we could hope for was an agonising play off semi defeat. And the boys delivered in effing spades. That's four seasons in the bottom tier now, right?

The countdown to the first "I'd rather be us than them" tweet begins.

Yeah, yeah, yeah but remember how he did at Charlton etc etc etc.

I seriously doubt this will stop any of the usual utter dins drivelling on about net-spend like a acne ridden Football Manager geek come the summer. But some people never learn.

I imagine they kept the allocation down to a minimum. It's, err, a play off semi final. Not a jolly old end of season day our they could cream Saints fans for gate money from.

No idea why it wouldn't be appropriate, doesn't really make any difference. If anything it will work to our advantage: United win the cup then they're on the beach. Perfect for us. If they don't then, at worst, they'll be trying to win the match with the same intensity as they would have today to secure fifth, which is fair enough. And, at best, LVG is as good as sacked regardless and the players won't really care. In fact the more I think about it, we really want it played after the cup final.

For once, I heartily agree. Brilliant.

They'll only go and win the cup to spite us.

Big cross on the stadium thread bingo card everyone. MLG has posted the pictures.

There's nothing remotely brave about that course of action.

Nice try. You're the one pretending that Brexit will be some victory against big business, bankers and politicians. Clue: it won't be. They still win. We vote leave, we leave. You sound suddenly unsure of how brilliant a post-Brexit UK will be.

I do understand why. That's my point. Let's remember you're the one who thinks the post-Brexit UK is going to be run by people who "give a #*#*" about ordinary people, not like those awful politicians and business leaders currently running the country.

There's a favourite routine on this thread about the German car manufacturers "banging on Merkel's door" at the point of Brexit as if that's the key to the UK securing everything they ever wanted from the EU. Now, while that is fanciful, I think there will be a lot of "banging on the door" of the Prime Minister 's office. Mainly from the service, hospitality, construction, health care and farming industries seeking very quick assurance that he's not really going to stop free movement of people is he? You hear it trickle through occasionally in the debates - the Brexit farming leaders, the guy from Wetherspoons, just letting slip that actually it's very good for business and actually we need it and always have. Even dispassionately it's bizarre to listen to Brexit people talking about getting rid of red tape on one hand then suggesting they'll stop growth by adding on loads more red tape stopping the business people who supported their cause from employing who they want. Brexiteers - politicians still lie. Post Brexit the justification for maintaining free movement for our own growth will commence. Brace yourself for it.

He's Craig Maskell's brother-in-law.

Everton aren't really any more likely to get into the CL than a host of other clubs, West Ham and us included. As others have said, that £100m in the context of the new TV deal and them selling Stones is in the ball park of what Newcastle burned through this season.

The usual drivel.

Who is pretending they give a s#*# about the problems caused by the housing services etc etc? You think the de-regulating right wingers on the Brexit side give a s#$# about it? The most successful con-trick they are pulling is the suggestion that they gave any intention in stopping mass immigration. They really, really don't and really, really won't but it gives a great and easy scapegoat to get people to vote the way they want. You're about eight months away from Prime Minister Boris blustering on the news about "well, we need free movement for a stronger economy and the net benefit outweighs the cost etc etc etc" while explaining how the farm and hospitality lobby have ensured that any "points system" lets in every single Gregorz and Filemina that they need. Every single one. Fascinating that the Brexiteers, most old enough to know better, really don't think the politicians on their side are stringing the people along. They don't "give a s $!×*#" any more than anyone else. The drawbridge ain't coming up folks. It really really isn't.