Patrick Bateman

Disappointed actually. Not for the reason that they're our "plucky little neighbours who we actually like" or any of that rubbish, but because it's a local trip and it's good to see someone different come up. I personally don't want Middlesbrough to come up. Bournemouth, Ipswich, Watford for me.

The Mario Ballotelli "campaign" is more amusing though as he really has been a bag of balls.

Yes and no, it's not that simple - there are loads of backend systems, services & third parties involved. Introducing a new feature isn't as straight-forward as you'd expect, unless it was pure UI work.

Jesus christ, stop faffing, it's booked! Hotels/chains make inventory available to book (hotels.com is a part of Expedia, using the same inventory/back-end systems) with strict rules about pricing and availability - it wouldn't have let you book it if it wasn't available. Stop worrying!

With my "Saintsweb the world is ending" hat on, I had us never winning another game because we're rubbish and finishing 10th. With my MLG hat on, I had us being awesome and finishing 4th be beating Man City on the last day.

100% this. You know it, we all know it.

Really? You really want to try that? I don't like attacking our players, but this guy needs experience elsewhere before we let him in the 1st team again. He's still relatively young and obviously they saw something in him, but he needs a couple of seasons in the Championship I think.

Carlsberg in Denmark tastes far far better than what we get over here and not only that, but they have different ranges than we get which all taste better.

"If it is granted, Cech is being lined up, although it’s unclear whether Jose Mourinho would be willing to let Cech go." Stupid internet blogger speak for "I've rehashed a story that is balls and I'm going to cover my backside, twice". FFS. And don't get me started on the f**king appalling grammar!

Rehashed (as usual on the internet) and not allowed for various reasons, one of them being that we have two Goalies who have played in the Premier League already, in the squad.

Jesus f**king christ.

Genuine question, but where would we gain the most prize money; a) getting spanked in the Champions League play off or, b) going straight into the Europa League group phase? I know we might get through the qualifying round, but there are some bloody strong teams that have to go through that.

Exactly what I thought. The guy is an annoying prat, but he's obviously switched on when it comes to tactics (and especially nullifying Pochettino's tactics)

Corrected for you.

Does Phil play golf?? I never knew!

No no, he's nailed on to hit the crossbar, every single time!

It was nice to meet everyone, I will be honest

Jesus Christ ...

I'll take the best transport award.

I'll answer on M&A only, futures is not my bag

Just read Steve's excellent post and then leave the thread

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Best and by far the most clear example yet, thanks Steve. But what it boils down to, if we want Europe, we need to win as many games as we can and finish as high as we can. Simple. (I think)

People do change and people do use their experiences differently. I bet most of us on this thread, if we went into politics would have something dug up about us from when we were teens/20-something - anything the press can use to attempt to beat you with. And Pap, I totally agree with your last point. If it was news about how our country's leaders are acting NOW, then it is a totally different story.

Likewise. I think UKIP is full of utter helmets, but this does seem rather convenient to say the least - the language, the way it's constructed, all a bit too perfect.