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From the Guardian's 10 talking points: we did feature at the end of one, reasonably positively I'd say:

I agree with you. He had options, whether a decent pass to his left to one of our players there or even just a shovel with his left foot out to the unmarked player on his right. That might have required a change of weight, instead he dithered and panicked as he does sometime. Either way not a weak, piss poor pass direct at the Newcastle player.

There are two aspects to his mistake: one his decision making and he and the manager should accept that in those circumstances a boot is an acceptable alternative, the second is the actual pass after he made his decision was feek and weeble. Most keepers when they panic boot it long: McCarthy panics and gifts it to the opposition and I just hope today's incident hastens the arrival of a new keeper. I suspect the Yuki and KWP substitutions were a fitness issue and that on another occasion they might stay on. But on that showing I don't think we'll keep KWP..

People on here made two predictions before the game. With one, regarding McCarthy inevitably making a mistake they were right. But all the dire predictions of being outclassed and losing 3 or 4 nil were utterly wrong. There was a lot of good to take from that and glaringly obvious where we are missing.

They really aren't. Apart from in goal..

I mean, there was contact for goodness sake.

It was over reacting but ****ing stupid by Schar.

I'll leave the comparison of stats arguments to the more nerdy amongst you, but viewing the videos it does seem that Archer has decent strength and the ability to ride challenges as well as the use of both feet and is a decent finisher, which are all cause for optimism. I appreciated edited videos can be deceptive, so we'll all be looking forward to seeing him actually play for us. It's woth noting that Lesley U also has that degree of physicality that seems necessary in the Premiership. Roll on the Forest game and whatever dodgy stream we can find for this afternoon!

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Cos it would be a bit silly to have their kid's shirts sponsoring a rival football club...

You've started early this season Wade! If Archer can actually finish and use both feet then he must surely be an upgrade on Adams. I found it frustrating that a professional football player could be so one footed, even in tap-in situations.

I wouldn't necessarily blame the scouts but the more senior people who sanctioned the move: in this case wasn't it Pellegrino wanting him and Les Reed approving? I recall when we sold Bale we got Tommy Fourpast as a make-weight. Our scout told Rupert Lowe that he was a useless goalkeeper, and when Lowe asked him how he knew the reply was "It's my job to know". Another waste of a salary amongst many others..

No issues in the pub and very welcoming when I went there - The Bodega, some very nice pints and lovely fan lights - but could you do something about the away end and all the stairs?!

As Trousers will no doubt tell you, it _is_ a different club that we are now rivals to! I sometimes have to remind people (I live near Portsmouth) that they only paid 0.5 pence in the pound on what they owed. I recall being on the terraces under the E or W stand at The Dell back in the mid 70s and overhearing comments about the games people had seen the previous week at FP.

Now featuring in the latest 'Private Eye' in their series on new MPs. Dishonourable mention of his time at Southampton and talk of terrace chants (but not the 'Swing Lowe' one). His latest antics also feature, and one can imagine which contributors on this forum would approve!

They obviously have. I'll leave it to someone with more patience and energy than me to explain the implications to you.

So Scottish women's football is similar to the men's then? Edit: 11-0 against Aberdeen

We will! Especially if he scores half of them with his head..

Really? That game really must have passed me by; when was it?

No, they'll be indulging in local gastronomic specialities: fruits de mer at Concarneau and Boulogne, roast chicken at Bourg-en-Bresse, wine tasting at Bourdeaux.. As for Chateauroux, avoid the Buffalo Grill next to our hotel de passage which we stayed at crossing France towards the ferry last week!

Of the teams you mention the one that surprises me the most is Bournemouth. I've driven past the ground and seen it a number of times when flying out of Bournemouth and it appears almost non-league in size and you can see why the capacity is a lot less than half St Mary's. They'd miss not having TV money even more than we did.

He did at least get involved today and made a nuisance of himself, which is not something I recall seeing from him before..

Must have picked up a knock: thought he played well against Lazio.

Just on here I suspect.. Nobody has many illusions but we do have a particularly depressive group here, even without Alpine..

If you can't make the game you could always watch Leeds v Pompey.. Come on Leeds! Now I feel dirty..