suewhistle

A Sunderland win today would be nice..

Cortese is the family name of one of the Camorra bosses. Football is ideal for money laundering. I'm not sure the answer is 4, though!

I suppose he might argue to Vic: "I'm giving you your chance, play well or I'll bring on Romeu".

Well, I'm not sure I can believe 4).. As for 5), go on, you know you want to. Let's face it, you're no longer spending hours working out European travel plans. :-( 6) snig ger

slave

Yeah, b****y Stoke, where Captain Smith came from.. Then there's Everton.. that John Bailey who got Osgood sent off... ;-)

I went to Newcastle away, and made it a short break by visiting a friend up North, going trout fishing and so forth. But tickets were £27. I did pay 50ish quid for our first game back at the top against City, but the circumstances were special and again I was on holiday and took the hit. Now though I just feel some places are taking the p**s, and I couldn't give a stuff if we only take a few to such games. I'll wander down the local, have a few pints and spend a tenner, and they'll no doubt be the odd Chelsea fan for a bit of banter. As fans we've been taken for granted. I look at what else I could get for that money (let alone all the travel costs) so, for example, it's a couple of day ski passes on my next holiday.

I used to be expert at the game, but now I'm getting a bit older I realise the inadequacy of my skills, so I'm just going to listen to the experts on the radio.. :-)

What to do when the chips are down, eh?

In the gallery I noticed quite a few of our nippers, including a couple I couldn't identify (towards the end). There was also one I eventually recognised: Gaston Ramirez sporting a new "streamlined" hairstyle and looking pretty trim - no Gary Hooper like bulk, at any rate.

I hope you told him there were only 20,000 there to watch...

It wasn't that game when I first saw him, but I had exactly the same thoughts. It might have been because he was playing a bit further back and hence more involved, but I definitely had a different opinion on him.

Shiraz

or Kerry Dixon or David Speedie (shudder)

Get a grip Saints, this has been one of the worse kept secrets ever, even if Alpine wasn't in on it.:-)

Boom Tish...

I'm taking that as a bad sign for us and that our source is going to dry up with the innoculation of new responsibilities! Still, his posts, and yours Guan, have always been very much appreciated: often reassurance for the anxious hordes on here! (Now to go and peruse any new organnogram, new head cleaner, outsourced legal teams etc.. )

OI! You're a moderator, no unbecoming CBFry like posts from you, ferrchrisakes.;-)

So you're assuming you know the real reason? If he had to go to hospital it would suggest that a few extra days' recovery might be a good thing? We don't know, and that we includes you.

Spoken like a true academic..

I'm trying to think of reasons to be positive at the moment: 1) The sun is finally out. 2) No more clashes with Thursday night training and Sunday afternoon games. 3) Potentially saved myself a lot of money on going to a game abroad. 4) Players to come back from injury and getting to full fitness. That includes Tadic with his virus(?) who did at least make a difference when he came on last night. 5) I'm cooking slow-cooked shoulder of lamb and entertaining tonight. 6) There's a home game on Sunday (is this a positive?). 7) The sun is still out. I could be like Alpine. Hey, I've just cheered myself up! :-)

Thanks for your analysis. I think at the moment we're missing both footballing intelligence and, possibly more importantly, confidence. The team certainly haven't gelled and aren't performing to the level we know they can.

I see bananaman had the same thought!;-)

He's trying to let us get him at the cheaper out-of-the-Champions price..

His head is obviously not there..