Jack

Pap - any recommendations for somewhere that'll have the football on? I assume the Wetherspoons won't. City centre would be the best bet I guess?

Looking forward to this. Engineering works at Euston over the whole weekend means it's £430+ for the 4 of us on the train, and the journey is something like 5.5 hours. Not happening where we've got the hotel to pay for too.

I am too, it'll be great to race in Southampton. Just keep slowly increasing your weekly long run and you'll do fine. You've got 4 more weekends before you ease off so I'd say ramp it up by a mile or so per week, if you can get past double figures in training then the buzz of being in a race will get you through the rest.

You don't get the fitness benefit from training until a couple of weeks later, so aim to run your final long run a fortnight before. Then yes, reduce your mileage but not necessarily the intensity over the next week then the final week you'll want to just keep things ticking over with easy/steady runs. For a half marathon you don't need to spend days stuffing your face with carbs, just be sensible. I usually go for a decent helping of pasta the night before, then porridge and a banana in the morning. I find porridge takes ages to go down though so I always have it 2.5-3 hours before. Don't try something for the first time on race day, it's all about trial and error and what works for you so try it before long training runs. Save the beer and cakes for afterwards, it's excellent post-race fuel! Barcelona marathon for me this weekend. Training hasn't been great due to an injury in November, and I've come down with a cold so not even 100% that I'm going to run it. Still, a week in Spain should be fun.

Trains are out of the question for Everton away too. Engineering work is closing Euston completely so the cheapest I could find was £110 return. Scandalous. You can fly for £120.

United deserved that. They're a horrible team to watch full of cheating niggly players. None of them are very likeable.

Well played!

Probably as good a time as any to get an offer on the table. He does seem up for the fight at the moment.

I don't care what it is, it's just stupid and unfunny.

I just can't see how Pelle would get much change out of their back 4. Surely someone quicker and trickier might cause more problems. In other news, can we change the thread name to 'Chelsea'?

Chelsea are at their best on the counter, so I'll be happy to see the bus parked and try to counter attack ourselves. ----------Forster Clyne Fonte Toby Bertrand --Schneidelrin Wanyama ----------Davis Mane------------------Elia ----------Long It means no hoofing up to the front man, need to get it wide quickly instead 'out of a good organisations', but we've got some pacey guys who could cause problems. I think our decision making was really poor against Palace, we'd really need things to click to come away with a result.

Koeman hairdryer at halftime, completely different side 2nd half. WBA 1-2 Saints Fonte, Pelle. Please.

Mane needs to get his head up! It's not just him but we're so wasteful. LOL at fatty Dowd pulling a calf

Because Tadic has been pretty poor recently. Well, since about November.

I'm going to be in a vile mood if we lose this. Come on lads, do us proud. Time to stand up and be counted.

I hope Everton are still this blunt in attack when we go up there in a few weeks.

Definitely lucky today. Scuffed shot from Rose and a goalkeeper howler to even let them put some pressure back on WHU. Then a soft as **** penalty from a really unintelligent bit of defending.

Diving ****. A point still isn't great for Spurs to be fair.

Come on West Ham! Not a fan of saying that but it's great seeing Spurs lose at home.

Short of saying "Adam is a cvnt and I'm going straight through him at the earliest opportunity, and I'm definitely staying in the summer", you couldn't have asked for too much more out of Morgan in that interview.

Miss it Mario you tosser

Besiktas winner from a Lovren horror back-pass please

Should've scored.

Standard.

Sturridge is looking very lively, and Ibe. I imagine Lallana will run himself into the ground tonight then declare himself unfit for Sunday.