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Looks like Crouch fouled him but he was still stupid for sticking his hand in the air, ref was always going to give it, especially as Crouch’s tug wouldn’t have been seen. The first one was a stonewall penalty, we dodged a bullet there.

Why does everyone assume their is going to be some sort of spending spree in the summer? Gao hasn’t invested a penny in the squad so far, I seen nothing to make me think that will change.

Not really, most people voted leave because of the effects of mass immigration - wage depression, lack of affordable housing and pressure on services. A similar argument would be remoaners don’t care about any of these, they just want someone cheap to clean their car or serve up their coffee.

Must win game and we will probably start with Long up front, how the **** did this happen?

What exactly is his injury?

Why are people suddenly expecting us to spend money in the summer?

The same costs every other club has, yet we always seem to have to sell to buy.

Sell £100mill worth of players then buying £100mill to replace them is zero investment.

We will probably stay up but they have taken a gamble, a few key injuries and we could be in a right mess.

I thought Ramsey was out of his depth against Derby.

If we stay up.

Would be a stupid gamble. We showed tonight how thin our squad is. If Redmond and Ings get injured we will be ****ged.

So if we need a win on the last game to stay up and it's 0-0 with 10mins to go, it's a positive thing to not have Gabbiadini on the bench? Or if Valery gets suspended it's a positive thing to not have Cedric as an option to cover? OK

Of course there is. The whole point is that you improve the squad, we’re 4th from bottom and all we have done is make the squad weaker. We should be replacing Cedric and Gabbiadini with better players.

What are the alternative arrangements for NI then, does anyone know?

How does the song go?

I think it’s more because we’re one injury-prone striker away from starting with Shane Long up front for the remainder of the season.

Oh come on, Cameron went begging to Brussels to get a temporary ‘brake’ on immigration and he was told to get lost.

There are nob-heads on both sides more entrenched than ever. The vast majority of people just want whats best for the country, wether that's in or out the EU. I'm happy with leaving as long as the deal looks decent, at the moment the government has come up with nothing that looks an improvement on how we are at the moment. Voting for something that is now a bit more than an abstract concept makes sense.

Unless people actually have changed their minds?

Whereas having f*ck-all strength in depth is a proven route too success.

I’m sorry but it’s nonsense to say something like that now, you just don’t know. I don’t think we will get relegated but any glaring weak link in the side will get exploited in this league. The margins are so fine between success and failure, a weakness in one position could be enough to mean relegation. Of course you can’t be totally prepared for any injury crisis but it’s wise to have two good options for every position. If Ralph thinks we have it then fine but it may well not be his call and might just be the club penny pinching.

J K A is only 21 so would be a small tree.

Love watching potless Poch lose.

The club did say we have to offload some player before we bring some in. I expect at least 2 new signings before the window closes. Not replacing Cedric will be a pointless gamble, plus I expect we will replace Gabbi.