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That's what the CL money is for. Qualify - get cash - buy more players - sorted.

That explains it then. A bunch of dickhead refs following the literal interpretation of the law rather than use common sense.

I don't agree with that. None of the highest earning people I know have a degree, all salesmen and business owners.

Who gives a sh!t, I've got my passport ready that's all that matters.

Only because the keeper dived and grabbed the ball. If the keeper doesn't dive and grab it Mane would have got the ball and had an opportunity to shoot with the keeper stranded. Not an open goal but definitely a goal scoring opportunity. Also, why the f*ck would a goalkeeper dive 2 yards outside the area and grab the ball at a strikers feet if he didn't think it was a goal scoring opportunity?

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If the goalkeeper is that position (2 yards outside the box) and the attacker has the ball then it is an obvious opportunity to score a goal regardless of where the defenders are IMO.

How was it not an obvious goalscoring opportunity? All Mane had to do was touch the ball to the side and he could pass it into the net. It was way more obvious than the normal red card scenario when the last defender brings the player down, then they still have a goal keeper to beat.

That is completely bonkers, you couldn't get a more obvious goal-scoring opportunity.

shouldn't we want Liverpool to win? If the cup final is Liverpool v Man U or Arsenal then the 7th place team will get into Europe.

I would bite your hand off for 6th. Be realistic, a Europa cup place would be a massive achievement. The top four will be Chelsea, City, Man Utd and Arsenal.

Firstly, I didn't mean we should be funding people who are not serious about a career just that if they are nailed on to get a job as a doctor or lawyer, taking on the debt is a no brainer. Most people are not straight A students so taking on the debt for their chosen career is a risk they have to think about. Someone who could be a great scientist or engineer might be put off and end up doing something less worthwhile. Secondly, universities are not just there to prepare people for jobs, they are for furthering knowledge. I think in tody's world where people seem obsessed by grabbing as much money as they can we should encourage education even if their degree doesn't lead directly to a job.

Firstly, I didn't mean we should be funding people who are not serious about a career just that if they are nailed on to get a job as a doctor or lawyer, taking on the debt is a no brainer. Most people are not straight A students so taking on the debt for their chosen career is a risk they have to think about. Someone who could be a great scientist or engineer might be put off and end up doing something less worthwhile. Secondly, universities are not just there to prepare people for jobs, they are for furthering knowledge. I think in today's world where people seem obsessed by grabbing as much money as they can we should encourage education even if their degree doesn't lead directly to a job.

I'm sorry but that is ******. Of course if you are a straight A student serious on being a doctor or something of course the debt thing is a no brainer. But most people are not and even without fees deciding to go to Uni it can be a hard choice between being skint studying something worthwhile or getting a job. IMO we should be encouraging people to get educated and pursue worthwhile careers.

Student loans have never been like "real debt" but when I was 18 I was sh!t scared of any sort of debt. I worked hard between studying and left Uni debt free (apart from an almighty overdraft). I just think that sort of debt is more off-putting to people from families with naff all than rich kids. I know for a fact that I wouldn't have done my degree and would probably ended up in some soul-less career as a salesman or something (probably earning more) and some snotty rich twit would be doing my current job half as well.

All I know is that I would never had gone to Uni if it meant getting into the sort of debt students do today. I'm not from a rich family and when I was 18 the idea of getting into debt scared the sh!t out of me, it was daunting enough moving away from home and finding the cash for rent etc let alone paying 10K a year fees on top. I expect the only reason more college leavers are going to Uni is the simple fact that job opportunities have been limited os for many it's a no brainer even with the huge debts.

I agree, taking Mane off was a weird one, especially considering he has scored in each of his previous 4 games.

It was obvious we needed to get another striker in January. Our lack of ambition will cost us.

Why oh ****ing why didn't we get another forward in the window.

Another tragic case I read about at the weekend: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/the-tragic-tale-of-the-pensioner-who-killed-himself-after-begging-for-help-over-benefit-cuts-10029754.html

We didn't live within our means.

I don't think this money is good for the game at all, just means more foreign mercenaries and a sh!tter national side.

It will be interesting to see how the rise of UKIP effects the previous Lib Dem/Tory marginals, you would expect most UKIP voters to be Tory defectors but some will be the protest vote the Lib Dems previously got. I think the Tories are right to be worried about UKIP though, the Eastleigh bi-election showed the Lib Dem vote holding up well down here but I expect where they are up against Labour the Lib Dem vote will collapse. Combine that with UKIP splitting the Tory vote and there could be some surprising results.

So you agree that the current system means that unpopular parties get a disproportionate amount of the vote? Great system that.

I understand the issues with PR but still think it's a much better and fairer system, candidates with little local affinity are parachuted in in the current system anyway. I think you would also get a better calibre of MP under PR anyway because you won't have areas where they would elect any old donkey if you stick a red/blue rosette on it. As for voting Green in the Eastleigh borough, I get your point but you might as well roll up your polling card and shove it up your ass for all the good that would do. At least by voting Lib Dem I can keep the tories out and maybe make a bit of difference. There must be just as many tories living up north who are frustrated by the system. It is bonkers.