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This is getting utterly stupid now.

I have a VW Passat 2.0 Bluemotion. Beautifully made, comfortable and with plenty of kit. Can be specified quite well to personalise it. Cannot recommend it enough if you are looking for something understated yet utterly capable.

His sons Avram and Joel are co-chairmen with Malcolm not being in direct control. There will be personal sadness but no real change.

Probably won't make too much of a difference to Manchester United, as I understand it his sons were in the positions of power not so much Glazer senior.

It would be good to see some pro-active behaviour on the part of the powers that be to show how correct Ms Liebherr has been.

Actions speak louder then words. There has been no positive action since Cortese left.

Well, his backroom staff have gone too. Whoever comes in will have free reign.

Enough talk, it's time for action.

Right, who's next?

I get your point, but a fan of Middlesbrough is likely to have far more insight into his own club then one looking in from afar. And yes from McClaren's perspective staying at Derby would have merit. With my selfish Saints hat on though I still maintain that he would be a great option for us, I respect your contrary opinion mind.

And his record at FC Twente doesn't bare consideration either? A Middlesbrough fan I worked with was devastated when he left the Riverside, we could do far, far worse then appoint him. He would continue to put across an ethos of technically good attacking play while also bringing through our academy players into the first team.

Give him the money to buy the players he wants and have us performing like Middlesbrough in the mid-part of last decade and I shall be delighted. Why would he get us relegated?

The more I think about Steve McClaren the more sense it makes to me. Would be harsh on Derby....... so even better if we went in for him.

That may come as a shock to half of Nottingham.

Always found the collars to be a bit fussy and redundant on a sports shirt. Each to their own.

Strangly, for those reasons you mention I actually prefer the Peru one. Both are fine shirts in their own right mind.

Just been announced that Patrice Evra is remaining at Manchester United next summer. One left back staying, they still have Alex Buttner.... Just saying.

Indeed, if the heart rules the head you will never do your best.

Hope there is some fire to back up this smoke.

Or, go for a 'kill two birds with one stone' approach and appoint Adam as Player-manager.

The only 'proof' is a marginal observed effect on judges/referees, not the competitors.

The quotes that RK is aware of a desire to return to stripes leave me feeling a bit more ambivalent, change should be afoot for 15/16 at least.

How much did it cost in lost merchandise sales? That all sizes of the home kit went to discounted sale, under the recent powers that be that is unprecedented.

Taking Italy, Spain, Scotland and France in isolation, how's that worked out for them? Having Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool here in red shirts will skew that statistic horribly. Barcelona play in stripes, Bayern Munich have often altered away from strictly red. A.C. Milan are in stripes. So, who else are we talking about? Benfica? Lille? Aberdeen? Playing in colours other then pure red has clearly been a burden to Juventus, Real Madrid, Porto, Chelsea, Paris St Germain, Dortmund, Celtic, Rangers, Sporting Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Feyenoord, Panathinaikos, Wolfsburg, FC Santos, River Plate, Inter Milan, Lazio, Napoli, Palmeiras, Roma, Sampdoria, Boca Juniors, Sao Paolo, Flamengo, L.A. Galaxy, Once Caldas and all the many other sides who have triumphed in various competitions despite that terrible disadvantage.

Yet we are far, far more expensive. We cost £12m in 2009. Right now we would be worth, what? Conservatively at least ten times that?