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Perhaps I'm a bit blinkered but I've seen nothing to consider that Baines is ahead of Shaw at the moment, I thought that he was poor again yesterday and would actually drop him, then really go for it with Sterling and Barkley in as well as the OX (if or when he is fit !) Too often the 'big name' players stand in the way of the fresh youngsters because they have 'experience', unfortunately their 'experience' has been that of underperforming and ultimately losing !!

I thought that political statements were banned by FIFA, remember the outcry when we wanted to play with poppies on our shirts ?? Surely FIFA will take strong action to uphold their solid principles ?? (ps. don't hold your breath !)

Back on in 10 mins !

TBF, they showed the overhead screen with a message that said supporters should vacate the bowl and remain in the concourse until further notice ! Obviously some of the punters have just ignored the warning !

The word on the street in Leicester is that their Thai owners are beginning to struggle because of the political unrest in their homeland at the moment, seems that they are big in the tourist industry and business has fallen flat on it's arse ! I guess that funds could be fairly sparse for them so hopefully they can't strengthen too much !!

In any other organisation the man at the top would have fallen on his sword already but FIFA are a law unto themselves ! As I said in #4 of this thread, they are rotten to the core !!

Great city, especially if you are young, pubs, clubs, restaurants and of course the festival activities ! Get yourself up there and do me a favour, assuming that you get a vote in the referendum, vote NO !

Fair comment (from you not WOY!) I never thought of it that way but you're right, he has contradicted his earlier statement about transfer talk and done us a disservice at the same time !!

I renewed a couple of weeks ago and would have done anyway, come what may ! Having said that, I already feel a bit cheated and if it carries on as predicted I will no doubt feel royally shafted ! The next few weeks are absolutely critical to the club and the fans, the custodians must take their responsibilities very seriously now, stand up and be counted, give us some hope and at least a trace of optimism ! My wife has just asked me (yet again!) why I bother ? This question is becoming more and more difficult to answer I'm afraid !

There is no way that we will get a 'like for like' replacement for £4mil ! Sadly that is not even the biggest problem, as it it the message that this sudden, pre world cup transfer sends out ! If we are prepared to sell our top scoring talisman then we will sell anyone, other clubs know this and so do our own players, that is the tragedy of it all ! Big deal that Rickie gets his dream move, I would have told them '£10mil or f#ck off' and most certainly not have sold him ahead of the world cup and before the new manager comes in !!

To be fair to Barton he did apologise for his 'ugly birds' remark, I think it's the first time anyone (including all the politicians!) has openly said sorry for anything on that programme !!

Just watched SSN and they are still reporting between 8 and 10 mil so I don't know where this 4 mil has come from ! Still refuse to believe it though, as he is currently with the England squad and (for sure) it would send out the worst possible signal of a firesale should it actually transpire ! (Have just seen the BBC article but surely 4m is derisory, even if true!)

And there was me worried about Pochettino leaving !!

Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't Hodgson say that agents would be banned from all England hotels/training grounds etc.. during the WC build up ?? As Rickie is there with the team surely he is not involved in any negotiations ?? If any of our players are leaving, my guess is that those on international duty will only happen when the WC is over. On that basis I reckon that this latest rumour is bollards !!

That's really strange, I bought 1 ticket, paid by MasterCard and was charged one pound only ! (I double checked just to be sure!)

It might be worthwhile to ask a retailer if they have any spares ! The reason I say this is because some people don't want them in the first place, I know of two friends who did this so it's a possibility and you'd have nothing to lose by asking ! HTH

Renewed today (never got around to it until now!) and found it to be a very smooth online transaction, pity that they charge a quid for the credit card transaction, it just seems unnecessary as it is such a tiny percentage of the total, just an irritant really !! COYS:)

Why do we always get the 'short straw' ? Katherina, eh ? Vincent Tan or Mike Ashley, then we 'd really be in the 'big league'

Would be nice if you could get her name right before asking the question !

Spot on, top clubs like Man U and Liverpool are able to embrace both so why can't we ? I was delighted to see MLT attending the awards do the other night and cannot see how this will affect our ongoing push for success ! If stripes are the most popular with fans then why not bring them back ? Surely respect for our history and courtesy to our fans does not mean that we lack ambition, on the contrary it can be positive IMHO ! COYS. Ps. Thanks FF for the OP, pity you always have to take a bit of flack with it, but on here it seems inevitable !

Was a piece of cake, no probs, only slight discomfort I had was when the wife (who had only just passed her driving test!) jerked the car all the way home from the clinic ! No regrets, even after another 30 years, reckon it's the best thing but obviously you have to think it through and be sure in your own minds !!

A weakened side, a win, can't complain ! I just love last minute winners, especially when the Skates concede an equaliser at exactly the same time Deep joy

You never mentioned Glen Johnson who is probably Woy's preferred option at the moment (Even with his Skate history!) so the chances of Clyne making it are pretty remote IMO !

Except for Alpine wetting his knickers

Having travelled extensively in Asia for many years I have been offered all sorts of weird dishes ! Snake, alligator, live crustaceans etc.. but (although I refused it!) the most sensational was a tiger's pr!ck served to an American business leader at a dinner in Shanghai ! For me, I had 2 or 3 main rules : never eat anything black, navy blue or wriggling on the plate, apart from that I had a go at most things and am still here to tell the tale