adrian lord

Looks like a Sontaron, minus spacesuit. I believe you can kill them by firing a crossbow bolt into a hole in the back of the neck of their spacesuits.

to avoid any possibility of an injury.

I groaned inwardly every time Delap took a throw. Hopelessly ineffective, predictable, and so slow time stood still. Invariably easily cleared by the oppo defence and turned over.

Not strictly to the rules of the thread but...the self-styled 'Guv'nor' Paul Ince and a couple of other England players (cannot remember who) at the Atlantic Bar and Grill off Piccadilly Circus, circa 1996/7. The thing that struck me was how short they all were. When I was about 5 or 6 in the early 70s we were on a packed tube coincident with a Wembley final and Danny Blanchflower was in our carriage and sat me on his knee. I can't remember it to be honest but my parents talk about it to this day.

Jolly good job there was no VAR!

Say No to the Gerrard/Lampard/Rooney pushers.

These Sports Republic people have made a right pig’s ear of Saints.

Class of '67 here too. Koeman era was the last joyful one, from his first tweet onwards!

Rangers shafted by VAR giving a red card for that. No way was it an "obvious" goalscoring opportunity.

Villa keeper not having a great game.

Is he gay?

We were lucky promotees last season, and this season's record underlines that.

Sounds like our team are merely going through the motions towards relegation doom.

Oh dear, I fear a drubbing.

Jesus wept.

It is not just clueless managers, it is clueless executives and owners. We are dogged by them since Marcus died.

Why do we bother?

I’m sure they only keep him on out of pity.

Have the ‘taters mentioned “a European hangover” yet to excuse Liverpool not playing as to the script?

Indeed, the reverence for Liverpool is utterly nauseating.

Juric signing his own death warrant for the end of this season. If he'd made a decent fist of the last third of this season he might have got the gig next in the Championship, but he has performed the feat of making us even worse than under Martin.

There's nothing more one can say, really.

SR out.

Has a ref ever had the courage of his decisions to stick with the on-field one at pitchside review? If not then there's no point in pitch side review and the VAR should impose their decision and save time. VAR is not used for what it was intended - clear and obvious errors - but hair-splitting analysis.

slight tug, dived.