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MLT in 3rd...COYR!

Replace top "striker" with top "goalscorer" and the poll makes sense...

"If I was Morgan Schneiderlin, of course I'd be concerned because he's a good player and he wants to play international football. Hopefully the Under-21 coach can clarify that." Dear Alan...they have these in France too: ...just an idea....

Fair play, but some would argue that staying away because of the lack of positiveness is a self defeating prophecy in that the best way to flush out any negativeness is to show up and lead by example?

Yep, especially these days. I recall there being a bit of a hoo-ha when Steve Bull was selected whilst in the second tier though.

He said: “The hard part for me as a manager is the international managers saying they won’t be selected if they are playing in this division. “I think that’s a terrible thing to say and I don’t think it’s fair. It’s insulting." I disagree with Pardew on this one. If England were picking players from League One we (as England fans) would be pontificating that League One wasn't a good enough stamping ground for international players.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8225941.stm Uefa plans to curb clubs' debts Uefa president Michel Platini has vowed to bring in regulations that ensure football clubs manage their finances so they "live within their means". Rules not in place until 2012 so I wonder if they will apply retrospectively, such that clubs like Notts County get pulled up for what they are doing 'today'....?

So, just to clarify, it's OK to boo as long as one explains to the people one is sitting next to why one is booing?

Sounds like you're using the wrong condoms

Alan.pardew@saintsfc.co.uk

...and anyway, it's much better that SFC isn't duty bound to reveal the value of it's trading anymore, now that it isn't part of a PLC, as it gives us a competitive edge in the business sense. Keeps our competitors guessing as to how much cash Mr Leibherr is circulating around the club.

Why do people get 'jumped upon' every time they ask a question that "doesn't matter"? As we're a random collection of molecules hurtling through the universe at over 47 mph, you'll find that nothing actually matters. Not one thing. Thus, I hereby declare that ALL questions are banned on the basis that life itself is irrelevent. Ok? Bugger...broken the rule already. That's well and truely buggered up the space time continuum. FFS

David McGoldrick

When have you ever known me to be wrong...? (Trousers, The) ;-)

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*cough* As announced by Uncle Trousers at 08:33 this morning (on NickG's "he's off to Watford" thread... ;-) ) Keep up (FFS)

Thinking out loud, why haven't the Football League intervened in the Sol Campbell purchase by Notts County? We know from bitter recent experience that they come down on clubs like a ton of bricks when, in the Football League's view, the club has sought a competitive advantage by 'overspending' on players (for example) - i.e. they dock them points if they then can't afford to pay the bills at some point in the future. If the Football League was genuinely interested in preserving the integrity of their Leagues by clobbering clubs that overspend why do they seemingly turn a blind eye to clubs, like Notts County, who are sowing the seeds of such an eventuality? In other words, why do the Football League operate in an 'after the horse has bolted' fashion rather than instigate a pre-emptive system that prevents clubs putting themselves in potential jeopardy in the first place? This is a semi-rhetorical question really, as no doubt their hands are tied by some European freedom of business law or such like - "innocent until proven guilty" and all that - but to preside over a club setting itself up for a big fall seems somewhat at odds with their overall 'financial prudence' policy....no?

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What were their average number of assists per game?

What he said....an hour ago....

Reading £300k

This one....?