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What's Spanish for, 'This is a proper football club' ?

In hockey this is called a 'simultaneous breach of the rules' and play is restarted with a bully off. In 40 years of playing/coaching/umpiring I've never seen this rule given. In that case football can probably manage without it too and the referee should therefore compute: the relative histories of the two sides, who's at home, the media profile and potential grief he is going to get from the two managers, ditto the meejah, he should also consult the league tables and the relative position of the two sides, and consider the TV companies advertising interests. After he's done all this he should give the decision to the top-4 club, that's how it works. cf Chelsea v West Brom in the last round of games. Agree A got hold of B, fractionally before D got hold of C; B was never in any position to play the ball though A didn't help by looking guilty as feck!

Shame he didn't hoof it upfield 10 times out of 10 (we might have got a 0-0 then). Only joking (sort of).

I'm sure it's only a coincidence that this has come out just at the same time as the NoTW/Brookes case gets going. 'Busted-Banker, rubbish at his job, free'n'easy with the expense account, a taste for the high-life and an obscene amount of money to fund that lifestyle choice, and with an interesting back-story', he can't be the only one can he?

A few years back I found a filofax that had been left in a phone box (told you it was a few years back), it was absolutely bulging with business contents and plans and schedules, and obviously the guy was running his whole world from it. I worked out his name, contacted him, he was about 25 miles away, and he didn't want it posted and he agreed to come out and meet me where he'd left it. He turned up 45 minutes late, snatched it out my hand, didn't even say thank you, got in his fat car and fecked off! True story, I would bother again though, people like this are the exception.

:lol: We have already turned down this size of allocation for Chelsea and Man Utd. We will probably ask for less than this for Palace, Cardiff, Villa, Fulham, all games where we could have sold 2500.

I'm on three from three results-wise, but not looking too good for the next two ...

More than 6 points #It's happening! 6 points would be a decent return and keep us interested at the sharp end of the table 4 points would be a little underwhelming 3 points or fewer would push us back into the pack. I'm going for 1 point away and 4 points at home, a total of 5 points and only one defeat in 4 difficult games; if we avoid injuries and suspensions we could very much go again from there.

How does that work? You drinking coffee at the Emirates?

Only caught the second half, AL looked good, worked hard, comfortable on the ball and always looking for a positive pass. Didn't quite fall for him but several nearly moments. Most of the rest dreadful.... as everybody says, just a collection of individuals, zero team ethic or tactics, not sure what they do in training? It is only for short spells but surely they could get some sort of game plan together? Have to think if Clyne keeps his current form he will be a shoo in for the Denmark game, Adam has shown well over the two games, RL needs to watch out if Carroll comes back fit and firing (if), JRod unlikely to make the Denmark squad. England will struggle to get out of their group. ITV coverage and the England 'team' are just about made for each other, both dismal.

That one hasn't moved the Everton game to the Sunday. Anyone recommend a reliable one? I used fixture box last year which was really good but they've gone titsup and I haven't bothered this year but I would if it was 100% (can't see the point of one that doesn't update quickly and accurately).

3 rep points for the first person to correctly out Tom28. I'll say Trousers.

I spotted a Mr A. Lallana come off the bench at the Hawthorns for a 15 minute cameo (not sure if it was his debut?) and score a fantastic goal, mental celebrations which ended with me putting my foot through the back of the seat in front, I've still got the scar on my shin. I told anybody that would listen he was going to be the real deal based on that 15 minutes. Does this count? I also fore-saw that a young Nathan Dyer looked like a future Prem player. Got lots wrong too, I used to think Tandanari Lee was decent and a part of me still wonders what we could have made of Antonio ?

We do have some funny fans don't we? Funny peculiar, not funny ha ha.

Who's your manager? I'd go for a Neil Warnock / Martin Allen combo.

Have we ever been so weak at GK?

Rather Lennon.

Here we go ...

Real age 52, test age 36 after a bottle of red and with one eye on the football, I'll take that.

Certainly a better midfield than Man U........ perhaps Rooney could be the last piece in the jigsaw, would be awesome in our side;)

Lallana getting going now. England very disjointed, CBs and keeper all over the shop.

A great read, 'Lambert struggling at this level', 'MS, is he any good?', 'Should Lallana be moved into the hole?' '4-4-2' 'Fonte more suited to the Prem' (prescient that one) etc etc. Selection dilemmas all over - KD or Bart, Harding or Dickson, Punch or Lee Holmes? Is NA up to it? We've come a long way, but a part of me will always enjoy the L1 days, some of the best times I've had as a Saints fan.

Words?

Awful, we'll never get anywhere with him on the books.

Roy, 'and in my 5 year plan we win the 2018 World Cup' NC, '5 years? Dontcha know that 5 year plans are so passe?'