Hamilton Saint

My two-cents-worth: 1) I prefer the traditional red-and-white stripes. Always. 2) This change of kit every year is just an excuse to extract even more large sums of money (replica shirts) from the compliant fans. It's a strange custom, if you ask me!

How high are our crosses, then? Are our strikers tall enough to deal with them?

Lack of sense, lack of knowledge, lack of perspective.

Carlos Castaneda?

One of the great influential figures in the early development of "rock 'n' roll". Huge influence on The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Man, he could be quite the jerk, though—watch the documentary film Hail! Hail Rock 'n' Roll, to get a sense of what I mean.

It's become a cliche. I've been seeing it more and more in the past month. Seems to be a favourite derogatory insult of the far-right crowd—along with the term "libtard". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Snowflake

Ron Davies and Rickie Lambert

Something you'd particularly appreciate, eh?

I will always prefer the traditional red-and-white stripes. Nothing better, I think!

Easy to say in hindsight. Puel wanted to win the game, obviously. Gabbiadini was knackered. Puel hoped that fresh legs might just get us the winner. He took a gamble. That is his call. If Long had scored, you'd be calling Puel a clever tactician. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. Luck went against us.

You missed the heavy irony, I reckon.

Well, I liked this one: "We are the middle-aged; We like to sit in pairs; We take pictures when we want to, mush; And we don't f**king care!"

Oh my God! Really? What the hell. Why can't they do everything properly, just like you do.

Agree with this. For most of the game we surged forward at every opportunity. Very impressive.

All of our EFL Cup games were against teams in the Premier League. We didn't concede a single goal until the Final. That's not emphatic enough for you?

What a heartbreaker! I feel so disappointed, but also extremely proud. Well done to the team and the club. The effort was there, we just ran out of luck.

Come on, Saints!!

Good one!

By shoring up the defence so that we win three games that we might otherwise have lost. A difference of nine points in the table—that would be dramatic, wouldn't it?

The difference? Who knows exactly? Could be a dramatic difference, but also one that might be difficult to quantify. The signing? It is a wise, precautionary move—providing cover, should Yoshida or Stephens get injured. He might even become a first team starter, if he gets fit and adapts quickly. Ultimately, it must be better to have him in the squad than not. Regardless of how things turn out, he is obviously a "relevant" signing.

You said that if he doesn't play in the Cup Final, then his signing is not relevant. Having a high-quality CB available to play EPL games while Van Dijk is out is not relevant? Explain.

No, nothing exciting or relevant at all. Absolutely nothing. Zilch. I can't imagine what even brought you onto this thread, let alone actually contributing a post. What a waste of time, eh?

Newcastle (I have friends who are Geordies) Derby (mother born and raised there 1920-1941) Preston (a good friend lives there, time for them to get back to the "big time"!)

OK. You wrote, " ... and recognise that it is there wherein you will find the failings, not with I." The word "with" here is a preposition. A preposition takes a noun in the objective case. "I" is subjective; the word you need here is "me". And "wherein" is redundant. Glad to be of service.

... not to mention the tortured diction and faulty syntax!