VectisSaint

The Aeneid is epic.

Even if its not, he only has 2 to select from. Does seem very injury prone, but don't agree that Wilshere is overrated.

I reckon we can find another Koeman somewhere if needed

I'm sure he would not have travelled if he was not expected to be available to play some part. It looks like we only took 16 outfield players from the video (2 groups of 5 and one group of 6), and assume there are 2 keepers, so 18. That's the match day squad. To me, whether or not JRod starts tomorrow, its more important that he could play a part on Sunday. In which case I doubt he will start tomorrow, but may get used as a late sub, and then he will definitely be available for Sunday, at least on the bench.

What I meant was that it doesn't make any difference if we are the best unseeded or the second best unseeded or the 22nd best unseeded. We will still be unseeded. Of course it makes a difference if we are seeded or unseeded, otherwise there is no point in this whole discussion :-)

No, he has travelled to Arnhem, he wouldn't have travelled if he was not in with a shout of playing (Long and Clasie did not travel). Doubt he will start, and he will not start Sunday either, but reckon he might be on the bench. I think all that Ronald meant was that he will not be ready to start/play 90 against Newcastle.

We need 4 upsets to be sure. Can't see it myself, reckon we will end up as the best of the unseeded, not that it makes any difference. We'll see.

According to my app. But bbc has only 1 red. Now 2-2

Steaua are down to 9 men with 35 minutes left

1 down, 5 to go

In terms of seedings and how it affects us, there are 4 games tonight that can impact our seeding. If the 4 higher-seeded teams all win we will then be 24th highest ranked going into the Europa games tomorrow (assuming West Ham are above us on technicality). We will then need to games to go "against form" in the Europa to get us into the magic 22nd position. Tonights important games Qarabag v Celtic - need Celtic to win (1st leg 0-1) BATE v Videoton - need BATE to win (1st leg 1-1) Partizan v Steaua - need Steaua to win (1st leg 1-1) Malmo v Salzburg - need Salzburg to win (1st leg 0-2) Only feel confident about 2 of the Europa League "swing" games tomorrow (Vojvodina & Minsk), so really need all 4 CL games to go our way tonight.

So thats Ajax in the PO, Groningen in the Groups and PSV in the round of 32. Excellent, sorted :-) Perhaps then we can step up to the Germans and then the Spanish in the SF and F.

It almost has an inevitably about it, collecting Dutch teams in our early season games. Could we even get PSV once they come 3rd in the CL Group stages?

Ajax 2-3 now

New manager as well, all seems very sensible.

Assume that the police strike in Holland that has caused some opening weekend league games to be postponed will not affect our game on Thursday. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/dutch-league-opener-scrapped-due-planned-police-strike-141237426--sow.html Looks like it won't, but Vitesse's league match against Willem has been called off.

Decent preview of our season, they do at least realise our weaknesses, without making a big deal out of them. Of course the piece is a bit out of date, written before Caulker signed (but in the pipeline) and not knowing about Gardos. Pity we have to be subjected to the tedious Illingsworth again in the video, but hey-ho.

Sounds much like what Les has said in the past about Clyne, Morgan, Lallana, Lovren, Shaw, Chambers and probably others.

You forgot Curacaon :-)

Turnbull season-long loan at Swindon confirmed on OS 10 minutes ago.

Zambia Times reported a week or so ago: CHIPOLOPOLO striker Emmanuel Mayuka is set to join Russian club, Spartak Moscow after being stripped of his number at English Premiership side, Southampton. British newspaper, Mirror, reported that Mayuka will be joining Spartak but details of his contract are not yet clear. But nothing seems to have happened since.

The plan though is to confuse the opposition so that Graziano can sneak in to the penalty area unnoticed, as if by stealth.

Think you've got the wrong guy. Hugo is neither Scottish, head of recruitment or a midget. This is him alongside Yoshida, that makes him about 6'2" by my reckoning: Son of Jody Sheckter who farms at Laverstoke and was F1 World Champion in 1979 with Ferrari. You are probably thinking of Ross Wilson.

Any Mayo?