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No he isn't (I think). He was reported as not fully fit 2 weeks ago when the squad went to Holland and was left behind but there was never any suggestion that he was actually injured just not up to the fitness standards expected. He's had 2 weeks since to work on his fitness but has not appeared as far as I can see in any training photo galleries or similar. Yet before the Dutch trip he looked reasonably OK and was involved in training.

Don't suppose we could hijack Spuds move for Sven Bender could we? Decent replacement for Morgan.

I would guess that if we don't see Ramirez in this game that he is being moved on.

Other than the cost is there anything to stop them buying the package just for the ticket or are the tickets given out on the coach?

In recent top tier history Chelsea beat Wigan 8-0. I thought we beat Sunderland by the same score, is that being airbrushed from history because we aren't Sky sponsored team?

Only in your mind.

Not yet, he still has 3 hours and 3 posts.

Players always score against their old teams. (Well actually they don't but its a common urban myth). Did he celebrate?

Would be good to know what happened. It was quite clear he was going to play (be on the bench) as all the PR was about it, I only heard on Solent when I left the car to walk to the ground. Bit concerned something must have happened late on.

7-0 now, 2 goals in last minute, 30 seconds left. Saints team rather hit by injuries. Still, they were runners-up, so well done to the kids.

4-0. Hope our scouts have got tabs on some of these RTD lads.

Belated Birthday card from Amsterdam posted 28 July arrived today, going to be touch and go if they arrive before some folks leave for the game. Good luck.

Packed to the rafters, crowd over 32000. Actual crowd was 30850, there were plenty of empty seats, and of course Vitesse did not sell out their area. "Sadly, Liebherr passed away in 2010 and hasn’t been around for much of their rise" - what a very odd thing to write, of course he has not been around much, at least not in body. Otherwise nice piece.

Wrong, Costa makes 5. Scored 20 in the PL and 1 in the Cup. The two previous seasons there were 10, many years there have been at least 7 or 8, 2004/5 only Henry and Andy Johnson.

I was on the 530 ferry actually. Usually travel from Wiltshire but visiting home this week.

Kylie

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Same here

Why are you wearing a skirt again Whitey. Thats usually only at weekends.

Quite clear from the OS article that he knows he is behind Jose and Yoshi initially. Clearly backup to Jose to cover for Gardos' injury. Very decent backup IMHO. We will certainly be getting a left side CB as well either to partner Jose or as bavkup to Yoshida.

Where did Mullet get rosta from? How does a commune in Italy relate to anything here?

Does it really matter? Never had you down as an mlg clone ;-) The whole point is that use of roster or rota is just not right when talking about British football teams. The correct term is Squad. Doesn't bother me much if Redslo carries on using Americanisms but if he were to use the appropriate term, i.e. squad, he wouldn'grate with some of the fussy fsnnies.

Not that it matters, but they are not different things. [h=1]Synonyms of rota in English:[/h][h=3]noun[/h]Britishroster, list, schedule, register, timetable, calendar My point anyway was to emphasise that we do not use either in this country for football (soccer) related matters, because the term squad is used not only in English but in all of the official UEFA regulations. Why Redslo continues to use the term roster is beyond me, though technically there is nothing wrong with it.

Surprised that Caulker made the EL squad (pleasantly) yet Sam is still included.

We had been in the PL for a while when he said it. Sadly what Les says does not always stack up with reality.