VectisSaint

In that case, yes he's from Tassie, Riverside High School (Launceston) according to LinkedIn. Holds UEFA A Licence

Maybe "enough", not the point though is it. Thought we would be aiming for excellence rather than "adequate".

Yorkshire born and bred. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Fleming Only worrying thing in Wiki is the last line: "Fleming is currently studying for his UEFA A Licence."

Man Utd do. OK, you're right they are not a top team any more :-)

Myth. The phrase "early doors" pre-dates even Big Ron's birth, it was used to refer to the times when theatre doors were opened for the plebs to get unbooked seats, and is known to have been used in 1902 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2295032/Big-Ron-too-late-for-early-doors.html)

We have been told exactly what the issue was timewise, he was late for the pre-match lunch (1pm). If he had been late for when team sheets have to be submitted he would not have been on the bench either.

Of course. Do you have any evidence that there is not a conspiracy?

So will be available for Saints game. Its a conspiracy I tell you.

I guess he didn't get a watch when he signed. Wouldn't have been a problem under Cortese's watch (no pun intended).

Yep, if we can keep above Tottenham and Spurs we will be OK. Lets hope the Lilywhites trip up as well.

Ideal replacement for someone else in the first team in that case.

No we would not. Would be unhappy with the player that did it, ****ed off that the ref gave a bit of a soft penalty, but in the end accepting of the fact that a foul was committed and sanctioned. There is a good case that Friend should have awarded 5 penalties yesterday, plus a handball, plus numerous free kicks against Liverpool defenders. The fact is that he missed so much at both ends that makes his performance unacceptable.

Some people still don't get it. Of course he's doing alright, because we have the best defence and defensive midfield that stops him having to save shots. Why do we need to "give him a break". He really isn't very good at stopping shots (except for one against QPR which apparently was "unbelievable" and makes him Lev Yashin reincarnated).

Having watched the replay it was still a foul and should have been a penalty. Whether Filip goes down or not is irrelevant, you cannot pull someone back which is what Can did by grabbing his shoulder. Granted it was not the worst, but it was still a penalty.

Give you that having watched the replay. Live it looked soft, and it still was not as bad as many that went unpunished. Still as I said Lovren deserved to be booked anyway for being a cock.

Funny thing was yesterday, I missed the team announcements and was looking at the team list on the big screen in the first few seconds after kick off and noted quite clearly that it included Gardos, Yoshida and Fonte, so assumed we were going 3-5-2, took me a minute or so to realise that Gardos was not on the pitch (yeah I know he's hard to miss but we were attacking), turned to my neighbour to say about 3-5-2 and looked back and screen had been changed.

Ref yesterday would have disallowed goals and brought play back for penalty to be taken. He would probably then have delayed the taking of the penalty to allow Mignolet to pick his nose and Skate Johnson to pull his socks up and then sent our pen taker off for time wasting. The problem yesterday really was not just the penalties and the handball that he missed (and even the Liverpool penalty shout) but the number of bad, blatant fouls, especially by Can who should not have been on the pitch by this time, that were not given. I have seen some very bad refereeing in my time (and especially this season) but yesterday I felt standard fell to an all time low. I'm also sure that Lovren's booking probably did not warrant a booking, i think he just booked him because his name was Lovren, and well deserved on that front it was too.

There's always an exception to every rule. He has played 30 games this season and you manage to find the one time when he made a point saving save. Well done you.

This. Lots of absolute ******** talked about the lack of service. There is not much lack of service, its no good playing a ball into a good area as happened several times yesterday while Pelle is lumbering along 10 yards behind play. He only won one header yesterday that I saw, late on in the game, against a poor set of central defenders, and his hold up play which many claim to be one of his finest assets was non-existent. One great pass in the first minute, after that zilch. He has become a liability. I know he can be better (he can be great), but he has believed the hype and now he has (temporarily) forgotten how to do the simple things that got him where he is.

Ron was 100% correct to take action, but I feel he was 100% wrong in the action he took. He should have taken this back to the training ground AND fined him. Dirty washing should be dealt with behind closed doors and so that it does not affect that team and the plans that were in place.

Well done at missing the point completely. Noodles was talking about the new board, you know, the one that came in last year (2014). Seems quite reasonable to me that at the time when they came in the new board were not able to provide assurances about their future intentions and that they were going to push forward for CL qualification. Where Noodles falls over is that he thinks that was a situation that did not change later. the Board obviously did (later) push on and restated their ambition, but by then it was too late for Poch and Lala who had made their intentions clear based on the lack of assurances when the new board first took over, instead of having the patience to find out what would happen once they had been in place for a while. All that said, I'm really very glad that we made Poch decide about leaving, the upgrade to RK is one of the best things that came out of last years upheaval. Couldn't give a monkeys about Lalla, he showed yesterday that he really is ineffectual, and we used the money we got for him wisely, although his replacements have looked as ineffectual as Lalla yesterday.

The thing is Lovren got abused at Anfield back in August. LaLa was injured that day, so pent up since then.

Minutes 1,3 and 26 to paraphrase someone else. Forgot about Pelle's brilliant pass to Filip in the 1st minute, I've given him stick elsewhere but have to agree that was very good.

What is a mouth fall? Quite honestly there were a few players out there today who deserved to be called whatever anyone wanted. Pelle was a donkey (with apologies to donkeys who on the whole are generally hard working), but I guess that doesn't get the swear filter activated.

Its harsh to have a go at a youngster, but sadly the above is all completely true, and has been evident for some time. Added to that he is now also failing to deliver a decent dead ball either from a corner or free kick which was to some extent his saving grace, and you really do have to wonder why he continues to be picked. He should have come off first today and moved Davis forward to his best position.