Whitey Grandad

If it's all too subtle for you then please go and pick a fight somewhere else. I have bigger fish to Fry.

Not me. Way ahead of you. I knew someone analy retentive would make some sort of comment like that.

And what does that have to do with Branfoot v Ralph? Branfoot got 10 home wins and 6 home draws in 1992-1993 (21 home games). What was Puel's home record?

Are you seriously trying to compare league positions today with twenty years ago? Seriously?

I have come to the conclusion that the players are mentally jaded. With two or three injuries and a thin squad they are not up to playing twice in one week. I’ve just had a quick scan through the past fixtures and our drop in perform started with the increase in frequency around the end of the year. Let’s not forget that before yesterday they had four away fixtures all in the north of England. Even allowing for flying there and back that still leaves little time for mental and physical recovery.

Branfoot was on the point of substituting Le Tiss in that Newcastle game just before he scored two of the greatest goals it has been my privilege to see.

That’s what I thought. Anyone else?

And who do we have coming back then?

We don’t mark zones. We mark empty spaces.

I’ve been very patient and philosophical up to now but I’ve reached the point where if he did leave I wouldn’t be too bothered.

Do you attract any donkeys?

Days, of course, but you’re right. Whether that’s enough of an excuse is a moot point. We flew back from Manchester on Wednesday night, four days ago. Brighton’s last game was eight days ago. At home.

We didn’t. We never started pushing forward.

No spirit, no fight, no urgency, nothing. Why we persist in trying to play the ball around in the last few minutes? There is too much emphasis on just trying to control the ball and none on getting it in where it hurts.

Danny Murphy sums it up... overplaying.

All I’ve seen him do is fail to control a pass . He’s obviously been practising it.

Have we ever won a game from a winning position?

And he commanded a Sherman tank in the Battle of the Reichswald with the 4th Armoured Brigade

What a legend! He will always be remembered for his greatest creations, "Trill makes budgies bounce with health" "Opal Fruits, made to make your mouth water."

That’s great news. Please advise him to take things slowly. His immune system will have taken a hammering and even though he may feel fine it’s a long road to full health.

I was with you up until then. I’m struggling to remember him ever looking for a penetrating forward pass.

Without men there would be no women.

But do you think we might get ‘a result’?

Jill Dando

Do they have a best XI ? This is what happens when you throw unlimited amounts of money at a football club.