Whitey Grandad

This complaining about where the kick was taken from is all very feeble though. They took the kick from where the offence (if any) actually occurred but not from where Mike Dean was pointing. We were naive and got caught out. Instead of the players complaining about the location they should have got back and defended. Does a few yards on the halfway line make any difference when the ball is played out to the wing?

Chelsea wouldn’t have gone for Carrillo and Giroux wouldn’t have come to us. But it’s a depressing thought.

Wembley Stadium turned out so expensive that the FA had to try to maximise revenue wherever possible., hence they want to use Wembley as much as possible. I agree with you, it's not the place for a semi final.

He first needs to learn to start throwing his body in front of shots instead of turning away and waving his foot at them.

Another sad loss. I read at the weekend that he had suffered a serious heart attack and was not surprised to see that he did not survive it. I take a personal interest in such things because I too was 61 when I suffered my heart attack which fortunately was only a modest one. Alan Ball died of a heart attack at the age of 61 too and Markus was only a few months older when he also suffered the same fate. Let's be thankful for what he was as a man as well as a footballer. My thoughts are with his family.

Doesn’t attack the ball head-on, let’s it bounce first. No positional discipline and goes chasing rabbits. Doesn’t have the authority to organise the defensive line. Has some good points but these are outweighed by the negatives. Would benefit from a spell in a lower division.

So Pellegrino’s principles might have cost us our Premier League status.

Well bully for you. I’m all right jack doesn’t begin to describe it.

The lethality depends upon the dose and the age of the active agent, I am led to believe. Depending on the dose the effects can take some time to manifest themselves.

I was just passing on what I read this morning, but I'm sure that there is a lot more to this incident than we shall ever now. Just to throw this in too: https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/why-the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-could-be-much-more-serious-than-you-think/27/03/amp/ "A source close to Skripal has said he was investigating the collusion between the Internet Research Agency, AIQ, Cambridge Analytica and its parent company, SCL."

Still just a city though, innit.

Long walk to the beach though

Mainly on the door handle of their house according to this (paywall): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/nerve-agent-was-left-on-front-door-of-sergei-skripal-s-home-37chc2qvc "Detective Sergeant Nick Bailey also suffered poisoning but has since been released from hospital. He is believed to have visited the house."

Hmm... Just bought my two eventually. The first two that I selected weren't actually added to my basket so I had to choose another two somewhere else. The first two now show as taken and will continue to do so until timed out. What a crock of sh!t

Rubbish! Never a penalty in a million years. Blatant dive and should have been left to the ref on the pitch who had the best view of it. The Italian dived and stuck his foot out where another player trod on it.

Ta muchly. That’s one game I particularly want to go to, I’ve missed the last couple of seasons.

That was obviously accidental and not the reason that the Italian went down. The significant thing is that not one of the other Italian players appealed for it. They were asking for a corner.

It was always a silly idea but now that the genie has been let out of the bottle we shall have to suffer it. It will ruin the sport. and that was a blatant dive.

Any news on the Swansea game yet?

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If you're desperate to go then just pretend you're a Japanese tourist. If you have a yen for it.

Ta!

Who determines the prices? For the FA Cup I assume it would be the FA but for the EFL Cup?

When I was a kid it was just a pile of stones in a field miles from anywhere. You could park in the lane next to it and climb over the fence and then climb all over the stones and you’d be the only people there.

When that blows it’s goodbye USA. Just make sure you’re upwind of it