Whitey Grandad

Childish, very childish. Not the best way to start a career in international politics and diplomacy. Get back to the playground where you belong. If you really hate the EU then why did you stand as an MEP?

The ball was crossed from the right but Stephens ran away from his man and up the pitch towards the edge of the penalty area, but you're right he's useless at marking. Goes off chasing rabbits.

That’s what they will tell you publicly but money plays a big part. In my day doing engineering we had a five day week of four hours of attendance and three hours on a Saturday. They liked to keep the afternoons free so that we students could attend some sporting activities. I played football on Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Those studying English had to produce one essay a fortnight.

Not just you.

He runs away from the ball. I still have a nightmare vision of him at Wembley running away from Ibrahimovic and allowing him a free header.

Good. Now that means that he can play for us against Liverpool.

Welcome Che. Good news on the transfer front. Who’s next?

All the best, Matt. Thanks for that thumping header against Bournemouth.

Cambridge has a straight eight week term. Most universities like to keep longer main vacations as they can make money out of hosting conferences and seminars.

This, this and this.

“he never let us down when he played”? Good heavens, when he played at left back he left the flank wide open.

“without getting an opportunity” He had enough of those to demonstrate that he wasn’t up to it.

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Win London? He daren't show his face there ever again. Universally derided. Wasted pot loads of money and not one of his policies was a success.

Under Boris not a chance.

It doesn’t have to. There are times when you’ve just got to clear the current danger and if we have forwards who are alive to it then it puts pressure back on the opposition further up the field. If it becomes obvious that aerial balls are not getting them anywhere then they stop doing them. Not only that, when you have someone like Stephens who won’t head the ball then the opposition will stick some big lump up against hi. ‘A commanding centre half’ is what I want, I suppose. Perhaps I should have said ‘capable of clearing the ball past the halfway line’.

I’ve never heard of him, to be honest, but that means nothing

A proper, old-fashioned centre-half. Someone who can win a header and clear the ball past the halfway line.

Good for all sides.

Hamstrings are normally quicker than that. Six to eight weeks.

Ford were not "given money". They had to borrow it like everybody else. Honda would always say that in public, that is the Japanese way. Privately they are seething.

Thanks, you have expressed it clearer than me.

Why? Is he injured again and not fit enough to walk?

There are a number of points there. AI can never establish offside accurately and I speak as someone who has spent a lot of time in image processing and missile tracking. Besides, it's not needed. The importance of the result is an irrelevance. Football is a sport and once you let money take over you have besmirched it.

Technology will never be that accurate for offside. Of course referees can occasionally make a wrong decision but in my view regarding offside anything within a foot or so is the best that you can expect. Once it gets to the stage of taking minutes of microscopic examination of a blurry image before you can toss a coin and get an answer then we're going up the wrong road. Don't forget that a lot of signal processing has taken place between the camera sensor and the viewing screen. (I used to be heavily involved in television research in an earlier life). Gabbi's disallowed goal at Wembley is a good case for VAR where a quick message to the referee within a few seconds was all that was needed and would not have disrupted the game. Using it for penalty decisions or fouls is not appropriate. There is a more general principle which some will not agree with that the laws of football should apply consistently across all levels of the game.