Whitey Grandad

That can't be true. I'ms sure it was much hotter when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

Absolutely this. No player is indispensable. They could get injured at any moment and be sidelined for most of a season.

Partly because 10% of the fee goes to Celtic. Does anybody know if that's 10% of the gross amount or 10% of the 'profit'?

Very good, but too subtle for most.

Strange logic there.

Why? Most of our shots are from distance and into a packed penalty area. Bare statistics tell you nothing.

It's pronounced 'Cashcow' If anybody's interested Tyreshack down on the Millbrook Industrial Estate give a very good service and good prices.

I think you'll find that the players won the cup, not the manager.

Certainly wouldn't be able to post on football forums and suchlike.

Are you sure it wasn't KFC?

Unlikely. I think Thelonious Monk has been dead these past 35 years. There again, he could probably do a better job than Puel

Yes, it makes you wonder why we employ him. Maybe it's to provide a face to the press and public.

I can tell from your replies that you have never been in a managerial position or an office in a military organisation. Professional footballers have always behaved this way. If one player didn't like another he would deliberately give him a pass that was short or one that invited a crunching tackle. The extreme example of such behaviour was in Vietnam where fragging of unpopular officers became increasingly common. It's not a matter of 'not being arsed', there are lots of ways in which players can underperform and we have witnessed a lot of this in recent months. It's what is referred to as 'lost the dressing room'.

He wasn't the only one and it was in lots of games.

Puel is also getting paid shedloads of money and if he can't get the players to do the business for him then he's not up to the job. Hurt feelings? Poor little diddums (in French)

Neither are they cattle to be herded by whips. There are plenty of books on how to manage people to get the best out of them. It could be that Puel just doesn't have what it takes.

No, it says that Puel has lost the respect of the players and no authority. It's like naughty kids playing up in front of a poor teacher.

He hasn't gone yet. Has he?

What, even with an exciting new manager?

Do you think we're going to get a cup final every year? If not, then getting there once is not really a factor.

I'm watching it now. All very frantic.

You're not still trying to blame Forster?

We could have played Cáceres of course. It wasn't a case of not marking Ibrahimovic, more a case of running away from him when it mattered. That really was bad luck.

Unlucky to let in three goals?

And the English sacked Harfleur. Once more unto the breach and all that.