Whitey Grandad

Didn't Ranieri say that his brief had been 'to avoid relegation'? Perhaps Dalek was right after all, perish the thought

I totally agree. I would much prefer to be back in my usual seat. Anything else is like sitting at a strange ground.

That's always the problem with a name change and re-branding. You spend millions promoting a brand and expect everybody to sing to a different songsheet the moment you repackage the product.

Of course wages are important too but either way there is no question they have done well with what they have. I see that Bournemouth have been fined £7.6m for overspending in the promotion season: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/14467311.Cherries_slapped_with_massive_fine/

Hoddle was sacked as their manager in September 2003 after we had beaten them 3-1. Free kick from Beatty?

The fist time that the bookmakers have ever paid out of a 5000:1 bet, apparently.

True, although I did read somewhere that they have a net spending on players of £50m over the last two seasons. Also that Man Utd have spent more over the same period than Leicester have done in their entire history.

Another yellow for Dier should have made it ten. Five cards invokes a nasty letter from the FA. I don't know what they'd get for nine.

Who?

Respect.

You could see Rose say 'hamstring'. Just what we needed, loads of injuries both physical and mental. Spurs had lost it big time.

Both great players for us but in different ways. I have very happy memories of both.

I wouldn't blame him for that, the ball was deflected up at him. Maybe he could have been facing away from goal a bit more but when the ball's pinging around like that there's not a lot you can do.

Her left wing is better supported than her right.

A draw for me too.

Are you trying to say that Ayala is inside when the free kick is taken? That is clearly not true.

Holloway's comments are hilarious. They show the freeze-frame at the moment the free kick is taken and he says "but we can also see the linesman so he's not flagging yet so I don't think the offence is here". Er.. Ian, the flag hasn't gone up because the ball hasn't been kicked yet.

Yes he is, look at it again. The Lino shows by his arm waving that the player had come back from an offside position and when he heads the ball becomes involved with play. At the moment the free kick is taken he is offside, end of story.

They've just shown it again. Ayala is offside when the free kick is taken, not at the end of the move. The commentators are only concentrating on the final pass.

Ah good! You're finally coming to some sort of grasp of the situation

Nothing to do with the actual rates at all. In case you (or others) did not know, VAT is not charged on intra-community dealings but is charged on imports from outside. This makes an enormous difference to cash flow and gives us a significant advantage when selling to another EU country as opposed to them buying from within their own. Oor VAT rates are not on the whole set by the EU but by our own skint government.

There is an enormous difference between being in a single market and a free-trade agreement. The way that VAT is handled, for instance.

There are still potential traps at present grounds. One in particular that I know of is the away section at Ipswich. The toilet and food area has only one narrow entrance and no fire exit. How they get a safety licence is beyond me.

Very reasonable. The police were at fault, but it's disappointing that we should need police to control a crowd of people.

There is also the cost/benefit aspect of it. If this amount brings in higher domestic product then it more than offsets its cost.