Whitey Grandad

And what would it cost to be not part of the club? It would only take a small drop in GDP to offset these payments.

Is that your analysis of the situation?

Thanks Steve, very thorough.

Surely even the most ardent Brexiteer will recognise that it is much easier to trade with your near neighbour than with somebody on the other side of the world. Apart from the costs of transport and travel there is the matter of which laws the contract will operate under. With the EU there is a legal framework in place for arbitration. I have no doubt that outside the EU we could get a trade deal of some sort eventually, but that can never be as advantageous and trouble-free as what we have now. Let me it it this way, outside the EU would trading with it be: a) Cheaper and easier. b) Much the same as now. c) More difficult and expensive. It cannot posssibly be (a), at the very best it might approach (b) in which case why bother leaving? Now consider the situation regards trading with the rest of the world. In my opinion leaving the EU offers us no advantages in this respect.

Presumably the dropouts from the Champions League will upset these rankings?

Saints don't do Zlatan.

Óláfsson

Don't forget the Black Cats.

Brillo

Both the Bilbao and Santander routes finish after the beginning of November. I might have to get my bike out.

My pleasure;) I like Italian, tapas even.

Blimey that was quick

That would be quite a big change to the team. Having a manager who is not committed long term persuading players to join us might be interesting.

Oh billhooks. I'd forgotten that.

Schneiderlin was on the bench. He seemed a bit pensive when he collected his medal.

Man Utd? West Ham?

Just rejoice at that news! Oh no, not only have I been cheering for Man Utd but now I've quoted Thatcher. Will I never be clean again?

Not Inter? Don't forget that there will also be the Champions League dropouts too.

As a reminder: Draw date 26th August Match dates: 15th September 29th September 20th October 3rd November 24th November 8th December

It was there immediately after the final whistle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016–17_UEFA_Europa_League

We are there on merit, having finished sixth. If it had been any of the top four teams instead of Palace then we would already have been in the group stages.

As a reminder: Draw date 26th August Match dates: 15th September 29th September 20th October 3rd November 24th November 8th December

Wikipedia is already updated with our new status: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016–17_UEFA_Europa_League

I suppose that the club wouldn't know completely which seats were available until they hadn't been renewed.

Thanks. Not good for my blood pressure though. Lovely girl, I do so admire intelligence in a woman. Such a rare commodity these days. I'd love to get together with her so that we could discuss the difference between a square root and surd.