Whitey Grandad

I'm on an iPad so it's difficult to quote selectively but the last paragraph about the cost is not significant. Any player of Premier League standard is going to cost a similar amount. I agree that these figures are obscene but that is the way nowadays. Long is obviously a fully-paid up member of the first-team squad and gets his full share of involvement. Don't forget that he has had a couple of spells of injury that have restricted his appearances. You could argue (I don't) that J-Rod has been a much bigger waste of resources. In modern football you need a full squad of players and you can only play 11 at the start of the game. These days a top-level club needs virtually two complete teams of players. I wouldn't say that the management don't rate him because he makes frequent appearances be they on the field or on the bench. For the time that he actually spends on the pitch he represents a constant threat and and scores relatively prolifically. I don't know who you think we could possibly replace him with for the amount that we could get for him at this stage in his contract term.

I'm glad you're not the manager.

She seems enthusiastic.

I don't think there's anything to stop them, except that I doubt that he's got anything to give them.

Hiley unlikely.

Steely

Ok. I also saw an argument that Man Utd are better off in the Europa League because they have more chance of winning it and hence qualifying for next year's Champion's League.

True, but I was wondering about the relaxation in the FFP rules.

Was he that good?

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Something in the paper this morning (or yesterday) about this. Apparently Europa League counts the same as Champions League as far as coefficients are concerned.

According to our friend in Denmark the campaign has affected their domestic form. They are third in the league at the moment.

This one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Potter Yes, it would appear so. Played in the PL 8 times under Souness apparently: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11731/10096235/who-is-graham-potter-llittle-known-english-manager-linked-with-swansea-job

There was an interesting comment from Martin Samuel in The Mail a few days ago: 'Southampton were victims of financial fair play — the owners thought the rules would prevent them supplementing a strong existing squad, and sold instead. As a result, they could not sustain their challenge. Leicester have hit the front at a time when the new Premier League television deal, and the watered-down FFP regulations, give them more of a chance.' Does anyone know what all this is about? Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3351799/Why-elite-clubs-like-Manchester-United-Liverpool-look-Chelsea-shudder-next.html

Can I be greedy and ask for both?

It didn't feel like that at the time.

The Mail says that it's not clear how his case is being funded but does name some solicitors. Legal Aid for this type of case was stopped in 2013 apparently. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3355390/Rigby-family-fury-killer-sues-broken-teeth.html

That is seriously good. Respekt

They're even worse. They're the sort of people who go round battlefields stripping the bodies and ripping out gold teeth.

That only encourages more 'vexacious' claims. Stop the legal aid is the correct answer, i.e. throw out the claim the moment it is lodged.

“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass

He should have been shot on the spot, it would have saved all this trouble. Only in America...

Guts

We spent a couple of days in Oslo last year. It was very spooky having these Teslas creep up behind you when you weren't looking. They seemed to be everywhere.

Light blues for me