Whitey Grandad

It's just a bit of fun. I bet you're a right laugh at parties

That would help a lot. I'm all for it providing it were done in a non-confrontational manner.

Doesn't he retire this year?

You have to be careful with the Met Office, there is some sort of agenda there. My son had some dealings with them and asked them about global warming. 'To be honest', they said, 'we're just happy if we can get it right in 3 days time'.

Pedant alert! It's Celsius not Centigrade. Since the year before I was born, apparently.

I see that it's been reduced fro £17.99 to £13.49. How long before they can't give them away?

Piglet

Yes I do too. It's such a shame because what the country really needs is a strong, credible and constructive opposition.

A timescale of 135 years is nothing.

I think Atkinson must have missed the kick and therefore coldn't understand why the Assistant flagged. Whatever, it's rare to undermine your associate referees in that manner. Blow for the foul, get clarification , administer any necessary disciplinary action and then proceed with a free kick to the appropriate team. There was still plenty of time to get the defence sorted after this so we shouldn't really use it as an excuse. However stopping playing and appealing for a ball over the line whilst a feeble cross creeps past you is just unprofessional.

Spots

I somehow get the impression that his heart is not really in the job.

I didn't see it I'm afraid.

A lot happened between the ignored flag and their first goal. I think it was more due to Forster standing with both arms in the air appealing for the ball being over the line than the referee. Forster just wasn't set to defend the feeble cross.

By holding his flag in his right hand he indicates that it should be a foul in our favour. Atkinson seemed puzzled for a fraction of a second before showing 'advantage'. The assistant could have pointed to his chest pocket to indicate that a card could be involved but what are the mikes for?

Sweet

Hmm... Lots of injuries.

I would be surprised if he started.

We are far too nice. They were definitely out to unsettle us.

Long was waving to the bench a few minutes before being substituted.

Yes indeed. There was an air of inevitability about it.

Davis was for a tug-back which is a mandatory yellow, I believe. I agree he was too lenient with the others, Willian in particular.

You are far too simplistic. Do you really believe that if we left the EU we would be £10bn better off? Leaving aside the probability that we would still need to pay an access fee that sum would be overshadowed by the loss in revenue from a weaker economy. Then there is the issue of our credit rating and the interest rate that we would have to pay on our borrowings which we get mainly from the... er... EU. Immigration will not fall to zero either. Your initial response was to the issue that there are no statistics nor projections relating to the OUT campaign and this remains the case.

One thing that Atkinson can take some credit for.

What is it with these silly flicks and why have they not been beaten out of him before now? Somebody once told me that everything in Italy is 'theatre'. Maybe he's just trying to be a primadonna if you can use that word for a man. A 'pavone' might be more accurate.