Whitey Grandad

[ Conspiracy theories about De Gea : http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/david-de-gea-deal-sabotaged-6360491

I never boo a player nor the team. I try not to groan when something goes wrong. I applaud politely when we score. I might even cheer occasionally. If Vic can accept his situation and knuckle down then I will be overjoyed.

He cares passionately about the club but lives too far away to get involved in person.

We paid 'reportedly £3m' according to Wiki.

He is entitled to his views as much as any of us.

And smells of rotten ham.

Unless he unsettles every other team in the division and gets a competitive advantage.

But for how long?

And obsessive.

Never in doubt

To reduce their debts and wage bill?

Unless I have confused BST and CET. From the BBC: The windows for most of Europe's top leagues close on 31 August, including Germany (18:00 BST), Italy (23:00) and France, Spain and the Netherlands (all at midnight). The passing of deadlines only affects the purchasing of players, meaning English sides can still buy from clubs in other countries until the window shuts in England.

I never realised that different countries have different deadlines and the one in Spain has already closed. The deadline applies to buying players so we can still buy from Spain, for example, but they cannot buy from us.

Bridge

Some nice stuff in the 'audience' though

Didn't quite work out for him but I hope his experience with us helps him with his future career. I wish him all the best.

Pimple

We hold his registration and whilst we do he can't play for anyone else.

I'm quite sure he was, but others may not have been aware of the regulations.

If he's under 18 then the maximum length is three years.

You might be surprised by how many players do not know the laws of the game.

Rattle

A reasonable estimate based on the end of last season as well as the start of this.

Mellor was the year before me at Christ's and we overlapped for two years. There were plenty of us there who followed football teams. Ruggers at Twickers was strictly for the toffs.

Tadic was onside anyway without him but I thought it was a bit of a laugh. As I'm sure you know, any defender who steps off the pitch to play an opponent offside is deemed to be standing on the goal line.