Whitey Grandad

It was something to do with there being a time by which we could exercise our option but Atletico sold him before that date contrary to our agreement. Or something.

Quite right. They are well paid and should concentrate on playing the best they can.

My concern is that the players are unsettled for the first month of the season.

Yup, 6 pm on Tuesday September 1st. This allows clubs to meet the Champions League deadline of 11pm that evening.

When Ivan Golac was my neighbour we used to talk football quite often (obviously). He said that he liked to leave three players upfield because the other team would then need to keep four players back.

Beagle

It depends who's doing the dying and who's assisting. In principle I'm for but I am uneasy about it.

Expects

Targett was a lot better last night but one attempted cross was driven straight into the Northam and the other was cut back to the edge of the penalty area where none of our players were expecting it to go.

I've just looked again at all angles and pause-motion and both hands are on the no. 8's shoulders. Caulker's left hand is actually over the defender's left shoulder and he grabs the front of his shirt and pulls his shoulder back. Unfortunately the ref had a good view of it. We really must practise these set-pieces and if Caulker is going to do this sort of thing then we need somebody to block the referee's line of sight.

Are you sure about Caulker. From what I saw he had both hands pushing down on the defender's shoulders. I'll have another look later this evening.

Ticket prices are lower as well.

It's in the Greater London Urban Area and inside the M25. It's in London as far as the rest of the world is concerned.

That's why I'm going on this one. I won't be able to do many but I'll go to this one just in case there aren't any more.

Only one result matters at the moment

Think of your old age. No one else will.

Nowhere near long enough. It takes ten minutes to adapt to the pace of the pitch.

Caulker seems to have been playing for too long in poor teams. Too many panicky clearances. He should improve with more experience in our way of playing.

Coverage of this one confirmed on BT Sport Europe next Thursday from 19:30 UK time.

Caulker was climbing. Both hands on the defender's shoulders. I'm just watching the recording now. It was Jose's sloppy diving header that sets up Tim Sparv for his goal.

A lot of the 'fans' around me were obvious newcomers or at least irregulars. Many didn't seem to know where to go or even where the toilets were. The couple next to me spent most of the game playing with their phones. Why?

Embarrassingly good.

Is that a Greek exit?

If you have to explain it...

It would appear to be connected to your Apple account settings. Oops, just seen the thread title.