Whitey Grandad

Why the pessimism?

I'm often wasted

Sad to see him not being used. He's like a once-mighty battleship laid up at anchor, slowly rusting and waiting for a call to action that's never going to come. Soon all that will be left are memories of past glories.

What time, tooth hurty?

Sad, but true. Be careful what you wish for.

Nice shot of Gareth and Bearded Judas there having a chat. I wonder who was tapping up whom?

Expensive divorce. He doesn't have a lot to show for £20m earnings.

Look at it this way: if Liverpool hang on for a 1-0 defeat how long will those left out have to wait for another chance?

There'll be fireworks

No chance of that. It'll more likely be a title decider

Me too. He's a great player and deserves much better treatment than this.

Is our start any easier than other clubs? They can't all have had difficult fixtures apart from us.

True, I have been dusted off and polished a few times. £10 concession sounds interesting. What are the coach travel options like?

Only if he is unlucky enough to get booked during the game with Burnley We had a similar situation with (?Trotter) and the cup game away at (?Bristol Rovers) I can't remember who it was exactly. Normally the player would not have been given permission to play for us because he would have been cup tied but was suspended from the next first team game which would have been the league game following the one in the cup. However his parent club gave us permission to play him in the cup knowing that he was suspended anyway and so he 'worked off' his suspension. Or something like that.

Fair enough. So which year was it that we couldn't qualify for Europe because of the ban on English clbs?

He hasn't played us yet

Aren't the phone calls handled by an independent call centre?

We would still have been banned from Europe.

Load of billhooks. Selhurst Park FFS? There is nothing worse than 'a relentless drumbeat'. All drummers should have their drums confiscated and stuffed up their rear entrances. Is it a coincidence that the stadiums near the top are mainly the traditional ones?

They don't call us 'The Saints' for nothing.

Lamborghini? I'll have the lamb, I've never eaten ghini.

I walked to Kings Cross. I don't recommend it. Caledonian Road might have been better.

Morgan? No thanks, I've had enough already.

Quite so. These 'big' teams are all beneath us in the table for a good reason.

I suppose he does deserve some credit. If he hadn't stormed off the manager might have stayed, the players might not have left...