Whitey Grandad

I was shocked to see that England houses about 1% of the world's population.

Did somebody call? It's a long time since I was wanted.

That's fair enough. The trouble is that we need more consistency, not less.

He didn't handle the ball deliberately, it bounced off his chest and hit his hand, but he could have reasonably expected that this might happen when he ran out to the edge of his area in an attempt to block the ball. Inside his area this is fine, outside it isn't, but from what I remember it hit his chest on the edge of the area and then hit his hand outside. I would have given it, others wouldn't.

Would you rather have this:

Beer was 1/6 (7.5p) when I started university in 1968.

Oh, I don't know. They'd need a map to find their way around me

Football

Modern engine management systems auto-adjust to the octane rating.

I once read that the British woman has on average 27 pairs of shoes. Mind you, that was a few years ago. They've probably bought a few more since then.

And undermines the authority of the referee, especially when they overturn decisions like Adrian's.

No, according to all the guidelines and instructions that would be classed as violent conduct, whatever you might think it should be.

My BMW 5 series used to have about a 10% fuel economy on the expensive stuff which just about paid for the difference. It might seem that there's no advantage but it did mean longer between fill ups and also the service interval on BMWs is calculated according to the fuel used so it also meant longer between services.

That's because you're really a man. Have you looked lately?

No, there's no argument about this. A shove like that is violent conduct and is a straight red card.

I read that according to Ron it was 30 minutes late for a 1pm team meal, or something.

He scored an important couple last night.

Good point.

Barnes got to the ball well before Matic. The only bad part of his movements was to leave his foot in the air. Matic got there so late that you couldn't even call it a tackle.

Me too. The trouble is that so many players in the Premier League are internationals from other countries who may well participate. A UEFA tournament, maybe expanded, would be an acceptable alternative.

'Was blessed'? Where are they now PL, are you now blessed in the waist department?

No, you should stay on your feet if you have a strong chance of scoring and only go down if you've been genuinely tripped or impeded. What I'm trying to say is that Djuricic should have put himself into the position where Can could either not have avoided fouling him or would have had to keep clear for fear of giving up a penalty.

And so does Matic. He arrives late and plants his leg right where he can see a flying boot coming in. He could easily have avoided it. Having said that, Barnes's follow-through was perhaps excessive in that his foot was well off the ground. Red to Matic, yellow to Barnes I would have thought. Still a three match ban though, no reason at all to reduce that.

The only mitigating thing I can say about Mignolet us that perhaps Friend considered the handball 'accidental'. The Assistant on the line may well have seen it clearly but considering their relative positions his only input would have been to confirm that the incident took place outside the area. If Friend doesn't consider it a handball then the Assistant's input is irrelevant.