Whitey Grandad

Finishing above them would be good.

Sterling, unfortunately.

Balotelli creeps off at halftime. It's the fastest he's moved all game.

As Oscar once said: "it would take a heart of stone not to laugh"

Are you sure it wasn't 'get stuck into the Real Madrid team'?

Dreaming of playing in Madrid?

Is Balotelli on the pitch? He's as invisible as Lallana.

0-2 Benzema header.

On the bench

Even better, Lovren lobbed over his head He should be called Lob-ren.

0-1 Ronaldo Luvverly jubbly

8-0 is twice 4-0 so they should paid out twice

You mean Burnley and QPR beating Man City, Chelsea, Arsenal and possibly Liverpool and Tottenham but not many others? I suppose that might work.

It all depends on your standpoint. We're back where we started, aren't we?

It's a moot point the extent to which the intentions of the Conservative section of the government have been restrained by the LibDems.

I find it very disappointing that a thread about the disappearance of a poor little girl should descend into personal attacks.

In the long term isn't it wins for Saints and draws for everyone else?

Just a gentle reminder... This is a coalition government, not a Conservative one.

You are wise to wait. Nobody has been proved wrong or right yet.

'Underwriting', not quite the same thing but yes, they committed that as well.

I'm with you all the way. Any chance of finding some Spanish commentary?

Only if we get relegated with them?

There are far too many games to go for other teams' results to make any difference to us at this stage. All that matters is that we keep winning.

Expanding from a lower base. It's still not back to where it was pre-recession.

It was all spent by the previous administrations. Now it has to be paid for.