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Disgracefyl from the officials. Blatant foul on Long right in front of the lino, then a stupidly harsh penalty.

I think we've looked a fair bit better since Hojbjerg came on.

Great finish from Koscielny, but anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a FK for a high boot.

That was his first goal for England after 36 attempts. 36 shots, 1 goal (which a decent PL keeper would have saved) = a terrible record whichever way you look at it.

Don't go then

And would undoubtedly have been sold to Liverpool long before now

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So I've cleared the Milan trip with the Mrs and found some cheap flights from Manchester. Just got to see if I can get a ticket through our company's corporate box now. All being well I'm off to see Saints at the San Siro

7pm local time (6pm UK time)

Group K it is then. With Inter and Sparta Prague. Brilliant draw that is! :-)

Ajax, Inter and Fiorentina all still possible for us then.

Where can I watch the draw live?

He can tell pals he wants to go all he likes, but if the club don't receive a worthy offer for him, or we can't find a suitable replacement before the window closes, he will have to just suck it up and honour the contract that he signed in good faith last year.

Does anybody actually know what the guy said though? He might have posted something potentially libellous against the owners for all we know, in which case this action doesn't seem quite so ridiculous.

Excellent news. He's going to be a key player for us this season I reckon.

Crazy that a player who has a tendency to go missing for 4 months during the winter can be classed as more consistent than anybody really.

OK, who had 26th July in the 'first proper meltdown' sweepstake?

Austin was signed as Pelle's replacement. We never intended to have all 5 of those players in the squad long-term. Rodriguez, in the form he was in before his ACL injury, is as good as- if not better than - Mane, in my opinion. Yes it is far from certain that he will get back to that form, but then Mane spent 4 months out of form last season, so it's swings and roundabouts.

His name is Ramadan, huh? Is he fast?

All of which only serves to prove that us being in L1 was a false position created by gross mismanagement in the first place.

Excellent news. He improved markedly over the second half of last season. With Pelle gone he will be a very important player for us this season. I just hope he will be working on his finishing over the summer, because he still fluffs far too many easy chances for my liking.

One one hand, you have an answer generated by centuries of scientific observation, arrived at by meticulous calculation requiring the most brilliant minds to do so. On the other hand, you have an answer written by a tribe of desert-dwelling goat herders who clearly didn't have even the slightest clue where the sun went at night. Anybody who tries to instill the latter into a child's head, on the understanding that he/she will suffer an eternity of pain and torture in the fires of hell if they don't accept it, is guilty of psychological abuse in my opinion.

Played a blinder tonight. Wasn't the captain but showed what a real leader he is. Really pleased for him. Get him on the banner now admins!

Seems like an excellent signing on the face of it. Could any of the forum's many Scandinavian residents give us an idea how we're supposed to pronounce his name please?

Yep. Nail on head. It was all about the oil. Saddam had decided that he wanted to be paid in Euros for his oil instead of the worthless dollars that the US were printing to pay for it beforehand. The very first thing that the post-war administration did after assuming power was to repeal the law stating that any decisions regarding the sale of the country's oil must be ratified by a democratic consensus. That tells you all you need to know.