Sheaf Saint

Bi-o-mass noun 1. Ecology . the amount of living matter in a given habitat, expressed either as the weight of organisms per unit area or as the volume of organisms per unit volume of habitat. So cutting down vast areas of rainforest and replacing it with grazing land does not constitute removal of biomass then, no?

Seriously? You claim to have a background in chemistry and yet you can't see the quite obvious link between the removal of biomass and the subsequent weakened ability of the remaining biomass to absorb atmospheric CO2? Seriously???

What has happened to our pressing game? I know we have had a few enforced personnel changes recently but I've seen no sign of the tactic that was working so well for us early in the season. Our forwards got nothing today because Chelsea completely bossed the midfield after Cork went off. I'm really beginning to wonder about MO's subs lately. They always seem to have a negative effect on the team rather than a positive one.

For f***s sake this is embarrassing. We can't even get near the ball and every time we do we just give it straight back to them. That was an absolute abortion of an attempted pass from Gaston who has been completely anonymous in the 2nd half (along with all our other attacking players before anybody accuses me of scapegoating)

Little point in bringing on an attacking player if you are sacrificing your ability to win the ball in midfield to feed the ball to them.

True. But I am starting to question the wisdom of Pochettino's substitutions recently. Twice in the last two games he has taken Cork off when he has been playing well, and we lose the midfield. As I type, once again we let them through with too much ease and they score again.

Can't hurt I suppose...

When is Wanyama back? We so badly miss him at the moment.

The subs are the difference. They can bring on that kind of quality, and we have kids on our bench.

Hhmmmm. Taking Cork off was probably a mistake.

Can't wait to hear Moron-io try and defend that one.

Just got in and finding a stream. How was the first half?

Given Germany's track record when it comes to losing patience with migrant ethnic communities, I'm not sure that is something we should be wishing for.

Well yes. But then yesterday we had the headline about the NHS introducing charges for immigrants (which still isn't definite I acknowledge). If that extra income is spent on more doctors/nurses then there's no real issue, but then with this current Tory government in charge there's every possibility that extra income will be funnelled straight to the accounts of medical services companies owned by Cameron's mates. It's all a big mess really.

Well, this is the key point isn't it. There are many who are trying to make out like every single Romanian and Bulgarian citizen is going to be queueing up to get into the UK, conveniently forgetting that there are numerous other countries where they will also want to settle (maybe ones with a nicer climate than our own, for instance).

A close friend of mine suffered a serious head trauma in a motorway pile-up a few years ago, and so far the reports coming from Grenoble are eerily similar. He was apparently conscious when he was taken into the hospital but following emergency surgery he was kept in an induced coma for over two weeks because they wanted to allow the swelling to go down before they revived him. I expect it will be a while yet before any news of Schumi's condition is released.

9/10? 9/20 would be more accurate

Best of luck to whoever takes that manager's job.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/29/vincent-tan-tells-cardiff-city-to-sign-players-with-number-eight-in-their-birth-date-4244721/

I just sent the gif of the handball to an Everton supporting mate. His response?... 'Hmmm, ball to hand but seen them given.' Nowt like a bit of objectivity eh?

Precisely this. Following the debacle of the last game he officiated at Goodison and the booing he hot before KO, he knew he would get lynched on the way out of the ground if he had given it. I posted at the very start of the match thread that I thought this would happen.

You have to consider how young and relatively inexperienced he is. And also you have to consider that he has not had a settled midfield in front of him for some time now, which I imagine will be putting more pressure on him than he was used to earlier in the season. He didn't have a bad game today overall, but it's fair to say his positioning lead directly to Everton's first goal.

The most obvious case of hand to ball you will ever see.

You can always rely on Clattenburg to bottle it or just be plain incompetent. This is ridiculous now, how many of those have we been denied this season? 4-5?

Blatant handball FFS!