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I thought the comments were quite fair. It was a bit of both, like Shearer said.

That was a better performance than Sunderland at home. How effective is pace when teams play a high line and leave such space between full backs and centre backs. I question why Sherwood didnt change it. He surely will against Arsenal. How ineffective is pace when teams sit back, e.g. Agbonlahor when he came on. The other big difference from Leicester was we were much more aggressive from the start.

I think you're reading something into his comments that isn't there.

Where I get confused is when I see that a player who is "trash" actually has 30 odd caps for Holland and played in a World Cup Final. Something doesn't add up. Perhaps the Dutch don't know much about football.

He would say that wouldn't he.

Redknapp reported in the Telegraph commenting on QPR's relegation: "Redknapp pointed to the failure to make more changes over the past two transfer windows. “I felt I would have kept them up,” he said. “I wasn’t sure who was pulling for me and who wasn’t. Behind the scenes I always felt there were one or two people with their own agendas. Nine of the team that started [on Sunday] played in the Championship last year when we got up in the play-offs. We weren’t good enough.”

We've missed Lallana, Lambert and Rodrigues. The first two are better than their replacements. I prefer the way we played last year. Thats a personal preference for possession football, and a fluid system.

The squad was never good enough to qualify for Champions League.

I just knew Gazzaniga would get it. He wasn't the reason we lost.

All I got out of yesterday was a headache. Those clackers.

Absolutely right. Said this immediately after we conceded. Horrendous clearance by Gazzaniga but abysmal defending thereafter.

Good player who played well today.

Ryan Bertrand's. I've a few years to go yet by which time this accolade will be long forgotten.

Something to tell the grandchildren.

Well illustrated. It feels right to say "none are" because its common usage from the BBC down but as "none" is an abbreviation of not one, its singular and should be "none is". Likewise with team and club. Routinely we refer to them in the plural. Redslo probably has it right in making them singular. Sorry. Yawn. Roll on Saturday.

Swiss Crumble.

So Prem matches would pass by Pirlo then? Cambiasso. Is he quick? I'll look out for him on Saturday.

http://leicester.camra.org.uk/data/documents/Leicester-CAMRA-Real-Ale-Trail-Leaflet.pdf http://leicester.camra.org.uk/pubs/pub-awards/ From LFC website: "The ground is walkable from the city centre (15-20 minutes), where there are plenty of pubs to be found. Most of the pubs near to the stadium are home fans only. In particular 'The F Bar' should be avoided by visiting supporters. Plus the 'Symphony Rooms' located just over the road from the away end, is another home fans bar. Andy Jobson a visiting Southampton fan informs me; 'Probably the best bet for away fans is the Counting House pub on Freemens Common Road. It has a good mix of both sets of supporters, with all the normal facilities on offer'. Beaumont Fox adds; 'This pub is located just off the Aylestone Road, behind the Local Hero pub (home fans only) and next to Morrisons Supermarket. It does though exclude away supporters when the game is deemed to be a 'high profile' one'. David Moore adds; 'If away fans fancy a quiet drink in a CAMRA Good Beer Guide listed pub then the Swan & Rushes (on Infirmary Square, near the Royal Infirmary) always has excellent guest ales on'. For those arriving by train, then as you come out of the main entrance turn left and cross to the other side and there you will find 'The Hind' which is rather a basic pub, but does have real ales. A better bet may be the Wetherspoons pub called the 'Last Plantagenet'. If you turn right out of the station and cross the road and turn left into Granby Street, then this pub is down on the left. Also not far away from the station in the general direction the ground, is 'The Pub' which located on New Walk. This modern bar boasts 15 hand pumps for real ale (many of which are supplied by local microbreweries), plus continental biers and lagers as well as cider too. The pub also serves food."

Who knows but one thing is clear, Haringey Council were desperate to keep Tottenham in the borough, as was the Mayor of London, because White Hart Lane development and associated infrastructure is an integral part of major regeneration of Seven Sisters Rd following the riots. An interest in the Olympic Stadium, fleeting or otherwise, would not have done any harm in levering in the funding. Bear in mind also that West Ham were always front runners for Stratford. Here also, the politicians wanted to keep them in Newham.

Murphy was trying to provoke him. Uncomfortable viewing. The bloke lost it again yesterday. He apologised. That should have been the end of it.

He's down to his last marble. Whether or not they stay up I can see him moving on or moving out before he implodes.

Perhaps it was also partly that you got it wrong.

There's nothing in those quotes about player sales which is necessarily good news given what was said last year and what actually happened. On Koeman he is simply repeating what Koeman said publically to a journalist, that he'll stay and honor his contract. Does the reference to Koeman having seen out his contract elsewhere suggest a degree of uncertainty? On the question of a larger squad for Europe, the notion of packing it with Academy kids just makes no sense. If the Academy kids are not good enough to be regular starters for the first team this season how are they going to conquer Europe. He is telling us we are unlikely to see Rodriques this season when I was hopeful we would see him back if only for a subs appearance. All in all I'm expecting more of the same this close season as last.

Howe 33-1 to be next England manager.

I was in the Glebe a few seasons ago. Nice old pub and good beer. Didnt notice any "looks".