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I'd love to hear you say everything a bit more often

Being a big voice for Lukako is scarcely being perceptive. It was never on because we don't do loans these days.

One of the more sensible analyses of the problems with youth football coaching in this country that I have read

It is almost certain that people will bid for Shaw. The only point for discussion is how likely they are to have their bid accepted. I think that it is becoming clear that NC and MP are perfectly serious about a bid for European football so they are unlikely to do anything to undermine that effort.

Yes - I ignore the valuations volunteered on here since nobody has a clue what the monetary value of our players is - there is a major tendency to undervalue. My cat has a better chance of getting it right.

Sadly you are playing into their hands by publishing these links - I would edit and delete them if I were you. I've just realised and edited and deleted them from my quote

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The players we have are such a waste of money that we are only 4th in the league

Says it all really. They weren't exactly busting a gut to go before - were they?

Ludwig clearly is not a saints fan and his only sight of Lallana was Saturday - and that was probably the MoD highlights. I wouldn't pay too much attention if I were you.

Ah - nostalgia ain't what it used to be ..but I have a lot of sympathy with what you are saying

By that rationale no-one would be watching the Championship but, in fact, it is the second or third most watched league in Europe. There would still be lots of lovely advertising for TV to sell.

For the Man Us of this world the CL is the icing on the cake of domestic competition. Take away the cake and leave nothing but the icing and fans will soon get sick of the diet. If the big clubs left the Premier league I suspect that they will be hammering on the door to come back within a couple of years.

A good thread this - for once a reasoned discussion of the players strengths and weaknesses without, for the most part, anyone feeling the need to slag off either the players involved or each other.

Personally Krakers I think that you are making a huge mountain out of very teeny molehill

Doh! I wish I had thought of starting another thread with the same random set of numbers.

I wish that I had thought of starting a thread with a random set of numbers

Done

There is not much in it between Fonte and Yoshida but Fonte has the shirt at the moment. One injury and it could all change. That is why we need a squad where the replacement is pretty much as good as the replaced.

Why would Carroll get in ahead of him?

Why? He has made it clear that no one coming in would go in the team ahead of those already there.

That's cleared that one up then

Dr Sheldon Cooper - is that you? Oh no - it can't be.

Yes there is - no he wasn't. That was clear from the MoD replay. He was in line.