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Ha! That's just wrong. We knew the case against us, but did ourselves over by lying to the investigation team, calling the kid to give evidence, approaching the case in an unrealistic way, instructing a non sports specialist legal team, then binning off our counsel ahead of the next day appeal giving him minimum prep time. That's all after what we actually did, and what our man is alleged to have spilled out up at Boro. Urgent, even same day, appeals happen often. Normally the same representative would deal with that so would be well prepared. What we did left the new bloke with a mountain to climb. We fell on our own petard, pure and simple.

I'm not sure why anyone thinks this is a simple binary choice between turn back the boats or welcome everyone. Most people, I suspect, acknowledge that illegal immigration needs sorting but that there are genuine asylum seekers, don't "embrace" all and sundry being welcomed, but accept that the people who arrive here actually need to be accommodated until there's a decision made about whether they can stay or must leave. I'll ask you the question that has been ducked up there... where do we accommodate these people - hotels, HMO's, streets/woods/fields, shanty towns, detention centres? The only solution is to make us less attractive to the greedy, urgently sort out a process to deal with claims and appropriate appeals sharpish, and accommodate people as cost effectively and safely as possible until they're processed.

I'm liking Eze. Positive.

Spence's cross was an embarrassment from an international player.

I'm not a fan, but it's madness that he's not in the squad. Chalobah was a daft selection after Tino got injured.

Or maybe not.

We need changes sharpish. Rogers is anonymous. Get him off and put Toney up top alongside Kane. Spence on for Quansah. And someone on for Saka.

A tantrum I think.

Yep. Our movement is shocking. So easy to defend against.

Yep. The movement from the front 4 is terrible. As for Quansah.

Probably wrapping him in cotton wool for the last 32 game as he's our only fit full back. Just imagine Quansah and Burn as the full backs, while A-A and Hall are kicking back in the Caribbean.

Quansah at RB. Jeez. When Tino (predictably) got injured, and knowing that James may (predictably) have got injured, not taking the opportunity to bring in another full back was mental. We've got Lewis Hall, Shaw, Alexander-Arnold, on the beach, but Chalobah, Burn and Henderson on the bench. I'm not A-A fan, but against a team who won't attack much, and will be tough to break down having Quansah in the side ahead of him is ridiculous. Crazy squad selection.

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Cheers, I didn't realise that.

He's got a year on his contract. £30m in that context is a mugging. As for his ability, I think he'll be a solid lower PL player, in time