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He was unavailable to take the call. We don't know why - the suggestion now seems to be that he kept himself free at all times just in case he had to make or take a call in this very issue. That's nonsensical. Chances are he may have been unavailable if he was in London or his constituency. All the sensationalism over this ignores the rather pertinent fact that Afghanistan's foreign ministry refused to talk with a junior minister (a minister, not an office junior) thus losing time.

Yep, I get that, but the issues of where he was and his ability / willingness to take calls have been conflated.a Location firstly. What could he have down about the situation from London that he could not do from Crete?

Fancy going on holiday during your holidays. Imagine the scandal if there's a school teacher there too.

You think/hope that's the case, but you have no idea what the truth is - I could also guess and say the exact opposite. The reality is that we don't know what he wants, or what the club actually feel about taking the cash now. Personally, and although I'm not his biggest fan, selling him this window would be mental. We'd have ripped the spine out of the team and that wouldn't end well. However, him leaving sometime soon has a feeling of inevitability about it.

Pathetic. Getting into a football ground is not the time or place to stage a one man protest and impact other people. Just show your pass and get on with it.

I'd be more conservative than that. I wouldn't throw Tino into this, and I think 2 up top would be mental. I'd have 3 in midfield and try not to get completely over run. Your keeper / back 4. Midfield of Romeu, Diallo, JWP. S Armstrong and Redmond/Djenepo/Tella out wide, and Adams up top.

Blimey, what sad news. Very funny bloke, and taken far too young. RIP

I'd be fine with it. He knows the league, won't need half a season to adjust, and will get us through the season with some experience and on field leadership. Who knows, Simeu may be more ready to then step up.

It's correct that he played RM for Chelsea (under 23's) but never as a 10 in a 4222. Although he looks like he could play anywhere, we've signed the lad as a full back, and playing him out of that position in only his second professional game would be a weird one. Personally I don't think he'll play on Sunday. KWP back at RB; Romeu, Diallo, JWP and S Armstrong at 6/10.

Agreed. Whoever he is, he posts more sense than many.

Antrimsaint for sure, but who was Antrimsaint before.

He's SKDman Who's this Warriorsaint though.

I doubt most of the PL give a monkeys who gets relegated.

Behave! He ain't playing against Man Utd. We'll sign another CB. Relax.

Agreed. We don't know what this guy would/could have done if he was able to inject cash, but what he hasn't done is sold us down the river. We could be in worse hands, but hopefully somebody will come in one day and be willing / able to throw cash at the club.

Good lad. I didn't expect that car, but he's gone up in my estimation.

Amen. I'm a right wing fascist in SOG's eyes, but my politics are firmly left of centre.

We don't know that he could or would have put cash in if there were no restrictions.

Sure, over simplified from me, but oppression and occupation leads to terrorism, radicalism, martyrdom, and all that goes with it.

I don't even know where to start with this nonsense. Terrorism is created, largely as a reaction to oppression/imperialism/occupation.

But some creativity or running between the lines from our 6's wouldn't hurt. We had running from there when Armstrong played as a 6 which added a dimension to our play. We even had more creativity from Vestergaard as a CB than our 6's gave us. Is it that our 6's aren't there to create, or rather that they aren't creative players? Seems odd that 6's would be instructed not to create, but a CB is left to do so.

And why do you think there's a risk of that? They haven't got the hump with us because we've respectfully left them and their people to their own devices have they, but yet you insist that they we carry on meddling. Messed logic.

Yep. The Afghan people won't want the brutality of the Taliban, but it's arrogant of the west to insist that they have what we have. Those that keep on about needing to stay involved to curb the threat of terrorism from Afghanistan need to understand why there's a threat. Further meddling in the affairs of that country only heightens the risk. Not our circus, not our animals.

Indeed - we won't be signing anymore Stars for a while.

We should, but France finally reimbursing the reparation money that it took from Haiti over 6 generations would go along to giving that country hope.