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Tella being chopped down all over the place.

Yep. Ball in also could have been better. That was more difficult chance for Adams than is being made out.

Armstrong looks very good in the middle. His running from deep gives us something we've been missing.

All over the place then. Decent start otherwise.

The party is all over the place. Not really socialist, not not really left of centre, just lost; remainer at hartlepool; wokeness; taking the knee; getting all excited over the wallpaper and flat when the masses couldn't give a monkeys. They've gone from being weak opposition to shocking. They need some direction sharpish.

I have no issue with people having a different opinion to me, but I take issue with the suggestion that I'm trying to justify an opinion and/or being disrespectful. What I've seen for a long time is a declining player, both performance and demeanour wise. You may see his loss of captaincy as coincidental to that, I don't. That he's been a loyal servant is without question, but it's not disrespectful to have the opinion that he's gone off the boil. We'll have to agree to differ.

Ever decreasing circles...enjoy your weekend.

Yep, I am speculating that there's an attitude issue. Captains who are playing do not lose the captaincy without reason. If that reason was falling out with the boss and not sorting it out, that hardly shows a great attitude.

I'm really surprised it's that much. Isn't the advertising pretty much tv type screens? I'd assumed it was just a case of reprogramming the ads, using a local TV crew, getting DHL to deliver the trophy, and game on. Nonetheless, 2 English clubs playing in a red zone country would be nuts.

You've overlooked that he lost the captaincy, and lost it for a reason. I'm all ears for explanations as to why hardworking, committed and effective captains lose the captaincy. Romeu would be good captain material if his first language was English and he didn't spend his time injured or suspended.

Daft point. He's our senior player. A champions league finalist. He's the obvious captain, and he was our captain...you don't lose the armband by being the morale booster in the changing room.

How do you know that his influence on the team is a positive one? If it was, and with his experience, I suspect he'd be wearing the captain's armband. The fact that he's not, and that we seem a more committed team without him in it, makes we feel that he's not the best influence.

I get that, but people are still flooding into the country and some journalists won't add much to that. If its played overseas as it usually is, Portugal is the obvious place. Cracking outing for the fans too.

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Not sure, but I'm in 6 and won't have 2nd til 22nd May. I'd imagine 21st June is the target date to get through 1-9, and as many first jabs as possible.

"Go Henry made Covid" should be the slogan for the conspiracy mentalists.

On that we agree. He doesn't look interested to me. Quite happy to see him go.

By who and to achieve what? All its done so far is cripple economies...who exactly is engineering that and why?

Del, you're making more of a fuss than the article does. Nobody is saying "just a few more months". We're opening up a bit more on 17 May, and then more 21 June. That's a few more weeks and there's no suggestion that'll be delayed. In that time groups 1-9 will be all jabbed up, and I'd suspect that all remaining people over 35, possibly younger, will have had their first jab. We'll be all systems go then. In the mean time, people will get on with life using common sense and discretion.

Behave. Someone isn't a "tosser" cos they say no to the pay that they're offered. It's Bertrand's job, and probably his last contract. We could be offering half his current wages, pay as you play, month to month, anything that he thinks unfair. That said, I wouldn't offer anything as he looks finished and disinterested to me, but don't be throwing the insults around when you don't know what's happening.

Buffalo

Absolutely this, there needs to be transparency, but that's only part of it for me. In VAR the focus is mostly on not wanting to undermine the ref hence the "clear and obvious" nonsense. If VAR remains, it should be on the basis that its used to get to the right decision.

Fair play to Chelsea, well deserved. It'll be an interesting final. Chelsea's back 3 against no strikers. It'll be like a game of chess.

Yep, Victims vs Victims, Saturday 815pm. In all seriousness, I'm glad justice has been done. The var system has been shown to be a complete farce. On field mistakes are tolerable without var, but not when var is there.