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Agree with all of that, although the extent of the allegations against Wallace surprised me. The Torode thing was ridiculous on multiple levels but mainly because he was singing a mainstream song, and that his "trial" didn't actually involve him. Mad world.

Yep. It's a self imposed straightjacket that isn't helping one bit.

Ah, so the carnage of 14 years of the Tories is irrelevant, and Labour should have sorted it in a year. Right you are.

Probably, and anyone else who's likely to be off. ABK I'd imagine will be in that group.

That only works if the club let you go and don't hold you to the contract. Doubtless he wouldn't want a Lallana type situation. The only compromise would be a lucrative 1 year extension, but if I were him, I'd be after a decent 4 year deal with an established PL club now. Everton feels a good move to me - not too much expectation, but no real risk of relegation. Everton is a stepping stone to a top 4 club. Saints in the championship isn't.

Or a very simple "we're ALL a product of our genes" message. It's only a white supremacist thing of you look for the things that would support that position. Would the ad would have been ok with a white brunette?

The CB's see the whole game ahead of them. They see how a bad team set up can expose the team defensively and going forwards. It's the best position to observe and understand the game from. Many successful coaches were CB's for good reason.

It's utter nonsense. The ad does not denigrate the genetics of any race, or seek to promote genetic superiority of white people. It's a play on words. Nobody would have batted an eyelid if a black model had done the ad.

Yep. He tailed off massively last season which makes me wonder how committed he'll be if he doesn't get a move this window. As talented as the kid is, if £40m + is on the table now, I'd take it and move on. Does anyone know if anything is due to Chelsea as some kind of sell on after he came back?

Jesus wept! RM has gone. Let it go!

It's utterly pointless though. He was here. He was shit. He's gone. He's now Rangers problem. The end.

Baz would have kept one of his famous clean sheets, and added a load of world class saves to his highlights reel. Or something.

I never claimed he was special. He did better than Baz would have done though and we got the results we needed. At the end of the day, neither Baz or McCarthy are good enough, but there's no denying that Baz getting injured in the push to promotion was a blessing.

I've just looked at the accounts, and yep, no directors loans over a nominal amount. Seems capital input is simple capital, and loans. My mistake, I'd assumed he'd loaned capital.

I didn't mention a dividend. Directors loans in/directors loans out I'd imagine.

He'll inevitably claw back some of his investment where he can without harming necessary inward transfers. Solak plainly isn't making money out of the club, but I doubt that he won't take money out to partly repay his capital input.

Thanks for that. You'd hope from that, and the parachutes, that we'd spend a bit.

Ha! It's a shame you missed the semis and the final. You'd have seen performances from McCarthy that Baz wouldn't have put in.

We were much better after he got injured and McCarthy took over the gloves. Personally, I'm not sure we'd have made it to and through the play offs if Baz had stayed in the team.

Surely we've spent more on players than we've received in transfer fees under Solak ownership? He was always going to recoup some investment.

Woakes injury is nasty whatever he's done. If it's a rotator cuff, it'll be game over sadly. I'm with you re the bowlers. Archer needs to be used carefully as he and Stokes are our best hope, but they're both made of glass.

The selection of Bethel was the difference for me. Criminal that he was in the team. And the shed load of extras conceded on their first innings.

I don't mind the sledging. It's part of the game. We just need to give as much shit as we get.

I think the issue could be his height. Easier to accommodate that in a back 3 than a 4. QPR played him as a CB, RB and in midfield. I'm a believer of getting your best players on the pitch and playing a system that suits them, as long as they're in a natural position. On the assumption that Stephens is a starter, I'd have Edwards in a 3.

Some would say he should just quit!