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Good find and read. Thanks

Who drops out to accommodate the three of them ?

Me too, now. What could go wrong tomorrow with this then ?

Have the QR codes start arriving yet ?

Bet Pep didn’t tell us about Rodri, then put on a sorrowful expression complaining they’re down to the ‘bare bones’ though.

Personally I think the opposite. A full neutral venue is better and provides a more electric atmosphere than a two thirds Wembley. We've got better stadiums now than we’ve had since the change of stadium requirements (Spurs, Emirates, Etihad, Millennium Stadium). Should be using them in my book.

Perhaps just Pep media shit in the hope we buy it. Then they put out a full first team. Not that their second or third team wouldn’t be a formidable line up.

Probably got a massive % sell on or discount in there. Was the deal done under Wilcox (or Shields?) watch ? Perhaps we’ll end up owing City money to take him. (Too much to expect we’d persuade them to take Bazunu as part of the deal as well I suppose).

Perhaps tomorrow is his ‘coming of age’ then

Golden opportunity to play v his old club and show his worth tomorrow. Agree with some of above comments re the MF selection though. On paper I’d have thought Downes-Charles the best pairing, yet it seems to lack something and the combination is less than the sum of its parts should be. Wonder why. Are they too alike ?

It’s a loss that he isn’t available but don’t forget he didn’t play v Arsenal. We’ve still got good options in Charles, Jander and possibly Bragg* who all now have a great opportunity to step up.** * don’t tell SaintRoyally **and unfortunately put themselves in a shop window.

Not if he’s sent off in the play off semifinal he won’t be.

Another story is that Atletico Madrid (and possibly Bilbao) took their red and white stripes from material that was used to make mattress covers.

Yes, far better it’s left to proper experts like Rasmus to see us relegated again.

Not sure that’s the case. She was photographed at Pompey in January for what was a game she might have chosen to avoid (in their primitive surroundings). This at a time when premier league return was far from likely. You could say the timing of her visible return coincided with an upturn in our fortunes. Perhaps purely coincidental.