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Actually that clip should be compulsory watching at SFC by both MP & KL. They are bound to conclude how good the River Plate sash looks, and they even feature in red and white stripes as well. Back on the player though, aren't Monaco a mega-funded club. No need to sell for stupid money. Unless of course Dalian Wanda is bankrolling it personally...

Don't they all ? And is it compulsory to play such sh!t music with a clip ? Anyone ever measured the correlation with the skill factor:sh!t music, is it crappier the track better the player ? It has to be that way because you would not remain watching a poor player with that sound in the background.

Remember seeing that from the Archers Road End. Wright kneeling down doing his laces up when this character appeared wrapping his coat over him as it was raining !

That was my first thought on seeing the thread. Perhaps a slight difference is that this lot look 'close knit' on the pitch, whereas the Greats of The Alehouse formed their greatest bonds off the pitch, and mostly at the bar, often "after hours". The Alehouse did not always show the same unity on the pitch as this lot, and performances were often more disjointed than now, perhaps explained (as my late father told me years later) by some of the players being on the p!ss the night/morning before a match.

I think it was a half time spat between Lawrie and one of them initially, (half time v QPR in the League Cup sticks in my mind) , and the other got involved. Story at the time that Wright pushed Lawrie in the bath.

Jesus as our saviour. But do we learn nothing from experience ? Gray, Wigley ?

or want a Champions League team to "fulfil their potential ..."etc

Had Cork been playing since August, in the form he is currently displaying, I think he'd have been a contender but unlikely to shift the Gerrard/Lampards etc to make the final squad.

No surprise really. Hope he gets a Premiership goal to cap his time with us.

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Difficult one to make a call on. As someone else said, selection could be on the particular opposition. Heart wants to vote CC as another from the academy. Perhaps he's stronger, most definitely taller. But Clyne has that extra pace, and danger going forward, so gets my vote (tonight).

Don't we need another point for safety first though ?

Yes, I think he would. One of the most reliable ever, for three or four seasons. But he'd never get to take a penalty now.

Don't worry Ottery, Katharina & her team will charm them and they'll either forget who NC was, or run some "why nasty Nic had to go.." stories. Probably on FA Cup semi-final day.

no further comment needed really, this sums it up.

Tonight was the warm up , this is for real.

Bigger shame that it was known ahead of him joining, but in fairness MP probably thought having worked with him once he could get inside his head an motivate him. Bigger reflection on Osvaldo than MP that he couldn't though.

Joke received yesterday : Farmer & his family have been living in the first floor of their house for three weeks due to the flooding in Somerset. They see the Red Cross have hired a couple of amphibious landing crafts and as they approach the farmhouse they open the bedroom windows to lean out.. “… thank Christ, at last, are you here to help us ?” “ no mate, we’re collecting for Syria..”

Most unlikely, unless there has been a history of high risk flooding, Bewdley or Upton on Severn for example. The scale in Somerset has been unprecedented there, so unlikely to be a £1000 or more (unless localised history). Agree with you about the appalling attitude of aintforever, although I'd look at central costs dealing with clear up rather than just compensation for the sake of it. That might start an acceptable precedent. Can you imagine if the River Mersey breached its banks ? That's not to say the excess for flood might not be increased come renewal.

See three bookings noted on BBC, Shaw, Fonte & Schneiderlin. Are any near a suspension ?

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ditto

Fake (to laugh)

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