Badger

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 ?

spirit

ditto

Fake (to laugh)

hairy

triangular

If only we could play teams as poor as those two on our travels every match.

..or Forren nutted MP afterwards ?

clause

Interesting that now the Thames has flooded, its a national disaster and both the efforts and attention are geared up a little more.

If the players here for example are Danish or Dutch u21's or on the fringe of the national squads then I'd expect them to be worth a look. Last summer, and possibly last Jan, we were linked with a Danish lad playing in Italy ( CB at c£6m or so). Wouldn't the clever thing to be to try bringing him I from Denmark as a fraction of that cost ? (no doubt have Steve De Ridder thrown back at me.).

I'm not making a case either way, you can bring in excellent imports (Lovren for one), but in recent history our championship signings ( Clyne and Rodriguez), have perhaps adapted better than our more glamorous imports from Serie A. So possibly the reluctance to "Carlos Kickball" from some is understandable. It may be that the clubs obsession with Serie A has diminished in the light of these experiences, and NC's departure.

Time will tell.

Dyke sorry to lower the tone

fudge

McCarthy - Reading goalkeeper.

That's how I saw it. Agreed, but that is the problem. Yes, we can recall some superb stops, but he is erratic and just as likely to make a howler. I thought the Begovic goal was just a fluke in the conditions and don't blame him for that, but the other three are down to him, and you might also add his share along with VW for fartarsing around for Hull to score against us, although this was not critical to the outcome of the match. I have been of the view that we should have been looking to bring in a top GK for two years (when at the top of the NPC ,Jan 2012 window) but it has passed us by.Definitely an area to improve on.

Do you think Woy will take all this in to account though ?

May I join you, gentlemen ? I'll have a rolled up copy of The Times under my arm.

Don't agree that Clyne has no chance, or that Rodriguez is likely to beat RL to a place in the squad after his initial display for England. Probably between RL and Carroll though. Like Beckenham I'd love to see RL part of it.