Lord Duckhunter

If and it's a massive if, he's lost his mojo , then Reed and the powers that be will hopefully notice and make a decision . There's so much more to managing , that a slight change on match day is pretty flimsy evidence to base anything on . If he's different off the pitch , at training, if he's not putting the hours in or basically letting things slide , then I've no doubt the powers that be , will do the right thing as Swansea did with Laudrap . I hoping that his positive selections in cup games may work out and that this season maybe the one we reach another final . On our day and with a bit of luck we can beat anyone . Tactics wise , I would mind seeing a 3 at the back when RB returns . I think him and Cedric are perfect wing backs and VvD looks like he's comfortable as the " spare" man at the back , Jose can defo play in a 3 and with a bit of drilling and practise in sure caulker or maya could do so as well . A 3-5-2 would free up Mane to get closer to pelle and play off the big man . The other disappointment for me is the lack of game time Juanmi is getting , heard some great things about him from Malaga supporters in the summer , but doesn't get a look in . Early days, but even if he's not quite ready for the pace and power of the English game and needs to get used to it , he's not going to do that sat on the bench . I starting to lean towards the " Ron doesn't rate him " argument , really hope I'm way off the mark , but a strange start to his saints career so far .

Diane Abbott or a dead pig, not too much in it.

Is Navas the worst crosser of the ball ever seen? Shocking , the amount of ball he had and he didn't pick anyone out , or even miss the first man most of the time . Typical modern winger , quick but clueless . If you gave john robertson that much ball , he'd have put 3 on a plate for Bony and then slipped off for a fag and a pint .

Its just Arsenal twts all over twitter crying, doing my head in . Gabriel doesn't flick his foot back, he doesn't get sent off.

Its OK blaming Costa or Reed but Gabriel has got rocks in his head.

The other thing I found odd was that there was no comeback ,it was onto the next question . Normally the follow up question would contain a killer line or rebuttal of the answer just given . I maybe could understand if Corbyn took the subject and even the first question from the public , but the rest needs to be framed around Cameron's answer. It was bizarre . Cameron could have given an answer along the lines of " I don't really care about Mary from Islington and her welfare payments as I'm too busy having sex with Rebbeca Brookes and giving chunks of the NHS to my buddies " , and old Jezza would look at his notes and replied " Fred from ealing wants to know why house prices are so high"

He may get away with it once or twice, but it can't becomes a regular thing. PMQ's is really about rallying your troops and getting a decent attack sound bite on the 6 o clock news nowadays . He's not going to do either by quoting random lefties that have bothered to email him. For a " conviction" politician he seems to be ditching his principles pretty quickly . A spokesman has now said he will sing the national anthem in future.

The problem is Corbyn is not the man to hang the leftie hat on , but there is nobody else . Maybe In another life Caroline Lucas could have been the one . The Tories are in the same boat , it's all " middle managers " rather than deep thinkers with politcal convictions. David Davis has some interesting ideas , but he's persona non grata .

That's because "Call me Dave " is the very worst type of wet Heath like Tory . A proper Tory knows you cut public spending in growth years , but these clowns were so wedded to the Blairite model they forgot all about basic economic reality . Everybody lost leave of their senses and believed this " no more boom and bust" pony . Labour fully supported membership of the ERM , but I don't recall that from stopping them attacking the Tories when it went belly up. What comes around goes around .

He can.

Sound starts about 20 seconds in, just as the ball whistles past Close's nose.

The West Indies had taken a beating at the hands of Lilliee & Thomson a couple of years before and Clive Lloyd saw that this was the way forward . Tony Gregg then went and wound them up saying he was going to make them grovel . The fact that a white South Africian used that particular phrase compounded the resentment . I've got a great book about that tour and the I'll feeling that Gregg created called "Grovel" . Fantastic read for any cricket fans of a certain vintage . Close & Edrich both took a hammering and were extremely brave , and in fairness so was Gregg himself. I highly recommend the book if you're interested in cricket . RIP Brian

Because he's shiete . A complete and utter waste of money and anyone who doesn't think that is deluded or related to him .

I don't think Maggie kept her " dogma" well hidden , I think she used the shambles on the left to become more radical than she ever thought possible in '79. Had labour stayed together under Owen or Healy I'm sure she would have governed more from the centre, and not been so radical. This is a great opportunity for Call me Dave to do the same , but I doubt he will. He take the Blair approach which is to use the weakness of his opponent's to pinch the centre ground , to attract their " soft" voters. It may win elections, as Blair did, but ultimately you end up disappointed.

Two major pillars of the eu are The Euro and Schengen , both have shown to be totally unworkable as soon as they're put under any stress . The EU is a flawed ideological idea and the sooner it is broken up , the better.

This is why the people comparing his election as leader with Maggie's are deluding themselves. Thatcher won the support of her MPs and had previously had front bench positions. Jezza was gerrymandered onto the ballot , has been disloyal over and over again and people are queuing up to resign from his shadow cabinet . If people are going to compare a Tory leadership election to this one it is IDS. Although he had the support of a majority of MPs , his previous rebellions ( every bit as principled as Jezzas ) meant the whips had real problems keeping discipline and he was knifed pretty quickly. I was listening to a programme on radio 4 about the '76 leadership election. Roy Jenkins, Callaghan, Tony Benn, Michael Foot, Denis Healy and Tony crossland . Contrast these big figures with Burnham & Kendall, Jezza and Mrs Balls. Where were David Blunkett, Alister Darling , Harriet Harman , Ken Livingstone Alan Johnson . These are the type of people that should still be MPs and still hold senior positions. Why are both parties obsessed with youth and " new" . The greatest thing about this win is that Diane Flabbert will get a front bench position and we won't have to put up with the racist on the "This Week" sofa anymore.

Any point away is OK, particularly if its a 0-0. VvD looked a different class than everybody else, yes they'll be harder games but if he plays like that it'll be Toby who? By the end of the season. Poor judgement from Targett , 9 out of 10 players would have waited for the contact , which you could see coming a mile off. He got lucky that the guy dived too early. But it was still a horrendous misjudgement. He is not ready yet and its one of the fine lines that are costing us. He got into a couple of decent overlap positions , but hasn't the quality RB has. JRod a couple of heavy touches and a poor header and JWP wasted a good Pelle chest down with a really poor touch. Juanmi is a strange one , I hope its a question of Ron easing him in, rather than a buy that Ron didn't really want. I see no reason why he couldn't of had 10 yesterday . I saw nothing wrong with singing to Rickie , it was a couple of minutes when he first came off.

Well we tried him out ,as did Hull .

That is correct . I remember it well , because I was listening to the radio when Vickery said it . He also said he's international career was over hyped . I don't get it , he's proven to be a complete and utter failure , yet people still won't accept it. Let's tick them off , because they'll appear in the next 20 posts . " The Villa game " " clearly talented" " not suited to the premier league " " could do it in Italy or Spain " " injury free" Eyes down for Gaston bingo .

Perhaps it's because he's shiete

The ira also took into account public opinion , particularly in the republic and the US . I'm sure the slight change in American public opinion towards terrorism had some influence on Adams and co " settling" . Remember , the IRA used to give " warnings " and used to attempt to minimise civilian vauslities as they knew these would turn decent Catholics against them . Isis are totally different , they're loons pure and simple

The membership would never vote for anyone anywhere near Milliband D 's politics . That's the problem with opening up the debate , the party has a majority of lefties . At least the Tories only give the members 2 options , so if enough mp's are sensible they'll get a choice of 2 " centralist " clones . Admirable as it is , when you start giving the party too much say you're in trouble .

The ira had specific and understandable aims that could be part of negotiations. I doubt Isis' aims of death to all infidels and the destruction of the west, are the basis of any negotiation.

Complete and utter rubbish . Republicans are not vocal , there's hardly any debate and nobody is pretending it's anything other than a small minority . It is not anything to do with jealously at all . Despite being a minority position it is a consistent argument . Arguing against hereditary peers , for equality and against the class system whilst doffing your caps to The Royals is not . 100 years ago most people believed we were descended from Adam & Eve , 50 years ago we locked up homosexuals . One day every man & women will be born equally in this country , a Muslim or catholic could attain head of state . I doubt I'll be around to see it , but you're deluded if you think this backward looking institution will last .

Nobody would claim that Graham Gooch was a better batsmen than Don Bradman just because he scored more test runs .