Lord Duckhunter

That's my point, I dont think he has shown the ability YET. What exactly has he done, one good half against Villa when everybody played well. Ability is not just about pretty touches and skill otherwise we would have signed Mr Woo. Football ability involves tackling, tracking back, and doing a job for the team. He looks totally uninterested in doing any of that. I could accept that ,as Alan Ball did of Matt, if he was producing at the other end, but he's not. He gives the ball away more than anyone else, his set pieces are pretty poor and he goes missing for vast spells of the game.

It was a win-win for the European elite, who really want a superstate. If it works, then great, the project is on track. But if it fails, the reason for failure will be there was no economic union and the remedy for the failure will be closer economic and monetary union, ie another step closer to their dream of a full United States of Europe by the backdoor.

Firstly, it was a dive, end of. Secondly, there's not a Villa player on the pitch that would not have done the same thing if it meant the difference between 3 points and none. I seriously doubt if one member of the Saints staff mentioned it to Jay Rod, or said "you should have stayed on your feet". The only time clubs will deal with dives is when they start affecting Ref's decisions ie I think Lallana has not got penos because he's been exaggerating contact. Thirdly, Lambert hit the nail on the head and Mick Quinn made the same point this morning on Talksport. Had that gone against us, Lambert & Quinn would not have blamed the striker, but the defender for diving in for the ball like that. Finally, Mike Atherton summed it up when talking about cheating. Said he never walked when he hit the ball, and if given not out stood his ground. He said that plenty of times he hadn't hit the ball and the umpire gave him out, that he felt he should just take the rough with the smooth and leave it up to the umpire. If he's given out,when he's in, so be it and visa versa. Same with us, it's not Paul Lambert's job to give Peno's it's the referee's. Just as it was the referee's job to decide if Gaston's Arsenal "goal" stood or not.One went for us, one against.

So some of our supporters should calm down and stop bigging him up. He passes the ball to one of our players and their gushing in their praise over him. If he gives it away to the opposition, it's because "they are not on his wavelength". He plays poorly and it's because Adkkins is playing him out of position and finally the gem that he'd be better with better players, well who wouldn't be ? Even Guly would look good in the Barca side. Our supporters are seeing good things and overlooking bad, because they want him to do well, because they were told he was a fantastic talent.There's been no evidence of it where it matters, on the pitch. If he'd been an unknown come in from Africa, they'd be calling for him to be dropped by now.

What!!!! He's yet to show he can be one of the best players in our team, let alone the league. He has flattered to deceive and has been very average 95% of the time. Two of the poorest teams in the league were on show yesterday, and he was one of the worst players on the pitch. Far from showing he could be one of the best players in the league, if he hadn't been a big signing, he'd be sat on the bench by now. He may come good, he may not. But I've seen nothing from him I haven't seen from Puncheon or countless other "lesser" stars.

****, I only saw him Oct on last tour,very sad......

I've seen both surviving Beatles and both gave great shows. Saw McCartney twice, once in '79 and once in '91. The '91 time he gave a fantastic performance, really was unbelievable. Really is a shame that his voice appears to have gone, because he really was great live. Ringo, I wasn't expecting a lot, but he had a great band with him, people like Rick Derringer and Edgar Winter and it was a great **** up and enjoyable night. Other great shows, Paul Simon,Chuck Berry, Paul Weller and Johnny Cash at the Albert Hall. Dr Feelgood was also a great live band.

The idea of a single currency without economic union is NOT a good idea, has never been a good idea and will never be a good idea. The mess in Europe was made worse by countries being unable to control the levers needed to weather the economic storm.

So that's it then, because you think its stupid to leave, we'll leave it at that shall we? Why don't we just stop having expensive elections and just let you and people you agree with govern us. You've demonstrated exactly the behaviours we've come to expect from the EU supporters. The we know what's best for you attitude. A vote on it?" How dare you ask for a vote, you had one 40 years ago." Vote against us?" how dare you, vote again and again". I bet you thought the euro was a good idea, didn't you? See that's the thing, 15 years ago people against the euro were being insulted. Yet they were right, the euro nuts were wrong.

What i actually said was that lefties are all over the place over Europe, not that lefties alone support it, I'm fully aware or grocer heaths role in taking us into this ridiculous vanity project. My point was that foregin police force can arrest a British citizan on UK soil over a crime that is not a crime in the UK. Lefties are jumping up and down over that sort of thing, until it involves "the project". Like it or not far from from"being isolated" the people calling for withdrawal are on the up. Ukip above labour and lib/dems in last euro elections, opinion polls showing that as majority view. It's your side of the arguement that won't put it to the people not mine.

The lefties are all over the place when it comes to the EU debate. Forget about straight bananas and nonsense like that, but it's an absolute fact that if I went on TV tonight and denied there was ever a Holocaust German police could come and arrest me. This is despite the fact I'd never set foot in Germany and even more worrying the offense I've committed in my home country is not an offense at all. Can you imagine the lefties putting up with that if it was the Usa. If I went on British TV and critised gun laws in the US and their police came over and arrested me. I'd have that fit Asian Liberty bird all over my case, lefties would be protesting and the Guardian would be jumping up and down, even Andy would post a Guardian link on here protesting. Yet not a Dickie bird, because it is Europe. Same with the economic argument. If Obama promised to wipe out our debts, pay X amount into the exchequer each year for the UK to become another US state, the lefties would say no. Economics should have nothing to do with it, it's about freedom and liberty to govern ourselves and hold our elected Representatives to account. Another example of the warped pro European thinking came from that old fossil Ming Campbell on Monday's Daily Politics, after a piece about the coalition's record and agreement that more should be done about unemployment there was a discussion about Europe. Old Ming put the view forward that freedom of movement was a great thing even from Poland and the Eastern bloc. He said that without migrants the service industry would collapse. My thoughts were maybe we should get the unemployed to work in the service industry, removing the need for these EU migrants. The other thing is surely it would be possible for an independent UK to decide how many and which immigrants we could let in. Ming's line seemed to be, either have free movement of everybody, or have no movement at all. That is what warped the EU debate 40 years ago and it warps it now. The argument that its all or nothing, that somehow we will become irrelevant without the Greeks, Portuguese, Irish, and Belgians behind us. It's complete and utter nonsense. If we have the goods, services and people that other countries want, they'll trade with us.We dont need a failed political experiment holding our hand . Of course people like Ming and other EU nutters like Clarke,Blair and Hestletine told us it would be crazy to stay out of the Euro.

We are being denied a vote because the great and the good are worried by what the result could be. If they thought it would be a walk over like the AV vote,they'd be opening the polling stations tomorrow.

Most people would want to be in a trading bloc with the rest of Europe, anmd that's what we voted to stay in 40 years ago. However the EU is not just a Trading bloc. Had it remained so there would be no arguement at all. It's the creeping loss of soverignty and the neutering of the British Parliament that makes it such a toxic issue. The very same people telling us we had to join the Euro or face being left behind are now telling us we have to remain in Europe or be left behind. The only people qualified to decide the future of our relationship with Europe are the British people, it is our Parliament being sidelined, our sovereignty, nobody has the right to do that without being given a mandate to do so. Why is it that the people who are convinced they have such a great case for Europe, are unwilling to put that case to the British people?

It doesn't make a blind bit of difference whether the USA wants us to have a referendum or not, we are never going to get one. The great and the good have lied to us over and over again over Europe, they are certainly not gonna let the great unwashed sabotage their "project".

Snap, and 2 of them hadn't done enough away games to qualify on the first day. There were so many cock Ups going on the database it must have must slipped through. I was talking to a bloke in the pub about it before the Chelsea game and he didn't even know there was a 4 rule. He reckons he's gone online and got more than 4 three times this season. Is it defo for online sales as well? Because 2 in our group had been to less games, before villa i had booked 4 and then 2 a couple of days later, so id never tried before

Watching the Liverpool Mansfield game the commentator said that Daniel Sturridge was looking to add to his haul of 2 FA cup winners medals. Then went on to add, he was an unused sub last season and came on for the last 90 seconds against the Skates. Surely these guys have an empty feeling picking up medals that they've not really earnt?

Talking of away support, one of the Few posted this on another site as an example of the "great support". About 6 of them singing, a few smurfs, a strangled trumpet sound, a bell, and a drummer out of tune. How the **** can you play a drum so badly, is beyond me.

It's clearly not the same for youngsters as it was 30 years ago. I have 3 boys ranging from 14 to 24, between that age I knew all the winners,knew all the heroes, the dickie guys, Ronnie radfords, could name the finalists since I was about 6. There's no way I would miss a cup final on tv. My lads are mad keen on football, but the cup is must,meh, to them. It's only going to get worse because us fossils will be gone and they won't pass what they don't really give a shiny ****e about, on to their kids. 30 years ago going out in the 3rd round would have ruined the week for me, id have been gutted. By 7pm sat I was just glad we didn't lose 3 points. Whoever says the cup is as it was 30 years ago is talking bollards

Then every single player playing the game is a cheat. Why aren't pundits and the like calling Ryan Giggs a cheat when he appeals for a throw in he knows is the other way. What about Gazza's bootlaces suddenly needing tieing up when we're leading in the last 10 mins, is he a cheat.

Do you think Jose Fonte is a cheat?

Didn't Jose knock one off of Jones' head against Stoke as well.......

****ing half wits can't even honour heroes without screwing it up. http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/368721/War-memorial-spelling-errors-upset-veterans

I remember about 30 years ago stood on the dell terraces and there was some really fit bird stood in front of us, my mate said "if we score I'm having a grope " sure enough we knock one in and he touches her up during celebration. You could see she wasn't sure if it was an accident , but moved second half. Couldn't happen nowadays of course, another reason to bemoan all seated stadiums.

I ****ing hate all this nonsense, really do. There is not a professional player in the country that wouldn't have done the same, but because he's who he is, he's a cheat. Same with Maradona, clowns like terry butcher and waddle going on and on about it, yet Jackie Charlton tried the same thing in the 66 semi final and nobody goes on about that. Double standards . Footballers appeal for corners when they know it's a goal kick, pinch yards at throw ins, dive, exagerate contact, waste time and sometimes handle the ball. It's not ****ing golf,what do the waddles of this world want them to do, call the infringement themselves.had Barnes done what Diego did in the same game, would butcher have said " would you mind chalking that off old chap" to the ref?

I thought it was a strange atmosphere yesterday. I sat in my normal seat and there were hardly any regulars arond me, my drinking partners, who sit in various areas said the same after the game. Sat near me there were clearly tourist type fans, who weren't as passionate. I can't remember being so meh about a competitive game, even when we were winning i couldn't really get into it. I stopped going to friendlies because of the same feeling and I'll defo think twice about cup games, unless it's the skates. It's sad really because i used to love the cup, but it's a big "so what" now. As for the Chelsea fans, the bounce thing was great, but other than that weren't any different than any big sides away cup support.