benjii

So, basically, her life has been ruined and she has to move to Australia to escape losers and bullies because the police / CPS decided to pursue an offence against a person that the person wasn't even bothered about. Very odd situation indeed.

This is useful, thanks. I guess the point is that it doesn't follow that non-guaranteed services will necessarily be disrupted. It's still not clear exactly who is striking.

Maybe it's Virgil's turn to have a rest and it will be Fonte and Yoshi. I'm pretty sure Virgil will have a host of glamorous European matches during his career.

Milan really isn't a good city for a day on the ****, I am afraid.

Basically they haven't got a clue.

But it really isn't an important match. That's the point. To my mind, that means it can't possibly be massive. Anyway, who cares - it's all good!

Indeed. The JPT semi-final and finals were bigger matches than this. A lot of people are just a bit over-excited, really.

That's a ridiculous position to take. I've been that drunk before. It doesn't mean everything that happened thereafter rendered me a mere victim of circumstance and I had no role in it. You still make conscious choices even if you can't remember events fully afterwards. Thankfully the law doesn't seem to be taking such a stupid view as yours.

He was excellent yesterday but it was quite a nice game to get thrown into. On the ball and going forwards he is clearly good enough but, as others have said, the test will be when we play a team with better attacking players than Burnley.

The Sunday thing is a killer for away fans. I would have done Leicester and Man City away if they were on Saturday but I won't do them on a Sunday.

So team for Sunday presumably: -------------------Forster----------------- Martina-----Fonte----VVD--------Targett --------------------Romeu---------------- ---------Hojbjerg-----------Davis--------- ----Redmond-------Tadic------Austin---- Only doubt is whether he actually prefers McQueen to Targett. Subs: McCarthy Yoshida McQueen JWP Classie Jay Rod Hesketh / Olomula / Boufal Expect to see Jay-Rod and Boufal involved against Inter (along with Yoshi etc.).

You seem a bit confused about how football teams work.

I watched the matches and saw him pointing, talking, encouraging, calming etc. There is no doubt he played an important organisational role, despite Pepe having more caps. Pepe is a loose cannon. Fonte is a calm head.

Sounds like maybe a few lower-profile regional services might be affected then but shouldn't cause a problem for international flights or major inter-city travel (I hope!).

Is that true though, really? None of them are the best player at their club - Alli and Kane (if fit) arguably the closest to that. The current crop of England players is very average. None are as good as any of: Ashley Cole, Sol Campbell, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry, Gary Nev, Lampard, Scholes, Beckham, Gerrard, Owen, Shearer.... we simply haven't got any players even close to being world class any more. The likes of Robbie Fowler, Kevin Phillips, Les Ferdinand, Ian Wright, Matt Le Tiss, Andy Cole could hardly get a start for England in a big game but all would improve the current squad. Average players, lacking in intelligence, spirit, mentality and basic human qualities coupled with weak leadership; it's no wonder we've been crap for over 10 years. The thing is, as has been demonstrated numerous times on the international stage, you only need some decent organisation and a coherent game plan to have a decent crack at a tournament so with the resources the FA has available to it, our failure to get the basics right before all the recent tournaments is pretty shameful. We could still do fairly well, despite those players, if the powers that be actually got a hold on things.

I'm not sure about that. Given the way Portugal played, Fonte was probably more use to them than Stones. He was organising the others, he was focussed, he was disciplined... Stones obviously has more natural ability but if you want to set up to grind out matches and you wan't people who love defending in your team than Fonte is currently a better bet.

You think that England team would finish in the top 6 of the league?

Mental.

A lot of them would obviously improve our squad considerably but in terms of going straight into the starting XI, not many of them are shoe-ins. GK - not much in it. Walker (and Clyne) are better than our current RBs. Personally, I prefer Bertrand to Rose. Centre back - I'd take our two. Obviously Stones has great potential and would be good to have in squad. Centre mid - a very weak area for England. Not sure I would see any of them as an upgrade to the First XI but would obviously improve the squad to have Henderson, Dier or, for example, a fit Wilshire. Upfront, Sturridge on his day is obviously better than any of our strikers but he seems like an absolute tool and can't last a full season. In the wide positions, Tadic is better than anyone who played last night IMO. Probably Boufal is too. The likes of Rashford and Walcott etc. would obviously be great options to have though. That England team is full of pretty average top-flight players.

I think it's largely down to the mini-league status of the matches. If we get through to the next stage I would imagine tickets will sell out quicker.

Pardew's first competitive match: Kelvin Davis Chris Perry Wayne Thomas Dan Harding Lloyd James Graeme Murty Morgan Schneiderlin Paul Wotton Adam Lallana Matt Paterson Marek Saganowski Substitutions: Oscar Gobern for Matt Paterson 70 Simon Gillett for Lloyd James 75 Jake Thomson for Morgan Schneiderlin 83 On the bench: GoalkeeperBart Bialkowski Defender Ollie Lancashire Defender/Midfielder Jake Thomson Midfielder Simon Gillett Midfielder Oscar Gobern Midfielder Lee Holmes Midfielder Anthony Pulis That bench!

It's no good unless he does this every match.

Crossing: 20

I am never sure if you are a caricature on here deliberately or not. For your sake, hopefully it's an act.