benjii

No, because we would only have one away goal to count twice. We would win 3-2, as described above.

The competition rules state that away goals are "counted twice", which in typical football governance fashion is a nicely ambiguous way of stating things. "Counting twice" could quite easily be taken to mean "counting double", however, seeing as "twice" and "double" are synonyms. http://cup.efl.com/competition/rules/#13 Rule 13.5. So, whilst it is a preposterous formulation of how to achieve the tie-break, I think by the letter of the law, if we were to lose 2-1 after extra time on Wednesday it would be legitimate to say we won 3-2 on aggregate due to our away goal being counted twice.

I imagine there would be plenty of interest so that seems unlikely.

Yeah, that sounds realistic. Maybe a cheeky bid for Cavanni or Aubemyang as well?

Don't agree with you re the first goal. That won't be given as offside nowadays. That was the correct decision under current interpretations. Schmeichel's first reaction at the time was to be despondent - he didn't get up and complain straight away. I also don't agree re Maya. Morgan and Huth dish out far worse than that every set piece - viz. the clear foul on Clasie before Morgan's goal against us last season and the blatant penalty Leicester got away with in virtually every match! - and Morgan didn't complain at all.

Gray reminded me of how I imagine Redmond was a few years ago (if you see what I mean). Loads of potential but needs to work on the mental side of the game. I can see why Ranieri hasn't started him much.

When I was a kid, I liked 'Allo 'Allo.

Beer Sheva away will take some beating.....! Tel Aviv beach and city Jaffa old town Weird Police Escort to match alongside fenced off no man's land. Jerusalem: Mount of Olives Temple Mount King David's Tomb Room of the Last Supper Al Aqsa Western Wall Golgotha Jesus' tomb Judean Desert Bedouin camps Floating in Dead Sea Also, another vote for Wigan. Good night out.

Hope Leicester get relegated. Nasty bunch of thugs and cloggers. I can barely believe they won the league last year. It's an embarrassment to the national game. Hopefully they go down with Palace. About time a desperate Fat Sam escape bid failed.

Good post!

Exactly. We played quite well. We usually play quite well.

And Bournemouth away was worst of all!

Really? You thought we'd do better than last season, even though it was the weakest top division in living memory and we finished above Chelsea and Liverpool? We were pretty average last season and some of the revisionism about the football then compared to now is bewildering.

Don't be a helmet! I'm not claiming I'm not a helmet. I'm saying that collectively, this is a poor show from our fans. I think collectively we are exhibiting helmet like behaviour.

Franny was on Fantasy Football Club on Sky this week. Having talked about his charity efforts, Paul Merson said something sensible / intelligent / interesting ! What he said was, "if the Queen's watching, this guy deserves an MBE". Thinking about it, he's probably right. He's not a big celebrity really but he's raised about £400k for charity by putting himself through the mill. So, if people agree with Merson ("Merse"), you can nominate Franny for an honour. Details here: https://www.gov.uk/honours/nominate-someone-in-the-uk

Turnbull was sold.

Exactly.

I'm expressing my bemusement at some people's attitudes towards this semi final, second leg. If people have valid reasons for not going, that's cool with me and I wouldn't castigate anyone. What I find weird, and frankly quite dishonorable, are the people who aren't going for the stated reason that we've lost a few games lately or that they find us "boring".

You could say that about any league game we won in those seasons. Great days, sure. But not bigger matches.

Yeah, it was great. But it's not as important, viewed objectively, as a cup semi final.

I think you're struggling a bit with comprehension.

We got promoted through a cumulative league effort which led to us finishing second twice. There was no "promotion match". This is one match removed from winning an actual trophy. The point of getting promoted is to be one of the best. It's a means to an end. This is an end in itself.

Trump's just promised to "wipe out Islamic terrorism". Phew!

"Hipster vibe"? What the **** are you dribbling on about?

You've answered your question - it's because of commercial leverage and economies of scale due to size. That's a structural aspect of having a great big monolithic health service and, in this case, a virtue. It's not, in itself, evidence of procurement norms (positive or negative).