John B

You make a reasonable point but I cannot see how Puel has any affect on Forster not saving goals and Long missing them

Seems quite reasonable to me if these players had performed better we would have had a much better season and maybe Puel would not be under so much pressure if players do not perform to their usual standards it is hard on the manager

I think Puel should leave as I doubt any manager will get us higher than 8th next season as the top teams buy all the best players and it is players who ultimately win matches

What happens now? Is the election cancelled?

Are you suggesting that if Austin is now fully fit he should not be playing

You make an excellent point but we will probably lose some players but if we dont I think we need a better Davis Stephens and Rodriques

Why is it always the managers fault if highly paid players cant score goals and miss penalties

And there the gibbering Tory reveals why the Tories in fact don't get econmics at all... The vast majority of debt since 1945 has been created by Tory governments. The vast majority of debt has been repaid by Labour governments. Why? Because Tories have got it into their posh dimwitted skulls that a national economy is like a household budget. They refuse to invest in the economy because they think that doing so is like frivolously buying a sofa. And the idiots that vote for them go along with this painful charade, to the detriment of the nation.

It is great to finally have at least one of the two main parties putting the case for a large increase in public investment when the government’s borrowing costs are so low. It is great to see one party prepared to raise taxes to stop the growing squeeze on the NHS and the new squeeze on education. It is great that Labour have a fiscal rule which tries to represent current macroeconomic understanding rather than the wisdom of the George Osborne. Let’s hope this lasts beyond this election.

First, re income tax: the proposed tax increase is fair. It will impact a little over 1 million people. Because of the suggested structure the estimated yield looks to be realistic if at the top end of the range. The tax will not be a disincentive: it may encourage more tax saving by spending on pensions at the £80,000 margin. The corporation tax increase is wise. These increases make complete sense. More than that, there will be capacity to pay them. Labour proposes to increase GDP by spending. When a government spends more when there is unemployment or underemployment the result is not inflation, it is growth. And that growth always creates the capacity to pay the tax that funds the growth. This is a fact. The only question is how to collect that tax from the economy. Labour has chosen to do so in progressive ways consistent with its plans to reshape society. This, as I explained in 2015, is precisely what The Joy of Tax is. No one can blame Labour for doing exactly what tax is meant to do and leaving most in the country better off as a result. The only question is why the Tories won’t do the same. They will, of course, claim that this is a suicide note from Labour. And they will say it will harm the economy. But neither is true. Government spending when the economy is stagnating at less than capacity is wholly rational. And if it increases the ratio of government spending to total economic activity than has been usual, so what? What we need is government spending on health, education, social care, education and so much more. We are clearly not wanting to spend more on what the private sector has to offer or we would be doing so. This manifesto does then, very clearly, deliver what the economy needs. In that case is there a downside? None at all, I suggest, unless you ‘re in the top 3 pr 4 per cent of income earners or are a large company or bank. And let’s be clear, these groups have the capacity to pay.

Very true but the Tories are really useless as the 2010s is on course to be worse decade for pay growth in over 200 years but most of the electorate are uninformed of Of course having Corbyn as a leader does not help Labour despite being a more rounded an honest person than May . Neo Liberalism has not helped our country really but it has increased in equality significantly with the top 2 or 3 percent sitting very prettily

Just beats me why anybody would vote Conservative Plenty of evidence they are incompetent not much if any to show they are competent Perhaps someone could let me know why they think that they are competent with NHS Education Housing and Social Care in crisis 1 to 2 million on zero Hours contracts income not rising and poverty increasing. I do admit if I was earning shed loads of money I would think there were great

I started following the Saints in about 1961 and this season has been one of the best Top 10 Probable Top 8 Possible in PL A Cup Final only the Fourth I can remember European Football which I must admit we should have done better in. Looking forward to next season when hopefully we will score a few more goals and will not have injuries to key players

Huge Game for Arsene Wenger

I saw this on the internet and I am in total agreement I don't believe a word this ****ing lunatic T.May says!!! I read continental press and the views from Europe is that this Tory ****wit demands for the "Cake and Eat it" scenario and will blame Brussels when she inevitably won't get it! Vote Labour, vote SNP vote Green, vote Lib Dem if you want but on June 8th whatever you do don't vote for this lying, conniving *****! Strong and Stable my arse!

This one of the ridiculous posts I have ever seen there is no evidence to support your assertion in any way you are talking complete bollix Ed Balls the previous shadow chancellor is a fine economist unlike George Osborne whose austerity programme has wrecked the economy and led to Brexit George while at Oxford, Osborne was a member of the Bullingdon Club and during his six years at Number 11, he trashed the economy as thoroughly as the Bullingdon boys trashed their restaurants. Osborne used evidence the way a drunk uses lampposts – not for illumination, merely to support him in his excesses Under him, Britain has endured its weakest recovery in well over 200 years. The average worker is still worse off than they were before the banks collapsed in 2008. The chancellor, who promised a march of the makers, has presided over the collapse of our steel industry. The enemy of government borrowing has bequeathed to the nation a public debt burden almost three times what it was when he was ejected from office. The arch defender of our credit rating has seen Britain lose its AAA status. And now he leaves the country staring into what David Blanchflower – the former Bank of England rate-setter who predicted the last crash – now warns could be “a crisis bigger than Lehman Brothers: a political and economic disaster”. Osborne’s fiscal rules have been either broken or discarded, and where their replacement should be is instead a complete vacuum. The man praised for his “strategic grip” by his former permanent secretary admitted last month that he hadn’t bothered coming up with a post-Brexit strategy. Britain is adrift in what could be the choppiest waters in decades without a fiscal policy, a paddle – or even a map. None of this is accidental. All of it could have been foreseen – indeed, was foreseen by some of us. But it is the direct result of a s******ing callousness that punished the poor while rewarding the rich, that promised greater power for the provinces while shunting ever more money to central London, that bilked the young of their futures while bribing their grandparents all the way to the ballot box. How somebody like you thinks the Tories are great makes me feel sad no doubt formed by the outrageous right wing press who lie and lie and exaggerate hugely . In my lifetime it is only Labour Governments who have truly brought in change for the good of most people With the introduction of the Welfare State and the NHS and the massive house building of the 1940s Under Harold Wilson there was the end of the death penalty the end of the persecution of gay and lesbian people the introduction of equality for women and ethnic minorities and the closing of devisive Grammar Schools. Under Blair there was the start of the minimum wage the introduction of Sure Start Centres to help the developement of young children plus the proper funding of the NHS to reduce waiting lists and the Education System to allow more people to goto University and so improve there life chances. As a past Labour Party member I know that most Labour Candidates for MP are intelligent well educated men and women who have a social conscience. I am no longer a Labour Party member because I got frustrated with people like you who vote on perceptions rather than facts. You would certainly been better off under a Labour Government since 2010 because with money so cheap there would have been more investment in infrastructure because of Brexit you will be worse off again Have an open mind listen to what Corbyn says he may not look like a PM but it is very difficult to argue against what he says and today he got a standing ovation at the Headmaster's Conference regarding funding and the introduction of Academies and Grammar Schools. But if you think you will have a better life under the Tories please let me know and perhaps we can have a discussion on it. Dont believe all you read in the Tabloids most of the people who live on benefit live a horrible life dont care a toss about politics and like loads of immigrants dont vote

Vote Labour on 8 June ........ it's the only way to stop the Tories vile policies, and mad Brexit negotiation stance.

Mrs May and her team of incompetents not Duckhunter or Wes seem to be doing very well in cocking up Brexit See this Remarkable thread. Juncker's team now think it more likely Brexit talks will collapse than not. …

Really good start to the season unbeaten so far long may it continue

I’d rather live with Jeremy Corbyn’s gentle dithering in pursuit of a better world than give May a mandate to destroy what remains of British decency https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/25/vote-labour-jeremy-corbyn-theresa-may?CMP=share_btn_tw

I agree with you and C B Fry who would want to be a football manager when decisions have to be made

I went with a Man City friend to Wembley yesterday Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had a fine game and was MOM. Theo Walcott was an unused Sub and like most of our 'defectors' has not progressed to be a really top player but they have all earned obscene amounts of money and played before large crowds and I cannot blame them moving from St Mary's

Me too

Boufal has not proved to be a very good PL player so far not sure how you think it is because Puel does not have the personality to really handle Boufal and get the best out of him More likely Boufal does not have the personality to knuckle down and perform like Yoshi Bertrand Oscar VVD Romeu and Redmond have done

Think we probably would have won if Fidel played the whole game But draw with the Champions is not a bad result we are currently second in the Table