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Ignorant press, ignorant reader's bit of both really. Morgan just doesn't compare to Cabaye (yeah right) and Pogba in the eye of your average french person. He got 4.5 in the ratings, most got 3 or 4. All agree that he needs to be less timid though and I just hope that DD gives him another chance on Sunday.

Good keepers play first team football from a fairly early age, Mandanda certainly did, peaking is a matter of opinion but he'd certainly be good enough for us, bloke I'd really like to see at Saints though is Ruffier of St Etienne. Probably better than Mandanda.

To a point where none of them is considered as adequate as Kelvin Davis, I think you've answered your own question really.

Benzema really was poor, we'd have lynched Pelle for missing those 2 sitters. Front 3 were all very poor really, defence was shîite as well.

French press weren't over impressed really, I've seen comments such as "what do you expect, he only plays for Southampton, real players play for Juventus and Real Madrid". Another gem, "if he's one of the best players in the PL it's no surprise that no PL club has made the last 8 of the CL". Not a great evening for Morgan really, shame, it was his chance to shine. He needs to do far more going forward if he really wants to cement his place in the national side, doesn't do that for us and thus can't for them. Needs to move to a club where he has a less defensive role.

Never mind they'll just draft someone else.

I am still troubled by that fleeting report that jets were overhead, about 180k from Orange to the crash zone, what about 12 minutes for a Mirage at Mach 1, now I don't want to get all Pap about this but did the French know what was going down? At what height would a satellite phone function.

I suspect that he didn't think at all, which is why I said it's not really the action of a motivated terrorist.

Still not much of a real terrorist action though is it, action of a whacko yes but there are better things to do with an A320 than just piledrive it into the Alps, if you're going to do it for some weird cause or other then do it well. The lack of any evident motive tells us that it was not a classic premeditated terrorist action. As I said earlier, Lyon, Turin and Marseille were at hand. Just a seriously deranged person no doubt.

What a strange rule, why have umpteen goalkeepers if you can't loan them out to gain experience, goalkeepers need games all of the time, no point in having so many that you can't use.

Absolutely, I mean it's not the PL's fault if we're stupid enough to continue to employ shîte goalkeepers now is it. All of them could have been loaned out for this season and it wouldn't have made a bit of difference to the only thing that counts..the first team.

Although having specifically mentioned him I seem to remember something about Strootman having a pretty serious knee injury, don't know if he's playing at all just now. Still it'd be a new challenge for that injury management wallah that Utd fiched from us.

No idea, but I suspect that it won't be anwhere near as high as many think. They certainly have a few players who'd bring them in the 20 million £ that they'll need, starting with Strootman who's a big LvG target I believe.

I think we must assume that he's already got at least 1 move to a club who are certain to qualify for the CL lined up in principal, all the rest remains to be seen. His agent is very close to Garcia at AS Rome, wouldn't be his first choice move perhaps but it's probably all agreed bar signing on the dotted line and coughing up the swans. Don't say he'll go there of course but has already his worse case scenario option lined up.

Been reading of a strange case in Germany. At Mayence one of the keepers is out of contract this summer and the club didn't want to renew his contract so he invoked ordinary employment law in germany where a worker can ask to be hired on an indefinite contract (same as any other worker really) after 2 years service. The courts upheld his right to do this and now if Mayence want to get shot of him they-ll have to find a reason to sack him and no doubt pay compensation. Now if all footballers in Germany started doing that (if it was to their advantage) it might make a hell of a mess of the transfer system.

Won't go to Arsenal, they've had their chance. Citeh or AS Rome would be my forecasts.

Isn't that already standard proceedure with some airlines ? Thought I read somewhere that it was. Still in the case of a whackjob nothing to stop him/her giving the other one a whack with a starting handle or something I suppose.

Commonly known as a diesel I believe, before the days of HDI and TDCI of course.

Still don't expect Morgan to go to Arsenal myself, if they were going to splash the cash on him they'd have done it long ago, expect them to go for the cheap option of Khedira myself. That leaves Chelsea,Utd and City.....and with Touré possibly on his way out.........join up the dots yourselves.

There's a French Airforce Base at Orange which isn't all that far away, they might well have Rafales and Mirages up on mountainous terrain exercises at any time (especially just now), we get them overhead at low altitude about twice a week or so from March to October.

Seems to have said nothing much different from his Canal+ appearance a few weeks back. Apart from the red card stuff that is.

Which is exactly what he's doing, stupid choice and the FA got what they deserved. Probably just a stall appointment until they can give the job to Gerrard.

In that case why not crash the plane on Marseille or Lyon ? Just doesn't add up at all.

Why would they be, Serbia isn't in the EU neither does it have a free trade agreement with the EU as far as I know. Tadic and Djuricic both needed work permits. At this time I believe we have 5 players with work permits,maybe even 6 don't know where Victor stands, probably about as many as any other PL side.