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And that's the plan for this season is it, finishing mid table, I thought Koeman said we need to be Europa League this season. Still 5th but to me 5 straight losses isn't acceptable at all. Could easily be 6 on Saturday and then 7 out of 8 when Chelsea beat us.

We did that in July and August, what makes you think punting more will change anything really. We spent what 60 million £ plus the loan fees for Toby and Ryan, we need to get more out of what we've got and not just throw more money at it. Koeman needs to explain exactly why Reed, described by his homonym as the best player ever to come out of our academy, is not considered good enough to replace one of 2 first team essentials on 4 yellow cards against a 3rd division side.

As I said the other day, we have wasted 22 million on Long and Mané, could easily have kept Gaston and got a 2 million £ bargain from Auxerre or something. As for the result, I just don't care, should have played the reserves + youth , taken the front line players home after the Burnley game and not got cards, injuries and mega crowd disappointment. For me Koeman got this all wrong, should have taken Morgan off when Victor got booked, perhaps we'd already subbed 3 by then though.

Unbelievable, worst case scenario, we should have sent the U15 girls and just let it go, why oh why do clubs like us get trapped by the lure of a "final" in tinpot competitions.

New rules in Russia, 10 foreigners maximum and 15 russians minimum for each side. Maybe a few bargains then because it was any number you like and 4 russians.

Probably not the same boots though, they may look the same but they're all declined in various configurations, most top flight pros have hand made boots for every type of condition anyway. Like with Goretex linings that you wouldn't notice unless you seen them at close quarters.

What's the point of trailing someone all the way up to Sheffield to sit on a bench, Mayuka is probably equally as good as any of the U21s who played last night for that. Don't think the 2 groups train together much at all really.

Has he ever coached youth, not so sure really.

Well no, they played last night.

Cropper ?

Kind of makes sense, Bertrand hasn't played internationals this season and he gets an automatic rest against Chelsea in a couple of weeks.

err Jimmy Grimble is a Manchester City loving schoolboy who gets given a pair of "magic boots" by an old dear in a slum house. He wins some Manchester schools tournament all by himself, believing that his boots are magic in some way, until some wag throws them in a skip (or the Manchester Ship Canal, can't remember) and he loses all his powers. Is rubbish, gets new boots at half time, scores a few goals and signs for Citeh.. It's a film.

Not so, Chelsea are the 19th fixture of the first half, Everton,Palace,Chelsea, our next 3 games complete the "out" fixtures. We'll have played everybody once as will all of the other teams I expect, it's the way it works now..out and back, 2 halves of a season.

Jimmy Grimble classics were they ?

How much change do you think he'll get out of Jagielka and Distin though. Might need Long's movement there.

Who are apparently beginning to fight amongst themselves on occasions. Pakistani government blind eye turning (at best) was sort of binding them together, when the crack down in the tribal zones commenced infighting (over infiltration apparently) created rifts in the lute. Not my hypothesis I'm afraid, got it from a bloke who does Indo-Pakistan studies .

Not if they can catch up with him to kick him first, game gives me the shudders with Saturday in mind.

I read HobNob forum from time to time yes, the fans wanted him out, perhaps they don't understand what's going on at their club either eh. They've got new owners and those people have decided that Adkins results just aren't good enough, they pay the piper and call the tune, all the rest is unimportant. They have sunk to 16th in the Championship despite having expensive players like Ferdinand and Gunter on their books. Bad results in professional football will get managers the sack, fact of life I'm afraid.

Good man no doubt but his results at Reading are pretty appalling, he's been sacked because of that. He's got exactly what his Reading results have earned him I'm afraid.

Is not beer an alcoholic beverage by definition ? All joke beers should be defined as alcohol free beer substitutes.

Ah yes the Puma WC boots, pink and turquoise, wags are probably wearing them to shopping trips now.

I like black boots, tasteful,monotone hand made ones like RvPs for preference, don't think they have a brand on them at all, could be wrong, not studied them too closely. No stripe, no swooshes no name of a big cat plastered all over them.

Losing this game is inconceivable (then again so was losing at Burnley). We'll win but how many cards will we get and who'll get injured, that's the problem. If we start Morgan and Victor we'll have to take one off if the other gets a card, Davis looks to be out so we'll have to risk JWP again..not sure that that's very wise, nope can't see this game doing us any good in the greater scheme of things. Pelle got 3 out of his 5 cards in the C1C...was it worth it ?

Only if they win.

In fact they've been cracking down on the tribal zones and the Khyber pretty hard of late, Uncle Sam has even given them a reward for their efforts. Opinion seems to be that the Taleban are rattled and desperate and that this reprisal may end in their total destruction.