shurlock

What because of the 80 odd appearances he made for them? A real player who grew with the club

Agree - the fixation with Shaw's 'dignified silence' is pure and utter bunkum.

Probably get cresswell.

Yep, especially when you consider it was in the last min and Welbeck was a fresh-legged sub.

And I guess you didn't read the rest of the article which basically ridiculed every other England player. Mediocrity is relative and all that.

Just forward your mate this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EgNLzbdya8

See the Uruguayans are alleging that this is a big witch hunt by the British press (utter horse****) - if Suarez gets a lengthy international ban, wouldn't be surprised if he tries to force a move from England. Needless to say, Liverpool suffers the collateral damage.

Losing them would anger me more than losing Lallana - getting them on new contracts is the ultimate low-hanging fruit. Low maintenance, proven premiership players don't grow on trees -regardless the fact that they know our system inside out.

Any links, Simon?

Why does the manager have to be English? Wouldn't want some patrician figure like Capello or a louche journeyman like Svven but that still leaves plenty of foreign options. Think someone like Klinsmann could do a decent job.

Gaston assist.

Jones - sums up the English disease

Shaw's been very good.

Sturridge being greedy - lay it off you thick c**t

Then it depends how many sales are factored in -Shaw, Lallana, Lovren, Schneiderlin. More than £70m there alone.

Very true, though you would think that united will have more attacking play than us next season.

Well he'd playing as a wing-back in Van Gaal's system. He'd probably have more license to get forward than with us -and that's saying something.

Hopefully with Lallana and Shaw on the same side, they'll have some chemistry. Nothing was worse than Lallana being stuck with Johnson in the warm-ups.

People quibble about Shaw's price but nobody is denying his talent whereas many people are openly critical of Lukaku. A very different tone, Brett.

Yep some pretty negative comments there. The 6ft 3 Tony Cottee

Rate as in pay Chelsea's £35m asking price? No.

Really? Played well in the WBA game (as did the other front two) but on the whole haven't been that impressed by him -certainly not enough to justify the £35m price tag. Many Everton fans have been pretty underwhelmed. But he's the proverbial 'hipster' player...

There's a golden thread of plodding six-former righteousness that runs through your posts on politics. That's how it's relevant, Lewis.

You're right - I'm known to defer to published, peer-reviewed experts on Northern Irish politics