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Plucky was the verdict. Of all grounds, this is the one Arsenal players fear. Rightly so. "Terrifying, beyond any atmosphere I've ever experienced, undoubtedly the most intimidating stadium there's ever been in world football", commented a random non-English speaking foreign player. Sold out boards went up at noon, the whistle went, but the score was irrelevant. Matchday was here, but it was a game only important to the opposition players and their bucket-list dreams. Years have gone, this cup was only a massive trophy up until exactly 2010. The league is the only cup now, it's best to be out of the old so-called FA Cup, and Jackett's heroes delivered in style. How Arsenal fans wish they were in League One, and despite early season efforts, it was their dream that died at the fortress.

Aintforever is correct - The country made a clear choice - to continue running the police and NHS as they are. #turkeys

This is all a bit like Man City making a big deal out of deciding who will go up to be presented with the Premier League trophy in May.

Rehabilitation needs to be improved right across the board for offenders of all types who will be released at some point. There is hardly any serious effort or funding being put into this at the moment, and it is very clear that we have no workable plan for tackling those who have been radicalised. The sooner our government ministers stop spouting that we are the best in the world at everything, the better. Let's listen for a change, in this case, to those countries who have had more success in these areas.

I think he was giving Kevin Friend marks out of ten.

How's the healing of the country going?

Hey Duckie, I missed him staring in that TV show - presumably they didn't give him a speaking part because every time he opens his mouth something frigging silly falls out. He must be really good at looking at stuff though, a rare talent, to add to that clumsy, ill-educated, misjudged kneejerk self-promoting Poundland Hopkins Toff character he does so well. And feel free to slag me off, you can even froth at the mouth a little and mutter Pinko if it cheers you up. Lovely as you are, and I know you are all good intentions at heart, I don't need your support because Lord T himself, caught between train delays, suggested only yesterday that I am sophisticated, and that is high praise which I have embraced - it will keep me cosy warm through the rest of winter. x

He's simply a bloke no one knew, trying to promote his new career by being controversial. It's a shallow PR campaign.

Thank god the talking is over, now it's time for action. When does the first £350m go into the NHS? That will make such a difference to people's lives, it was a brilliant promise.

Now, if a bloke dressed as an old woman had shouted that in a fake Irish accent on prime-time BBC, it would be hilarious!

Let's not deny democracy - our fellow citizens love Mrs Brown's Boys, they think it's hilarious, subtle, and awash with beautifully-crafted characters delivering complex scripts that work on several levels. And that tells you everything you need to know about the general public.

Boris makes up whatever suits his agenda on the day shock. Voters lap it up and point at other stuff to distract from the fact they've been conned. Again.

It was all very well organised, everyone was given a little plastic flag to hold, ready for waving when Nigel said. The flags were made in China, though someone had crossed out their name on the box and scrawled England. Then the rest of the gang came in, Katie Hopkins, Tommy Robinson, Rees-Mogg, the EDL, UKIP, Gove and the weird-looking King of the Poor from Wetherspoons, joking with the smug billionaire traders and newspaper owners standing quietly at the back. We all huddled together as one, me and my people, united in celebration, ready for the big moment. As we waited for a short millionaire to screech bong through a megaphone, I wondered how it came to this - shoulder-to-shoulder with the filthy-rich, and stood between Ann Widdecombe and Rupert Lowe, both of them frothing-at-the-mouth and jabbering uncontrollably about Pinkos, and the beautiful glory of war. I held my little flag tight and we all listened to Robinson as he persistently explained the Koran to everyone - he seems to know a lot more about Sharia law than he does about UK law. Hopkins grinned that mad starey-eyed false grin she does and hugged me, for a little bit too long - she thanked me, and a venture capitalist shook my hand, then wiped his on a handkerchief. So this is what everyone here had fought so hard for, yet in the cold light of this new dawn, looking at my people around me, I wondered how I ended up in this gang - and where they intended to take me next. Robinson continued to rant, the megaphone crackled into life, and we all held up our little flags awaiting further instruction... Mondeo Man 2020

That handball moment was what VAR was invented for - the opportunity to review in slow motion whether a player has moved his arm to prevent a goalscoring opportunity. Not to check it was beyond bonkers. The referees have fanatically clamped down on offside like it's a war crime, but have left everything else in an inconsistent mess - they even checked for offside when they were meant to be looking at the Delle foul. It's great technology but it's been given to simpletons to operate.

Where are all of these woke lefties? Are they the same people who are pinko, sandal-wearing, liberal-elite, vegan, Corbynista, tree-hugging, Londoncentric, remoaner snowflakes, or is that another big group that I've missed? And if there are so many of them, why did they all vote Tory last month? Our country is a mixed up place these days....in the olden days you used to know who was what, and why.

Only ten days and it's all over. Glad we can put all that nonesense behind us and we won't hear a word about it ever again. Hold tight though, once Boris has agreed everything and got Brexit done by next week as he promised on numerous occasions, that dam of investment is splitting open and flooding the country with billions of pounds. We are going to be knee-deep in cash, it's going to be a right old mess.

Are we glossing over the Daily Mail's straight outta Compton jibe? She's from Crenshaw, nowhere near Compton, so it was only used so they could make their point about her background. Straight outta Compton is a reference to the NWA album, for those who don't know the work of the local GP Dr Dre, NWA stands for Ni@@as with attitude. She was described thus the Daily Mail, which might be the type of thing that would annoy a husband. And if anyone wants to defend their use of that bizarre link, don't. Just don't.

They should try someone with connections to the cladding company for Grenfell.... Oh, too late, Boris has already snapped them up.

How refreshing to see a Daily Mail story that doesn't reference colour or religion, I didn't know they had it in them. Perhaps the sports dept could have a word with the hate-peddling, immigrant-bashing, truth-dodging newsdesk bigots and find them a sensible path back to the mainstream media so they could once again be regarded as a serious attempt at a newspaper?

While I'm happy to accept it if Long is ruled offside by three centimetres in the current climate, the only image I saw showed the ball about two foot long having already left the foot. There also seemed to be differences in the way the two players were measured, Long from the shoulder, their guy from the armpit. It would be good to see some clear images, shot at a frame rate for the job.

Brilliant - just brilliant.

It's not that VAR has been kind to us, referees have previously been 'unkind'. We are currently getting correct decisions. No more Watford punched goals, no more fantasy offsides against Yoshida, no more getting robbed by Man Utd offside decisions.

Just seen the 'outrageous decision' tonight....if Rice hadn't put his arm out to block the ball, it was cleared. He controlled the ball with his arm = handball, the end. It's not a VAR issue, if people want goals assisted by handball, it's the law that needs changing.

We need end product! While I love seeing Boufal ghost past three defenders, there is a point where the ball should be released or delivered, and all our 'flair players' sometimes need to sharpen up their decision-making. There is a limit to how many times Bertrand will sprint up on an overlap expecting a pass, only to discover that the ball has been lost in a second attempt at ghosting past the three. Call me old school, but showboating should be the exclusive domain of the team that is three-up, not one-down. I recall Tadic skinning a Chelsea defender, he dummied him about three times, it was brilliant......however, 30 seconds later the ball was in our net. Hopefully decision-making and end product is being gently-coached into the more skilled members of the squad....

They need to accept that they just finished bottom of the table with 0 points and require a massive clearout and rethink. And any new leader needs to be squeaky clean and incredibly thick-skinned, because the usual suspect media outlets are out there today, building a stock of stories to attack each candidate. Even though some might suggest that at this stage the healthier approach for a balanced society might be to hold to account those who are actually in power...