Sour Mash

He's improved big time from last year, really got comfortable and stepped up.

That sunshine was ridiculous today, really made a difference to the day.

I think he was playing up to the crowd a bit there.

MP plays 'boring' grinding, possession football, that's what his game is. What were you expecting today?

He looked very good at the start of the season. He looks pretty average now. Like a third centre back. Doesn't have a creative bone in his body.

Does anyone on here realistically think Swansea are going to get relegated?

It is a rip off, but no different to Chelsea and Man Utd.

That's a key part of the scam. Sell equivalent home seats out at cheap season ticket rates, then rape away fans on a match, by match basis. You keep your core support really happy and make a good chunk of money back elsewhere. Does anyone know what is happening with the upper tier of the usual away section for this game? How much they're selling tickets for there? Can't see to many City fans being keen to pay £50 for this with it being on tv and them having plenty of other games to shell out for. Well at least it's cheaper than last year

We won't be signing Torres.

The Islamic takeover of Birmingham has been successful, regardless of the details of that article.

Think we'll nick a win. Tough game, but we've got a few players that'll feel they've got a point to prove.

He wasn't our player then.

What "action" do you want taken? It's someone having a laugh on a football forum, does anyone really care.

Lambert has been the better, more influential, player for the last 4 or so years, that's why he's up on the banner of the forum.

Lallana, then Lovren, then Fonte for me.

Lambert has done more for us than Lallana to date.

You're forgetting their whole career.

Gerrard lazy? He looks bang in form and a good player for us and he's hardly going to be thinking "well here's to the next one" if we don't do well in Brazil! I don't think there can be too much criticism of the current England approach to using different faces or youth either.

Tell us all how many minutes your choice players of Johnson and Carroll played?

It's obviously not easy, but there is room for improvement from where we currently are and it is one of the best ways smaller clubs can compete with those above them.

Not really.

But how many bargains, great, clever spots have we picked up? It's obviously a very hard ask, but that's what you need to do to be considered a really impressive scouting department. In practice we're been ok, some good, some bad, same as most clubs.

Exactly. What we're looking for/need in terms of a forward is pretty scarce, this is where our scouting network can really earn their corn, picking out a future star in a lesser known league, but everyone is after a top-level bargain and you're always taking a gamble, so not an easy call at all.

Two seasons of producing little and short-cameo sub appearances?

£20m might be on the high side, but what I'm expecting to see is some kind of like for like replacement for Osvaldo and maybe two other decent level signings, we'll still be well behind the top 5 or 6 sides in terms of expenditure.