Sour Mash

Yes, but my point isn't necessarily about working hard, it's whether MP will tolerate a player taking risks, losing the ball a few times etc. I think that has been more his problem with Ramirez than work rate issues. Banega does sounds like a good fit though. A front 4 of Lallana, Rodriguez, Banega and Osvaldo would be potentially very impressive.

The club obviously aren't overly bothered about maximising income, as they seem happy to do without the money from book sales.

More importantly, would MP give him enough free reign to be creative and risk losing the ball without being subbed/dropped.

I don't think anyone is saying we were s***e last night though.

We didn't have their keeper diving all over the place like Davis was that night, big difference.

Impossible to guess the team really with so many players potentially out.

Why does he need to be banned? It's easy enough to ignore if you want to.

We do need the addition of a creative midfielder who can unlock a defence and quickly change up the pace of a game. However, equally MP needs to look at his instructions to the team - it is clear to me we're playing almost at a "possession at all costs" policy, that's fine for chunks of the game, to be patient and control the match, but at times we should be encouraged to play the quicker ball, take a risk, do something different, even if it might, shock horror, result in us losing it once in a while.

That is all very nice and might be what you would like to see, but the majority of people in this world don't. That's why the current system and similar variations of it will continue for the foreseeable future at the least.

That's not foreign aid is it.

Yep, agree with all that, strange game. Why was Fonte dropped? With a nervous, inexperienced keeper, surely it must have been imperative to keep the rest of the defence as settled as possible? I thought Yoshida was poor, but then I've never been a fan. We dominated possession as we always do, but that is partly because teams are happy to let us. Villa conceded the middle of the park to us and stuck every one else behind the ball, apart from two forwards who threatened on the break - their tactics worked very well and left us playing congested football with little cutting edge around their 18 yard box. Without Schneiderlin we seem to lack anyone who will make late surging runs into the box from midfield. As we all know, we lack creativity and tonight provided a great example of that, however I am not sure how much this is a MP tactic, possession at all costs and sometimes we do need to be prepared to take a few more risks going forward, break faster and take a chance, rather than always cutting back in. We didn't play badly tonight and were much the better team, Gazzaniga unlucky all told considering the situation he was thrust into.

It isn't foreign aid.

That isn't foreign aid.

Right, so what I say is true, thank you. Does Britain receive Foreign Aid? I didn't know that.

People are still moving away from Cuba and Bolivia, why is that? And the continued increase in use of private enterprise in Cuba? And you haven't answered the question about all the foreign aid Bolivia has received? What does giving money to France have to do with anything? Or do you only ever buy things that are made in Britian. The nationalisation of our utilities industries were badly managed, but the principle of opening them up to competition is sound in my opinion. Again, you're considering mis-management of a process, rather than the system itself.

But you're talking about management of the existing system, not the system itself. How much has this nation earnt out of banking and financial services in the last 30 years? Ultimately, a capitalist economy, with a social conscious, as practicesed by the majority of the developed world is the best form of government. Yes, things like the banking crisis are bad news and you would hope some lessons are learnt, but the answer is to tweak the current system, not overhaul it.

Yes, they are serious points, along with explaining why, if Bolivia has been so successful it has relied on so much foreign aid? You seem to miss my point re. Atlee/Thatcher. Simply by providing services such as Health or Education doesn't make a government socialist. Thatcher's governement still spent many, many millions on both, did that make it socialist? Of course not. I take it from your rant, government spending, as a percentage of GDP dropped massively under Tory governements?

That the status quo, for all its faults, is currently proven as the best, most successful form of government. Fundamentally capitalist economies, with some government intervention and provision of selected, essential services such as health care and education.

If you read it carefully, they're not saying those were the people they are trying to recruit, but the people they've spoken to for advice.

What are you on about? Which one of most posts have I advocated unbridled capatilism as the best form of governement? Are there any governments that actually use such as a system? I can't think of a single one, so it's a strange point for you to try and make.

He can't be particularly impressed with him if he considers him a worse 'keeper than Davis, not even warranting the exposure of the League Cup.

Who is suggesting that completely "unbridled" capitalism is the best form of government?

On the basis that the NHS continued to exist, in a larger form than under Atlee, does that mean that Thatcher's government was more socialist than Atlee's? Or that the provision of an NHS service does not directly qualify a government as successfully Socialist. Cuba? Cuba is one of the better examples of Socialism at work, however, they are turning more and more to private enterprise to survive and prosper. And if it is such a Utopia, why do so many continue to try and leave for the United States and other "Capitalist" countries? And Bolivia, again, if it is such a great place to live why does it continue to have a significant net immigration deficit? And has had so much foreign aid pumped into it over the last 20 years?

If MP has such faith in him, how come he's been behind Kelvin Davis for the League Cup games this season?