Lallana's Left Peg

Wasn't at the game but was VvD as good as people are making out?

They are both prolific at that

Forster maybe back before Christmas then...

Is he turning into Luke Shaw

Would be interested to learn more on the Bertand issue. The operation was on both knees I think? And it was done in the middle of the summer. If I was going to wildly speculate I would suggest Bertrand could have been a naughty boy during the summer and did something he shouldn't have and got hurt or someone in the medical team messed up and this was caught late. Or genuinely it could just be a problem that presented itself and was then dealt with accordingly. But both knees is strange and concerning...

He may well have been referencing that he has only been a Manager for 3 years, which means he is a young Manager from an experience perspective, not a young person.

Pochettino can definitely bring on the Spurs youngsters and they have a good Academy too so it's a good idea. But the problem is that it won't deliver them Top 4 so Mr Levy will move onto the next Manager - the only potential blessing for Pochettino will be that as Spurs are building a new stadium he may be seen as an ideal Manager to keep them ticking over in their current area of 5th - 7th while that stadium is being built and then they should have more spending power.

Are clubs still allowed / entitled to ask the visiting team to pay for all tickets they are allocated whether they are sold or not?

I don't think its a guarantee that he or Wanyama start. We won our last game 3-0.

He scores 1 in 2 for his country. That is a pretty good record to be fair.

Absolutely. People seem to be using their dislike of him to try and find a way to belittle his achievement which is pathetic. The bottom line is that no-one in history has scored more goals for England than he has.

From the pictures the following played a part in the game: Debayo Seager Gape McCarthy Wood Hesketh

Honestly don't understand the vitriol thrown his way for his footballing ability. He's not world class but he is very good. Has a 1 in 2 record for one of the biggest clubs in the world and his country. Capable of some bad games and not a leader but as a footballer how can anyone dispute his quality? Can play in so many positions very well.

Agreed. A lot of bitterness in here. He has not produced enough for England but whatever the case 50 goals and the national record holder is a significant achievement. Plenty more to come as well.

I was struggling to get my ahead around the method they used to calculate a players true value and then when I saw they only valued Cech at a few million I just closed the webpage. What a nonsense.

He still has quality (see his ball for the West Brom winner against Stoke for example) but his mobility is starting to disappear and as a consequence his ability to impose himself on a game.

We will definitely disagree! I would suggest that Walcott and Chamberlain have both progressed very well indeed. Chambers we will have to see but it doesn't look good for him at the moment.

From their current squad, the following young players have developed very nicely at Arsenal: Jack Wilshere Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Theo Walcott Aaron Ramsey Héctor Bellerín And the following 'established' players too: Santi Cazorla Laurent Koscielny And in terms of Wenger's history of young players: Patrick Vieira Thierry Henry Cesc Fabregas Nicolas Anelka Kolo Toure Ashley Cole Robin Van Persie Wenger has weaknesses as a Manager, but developing youth players and getting them to fulfil potential is one of his greatest strengths.

Don't think world class youngsters exist that much really. Well, a handful do every generation. So much money in the Premier League that it is far easier to buy ready-made rather than see if a youngster develops in your first team. And even when a club does want to develop their own, the player is soon purchased by a bigger club - occasionally to play, often to stockpile and prevent competitors from signing them. Chelsea do it just as investments with no regard to playing them (I don't blame them - it's an issue with FFP). Premier League is a real issue for the national team. That said, I do like the idea of Sterling and Chamberlain on the wings for England for the next 10 years.

You said it was a silly argument to state it is a short career. Why is it silly in your opinion then?

It's not a silly argument though is it? It's like saying to Usain Bolt: "You're the fastest man on the planet but you really shouldn't be charging events £500k to have you compete - did you know that when you retire you can retrain to be a taxi driver and still have an income?"

There is nothing to stop them getting another job when they retire, if they can change profession. But that doesn't mean they shouldn't earn as much as they can from their chosen profession, does it?

So you don't have an issue with footballers earning the money they do, but you don't like that they justify it by saying it is a short career (even though that is a fact) and their earning potential drastically decreases when they can't play football (which is their profession)?

So just because the average wage of the UK worker is 25k a year, footballers shouldn't try and earn as much money as they can in their career from a skill they have which is in demand? Would you extend that to other millionaires in all guises? All sportsmen and women, all entertainers (actors, singers, musicians). What about our multi-millionaires in business - should they retire and stop making money the moment they are comfortable? Of course not. In fact, should you or I be offered a wage rise and we already have comfortable lives, should we turn it down? The argument is absolute nonsense. It doesn't matter if you already have £10m in the bank, you want more. I take if that if you won the lottery you'd give it all away to those worse off than you?

It is a case of demand and supply. There is a demand to watch football. There is even more demand to watch Premier League football. There are only a very small amount of footballers in the world capable of playing to the standard required. Thus, they get paid a lot. If anyone could be a Premier League footballer then wages would be considerably smaller. But they can't, so the best get paid the best. It's like that in any industry for any role. No-one is arguing who makes a greater contribution to society, but wages have NEVER been reflective of importance to society. Watch what happens to Premier League wages if people all of a sudden stop going to games and stop paying Sky £100 a month to watch it on TV in this country and whatever they're paying around the world. As for footballers having a short career, they do - and why would anyone begrudge them making as much money as they can from their ability?