Lighthouse

They reached the final, beat us and spanked Argentina. They have also won 2 penalty shoot outs and only lost 1 game (the final) against our 3. England were okay. We just look good in comparison to the abject failures of many previous campaigns.

No, we got a very large fee for a player with 2 years left on his contract but I agree on Salah. Roma have nobody to blame other than themselves.

Surely if it's on the day he was unveiled, they are beyond the point of hitting a transfer glitch. Anyway, half a million shirts really isn't much of a stretch. That's like 1 in 1000 men, in China alone, buying one.

We struggled to score goals last season and we've already sold our most creative player. Please don't sell our best striker too.

Probably more to do with the billion or so fans in China, India, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, The Philippines, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Seems to have made a career out of half a dosen decent games a season. If he struggles to get past 5 goals for Utd and Arsenal, I doubt he’d start banging them in for us.

Feel for him? He’s a tit with a greedy agent who never thought to mention that he wasn’t going to be playing regular football ahead of Yaya, Nasri, Milner, Barry and David Silva.

Entirely? No but a striker who scores one goal from mid October onward, manages 5 in total and they're all against Palace, Hudders, Watford and West Brom, isn't doing that well.

He was dropped from a team struggling to score. No thanks.

Agree. He looks so good on the ball, just needs confidence and some decent coaching.

Just goes to show how badly wrong it can go, choosing the bench of a big club over first team football. His career basically peaked when he left Everton, aged 21.

Too long ago to say, too many variables. Certainly wouldn't have been starting for them.

6 and 7 goals. All that proves is how hopeless the rest of our attack has been.

No.

How did he get on at West Brom?

One quirky little fact I like; Croatia didn't exist as a country the last time we played in a WC SF and the country we played then doesn't exist now. On the final; is it too much to hope for a 3-3 draw with a hat trick of Lovren o.g. followed by a penalty shootout in which Lovren does a John Terry (CL final against Utd) but Croatia eventually win?

The thing with that is we already have a gamble, Charlie Austin. We need someone who is fit and has a decent record of scoring somewhere. I can't take another season of saying, "look how hard Long works, I know we're 2-0 down but he just won us a throw in!" whilst Austin AND Ings watch on from the wheelchair access points.

Was just looking through the new kit on the OS; £45 for a polyester t-shirt. Hilarious.

Cracking own goal TBF, Vergini-esq.

I regard Vydra as the Czech Billy Sharp, although he might be worth a punt. I'd also rather him than Ings but I'm sure there must be better players than either out there.

How on Earth do they have the money to... oh right, yeah.

I would pay to watch that idiot try and start a fight with Jannik. Anyway, I'd bet my car that Osvaldo wasn't in Five Guys in West Quay. Probably some other wannabe hipster rock star with a man bun and paedo beard.

Think we stopped there mainly because someone recommended a nearby pub. Just checked on Google, it was the Brunswick Inn.

Who were the other 4?

Went in the Championship season and seem to remember parking at Gala Bingo, if that helps. Probably places nearer for a low attendance friendly.