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Didn't have to as he wasn't playing behind Fox and Hooiveld

On the Cody Cropper thread, a video of an U-21s match is presented as evidence to support the case for CC playing. In which case, I feel it is only fair that video of Gazza playing for Gillingham, and making saves ( including a penalty ), should be used to prove he is not totally useless. [video=youtube;-SHTGdf1oFs]

Draws with Man City & Newcastle don't count then ?

What are you all going to say on Thursday when he's picked again ?

Anybody with an ounce of sense probably worked most of that out before kick off.

But the backup is KD. Has anybody done the research on the quality of third choice keepers elsewhere in the Prem ?

The thing I dread is losing Lovren - Fonte looks a better player alongside him, but perm any 2 of our CBs if he's not available -

Please retract this statement.

Fox goes off - suddenly the defence looks stronger.

"Tottenham scored a wonderful goal", "superb delivery", "superb technique by Adebayor" - Glenn Hoddle, What does he know ? Surely it was defensive blunders and a crap goalie that gifted them the equaliser ?

A young, inexperienced, 3rd choice keeper, expecting his 2 far more experienced colleagues to deal with the ball. He isn't Boruc, probably never will be. I would blame Hooiveld and Fox for the goal, not the keeper.

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And there is always the perception many Americans seem to hold of Scotland being a district of England.

Surely not this one ? ( Mind you, I don't think you could call it 'twinkly' ). [video=youtube;-77sVQ7Zgv0]

Cycling should be a compulsory part of the driving test.

Are the Alps a problem for France, Italy, Austria, and Switzerland. Opening up better links between Lancashire and the dark side would help bring some light into the lives of the afflicted, ( Yorkshiremen )

TV adverts promising an 'up to 100%...' improvement over the previous product version. Does this mean it could actually be 0% better ?

Which team will play in the most "cup finals" this season ?

Well currently they're of a standard to get out of L2, but not in the direction they anticipated.

At least give the link : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25383373 " Data from Europe's Cryosat spacecraft suggests there were almost 9,000 cu km of ice at the end of this year's melt season. This is close to 50% more than in the corresponding period in 2012. It is a rare piece of good news for a region that has witnessed a rapid decline in both area cover and thickness in recent years. But scientists caution against reading too much into one year's "recovery". "Although the recovery of Arctic sea ice is certainly welcome news, it has to be considered against the backdrop of changes that have occurred over the last few decades," said Prof Andy Shepherd of University College London, UK. It's estimated that there were around 20,000 cu km of Arctic sea ice each October in the early 1980s, and so today's minimum still ranks among the lowest of the past 30 years,"

"I’m sure one or two of them are pinching themselves they are playing for Portsmouth." - they're pinching themselves in the hope that it's all a bad dream and they will wake up and find they're playing in League 1 after all.

The bowling is clueless and the batting lacks any backbone - it's a pathetic capitulation. The problem now is selection for the next test - do we drop some of the old stagers and risk the younger players getting mentally blown away, or tell the 'first eleven' to go out and earn a renewal of the central contracts that seem to make them think they're untouchable ?

Their 5 away wins have been Sunderland, Fulham, Villa, Cardiff, and Palace. The only other 'big' team they've played away so far has been the Arse, which they lost. I think that at present the two teams are pretty much on a par and we should make home advantage count.

It's not a case of 'talking him up'. He IS temporarily our first choice keeper, if this causes people to suffer fits of apoplexy then they should direct their bile at the manager who has failed to address this apparent weakness in our squad. If you are looking for a 'worse' example in the EPL then logically you need to assess each team's 3rd choice option - I'm not sure I could name any of them, let alone give an informed opinion on their playing ability.