East Kent Saint

It's one thing thinking you are world class but another thing to demonstrate it at a new club that is playing at the top end of the league . They didn't pay £75M for you to jog back to your position or leave large gaps in the defense while the opposition score . Therefore you might have to try a bit harder than you were at the start of the season.

BBC confirm http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43225939

In my Ipswich days as an apprentice we used to go to Portman Rd in the early seventies . There was some minor stuff going on but you could easily avoid it . However when Man U came to town the shops shut early due to what became to be known as 'steaming' , no one went to the town and were cautious when we went to the match . Fortunately we managed to avoid being done over , Man U were the one's to be waru of.

MotD pointed out how well Stoke were defending at the back in Saturdays game , a bit of pace required to get through them I think NOT endless high balls . Adam looks a weak link as he is slowing down ! Hopefully we will scrape 3 points especially as we have tickets ! Let's hope the snow has melted .

It sounds familiar though , players out of position , best players on bench and possession football with no final third action ..... We knew JRod was a shadow of his pre injury self .... So Fonte advised by NC , no wonder he wanted out !!

I think he was quite keen to leave for a better payday , he had been showing signs of being past his best for a while and was getting away with alot of fouls/penalty shouts etc . At WH he showed again he was well past his best and has left early for a final payday in China. Lambert was also past his best but I would have been happy for him to stay as a sub instead of failing at several other clubs before disappearing .

So China is the new MLS for ex professionals graveyard !!!

Toby seemed to have a poor game for spuds yesterday , is it his injury lay off or is he one of those never satisfied with the team he's in type ????

Hull are another club stuck in the "club for sale doldrums" Owner wants out , no investment in players , sliding down the league etc It is unfair to judge Adkins on last nights performance as not only were 3 players on loan from Chelski , so not allowed to play but they have a long injury list of first team players .

Saw an old Big Match where Mick Channon ran the game for Man City he looked quality for them !

1. Poch left and appears to have told the players to get out and get a massive deal elsewhere as the club will be tightening their belt to maintain financial stability. 2. We watched Koeman saluting the crowd at the last game of the season and it looked like he was staying , I suspect potential player sales and limited spend convinced him to get out , he has done OK though £M from Everton plus now national coach of his country. 3. Pellingrino (like Bilic apparently) is too soft on players plus he doesn't see to know them enough to get the best out of them .

It is even worse when you look at the way the PFA have failed so many players over the years . His salary + bonus equates to 14% of the PFAs income !!!!!!

As reported in the Guardian today , how on earth is he doing a job that requires any bonus scheme ? Just like most of business these days he is milking it for all it's worth . What on earth does he need £2M a year for ? As pointed out last week ALL the directors past and present at Carillion have kept their salary , bonuses !! and full pensions while everyone else at the firm inc suppliers etc have lost money or will get a reduced pension .

What seems to work is a settled team who have a chance to work together and achieve an understanding that transcends mangers instructions . Coupled with a bit of rotation to spread the load / counter opposition strengths and a bit of attacking urgency when required . Man City , despite highly paid players , are confident enough to put players on the bench until they get the message and end up scoring 4 goals in one game ! We need a manager who could be insane to get the players playing , managers at work who we all thought were bonkers actually got us doing the right things although we never admitted it at the time .

HGV seems to be the way to go re getting a job but costs a couple of grand , plenty of jobs going down south for HGV drivers.

Didn't he get involved in a rape accusation after a game in Sweden that seemed to drag on and fizzle out ?

The trouble with rugby is it can't seem to be played without the ref constantly shouting at the players telling them what to do all the time !!Also although the All Blacks are very good then have got away with bending the rules for years , there is a reason why they always get the ball at the breakdown !!

The offside rule needs another review as no one seems to understand it , plus using VAR , offside has been given when the feet are onside but part of the upper body has been deemed offside ! That's just a bit silly , perhaps ALL of the player should be off side like all of the ball has to be over the line . The use of VAR has become hair splitting as well as unclear , some decisions don't seem to be clear cut especially penalty shouts , this applies to rugby as well . Perhaps the penalty area could be re defined with a D replacing the 6 yard box and becoming the new penalty area .

It's the second time Mahrez has failed to move to a top six club on deadline day , he took along time to get back in the team after failing to join Arsenal .

To blame Kat is ridiculous she was left with the club after her father unexpectedly died , she has done well to keep it going even though she was not a football person . We got sold to Gao because no one else was interested , a bit like no one wanted Blackburn when the time came !

It is accepted that a low Hz voice is the best listenable style , some female voices are high register and really grate esp when they talk louder ! Also you can alter your TV etc to boost treble / bass to modify said voices.

He should be wasted .

He knows where it is but can't get near it !

I can't provide anymore evidence that the picture used was not of the Titanic, or anything to do with it, than i already did on this thread, and a quick google image search will show that. But hey, people want to twist that into something sinister, and then turn it up a notch with references to Apartheid or the Holocaust , Quote. It doesn't matter that it wasn't an actual picture of the Titanic sinking (apart from the fact no pictures exist of the actual sinking) but what it depicted looked like that ! also the captain went down with the ship , unlike one of the directors/owners who legged it into one of the too few lifeboats ! No it's nothing to do with the Holocaust etc but all to do with corporate manslaughter due to cost cutting , putting company profits before customers safety etc.

Perhaps the team will actually win today against all odds and all bets will be off (i wish !)