Alex

He was just over here promoting his book recently wasn't he? Saw something about it on .com

Sad news. Hope he's ok.

Fingers and tops

Platini is such a weapons grade cunt. I'm delighted. Loved him as a player like

Have a good one, mate

Remember Benn coming into the ring with some proper shite pop reggae when he fought Eubank the first time round. Was totally at odds with the hard man persona he was trying to put across. Hard to believe it was 25 years ago. What a fight that was.

I agree that's still an issue and mentioned it earlier in the season. One eye was on resale value but he did spend a canny large amount of cash too

I think there were signs at the last window some lessons had been learned but things at the club had slipped to the extent one transfer window was never going to be able to fix everything

Dalglish again though. Came into his own after Batty left and he formed a centre mid partnership with Rob Lee

The heart / mentality to control games in central midfield was definitely lacking which is a shame since, as you allude to, he had plenty of ability and a great engine

Think there are obviously other areas of concern but a quality LB would make a big difference to the starting XI

Anyone see Lee v Saunders last night? Was at a wedding but it sounds like it was an intriguing matchup

Hopefully, given our precarious position, that'll be addressed in the transfer window. Massive risk not strengthening the squad.

knew he would get a mention in any replies

Are you sure you've mentioned him before?

Jumpers for goalposts

Beavers Behaving Badly on BBC2 now. I shit thee not

Forrest Gump (ask Gemmill). One of the biggest confidence players I've ever seen. Made Boumsong look mint when he first arrived due to his having a purple patch

Again?

Claudio Reindeer

Type 1 on the Bristol Stool Chart

Roy / Andy Carroll