Alex

Absolutely scintillating match. Test cricket at its best pisses on all other formats of the game.

Precisely

Actions speak louder than words tbh. We've had all the 5 year plans shite before and he sold a pack of lies to KK too in order to get him to come back.

Does he play golf?

Are you going to stay under cover for another whole season then?

Hope gloom and MT will be man enough to eat humble pie and admit they were wrong and fish was right

You're right like. Once you're an established PL club the amount of money thrown at you makes it relatively easy to remain mid-table with a bit of backing. Then when this is achieved it's made out like these people are top coaches. Give them the job of a top 20 international side (for example) and lets see how good their coaching methods are. As has been said recently (not sure who by) the Premier League basically rewards mediocrity.

Think the fact we had a mint team under SBR was a factor in the breaking of the London jinx too like

As an aside, I think Koeman had something like a 1 in 3 success ratio from free kicks that were attempts on goal.

The thing is, he'd want fucking paying for it as well

Once famously claimed to have helped...

Have a good one and all that shite

I wouldn't have thought so, no

RIP

I wonder if the brilliant team of analysts who decided trying in the cup was too risky have compiled any data on sides who get knocked out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle every year.

It's not your idea though

I think it does matter. A lot of his game is about sharpness so if he's not match fit he's nowhere near the player he can be. Different scenario throwing him on in the last third of the game if we need to create pressure as he's the sort of player who instinctively takes up positions in the box where the ball will fall to him. Not exactly ideal either way as, ordinarily, he should be starting for us.

Aye.

Kiwis are the antipodean mackems

Think Jordan is a 'steady Eddie' but Stokes is more of a match winner.

Cisse can't be match fit. I'd be inclined to leave some attacking options on the bench anyway.

Curtly on KP: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rv8j0

Just kidding

Love a bit of Jeremy Coney on TMS.

What I don't get is he (claims, at least) to be a football fan, attends a fair few games and seems genuinely pleased when we win against Man Utd (for example) or something like that. It's like when you have some brilliantly scientist who's also devoutly religious. I.e. he seems able to compartmentalise those conflicts as those the way he runs the club doesn't get in the way of his experience as a 'supporter'. Or he's just a cunt.