Kitman

"No Steve! It's not a pint of Guinness, it's the referee!"

Gael

I can see why he'd be encouraged to call her. She on the other hand could've told him to feck off rather than giving him her number

Why on earth did she give him her number?

Only seen him once on telly this season (League Cup, Forest?) and he struck me as quite slow. Is that fair?

meh

Plus Simpson's view of play was blocked by his massive head In the pre-match talk Pards should tell him Sigourney Weaver has been spotted in the ground. Explains why he left the ground clinging to the underside of the team bus....

Plus Simpson's view of play was blocked by his massive head

There were two or three instances where he's literally turned his back on the opposition player with the ball instead of going the extra yard to close them down and force a challenge. Unacceptable. Maybe he's been cursed? "I curse thee! Thou shalt have the head and heart of a squid!"

If he's that shit then presumably the answer would be to drop Squidward and play Guti right wing and Marveaux left wing. I assume Marveaux is fit enough now? I haven't seen Oberhead's last 2 games so can't comment, but he's looked pretty handy previously. Whilst it's too early to write him off, it sounds like there are worrying trends there. Regardless of his confidence levels he should work his socks off when we don't have the ball and get stuck in to tackles. Hopefully he'll sort himself out with more games and some positive coaching.

I bet his lass thought it was dead romantic. She was probably hoping for a quiet little rendezvous to say goodbye. Instead he takes her to Greggs, loads up with tuna and cheese n onion and then gives her a big wet smackeroo. Reeling from a taste resembling Satan's codpiece, she looks across and sees SMO standing there brazenly taking pictures on his phone. I only hope for her sake SMO's cock was not to hand at the same time.

Over the moon, if selected etc

Yes. If their owner was incapacitated there'd be no running for help or faithfully keeping guard, like your average dog. No siree, once it became clear no more food was forthcoming, Tiddles would be happily chowing down on the hand that fed and stroked him for years.

Yup, bad craic. Bookies still have ABs as favourite but with longer odds The morning front page in the NZ National Herald was devoted to a "Day of Heartbreak". Oh my God, you say, what happened......another earthquake? A boat lost at sea? A major road traffic accident? No, the Warriors rugby league team lost the Grand Final against an Aussie team and Dan Carter is out of the world cup. I love NZ!

Physioroom.com is reporting Ba has a sprained ankle, which supports that idea.

Toys out of pram, "am not travelling half the length of the country to sit on the bench" I believe was the quote. Hadn't heard that, is that a fact? Unprofessional if true....

I think he's a championship player these days. Probably a good pro but not PL standard. Him and Alan Smith out of contract this summer, will free up a couple of squad places for replacements

Delighted with 3 away points, geddin. Didn't see the game but sounds like a draw would have been fair. Ha ha, up yours MickMack! Interesting that neither Santon nor Barfa came on from the bench. Also that Elliott was sub keeper ahead of Harper who presumably is now fit. Assume they're making it clear he won't get a game and should leave in Jan.

The match was more entertaining than I expected (I didn't go in the end), I don't think Scotland threw it away it was more a case England got control into their game. They can hold their heads up high for today's effort because they really had a go. If they'd played like that against Argentina they wouldn't be on the plane home yet. I think despite England showing signs of getting their shit together in the pack second half, the lack of cutting edge in the backs, especially the centres, is the real problem imo. They don't look like breaking the oppo's defence, and the ball doesn't get down the line quickly enough, if at all.

As if he'd go there

Cool. You probably know this already Gem, but good trainers only have a limited number of miles in them. So if you do a lot of running it's worth keeping track of overall distance so you know when they're done

I'm sorry but it's not even worth considering. It's pie in the sky man!

It's an utterly meaningless award, to be fair

Ye Gods

As do we. Hopefully not so much anymore