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My point wasn't whether Kemen should have played or shouldn't play. The bit that ranked me was that the initial comment was "post-game / 4-1 result / easy game" that he should have played. Its easy in hind sight to say he should have played when we won 4-1. But there were no calls for him to play before the game.

Sorry, but in the circumstances we faced last night, this is laughably ridiculous. Wait - are we taking the cup runs seriously or are we playing the kids? I'm confused. Not picking on either Lotus or Liam here.....because hindsight is a wonderful thing. This time we played a small team and won easily. Last season we played Peterborough and lost. I do wish that we would push Kemen into some serious game time if he is worth it, and perhaps the Cup games are the way to do it. But its also a risk and we have been banging on about taking the cup runs seriously.

Game summaries that show a player who was sent off for a second yellow card, with just one yellow and one red card [YELLOW] [RED] Which looks like they had a yellow card and then were directly sent off for a straight red. The referee shows them all three cards, so the TV summary should also show them. [YELLOW] [YELLOW] [RED] It's my inner Referee showing

He knows the definition of a word, he's just wrong to apply it here. It was calculated, not cowardly. Risk vs reward. We're just not a "nick it at the end team".

They get Cabella for one year (and then buy him in which case the net fee for Thauvin is a lot less).

They're meant to have the option of doing that but never do That's the issue.... it shouldn't be an "option" than CAN be applied, because it never will be. It has to be an automatic part of the process. Setup, Defined and Advised to all before the season starts. Then clubs have to weigh up the risk of appealing vs taking their lumps and getting on with it. It's Vanishing Spray simple..... and we know how they didn't want to implement that at first either.

Wouldn't top 10 be an improvement for this season and/or next? I agree that in 5 years time we would like to be more than "just 10th" but getting up to 10th this season would be good. And I would take for now while we work on getting better looking football and ultimately better results.

IMO - Appeals should come with a one game additional ban if not repealed. Why wouldn't teams appeal when they have nothing to loose? Once they start having to put something onto the table as their stake, then the appeals will be come more realistic.

I don't think its the area as much as the club itself, that player choose. I know Newcastle is further north, and a bit more isolated from the rest of the UK, but its a fantastic city that compares equally with Liverpool or Manchester in terms of facilities or things to do. The difference is that Liverpool, Everton and the Mancs are clubs that are trying to be the best that they can be, whereas Newcastle and Sunderland are struggling to reach those levels. I am convinced that if you had the Man City team playing in Black/White and challenging for the Premier League you would have no problem getting new players to head on up the A1M to Tyneside.

Really enjoyed that; thanks Wow, sounds like there had been some thought put into how the players should play and how they should interact, and move both with and without the ball. Amazing stuff (F*** you Pardew, you cretin)

And not a whiff of David Squires over on RTG despite Sunlun being featured

Leslie Mark Hughes [emoji3]

Just pat them on their head and smile

Grrrrr.... Do not make me laugh when on conference call with the boss :D

Exactly this. He tried but was out of his depth (and burdened with a crap setup from Pardew)

Such genius - so many hidden gems

Texas High School soccer/football used to use the hockey style penalty kick as a tie breaker, with the ball sited 35 yard out (approx. 10m from the penalty area. They scrapped it and went back to FIFA style penalties due to the high injury rate from collisions where the keepers were diving at the feet of the players to smother the ball and there were constant collisions/concussions. I hate the Stutter step in penalties - it seems very unfair to the keepers, and you never see anyone stutter step when in on the keeper solo so it doesn't seem to be a regular part of the game to then allow it in a penalty shot.

Totally agree with the principle... It's the blatant cheat, followed by the celebration of the cheat to complete the action

I thought those were aimed at Steve Bruce .... Did like hearing the Cheer up Stevie Bruce song at the end

Should have been a red. Nothing in LOTG to support that, although you could argue that it's one yellow for USB for the deliberate handball and another for USB for the "intending to deceive" celebration.

Should have checked dot in the 'i' of the swimming certificate. Whoosh to the young kiddos on here - who won't be able to figure out that reference

I think, since the PL has come along, and then the Champions League and the financial divisions that causes, the premier league is divided into different types of clubs. There are those who can compete for the title realistically, or to get to, and stay in, the Champions League. There are those who traditionally are considered to be doing well to even be in the top flight (West Ham, Stoke, Albion, Swansea etc) There are those who have recently been promoted, for whom it is all a big adventure (Leicester, Burnley, Palace) Then there are those who are pretty much always in the top flight, who have - in the past competed for league titles - but now find themselves in a situation where it is impossible to even think of doing that any more - Villa, Newcastle, Everton, Spurs (no matter how they'd like to think otherwise) It is the fans of clubs like those four for whom the Premier League is the biggest killer. Just staying up is right at the bottom of expectations, haven't just been promoted so it isn't all a big adventure any more, can't hope to compete (unless they get insanely rich owners who fancy a go at it) - basically, stuck in a "it will never be like it used to be" rut, and in some cases run by people with sinking ambition. Not cool. Well said Gentlemen. That about sums up the situation for both clubs (and much of the Premier League).

**** me.... I thought for a moment that Sunderland had signed Giovinco

Immediately their best striker - and the wages will include the Sunderland Coefficient.

That's a simple explanation .... big clubs come from big cities, you cannot have a big club in a small city. Big cities also have big clubs so any French teams playing in Champions League will be from a big city. Big French cities are Paris, Marseille, Nice, Lyon and Lille. St Etienne is a cute name and sounds like a small French town so they must be a small club. Et Voila!!