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Wenger? Gives both him and Arsenal a way out. Or maybe the Kings time has come.

Lose on pens tonight I reckon

Well thats his career done for now!

Mitro with 30+ goals He won't actually be our best player, but his goals will win him the award. Townsend is going to be the one pulling the strings for us

You really f***ing hate Italy don't you?! can I ask why? I f***ing hate Italy? Why the f*** you say that? I mean, this cynical way of playing... I don't like it. As a country, I must say that I had just one experience (and a bad one). But I won't say I don't like it because of that. My girlfriend went to Rome some years ago, she loves Italy. The most cynical performance I've ever witnessed was by a Portuguese winger playing in Italy, aided and abetted by a Portuguese ref. Conceicao I think it was.

Was bad enough that I was going to have to watch the game on my phone (shit internet), I've now had a 2pm meeting scheduled. Did manage to have a bit of fun earlier this week though, all of the office asked for the afternoon off and as they are all Welsh I set them a simple challenge - apart from Gareth Bale name 2 players in the Welsh team and you can have the time off. 1 out of 7 are off this afternoon

How many different colours does bilic want on his face and head?

Icelandic dude had the shortest sleeves I've ever seen on a keepers top

Whack! If I don't score I'm taking your head off!

Flipping smooth. Henry and Rio all about Belgium being crap, Vialli then all 'we're ace, we can do it all' Love it

Are we expecting this to be the group of totty with both Belgium and Sweden involved? The Italians and Irish should also contribute nicely

Love the Polish keeper strip, the brighter the better when it comes to those for me

Up there with Taylor's effort that one

Watching his interviews I love the way he keeps referring to how big the club is. So Anti-Pardew its untrue.

From F365's portrait of Alan Shearer. Feels a bit like that today

We've seen from the momnet he broke through that Krul has the natural tools to be a very, very good keeper. Certainly one good enough to more than hold his own in the Premier League. We've also seen him coached by Freddie Woodman and regress. Lets see if a competent coach can bring him back to the top of his game. My concern with Krul is keeping him fit. I'm not sure how much a change of coaching team will help here, he's not prone to soft tissue injuries, but more the larger impact type - and a shoulder/knee combo for serious injuries is a bad one for a keeper due to the numerous impacts both take during each and every game. If there is a genuine view that Woodman jnr is going to make it then I'd have no problem with Krul going and letting Darlow and Woodman fight it out over the summer, with Elliott to return as cover once the season starts. If there is any serious doubt on Woodman then we either need to keep hold of Krul or look to bring someone else in, but I'd prefer to wait to next summer and get a real top drawer keeper in once we get promoted.

Potentially 2 clubs who have won the European cup and 2 managers who have won the Champions League in the Championship next year. How does the Premier League compare? 3 clubs I think, not sure on managers

Everton need a PFM, not some footballing ponce like Rafa What does PFM stand for? Footballing dinosaur ala redknapp/allardyce/pearson Proper football man - someone who has fight and Pashtun that will lead everyone on to victory the English way Don't forget somebody who can last the distance on a night out drinking with Reidy

You also know that if Rafa does stay on there will be no talk on the training groung of just going up - we'll be going for Reading's 106 points record

The guy next to him looks like a Johnson in the making. Sam's spotted a pie as well

Presumably this will mean all our players will be staying, since now is probably not when their stock is highest? Obviously there are going to be exceptions to that rule. I just don't see the actual club itself, as a saleable asset, ever being an exception to it. A shrewd businessman knows when to cut his losses and run. Maybe Mike Ashley's ego won't allow him to do that but its not an immovable position that business men only sell when the assets stock is high. Just look at BHS - sold for a pound by Phillip Green, the Scunthorpe steel plant, sold for a pound, the rest of Tata's UK stell operations - being sold at possibly its lowest ebb. There is now a decision to be made regarding NUFC - throw money into the club to get it back to a top 8 position in the Premier League (or allow 100% of what it makes to be spent by people who know what they are doing), let it fester in the Championship and hope for the best, or sell now and minimise any future losses. Would a full on exodus of fans make a sale more likely? maybe, maybe not. But if the end goal is to remove the owner only and not worry about football results in the mean time then it would be effective in making Mike Ashley review his position. Personally I want to enjoy winning some games next season (albeit from an armchair in South Wales), get back to the Premier League and become a top 6/8 club with a chance of challenging for the cups and Champions League positions. I think an empty ground makes that less likely but I can see why some people will take the position that removing the owner now is the most important thing.

Didn't Villa reject Rafa based on fan opinion?

They do write nice emails as well every now and then

Well at least Mike wasn't lying with his 'we wont be in this position again' comment. Last year we had a chance to save ourselves on the last game