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Thought he was a Dick. Oh, I just got that, lol, it's wasted on the younger folks and "forrins" though

Got a feeling PSG could be Rafa's next port of call once we've pissed him off enough.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41191460 I wonder if anyone would have called Mitro "unlucky" on here, had he been caught.

From a footballing perspective it most certainly was, he was past it and we got a good offer from West Ham and a chance to cut a big chunk off our wage bill. What we lost though was a leader that we never really replaced.

On that basis though, it should surely be against the law for any time period where you can't change employer. And they can change employer, they could go an drive a bus or wash some windows. I doubt there is any law that forces employers to hire in "aceeptable" periods.

That is crazy, wonder if this is just one bad apple or the just the unlucky one that got caught, last season's Champ refereeing left me wondering at times but it was probably more down to incompetency than anything else.

This. This place, my god, we should be biased as hell in favour of our players but it's just full of posts from folks willing to jump on anything the "player it's cool to hate" does. So he dived, big fucking deal, he's certainly not the first and won't be the last.

Benching Atsu? Ok... Not really, just rotating a little, perfect opportunity with the long trip he's just been on with Ghana. I want to see a little more of Aarons, deserves a look at based on the forest game.

What a fucking dick Carragher is: https://twitter.com/Carra23/status/905440050594373633/photo/1 All the muppet Liverpool fans applauding their hero.

First player ever to go down with minimum contact, what a cunt !

He's probably our best LB option, I just think he's a top quality CB and I value his presence there than at LB where I think you can get away with players of a little less quality.

Assuming Mbemba is not fit but everyone else is, team I would go with: Woodman Yedlin Lejeune Clark Manquillo Ritchie Hayden Shelvey Merino Aarons Gayle Team Rafa will probably go with: Elliot Manquillo Lascelles LeJeuene Clark Ritchie Hayden Shelvey Atsu Perez Joseulu

No way he starts, seems to be an after thought now for rafa

Wow they are laying into the bloke who wrote the open letter; https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/ashley-he-just-divunt-understand-open-letter.1389736/ Of cours if it had been one of their lot writing about their team it would be a completely different story.

They're waiting til the dust settles after the non-event that was the transfer window to announce SD as the 'showcase' sponsor. I a little surprised we've not got SD on the sleeve, unless there is some agreement with funwhatever to not have a sponsor on the sleeve. It's a missed opportunity for that fat git to get his store some free advertising something he's not been adverse to in the past. He could have put it on the back of the shirts last year too but didn't, not sure why.

It doesn't sound like it could be, they've been bought by you and you are passing them on to another person for compensation. I'm sure they've put some legal stuff in there to prevent folks doing this but you could take that to any length really, would it now be illegal to buy a pair of tickets for your 2 kids, they go and wash your car for a week as payment ? Silly really what loss is it to the club, the tickets have been sold.

So has there been a seismic change this summer that would suggest the club is close to being sold ? And if so what is it, why would your source say "he must be selling" if it's just the same crap, as it appears to be to us on the outside ?

Otherwise why would a player feel motivated after getting dropped at first chance possible despite doing really well. You perform on a good level you stay, if you don't you'll just have to wait for your next chance. Keeps everyone on their toes. A good manager knows when to stay loyal to those that have performed and when to bring back the more senior players, Rafa over the years has bee adept at knowing when to do this.

It actually is much better, we got to play with 11, for the remainder of the game and he scored a goal to boot. I'm still not convinced it was a red card, he was rough and aggressive but the elbow is at a natural position and the guys head is around waist level. For me, any other player gets at most a yellow there, reputation got him the ban nothing else. Like I said Shelvey's first ban for being sent off, where's this regularity you speak of ?

Lascelles has done little wrong since replacing him but I tend to agree, I wouldn't put it past Rafa to move Clark back to LB and drop Mbemba to bring back Lejeune but I hope he doesn't Chancel has done little wrong in his makeshift role and Clark is a way better CB than LB in my view.

Where exactly did I say play Shelvey as a number 10 ? I said play a flat centre three is what I would do and that Shlevey is a way better player than Perez, again hardly rocket science not sure what you disagree with there. In terms of sending a message as opposed to winning games, the guy made a mistake, his first legitimate sending off as a NUFC player. He was wound up by an absolute tosser who really should have been booked for kicking the ball away too,no excuse for his actions but it happens, he's served his suspension and I'm sure Rafa's reprimanded him too. We are not so stacked with talent that we can allow our best midfielder from last year and up to the Spuds game to not be fitted into the team when available. Merino's 21, he's played 2 and a quarter games for us, looked excellent against West Ham, but is still learning his trade as was apparent in his lack of effort for Huddersfield's goal (hell if Shelvey had done what he had, he would be lynched on here). I never said I would drop him, I said Rafa would probably do this to bring back Shelvey. I will re-iterate the best combination I see for is all three of them and sacrifice Perez, but none are 10's that's why it would require Rafa douing something he never does and change his formation. It was clear in pre-season that whenever Shelvey was involved we suddenly looked so much better from an attacking perspective, Rafa clearly saw Shelvey as a pivotal part in his plans this season, he's not going to throw all those plans away because of one moment of madness.

How many times has Shelvey been sent off as an NUFC player ? When was the last time Mitro was sent off ? Hardly regular is the answer, not saying that both aren't ticking time bombs but not that strongest argument there. Not the strongest counter either considering one is just finishing a suspension and the other is just starting one It's a counter to the fact that the guy said they are regularly getting sent off. This is Shelvey's first suspension for being sent off, Mitro wasn't even sent off, his last sending off was the last game of the season 2 years ago. Come on dude show a bit of reading comprehension.

I don't get this crap that we are shit. This generation of England players, including those coming up through the junior levels are as talented as we've had in decades. There is strength in depth. The problem we will have though is the fact that we are managed by Gareth bloody Southgate, we aren't going to do anything other than easily qualify for finals and be out by the 1/4 finals until we have someone dare I say it of Rafa's quality in that role.

How many times has Shelvey been sent off as an NUFC player ? When was the last time Mitro was sent off ? Hardly regular is the answer, not saying that both aren't ticking time bombs but not that strongest argument there.

In Canada we have TSN and Sportsnet showing all the games live, TSN have 5 channels and Sportsnet 4, that's 9 channels available to show the games concurrently, plus their web sites. On a Saturday morning (3pm UK time) all the games are shown live on one of their channels. There's certainly not a lack or need to adjust the schedule to fit more live games in. It is probably more geared to increasing viewership, although during American Football season there would be more competition for viewers for the college games which usually start around that time.