Geordie Ahmed

That seems very far fetched Think the likelihood is we got a percentage when he was sold to Brentford and that's it

Tino has to be first choice LB Perhaps his minutes are just being managed by Howe, never easy coming back from an ACL injury, at least I hope it is that rather than Howe thinking Burn is better

I'm sure even before the World Cup he was heavily linked to Man U and fee of around £100m was being mentioned It's an insane jump considering he only played a handful of games for Benfica

The point wasn't to necessarily analyse Botman's speed or lack of, more how people suddenly backtrack when information changes Since it's brought up I wouldn't call Botman slow, wouldn't call him quick either, he's just very much in the middle

It's now not a dive, it's "clever" play apparently

Yes There are reports of 3rd and 4th round replays being ditched from next season

How on earth is it fair to be given a free shot from 12 yards for that

That's a joke, Fernandes is a disgrace

Ah well, that's game over

We've had 5 cup draws this season, 4 PL sides and only 1 home draw (that too against City) That's on top of having a group with PSG, Milan and Dortmund. Never known a season like it.

Getting a PL side

Spurs-City, happy with that

Chelsea-Villa

Stop waffling, get on with it please

Just showed the Wigan team/bench to play Man U and I see that scumbag Callum McManaman is still playing

Can't see them wanting to touch Rugby They've shown they are keen on trying to get involved in the IPL so cricket makes sense

Much like Botman was no longer slow after he chose us over Milan I suspect those that wanted Ashworth to do one for being nothing special will also change their tune

According to fotmob, they had 4 touches, whereas we had 28

Schar is easily ahead of Colo Colo was here for 8 seasons and had probably 3 really good ones (1 of which was in the championship) and he had some horrors too Schar was class under Rafa and has been class under Howe, he's already had more good seasons and in less time Woodgate is a better defender but you have to factor in longevity too, he only had 1 season and whilst he was class it doesn't trump the 3-4 good seasons of Schar

Chuffed with that, also seems like we are sensible with the contract lengths for older players Be interesting to see what happens with Lascelles and if he follows shortly with a similar deal

Don't think the split makes any difference The decision to use wildcard will be based on your squad and whether you feel it's strong enough I will be using wildcard as I have about 6 players out due to injuries or AFCON/Asia Cup as well as a few other non-performing players

Guess we are getting Liverpool away next

That was inevitable

Bobby Clark on for Liverpool, still annoys me he left (though understand why he did)

He's poor defensively Just ridiculously talented with the ball at his feet