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We're due a gift from the opposition, and Spurs are that type of team. Or Benny might score one of his once in a blue moon wonder goals. So a 4-1 defeat I reckon. I think the first sentence rings true. We're just so bloody sketchy right now, and the first goal will have a huge impact. I can see a red card from somewhere too.

Yeah, we've been playing it for a while . There's a fair few of us who have been trying to get rid - to no avail.

Well this has been shit. A lot riding on Rooney and Mata tomorrow.

Probably Sandro, Townsend, Vertonghen and Kaboul. Does this help?

Didn't realize Terry was missing out today .

Fucking hell. Webb essentially said "don't do that, or it's a pen".

That's a shocking mistake.

Plenty of red cards and red inj please, obviously.

...2018.

Relegation, lack of money, necessity of playing their kids. We have many of those same things going on. Very few teams offer kids the same first team opportunities we do. Whether or not they take them is down to them. I do think generally, that English managers don't trust kids. You'll never win a game with 11 James Miners etc etc. I don't know if that's necessarily true. AVB was noticeably less trusting of our youngsters than, say, Tim Sherwood. Much of the reason will be circumstantial - with the ludicrous attrition rate in Premier League managers it's no wonder they are reluctant to take many chances. Southampton are an example of a club that has made a clear decision to focus on their youth program because of their circumstances. They need the buy-in from everyone involved, and the manager is key. One reason (among many) suggested for AVB's demise is that he was unwilling to give youth products as much game time as Levy expected. We made our clear decision to focus on youth when Jol came in, and our squad was almost completely changed overnight, and AVB was seen as failing to back that policy.

I didn't think so. I mean, I don't think he should have been sent off because it was certainly ambiguous, but Carroll's movement was such that it's understandable that the ref could see it as deliberate on the one look he got. Even after looking at replays I couldn't say with absolute certainty that Carroll wasn't a bit reckless, and didn't know Chico was there. Chico cheated, and should be punished for it. I just don't think the red card was totally outlandish.

I really can't believe it took so many posts for someone to get this .

Taking us for granted there I guess .

I look forward to FIFA banning West Ham from all football. Don't they have a thing about not involving the courts in footy stuff?

Needs a poll for the new Director of Football somewhere. Harry Redknapp ?

A crushing defeat would be far better than a 2-0 because it piles the pressure onto the manager and owners. I don't think Chelsea will do it but we might get an embarrassing defeat at home to Spurs. We're wildly unconvincing right now though, and you usually manage to raise your game for this one. I think you'll get at least a point against us, but if we get an early goal it could get nasty.

Ten fucking points too, and he's only second on the bench. Arse.

Great. No thanks to yet another laissez-faire ref in one of those games where the oppo decide to kick us into submission.

Bacuna on my bench instead of Fer .

I have been watching football since the 70s - the first Cup Final I remember was Ipswich v Arsenal. I am seriously considering just walking away from the game. It's not as if my team is crap, or my local US sports teams are any good (it's Cleveland, they are famously terrible), I am just sick of this shit.

It will be like the reverse of Man City's: "20M to buying intellectual property rights from third parties".

Who is "Under The Koscielny"? That's really impressive!

Could be PRS money for "Wonderwall"?

I think Coleman is supposed to be back for this week, and we're all over the place right now, so Davies justifies his spot. Suarez also unlikely to play due to the impending transfer to Real. You're looking at a 5-4-1, with Suarez, Sturridge and Silva on the bench.

It's a lot murkier than that. This is what I posted in "Football Finances": Selling intellectual property, my arse.