SecretSam

The best thing about the floodlights on pylons was it made finding grounds a doddle. Usually they were visible for some distance. Back in the days before Google Maps, you really didn't want to be asking someone on the street where the ground was...

Welll, that was unexpected

His eyesight must have been pretty good

Typical

Frankly, it's a silly rule but I can sort of see the point. Having said that, there's plenty of stupid celebrations that don't involve shirt removal. I personally hate the baby cradling or 'football up the jersey' ones. And dance moves. And acrobatics. Mind you, I also couldn't stand Shearer's dull as shit one-armed salute

I just replied on the Pack thread, always liked him. Back on Palmer - there's a lot of competition in that part of the pitch; shame we don't have a similar situation in defence

Always liked him as a player, although he was a bit Marmite for many. Glad he's doing well, always was a class act IMHO

Explain Doku, who's a "running with the ball" type of player?

But that would give us momentum for next season...

Helped by the fact that he started when he was still in nappies, and he was so big nobody dared drop him. Plus he could play every single position, sometimes all in the same game...

Seriously, THIS is why we need a decent CEO, to oversee things like Commercial activities that are in danger of becoming a joke

'Defacing' would mean that the original would be still there, but then written on/marked, etc. What Nike did was recolour the same flag shape. A shape of flag that is used by a number of countries. That's not defacing it, it's recolouring it. Defacing it would have been to write "England were poor against Brazil" across the flag. #PedanticRantOver I was saying that the number of people who hate England (across the world) is pretty big. I mean, our history is a little...checkered...

A good PM will understand all aspects of what's going on in their remit, and can drop in to any technical discussion to bring clarity and decisiveness. For all that I love to wind them up, used properly they can be absolutely priceless. But it's all worthless if the strategic direction, strategy and resources (including human) aren't there. They're mortals, not magicians.

The CEO absolutely has to be good at 'business'. Look at the hoots of derision from some when we appointed Gould, yet it was pretty clear early on he was an absolutely bang-on appointment. The DoF role I know less about, so I would defer to wiser heads, but if that person is involved in transfer dealings, they've got to have some sort of commercial brain. It's shocking that there's a vacuum in these roles.

That's a big, big market...

Bugger

32, 33?

...and pens

Ffs Wales red

Rooney was never as good again

But he makes a wicked Tiramisu

Yeah, look, it wasn't my strongest point

...and giving themselves a hernia

Scholes on left wing. Prosecution rests.