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What is Barkley doing anyway? Lampard didn’t sign him so he doesn’t have to play him.

Guardiola must reckon a proper defending CH would disturb the clockwork rhythm of the team so he gambles on scoring more than he concedes. OK, I suppose, if you don’t let in more than two because City can usually get three. Unfortunately at the weekend, the Canaries were singing from a different hymn sheet.

Gribz is right. The bottom four of the table is loaded with prestige plus Watford. I would like Wolves, Villa and the Magpies to stay up but slow starters are often still in the basement at the end though there is usually one Lazarus-like recovery. Palace and WBA have done it in the past, Albion more than once. Of the four I expect Watford might scrape through.

Hope you’re right about City. They need a couple of centre halves. Otamendi???????

The result at Carrow Road has joost won Liverpool the league, so it has. City need some centre halves.

Wolves wobbling unfortunately. As Gribz says Europa is not always a good thing.

3 minutes ago, Rousseau said:

I think with the structure in place, we can now go for a DoF with a better skill set in transfer dealings and youth development. 

Sent the application in yet?

Not a Scotsman. Shouldn’t play.

I hope so.

I know nothing about fitness programmes.

Someone who does can tell me why an international squad needs to run six miles when the players are already fully trained up by their clubs?

I doubt if I can do better than Honourable Members’ contributions, nonetheless, here goes:

3 from 33. Hadn’t realised they were as bad as that.

59 minutes ago, compo said:

Man Utd 1 Leicester

Bold but who’s to say you’re wrong?

What a venue. Handy for making arrests, I suppose.

The best Scotland sides I saw were in the early sixties.

Caldow, Baxter and Law would have been in the GB team, possibly Brown and Henderson too before Best developed. Plenty of other Scots players would have been under consideration along with Danny Blanchflower and Jennings (NI) Cliff Jones and Ivor Allchurch (W) and Bobby Charlton, Jimmy Armfield, Jimmy Greaves and Bobby Moore (E)

You could make a decent team out of that. Now you would just have to pick England.

Do I hear the the hounds of Hell snuffling and snarling to be released from their cages? Or just a pair of wee Scottie dogs?

22 minutes ago, compo said:

I see Watford are the first premier club to sack their manager 

They often are.

2 hours ago, compo said:

Who would they leave out ?

Morrientes or Raul. They’re both getting on a bit.

celtic (his boyhood team) will be signing him next season, sure as eggs is motor bikes.

Decades since I saw either team but going by the scores in their matches a leaky defence is Broch’s problem. They’ve been scoring  big time for the last few seasons.

Never sat in the Bellslea stand. Stood on the opposite side frequently, wondering if it would be worthwhile to nip into the big kirk to offer up a prayer for my team.

No clashes of titans this weekend.

So, the Highland League. I fancy Forres Mechanics to score two, maybe three at Fraserburgh. Unfortunately for Mechanics, the Broch will likely score seven.

Expulsion from the Association and expulsion from the SPFL with no re-admittance. I’m not sure about the mechanics of expulsion from SPFL but I hope there’s a way.

I don’t favour changing the outcomes of football matches except for bribery of officials, bribery of players or collusion between teams to achieve a particular result.

I had forgotten about Polster but I’d still like to see Flanagan get a shot at rb.

Mcgregor

Flanagan, Helander, Katic, Barisic

Jack, Davis, Aribo

Stewart Kent

Morelos.

Tav and Goldson need a rest.

Defoe comes on after 65-70 minutes.

Mr Struth was a hard act to follow but J. S. Symon did pretty well.

Just now, Rousseau said:

We have been awful, and lacked quality.  

 

However, I don't think we deserved to get beat. 

Yes we did. If you don’t play in a home game you deserve nothing. The team is not as good as many thought. Good though slightly flawed win in Denmark but what else of quality have they beaten?