charlie saint

With regards to Newcastle - it might look like panic, but perhaps they've just realised they don't need to finish in the top half, they just need to finish above Watford (and Norwich and Burnley, obviously). (if someone's already said this, sorry - I should have read the whole thread).

I, for one, thought that (modern) gk jerseys were *supposed* to be horrific - so these fit the bill nicely.

That's right. Just moved here from North Korea. Feel right at home.

... Best case scenario: in three weeks time you get a glib email brushing off your complaint, containing a strong implication that you are a stupid petulant child. Worst case: your email address is added to a database somewhere.

Mate. I know how television works. Meanwhile, I can't help thinking that a brief, minimalistic, emotionless public statement is exactly what the old man would have wanted.

The BBC has just shown a programme in which the Duke's four children were clearly speaking several months ago about their father as if he were dead already. Now, tell me that the message on Harry and Megan's website is weird.

There's youtube footage of Frank W on some TV show entertaining the audience with three minutes of 'juggling' to music. One of the comments correctly points out that by today's standards, the tricks he does are extremely repetitive and quite unimpressive. Obviously this is true, and also beside the point.

'Birdwatching'... different times. Who are the 'certain dishonorable board of directors?'

I mean RIP, brilliant player etc, obviously.

Wasn't he sacked after being caught with two women in his hotel room by Lawrie McMenemy? He claimed they were having afternoon tea... which was why he titled his autobiography 'One Hump or Two?'

I remember a bit of trouble with supply the last time we had Hummel kit. Weren't the team occasionally forced to wear mix n match of home and away or something? All sorts of dark rumours of sabotage due to Hummel being part owned my Spurs? I remember a bit of a campaign from The Ugly Inside for fans to wear umbro instead (for some reason...) Anyone?

You could argue we were never even top, as it was only ever because others had games in hand. But it's Christmas, so let's not worry about it. It was exciting while it lasted, and you'd have to be a terrible churl to deny that.

Clearly we are back to playing Moneyball.

I quite like the West Brom home one, but I wouldn't fancy wearing it anywhere near a supermarket checkout. Unexpected item in the baggy area. It looks a bit like a barcode, you see.

Nice to see Jay Rodriguez in the headlines: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/22/manchester-united-burnley-premier-league-match-report

Surely the 0-9 WAS the catalyst. If we'd been beaten by one or two goals, then the next winnable games would probably have come and gone in the same lackadaisical fashion, and THEN we might have sacked Ralph. Losing by 9 goals was probably the big bucket of cold water the players and manager needed. We should be THANKING Leicester.

Starting a darts team?

A couple of things not ENTIRELY relevant to the thread, but think of these as Pavlovian responses to things other people have brought up: Bournemouth is not in Hampshire NOW. But it was in Hampshire for longer than it has been in Dorset (I know you all know this... although I wonder if Paul Merson does, ironically). The Brighton 'guard of honour' sh*tstorm: you DO NOT give a guard of honour to a team if you are at their ground. It is a courtesy you (might) give your guests. Well, that's what I think any way.

Perhaps THIS will work (no edit button?)

A souvenir of 1976 (on the right. Reverse has players' autographs). No date on the left hand one...

Umm... because good, bad or indifferent, there were only two games on Sunday? By waiting until Monday they could have an extra, scintillatinly exciting game to cover. I for one am glad it worked out for them

That is some grim banter.

I wonder how many clubs there will be in the next few years who, in the hope of Doing A Leicester end up, instead, Doing A Leeds... I hope we aren't among them. Remember, we've already done a Leeds. Actually, if was only a Half-Leeds: we went bust trying to get out of the second division, rather than trying to get into the top 4 - not sure if that's better or not.

On the telly yesterday evening, on channel Talking Pictures (freeview 81) this film from 1979, starring Ian McShane as a washed up alcoholic footballer, coached by Adam Faith... I didn't watch it all; it looked rubbish, but at one point he is shown trying to make a comeback playing for 'The Saints' - who wear a familiar yellow and blue Admiral strip, at a small, old fashioned stadium that isn't the Dell. The game has John Motson commentary, but I think all the named players are made up. I read later that the film uses recycled league cup final footage for the climax. From what I read, the other clubs he plays for in the film are obviously fictionalised (Leicester Forest, or something). Anyone remember this?

The trouble with Arsenal is they always try to walk it in.