Lighthouse

Yes, that’s why they got fined. Had the paperwork been filed correctly, everything would be exactly the same. There’s absolutely no benefit in any context to filing it incorrectly and no motivation to do so. There’s no sporting benefit, therefore there’s no sporting punishment. This is more like if we’d put the wrong date of birth on the deal sheet to sign Cyle Larin. Careless, yes, would it help him to score an extra three goals this season? Clearly not.

Far be it from me to stick up for Jamie Carragher but have a day off, Villa. 😆 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqd09p3kppyvo

R.I.P.

Nope, not remotely like that at all. One was an accident, one was deliberate. There is absolutely no sporting benefit whatsoever to filing some paperwork incorrectly for two players they had legitimately signed.

If you mean this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32433528 Then no, it wasn't the exact same thing. His loan had expired and he shouldn't have been played. Absolutely, that's why they got a fine, so it's all sorted.

So basically it was just sloppy work from one of their admin assistants in filing some paperwork for players they had signed legitimately. Nothing to really see here.

Well he won't be getting any more minutes in the next round.

That's the nature of football academies, the overwhelming majority aren't going to make it in the football league at all. The minority that do will spend the majority of their careers in Leagues 1 and 2 and only a very small number will make it as PL players.

Goals in age group football mean very little. Seager, Mara, Obafemi and plenty of other forgettable players were all banging them in at one point. I highly doubt he’s better than Mubama.

I think if my parents had picked a joke name that everyone else at school was going to make fun of, and had to live with the same joke my whole life, I’d be pretty fed up too.

Thoroughly deserved, you have to say. In an alternate universe he might well have ended up playing for us, if J Rod hadn’t landed awkwardly at the Etihad.

Downes, THB, Manning and I suspect he did a lot of the background work on Fernandes.

In the eleven years between Fergie’s retirement and Wilcox being appointed they’ve got through Moyes, LVG, Ole, Mourinho, Rangnick, ETH and RVN. Let’s not pretend it all went wrong when JW took over, that club as been rudderless for thirteen years. Egos with instagram followers control the dressing room.

I think with Leo we have to accept that, as with with any player, we can only ever choose two out of three: He’s that good He consistently plays at his best He’s willing to play for Southampton in the Championship Leo is 1 and 3. I’d rather have him that not because on the days when it goes right for him he wins us games and no defence in this division can cope with him.

He’s never been a bad player, despite some of the hyperbole and drama after the Bolton game. The issue was always whether he fitted into the way we play and we can get the most out of him. There are alternatives to playing with a big target man and I think today has proven that. If we can win theoretically the toughest fixture of the year without Larin, then we can win other games too.