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Indeed. The words are "innocent until proven guilty" so, at the moment,he is innocent.

3 points and 2 goals added to our goal difference. With Stoke getting stuffed 4-0 their goal difference is miles worse than ours so 8th place should be assured (although Chelsea are slowly sneaking up but are 7 points behind with having played a game less). With Liverpool slipping up and with their European commitments, I still haven't given up all hope of finishing higher than 8th. Next week's going to be tough, though, but I thought that about Arsenal on Boxing Day and Liverpool a few weeks ago.

I think he said that it was a relief to know their fate, which I can understand, but not something you should say in public.

Could you let us see some along with the source data? If they were that authoritative why aren't the Mail and the Express doing in-depth features on these studies (they could keep the sentences short so that their readers could understand them)?

So, where are the alternative figures, forecasts and predictions?

Based on what? You have to get information from somewhere in order to come to a decision. I've yet to see any authoritative data from any reputable person or organization that advocates us leaving.

Well who's advocated us remaining? The US President The Chinese President The Indian Prime Minister The Australian Prime Minister The Dutch Prime Minister The German Chancellor The Irish Prime Minister The OECD The World Bank The Bank of England The CBI NATO The Farmers Union The World Trade Organization So, do we listen to this lot or Johnson and Farage with their invented stories?

If you're comparing this season's style with the wilderness years of Branfoot, this season is a million miles better.

You talk about the Kennedys (plural), who else apart from Joe was anti-british? Joe was influenced by his admiration for Hitler. When the Blitz started, Kennedy moved out of London while Churchill and the Royals stayed (bringing a remark from a Foreign Office official "I thought my daffodils were yellow until I met Joe Kennedy). Shortly after, Kennedy was forced to resign. In fact, before the Blitz, he loved his life in London and his anti-British bias was more about the Irish-American vote and his political ambitions. There's no evidence that his Irish ancestry was behind his views. John Kennedy's sister married a nephew of Macmillan's wife so she wasn't anti-british. If you read Macmillan's memoirs, Kennedy looked upon him as a wise, experienced leader and phoned him regularly for his thoughts.

Joseph Kennedy was, John Kennedy certainly wasn't, having a close relationship with Harold MacMillan.

He was also attacking Obama because a bust of Winston Churchill had been removed from the Oval Office so he must be anti-British. In fact the bust was loaned to Bush by Tony Blair and, when a new President takes office, the previous President's personal effects are removed. There is still another bust of Churchill on display in the White House. I think that Johnson's getting desperate. If the Brexit campaign fails, his hopes of the leadership diminish greatly, so look out for more outlandish statements as June approaches.

Watching Arsenal stroll to victory against West Brom last night,I can't see that Wanyama's passing skills are good enough for them to want him. They should have gone for Morgan, he'd have had more game time there than he gets at Man U.

I see that Messrs Johnson and Farage reckon that Obama doesn't like the UK because his Grandfather was Kenyan and therefore he holds a grudge against us as an ex-colonial country. They don't provide a shred of evidence for this, just scraping the bottom of the racist barrel.

Don't ever get a job with the Samaritans........ "Yeah, well mate I think that suicide's probably your best option...."

I think it's going to be a long, long time before everyone appreciates it.

Because he made one goal and scored one on Saturday whereas against Liverpool he scored one and made the other two, so he was obviously not trying on Saturday (at least, that's how some would see it).

He was also throwing up in the centre circle so obviously not well.

Interesting concept. When assessing the value of a job, think about what the impact would be if all of the people doing that job suddenly stopped. Using that as a criteria, among the highest paid should be doctors and nurses, care workers, teachers, bin men, those in the water and power industries, road haulage, public transport workers and shop assistants. At the lower end I'd put so-called "celebrities" (excluding the genuinely talented ones), the advertising industry, betting companies, and many politicians (the Civil Service actually run the country). I suppose we could do without overpaid footballers as well.

My dad used to know John Hollowbread when he was landlord of the Sun Inn at Romsey. He told him that TP was very much the blue-eyed boy as far as Ted Bates was concerned. When TP walked in to training, Ted usually said something like "Morning Terry, son, how are you? What do you think about today's session?" When John and most of the other players arrived, it was a curt "Morning". It's not surprising that a newly-arrived Lawrie Mac saw him as a threat to his authority.

It's not surprising that Cameron's a bit vague about his tax affairs. According to this interview with The Times, he's not too sure about how many houses he owns: "So how many properties do you own?" “I own a house in North Kensington which you’ve been to and my house in the constituency in Oxfordshire and that is, as far as I know, all I have.” A house in Cornwall? “No, that is, Samantha used to have a timeshare in South Devon but she doesn’t any more.” And there isn’t a fourth? “I don’t think so – not that I can think of.” Please don’t say, “Not that I can think of.” “You might be… Samantha owns a field in S****horpe but she doesn’t own a house…” The rest of the interview was punctuated with Cameron’s nagging anxiety about how this exchange was going to make him sound: “I was wondering how that will come across as a soundbite”; “‘Not that I can think of’ makes me sound… I am really worried about that…”; “I am still thinking about this house thing”; and his parting shot was: “Do not make me sound like a prat for not knowing how many houses I’ve got.”

A few excerpts on the Echo website. Lawrie's signing copies at St Marys on Saturday morning.

Foreign aid isn't about helping people, it's all about political influence. With this lot in charge, I'm surprised that we're not sending it to Saudi Arabia and China.

Peter Schmeichel was saying on Sky that he thought that Mane should have had a penalty and that handball should always be a foul, intentional or not. He said the same about offsides, none of this interfering with play nonsense which is very subjective.

£20 reduction for me. I'm happy with that.

That's the big test, hanging on to your best players. Looking back, a lot of our players seem to have become unsettled when they make the England squad. Steve Williams, Mark Wright, Danny Wallace, Lallana, Clyne etc. Probably players from the "big" clubs whispering in their ear about how much money they're getting. You're bound to get some tapping up from the richer clubs and it's difficult to keep a player if he wants to go. The fact that you'll most probably be in the Champions League should help but it may come down to wages. I'll take a point on Sunday if it stops Spurs from winning the league.