MessiWillSignForVilla

His contract is up in the summer with no sign of a new one, if we can offer him a job that extends beyond then, I think he'd at least consider it for stability's sake.

Not really how it works though, getting a "worse" manager won't necessarily be the wrong move. Look at Sunderland a few seasons ago, is Di Canio a better manager than MON? Personally, I'd say no, but Di Canio provided the right momentum and drive at the right time to keep them up. If Southgate was appointed for instance, and he kept us up he'd be the right choice, irregardless of his managerial ability compared to Lambert.

a. he is an asshole b. he is as defensive as McLeish c. he is an asshole d. he is a disciple of MON similar to Lambert e. he came 2nd in the scottish league I appreciate this funny response, but A and C could be applied to probably one of every three great managers, right? And being defensive in terms of personality or playing style? Don't know enough about MON to know much about D but I appreciate. Not sure I understand E. I see this and it looks pretty good. Three titles in a row is good, but then again it was with Celtic. The gulf in quality between them and the rest of that league means literally anyone could manage them and still win the league, it would be considered a monumental **** up to not win the SPL with Celtic. Winning the Championship is probably a bigger badge of honour than a Celtic SPL win, if he'd won it once with any other team bar Rangers, then it'd be a different story.

I like him, I think he did well in many ways here (imo especially in the transfer market) and I till think he'll go on to be a good manager, but we have just been too woeful recently. We became stale and incredibly predictable and he seemingly completely lost control of the situation and I begin to wonder if Benteke's lacklustre attitude was perhaps an indication he'd lost the dressing room. I didn't mind his first two seasons, this season has just gone from worse to worse. Sorry Paul, good luck in the future and thanks for the effort, but this is absolutely the right decision.

Pat Murphy on 5Live just mentioned Brian Little until end of the season, might be a good choice? I should add that was his speculation, not any inside tip I don't think.

Oh wind your neck in. Other people have different opinions, get over it. Oh you told me didn't you! Nar there is no opinions with the crowd I mentioned. Just football manager, made up toss. Yup, FM just made up toss, totally worthless as any sort of gauge of players... oh wait, some clubs actually use it http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/aug/12/why-clubs-football-manager-scouting-tool

Not just mental games in the FA Cup, Watford beat Blackpool 7-2 after being 2-0 down at half time! Ridiculous weekend for football!

No, the excuse when we weren't winning at 0-0 was probably, we're playing **** Arsenal, you know, one of the best teams in the league. Also, Lambert said before the game that some players were affected but declared themselves fit.

Was gonna make a comment about the West Ham shirt the other day moving from Claret and Blue sleeves saying I wouldn't be surprised if WBA moved from their classic kit style just like West Ham and Southampton did, but when I saw the Southampton shirt I thought again, it's a shame it actually happened though It's a nice kit, it's just not a WBA kit imo. Makes me glad we've got someone like Macron who aren't just trying to turn our kit into a template.

If only the mods would draw up a list of rules and link to them in the bottom right of every single page. I don't really want to get into an argument or anything, but, with the subject at hand the guidelines are contradictory. Firstly they say: Then further down there's this: With that last bit being in the advert section which one would assume is more to do with the ads at the side and top of the page. So surely if someone wanted to know if they could sell their stuff on here the best thing to do is ask somewhere like General Chat where someone might know and not just making a new topic, as I'm sure you and the other mods won't want to be constantly asked if people can advertise their electronics and what not or locking threads. If you're going to get sarcastic when someone asks a question, you should probably be aware that the guidelines, in this instance, don't actually make things clearer as they're contradictory. As I say, I'm not looking for an argument or anything, just wanted to point out that the guidelines for this particular subject aren't all that clear.

Fantastic finish. Feel sorry for the US, been pretty good to watch so far, shame for them to go out.

Flashbacks of Benteke v Utd last season with that goal! Great play by Lukaku!

I think both player and linesman will be thanking each other for that!

I think the thing that makes me sympathise with them the most is that we were in almost the exact same situation 4/5 years ago, then we got picked apart, had a bit of mis-management and now look at us. I doubt they'll have the cost-cutting we had but I hope Koeman is allowed to re-invest enough to keep them mid table. It'll be sad to see another team get close to the top to be immediately swatted back down by the "big boys".

The thing with Suarez is it's not just the well documented stuff, forget the biting, diving, constant arguing and racism, he's still very much a horrible dirty player. He's Joey Barton with more talent and an over bite. At least Barton has decency to admit he's a shit head with what he does. I hope Liverpool **** him off this summer, as much as I don't like the club as a whole, they don't deserve to have that clearing in the woods constantly dragging their name through the mud more than it already is (though admittedly they don't help themselves with that). If they get £40m for him off of Barca or Real, they could use that to build a very good squad and unfortunately have a great shout at the title again.

Well, she's going there fairly aimlessly currently, but, the coin she gave to the captain, the iron one from Jaqen H'ghar, (What's happening next season/in the books)

Sign him up

Good finish.

Why has Atsu shot there? He should have looked up and slipped Gyan through.

Except the rules don't mention intention. It's all interpretation I suppose, but imo, if you're swinging your leg like Boye was when he jumped, it's dangerous as it swinging upwards with little control, hence why he kicked Dempsey in the face.

his leg came up because of the contact after he'd left the ground, he's going horizontal in mid air, its not his jumping technique thats caused his leg to come up, its dempsey jumping in to him, not sure what else he could do I understand it's not intentional, and I'm not saying he should have been sent off, but if you're kicking someone in the face, it's dangerous play. Yes, he gets a nudge, but he could try control his leg better, his leg goes so far up because it's already swinging upwards before the nudge, he's completely uncontrolled and reckless, therefore it's dangerous.

According to Savage, it's not dangerous play, it's not his elbow, it's boot! Surely that makes it even worse? He kicked Dempsey in the face whilst both were jumping, how is that not dangerous play?

Really liked the episode thought they did very well tying up all the loose ends of this series, all the way until the penultimate scene;

It's a huge spoiler, but then again it isn't, because if you know what it means, then you know the spoiler already.

Don't worry Sepp, we'll all shake hands and forget about this whole mess...