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Lee Baxter (He may as well have)

So, in the unlikely* event that we do a West ham and win 7 of our last 9 and stay up, does the -2 apply to us in the PL??? *It's genuinely more likely that we don't win any of our remaining games, I'm not considering this as a serious possibility

Possibly because we'd have been in administration with someone having bought us for £1. This is not necessarily a good thing (in fact we would quite possibly be on the way to L1)

Unlike the current system where basically only 4 clubs have even a chance of winning silverware? At least it would promote competition. To be clear, I don`t like either situation - but unless you implement something like a Wage Cap - I don`t see how you put the genie back in teh bottle that is...

Let's not encourage our players, they'll do a hamstring...

Are there lyrics to the minute waltz?

The problem is that 30 years ago you could be a Jack Walker and spend that shitload of cash and buy your way to a title. Now a Jack Walker probably could help get a club to the PL (although it would be tough coming up against Parachute payment teams) - probably couldn`t keep them there.

The last two seasons Everton have survived by 2 and 4 points respectively. They might be a lot better (so far) this year*, and therefore 10 points isn't as risky, but if you apply the punishment to the years in which they benefitted, they should have been relegated. Leeds and Leicester** have...

Given their current position, they may not get the opportunity...

I don`t know if you are too young, bacon in disguise, or taking the mick, but of all the Gareth Ainsworth tackles to mention the above (which wasn`t even by Ainsworth*) is not the one any on here would pick *You are, a brief Wikipedia journey informs me, thinking of Gary Bennett

Madine against Brentford in the Championship Promotion season Sharp against Southampton in the good PL season

One for the opposition - David Platt for Forest in 1999 - we had come back from 1-0 down to lead 2-1 (Martyn Smith with both???) - and in the last minute Platt just lost it and went through one of our players at knee height. I have a hazy recollection they were already down to 10 men. Cant...

Great pod. That Villa game where he got both goals, might not have been our best performance that season, but it wasn't far off - and Fleck was at the centre of everything. By far my favourite performance of that season (partly assisted by Grealish missing the penalty)

Whatever 11 we put out at luton will "get a result" it just might not be a very good result...

I'll bet they haven`t - I'd love to see the precise wording and context of the questions asked - I'll bet it included Goal Line Tech (which, despite our history with it, I don`t think anyone would argue we should get rid of) and had some horrendous questions prior to it to sway the answer.. A...

Sigh. I don't like being right...

The optimism here that we only conceded 0 or 1 goals is astounding...

The irony being of course that you should only concede a penalty if your hands are in an unnatural position. Nothing looks more unnatural than the above...

Oh absolutely, especially when Man C and Chelsea are sat there with huge numbers of (admittedly historic) charges yet to be ruled on. Problem is, there's always a first club to get hammered when the rules change - and the rules have changed this year to ensure that points deductions are applied...

The "but we sold Johnson" mitigation needs to be thrown out with the trash. The accounting periods are clear and unambiguous. Plus the argument is effectively "we could have sold him but chose not to because we wanted to stay up" - precisely the point - you overspent with an express intention to...

The problem with the bit i have bolded (and I largely agree with you) is that you end up in a cycle of boom or bust. And even in a boom year, a bust year follows (as we are seeing this year). Fail to get promoted and the whole club is at risk (unless you do it like we have and simply bank the...

I believe the clubs have an agreement to alternate who moves their game in these scenarios. Anyone know when we were last both drawn at home and who moved?

The issue for me was, for an impartial journalist, he let his West ham supporting colours come through. And in doing so started throwing mud at the wronged party via the "Steve Kabba" argument etc. Conveniently forgetting that his club did some thing wrong, lied repeatedly about it, and then...

But they aren`t worried enough yet to actually address the cause of the lack of competition, which is not promoted being fiscally responsible, but rather clubs higher up the league - using their size to stockpile all the young talent in the country, - outspending every other team in an...

This is the "river" Avon just north of Tewkesbury this morning...

Both Birmingham and Villa have won Major trophies in the last 25 years.

It isn`t because there is "less at stake" its because there is less likelihood of the media turning an incorrect decision into a witch hunt in Blades v Luton than in Man U v Liverpool. And I suspect that that would be the case even if Blades and Luton were in the Top 6 of the table and Man U...

I maintain that Maguire should have let him go through. That sending off left us so short at the back we had to play (emergency loan?) John Egan against Walsall the following midweek - and promptly conceded 3 really ropey goals. Had Maguire played we may have got at least a point, possibly all 3.

It doesn`t feel right when you think it through does it: Its your first game So we'll give you a game that is less in the spotlight But why is this? they are good enough, so they should be able to ref any game. But the reality is, that they will want to ease them in away from the spotlight...

Doesn`t seem to stop them for the current crop of refs. White, black, pink or blue.