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Me too. Medics opening themselves up to charges of negligence with regard to player welfare.

Grimsby.

It was a very similar miss and save to Palmer's at Brentford last Saturday.

Duff, too, born 1979.

Ian Durrant born 1966

We are talking skilful Scots, aren't we, not no-nonsense centre-halves?🙂

Frank McAvennie b. 1959

It's a bit of a mystery to me, too. Back in the 60s and 70s Scotland was famous for producing exceptionally skilful and creative players who really stood out in the English league. It's very strange how that supply has dried up.

Bayern Munich's doctor had a global reputation for his treatment of football and athletics injuries. He used that: I remember a very public falling out with Guardiola, who might well have sacked him or forced his resignation.

Is that each or in total for the four?

I saw them in 1975. They were loud but not deafening. The loudest band I've ever heard were (I kid you not) a country and western band at a friend's duaghter's wedding. My ears hurt so much I had to go outside.

This was one of the first singles I ever bought. Reached No9 in the UK charts. Didn't get released on an album, as it was meant to go on Townshend's Lifehouse album, which never got released. That was the same fate as this single, which they recorded 4 days later in May 1972. It got to number 21 in the Uk. The Who were a great singles band, although they are best known for their epic albums Tommy, Who's Next, Quadrophenia and Live at Leeds. This article is worth reading: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/17/the-who-uk-singles-ranked

And here's a great Tom Petty cover:

Memories of Ken Bates and Roy Wegerle.

I am one of the tiny minority who appreciated him!

??? They don't like to talk about that one. Or if they do, they blame Chelsea fans and the Belgians.

I noticed that, too. I've just seen the current version of the law. The first part of the second bullet point is crystal clear and easy to interpret and implement, but the second part adds a subjective bit that is the entire cause of the hysteria.

Awful game, but Madueke is doing pretty well. Wirtz looking like Havertz when he joined us - totally off the pace.

Second youngest and second oldest to score in the Prem. About 30 years apart.

We could re-sign Broja for £30m.

I can only assume that, as a Chelsea fan, he was taking the piss with an insane take like that. The number of pundits claiming there was no foul because there was no intent is just ridiculous. The vast majority of fouls are not intentional, and are genuine attempts to play the ball but they accidentally make contact and bring the player down. Intent is irrelevant. Some players accidentally trip a player when not putting in a challenge, and the foul is awarded. It's harsh but it happens all the time. Yes it was unlucky that Muniz trod on TC when he didn't intend to. Yes it was unfortunate for the 18-year-old whose debut goal was chalked off. But it wasn't actually wrong to award a foul when TC was taken out like that.

MotD was pathetic. Danny Murphy and Steph Houghton both felt VAR got the penalty call right, but Murphy felt the disallowed goal was the worst VAR call he's ever seen. Absolute hysteria, which will cost us with refs and VAR over the season. It's of course not relevant that one of Murphy's many clubs was Fulham.

Have we nicked Arsenal corner coach?

Fulham were definitely shafted by VAR last week. Man U got a penalty when Bassey threw Mount to the ground at a corner, but VAR ignored the very dimilar foul two feet away by Shaw. Fernandes missed the pen. Then Man U scored from a corner when Yoro clearly pushed the defender. Should have been ruled out but VAR didn't get involved.

I agree with that. It did take TC out, and fouls don't have to be intentional to be penalised, so the ref and VAR were not wrong. But they are being pilloried for the call (because we are the beneficiaries). But if it's a 50-50 it can't be a clear and obvious error, and managers have been told VAR is not meant to get involved unless it is (apart from offside calls). The ref saw the incident and saw nothing wrong. He missed the tread on TC's foot, but such contact does happen all the time and is often missed.