Some quite steep fines there but all seems pretty fair and designed to instil a sense of respect for the club and team mates. Wonder if Frank had similar levies at Derby and how much you'd get fined for wrecking the club captain's legs in a drunken car crash? It's an odd concept in this day and age...

Chapter 4 - Team Bonding - Neil begins by parachuting the listener into a night march on the moors that formed part of one of his pre-seasons as a player. At Hartlepool, an ex-commando called Tony Toms took fitness. Tony took them to the moors, separated the squad so they were all sat alone in the ...

find his biography The Gaffer: The Trials and Tribulations of a Football Manager but as the audiobook. He does the reading, complete with asides and adlibs.

Brilliant.

Given that Haland has scored so many goals, do you not think that that table might just be out of date?

Here for Macclesfield 0 4 Kingstonian

I don't think physically stopping the clock is a good idea though as it would probably become a tactical play thing and I could see that making things more stop start as teams manipulate the restarts, or stoppages, to their advantage . It would, IMO, be the first step towards stopping the game for ...

I’d love to see Brian get another go as a manager. He’s been treated awfully in his short career so far with two muppets for a chairman (Leeds guy - forgot his name and Zingarevich) BMcD got sacked twice from Leeds as well, iirc. EDIT - yeah, but the full text is remarkable. On 3 February, McDermot...

" ... and we've got Al Jolson doing a version of our national anthem"

6ft Kerplunk Not sure that tinkering with it mid-season is the greatest idea. You've got to have a standard set of procedures for the whole season otherwise pundits will bleat on about stuff getting given that wasn't before.

or we could just ignore most of them?

The penalty from last night's Stoke WBA game. What, exactly, was the defender thinking? And how impressive was it for the ball not to move even an inch.

I think this is also where at least half the nonsense of VAR is coming from. People who do not actually know the rules being given the position to spout, well, utter nonsense. There is also a lot to learn from rugby - watch anything going to the video ref there and it is framed as a clear 'yes or no...

But it is a fact, have a look at the opinions by people far more qualified than either of us when it comes to football. Not one person I have seen thinks Son should have been red carded. I know you hate being wrong but you can't dispute public opinion is very much against you. Without wanting a fig...

As predicted, VAR isn't really solving any of the issues video technology was supposed to address. At the same time it's created it's own issues, slowed down the game at times, impacted on the way referees appear to be making decisions, and it's starting to have a negative effect on the joy of watc...

The wording is "careless, reckless or using excessive force".

I think it is really not hard to imagine a ref reassessing the amount of force involved.

FWIW, I think Aurier's follow-up tackle definately should have been punished - reckless/careless don't begin to sum it up.

What's the stat - over £150 million of players on the books and £50 million out on loan.

Enjoyed that.

Martinez really at fault for at least two goals.

and for the, perhaps inevitable, "how do you know Patrick Mtiliga is black"??!!??!!111

Well, there we have it. UEFA confirm that they don't give a shit about racism in football. Bulgaria's punishment for the scenes at this month's qualifier is to play two games behind closed doors (with one game suspended, for next time it happens) and a fine of £64k. Which is actually a greater puni...

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