Was Broad doing his usual brainless short bowling against tail enders?

I dislike Ferrari but I want Leclerc to win to keep the title race interesting. Hamilton......... don't really care about him.

Brum is a poisoned chalice. The ownership is always in chaos, the squad is pretty poor and managers come and go almost as quickly as Watford. Any ambitious coach wanting to take their first steps in the top seat would be wise to wait for a more stable club, even one at the business end of League 1.

Lewis may have one kind of Ivanisovich moment and win that 8th title, but it is looking like he is one the downhill slope. There are too many other young drivers on the grid gobbling up the points as well as Verstappen and Leclerc right now for him to be up there with consistent podiums. Maybe he can flounce around the Met Gala once his contract is up, but I feel he has one more fight in him.

Chris Brown was a false player.

What did Stewart say? I caught the gist of the other two being idiots.

Crawley has been pretty awful, even a blind man on a galloping horse can see that. He may be better lower down the order, but we have plenty for those roles. The scores don't lie, and he does not have the right skills for a test opener. You need a solid defence and mental fortitude at the very least.

I must have had one at some point too-I was in Germany in the 1980s for part of my childhood.

Could be worse, there's a disturbing trend in rugby for forwards having agricultural mullets. Hopefully JDT has more satorial class.

Back from Rammstein. Simply effing amazing. The set list was great, Till's vocals were perfect and the stagecraft was spot on. What made it better was on Friday I found out my old school friend managed to get a ticket, so I met up with him and his girlfriend. Anyone who likes metal or rock should see them once.

It may be nothing, but I remember the Coventry City right wing back being brilliant against us in the away game. I think hisnname is Dabo.

My dad is a monkey hanger by birth. Never been but he always said it was an awful place.

Probably not the right thread to ask, but what about that Lyons guy we got from Ireland? What was the point of signing him if he's bumming around the reserves?

Not sure, but I'm glad that plonker has gone if he was a major player in these negotiations. Crap coach and tries to stitch up clubs for personal gain. A bit of a mini Kean really.

Whoever had been negotiating contracts and transfer fees should be sacked if they're still around. The B BD deal was over priced without the sell on clause, so many players have had contracts run down, and that Armstrong deal..... appalling.

I thought Andre Grey signed for Preston. I'm not sure he's all that anyway, and peaked a few years ago.

If they lose all their good players like Cornet, Collins, McNeil and others, they'll have money but an obvious lack of talent and depth. Kompany would have to be very good in the transfer market to replace them. If he is a complete spanner and buys crap then next season will be really hard. The squad as of today is probably worthy of a top 3 place though.

As the squad stands now, I'd expect them to be around the play offs, maybe better. However, they may lose some key players, and need the money to keep things stable off the pitch. If they don't get promoted this season, the next will be really hard. And a failure after that would mean disaster.

I can see what you mean, but to take it to the extreme, that's like saying you'd pass on a young Messi over Emile Heskey. Dolan is 20, started like a house on fire and probably lost his way under the previous manager, who went from a fast, direct style of play to a general sense of confusion about formations, styles and so on. Dolan has time on his side to get back to being exciting. Even Ronaldo was a little flicky boy doing 23 step overs instead of passing or shooting when he first went to Man Utd.

So many players develop these problems. I wonder what kind of work schedule they have when playing and training, and if mentors like coaches try to encourage more constructive ways to occupy their time. Even golf, or painting model aeroplanes would be better to take up than going to the pub after lobbing £2000 on the 3.30 at Doncaster.

I'd rather one of these recruitment companies than Jerome Anderson or his former work colleagues. And I hate employment agencies (which are probably a completely different thing).

I'll wait until the season starts, but JDT's attitude and demeanour is much better than Tony Mowbray's at least. I can imagine a younger player being uninspired after the latter says you should learn from a 30 year old clogger who spent most of their career in the lower leagues. Or told they're not playing well when stuck out of your natural position via a post match interview. Or having the club you're contracted to talked down and considered a minor small fish. Hopefully the new team will not be another Paul Ince.

In what way? I meant he may be a player that only clicks under a certain manager.

Cantwell sounds like he could be like Bellamy who only really worked under Hughes, or a waster like Taarabt, who everyone raved about but really could not be bothered and fell out with everyone.

I'd keep Dolan, as I think there is some potential, and has had to play in a series of mad formations from Mowbray. He stormed it in the first half of last season.