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He's going straight back to Boca.

Petrovic will become world class when he's not playing.

So do I. One of those players who'd have lots of assists but for our finishing. Almost always goes past his man when he tries.

Interesting that the rape by a couple of teammates is a footnote to this story.

My brother in law is a train driver so I know the drill. He's permanently off sick for something or other the rest of the time.

1960s town planning?

Shouldn't you be off somewhere counting your fortune?

To be fair, you'd hope the plan was to stop buying so many players once the balance is right and we're successful. Just the odd tweak with the best of the rest going to Strasbourg.

Sorry, Bergstrom.

I thought he did really well. Eddie Beach had a mare though.

To be honest I don't know enough about precisely how most of the French players of African descent qualified to play or the percentage of french born players in recent years. I'm reminded of the time Zola Budd ran 2 seconds inside the qualifying time for a British passport. We've got form in this country.

The way I read the song was that it was mainly aimed at France not being able to produce any actual french born players first and foremost and needing to import quality players from wherever. As such, that particular aspect is not insulting to black African players per se. Quite the opposite. France needs them desperately. Of course there are other bits which are quite specifically racist and homophobic (at Mbappe's expense). No doubt about that.

BBC said both teams made wholesale changes at half time. They didn't make a sub until 62 mins. It's like they didn't actually watch the game.

Have you considered that perhaps RJ isn't being risked bombing up and down the wing just yet, bearing in mind that this was his first start since injury? Maybe he'll never be trusted in that role again.

We didn't go long much, if at all from recollection. I thought we passed through their lines really well in the first half. Not quite so well in the second half. Sanchez made a good few line breaking passes although some of the players looked a bit rusty as the first touch wasn't always there, as was the case with their goals.