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I vote that there should be a statue of Fab placed outside the stadium.

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That would be hilarious! We'd have specialist corners team. A free-kick specialist team. A goal kick retention team. A penalty specialist team. And the list could go on! As for the subs, heck, why not make it like ice hockey where a player can be subbed at any time in the game as long as the player coming off is within 5 feet of the bench! But in all seriousness, with regards to the subs, I would have to agree with 5 subs. With games coming thick and fast, as well as the players (assets) costing millions of pounds, I would rather see a system that protected that level of investment and allowed our manager to make the needed changes to win games. Yes it will work against us in the prem, but at the champs level, it will be a gift.

Ice hockey players, in my opinion, are some of the best athletes, hands down. Not only as you mentioned brawn, power, skill & dexterity, but they’re doing it on ice skates while in some instances skating backwards! On top of that, the puck, which is no bigger than the palm of a hand, travels at 100mph! No wonder so many of the players have teeth missing!

Well said! But, if the posh, rich people become involved, then the overall program would receive more funding.

I'll tell you what's boring; your predictable come backs. Nothing says sports like a wrap-around digital marketing board at playing level. To call American sports 'boring' simply because you can't appreciation the style of tactical and strategic nuance applied is telling. If you're unable to appreciate the level of precision and coordination that is required by 11 offensive players to execute an NFL play, while at the same time preventing 1 ton of muscle, fat and attitude trying to bury a quarterback, then I would be stupid to continue discussing the topic with such kinesthetically ignorant person. There's a good boy. Now go back to watching your '80s 'huff ball' with your shandy and crisps

Sounds like someone is jealous and can't cope with the truth, maybe? Get over it. Your inability to accept the truth due to your antiquated view of the world is probably the reason you struggle to pull your head out and smell the fresh air. Cope.

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Not really. It’s because everyone else sucks at the games played in America and nobody likes to lose all the time. On the other hand, at least America is having a real go at playing soccer. But, they are at least two decades away from genuinely challenging for a significant trophy.

That's funny. If true, where then would you place cricket? To say that American sports are lame, when American sports programs clearly produce the majority of the best athletes in the world, is somewhat off-base.

As Hogesar pointed out in another thread, "he is co-founder of a capital group with assets totalling $25 billion." -So I think he's passes that test.

The answer is 'C' - all of the above.

I have to agree. Also, just as he figured out a system that seemed to work, Ida and Josh get injured. I think Josh will be amazing next season.

Or would that be, 5 Volumes of the pursuit of Quagliarella!

Agreed. I’m sure it’s been mentioned here before, but I like to see the idea used in American football where the head coach (manager) is allowed to challenge the referee’s decision at most three times in a standard game. If the challenge holds, the decision on the field is over-turned. If the challenge fails, the team loses a time out, which are valuable tactical elements in an NFL game. Maybe a manager would lose a substitution if the challenge fails? I would like to see VAR relegated to what it was designed to be, an ASSISTANT and in it’s place a system that gives the power back to the referees, with the managers able to challenge the referee’s decision.

Praise be! Well said! And the fact that Europe is not speaking German. - No offense to modern day Germans. The list is endless. Sometimes I feel that people have lost appreciation for what America has created, which includes a country built on free speech, which didn’t really exist prior. What is born from free speech has it’s pros and cons, but I’ll take it over the alternative.

May I recommend that you play to your strength of being an eternal optimist and leave the humour to Cambridgeshire?

Not that I've ever climbed Everest, but I've met a blind man who did. Anyway, from what I do know of mountain climbing, the decent is the most difficult part. 80% of the accidents happen on the decent. For anyone who is interested, there is a phenomenal climbing documentary called, 'Touching the Void.' I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in either climbing, or human perseverance under astronomically difficult conditions. And good luck to Webber. I'm sure he'll need it. It doesn't matter how prepared you are; if the mountain says no-go, then no one can argue.

The first ‘yo’ is really fun. The second ‘yo’, not so much.

From a fans perspective, having to watch the abject failure over and over is simply exhausting. Becoming emotionally invested at the start of the season, only to have it disintegrate at the pace of having one’s fingernails pulled out, is mind numbing. This is why fans become angry. From a business owner’s perspective. It’s free money. Gain promotion to the PL, spend a few pounds to bolster the team and keep the fans sedated and hope it works out, pocket a few million. Rinse and repeat. We fans are only able to watch it happen…over and over and over and over….. we raise our voices. We make our discontent known. But it just keeps happening. So, the question that must be asked is, throughout all of this abject failure, what is the common denominator?

Unfortunately his stock has plummeted. I doubt we will have any offers for him that will significantly help the balance sheet.

Fake news!

Well done Newcastle. That’s an impressive hall of points considering their pre Christmas shambles.

Very good point!

“I’m already ready to walk out the door. I’m ready for the next stage of my life.’ But they wanted me to stay and I’m incredibly grateful to them for that.” How nonsensical is this comment? That’s like saying, “I was ready to walk out on my wife for the next relationship in my life, but she wanted me to stay and I’m incredibly grateful for that.”