Cowboy

Blimey. Temperance police or what? You sound like my cousin. Getting a bit nervy perhaps? I have no suggestions other than the obvious.

'Organised' - yes - the most compact, hedgehog-like 4-4-2 I've ever seen. But 'solid'? Don't make me laugh. At least a rolled-up hedgehog has the **** on the outside!

Leicester were massively there for the taking today, and they were rubbish until their equaliser. Since then they've been handed the softest of opportunities to get their fans back behind them. Even now they still look very flaky, but the cowardly (I think I saw that word used above, and I agree with it) tactics are offering no threat to them whatsoever. The Leceister of two months ago would be 6-0 up by now.

It's not so much the personnel as the gutless defensive attitude with, at times, all ten outfield players in or within 5 yards of the penalty box. It's pathetic.

He's neither proactive, nor reactive, he's just utterly, utterly useless.

This is gutless. Come on City, grow a pair ffs.

That ultra-negative compact, deep, narrow 4-4-2 is giving Leicester far too much time and space to get their confidence back. The crowd were just about ready to really turn, because Leicester were really crap up until that bus parking started. If you don't trust the defence, piling more bodies in there often doesn't help and just takes away any semblance of attacking intent and an out ball.

I don't think you're listening.

Yes, I would say that's a fair description; I see it as coming from lack of awareness rather than malice (on this thread anyway).

If you just think about it for a minute, you will realise that people who are black, white, yellow, brown and all the lovely infinite shades in between, and come from a disadvantaged background are more likely to get into trouble and and up in jail. That's where the focus should be. If you focus on the black members of that group only, you are being racist. If you then include some other black people who ARE NOT from that disadvantaged background you are being doubly racist and a complete tvvat.

Actually, no! Very much no! It's a problem that exists for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Very much NOT what you said, or he implied. That's the crucial thing you and others have to get your heads around.

Of course you can.

Could I just confirm that you don't mean romantically, and it was more of a casual thing?

Crying out for one, but Webber went out and bought a load of lardy but genial Harry Secombes instead!

Might be better to wait until after the game, because I think you get penalised if you delay the start of the second half.

I realise it might be partly a second language nuance thing, but it really is poor man management from Wagner, the sort of thing that undermines morale of not just that one player, but the squad as a whole.

It was clearly a massive overreaction from Howson, but I think it's clear that Sainz does make a jabbing movement with his right leg but not his left which kind of invalidates the 'all momentum' argument for me. Is it violent? Letter of the law, maybe, there's certainly intention there. I dunno. Doubt it will get overturned.

Apart from Pamela Anderson's knockers on the Baywatch titles.

I thought that at first view based largely on Barnes and others' reactions and attempts to delay the ref. But hard to tell from the replays.

Unbelievably weak character to collapse like that from a position of dominance. Such a lack of mental strength. Boro were negative and bloody awful for thirty minutes, totally there for the taking, and now all of a sudden they've got a little boost and they're pinging it around in the penalty box at will.

Of course it's a significant step up, be silly to pretend otherwise.

That's just as well because the OB were out and about with their little breathalyser thingies that night!

It's also results, not form, and I doubt many would feel comfortable that it represents anything close to a promotion-capable team.

It's by far the most meaningful of the stats tables except the actual table, of course.

Bit extreme. You can get a cream for it from the chemists. I think they even dish it out for free in Glasgow.