Niels

Yes I agree.

We were at Elland Road. The police protected the coaches extremely well. The Manchester United coach was escorted in very securely. Also they walked alongside Manchester United fans to make sure there was no trouble.

Hi Bob, I hope you are well? Nice to near from you I read it in the Guardian a few years ago. I have managed to find a link for you. In retrospect I suppose we don't know how serious this was and whether it would have occurred had the team continued. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/06/toronto-wolfpack-rugby-league-europe-cities-million-pound-game

I thought they played fantastic attacking football. The Japanese goalscorer had rave reviews in his first game and looks top quality, particularly at this level. Abada, the Israeli, also looked fast and excellent. The manager has recruited well from unfashionable countries and they are quick. Rangers looked very slow in comparison and overawed by the atmosphere. What did you think?

I have noticed this Tommy. I watch all the Bournemouth games and now in the championships we usually dominate games. However, so many sides have players going down injured and then miraculously recovering. If we go a goal down it is even worse. I also noticed Southampton doing it against Man City - one player went down and the physio didn't even pretend to treat him. It's done to break up Momentum. It is very effective also.

As a Bournemouth fan I have watched a lot of games this year in the Championship. I think Fulham, Bournemouth for automatic promotion and for the play offs, Blackburn, WBA, QPR, Middlesbrough. You would need first, second or third to get each way? What do you think?

It was me who asked about it. There was a groundshare between Truro and Torquay a couple of years ago so there has been previous co-operation between the counties. Also Toronto were planning on playing a game in Copenhagen I think. And did one of the established sides, Wigan maybe, play a home game far away? I understand your point but I did get a reply from Christian on here who said in the future it might be possible.

They have signed Chris Wood I think, so hopefully In can breathe a sigh of relief! 20m was the fee, which seems over the odds.

I didn't realise that, it is next to the Grand Hotel. I don't know what your thoughts are about expansion? For me it depends on the club and location. For example I would have an interest in any club at Torquay. So if Cornwall did play any games there it would become very interested in them.

I can understand why you think this and you are probably correct. My only comeback would be that they are 8th in average attendances for the National League, above Halifax.

Good points. The English Riviera is Torbay, which I think would be a good place to take some games to try. I asked Christian this before, I remember.

Well done! That is a good return. I agree with you, Van Gerwen had the best overall average in the year. He misses too many doubles now but it seems to be psychological as he hits them on the big finishes when he hasn't time to think. Hempel showed against VandenBergh he can hit doubles when on form.

There was an interesting article about Jan Aage Fjortoft at Swindon today in the Guardian also.

You are right, (you usually are!) they are interested in him. It's ironic as Howe signed him at Bournemouth but was unable to get the best out of him. He is vital to the promotion campaign, so as you say they would have to pay well over the odds for him, as we don't need to sell and we don't have another striker.

You are one of the nicest and fairest people on here and certainly give a good image for the team.

As a Bournemouth fan there is no way we will sell Solanke unless it is a ridiculous offer. We have a good Russian owner and don't have to sell anyone. The video clip is about a year out of date, he has improved immensely.

I though he had died? Or is that for the thread people you thought had died but are still alive?

I think that is a good price. Looking at the draw Rob Cross is the only player potentially good enough to stop an Anderson on form reaching the quarters. From them on he could face the top 3 players, but there may be shocks. I think MVG 9/2, Michael Smith 20/1 ew and Ryan Searle 33/1 ew may be value as they have all shown good recent form and averages even though they haven't won.

Interesting point. Yes I think Broad was an all rounder initially. I think Hick wasn't allowed to play for England until his mid 20s as he was born in Rhodesia and played for Zimbabwe. He was definitely a top class batsmen.

I only just read this! Thanks for posting. I bought the Mike and Micky CD last summer and be sounded in great voice. There is only Micky Dolenz left now of course.

Coincidentally all for the big 4 sides and all game changing. None of them would have been given the other way. Certainly I can't ever remember a day when all of the top teams had important penalties against them. I know people say the big clubs attack more, but it certainly wasnt the case in the Man Utd v Norwich game, where De Gea was man of the match. I think the referees subconciously feel comfortable awarding the top sides penalties as they know there will be little outrage.

Could there be any plans to play games in Devon, Torquay for example as Truro did, though I appreciate that was due to other issues?

I stayed up until lunch. Warner and Labuschagne batted superbly. Australia seem a proper balanced side with batting and bowlers. They have a fairly long tail but it doesn't matter as at least one of the top order are likely to make a big score.

He was the Dewsbury coach when I started going to the Heavy Woollen sides games in 1999. They had a very good team then.

I watched Newcastle v Norwich. Football isn't the national sport in Latvia so they do well to compete at all.