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Really have to win this.

Exactly this - disgusting behaviour

It really is tedious how everything has to be some kind of conspiracy now.

Yeah and the ones who need it will still get it. They're means-testing it, not removing it entirely.

Why? They're all getting nearly 500 quid extra next year anyway. Someone had to draw a line somewhere and I'm glad they've done it. Pensioners are the wealthiest they've ever been as a cohort and we're now all paying sky high taxes to pay for a period where young people had to make big sacrifices in the interests of protecting them (and to pay for their pensions to boot).

As ever no judgement until both teams have batted on it

Running up almost from the boundary and only bowling 83 mph average what's the point

Not really. I know it's stupid bringing up 15/16 to make any kind of general or long-term point but plenty of people laughed Ranieri out of town over the summer when he was given the job, then everyone was completely in thrall by October. And that was after he'd reverted to a theoretically more defensive setup. As ever results is the currency. I should have added earlier that I actually couldn't care less if he played 3 DMs at home and benched Pereira if we won. Even now If he keeps doing it but starts winning that's fine by me, in my eyes the ends justifies the means in football. Big if though.

Let's hope you're right.

We've still got a bargain basement manager who plays 3 DMs in a 4-3-3 at home and doesn't think Ricardo Pereira is in our best team, so far from out of the woods yet.

SACK COOPER NOW AND GET KLOPP IN

John Rudkin masterclass

Cooper so far has reminded me of Luis Enrique at Barcelona - traditional back 4 and a flattish midfield 3 focused on winning and retaining possession. However this was fine in the attacking third for them because their front 3 was Suarez, Neymar and Messi. We're a bit short of that kind of quality atm, Vardy aside.

Why were the Villa fans unhappy with him? Gave them more than enough from where I was sitting