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I agree. It's not just a lack of intensity that England suffer from it's also a lack of invention. Remorselessly bashing away at the opposition's defence has been shown up in this tournament as easily defendable by teams who are willing to trade blow for blow. If you add to that the number...

England were a tad hard done to with the first try. The TMO didn't even check for an Irish knock on. Having said that, the whole thing stemmed from Farrell's stupid penalty offence that allowed Ireland to get into that position. England have been as utterly brainless as Ireland have been...

That's the point.... the payment would be calculated on the basis of the players who were at the club at the time of relegation. A range of factors such as season ticket sales could be used to calculate how much revenue has been lost by relegation. This is then applied proportionately and a...

Mark makes a good point above. This: The point of them isn't to allow relegated Prem clubs big spending power necessarily, more to ease the transition and prevent a collapse (not that it's even managed that in a few cases). The problem seems to me that the rules on how parachute payments are...

I'm going to break my (usually) strict rule on donating only to a group of specified charities, and make a donation, Tony. I think I can safely say that everybody on 1FF will offer their best wishes to Isla and her family. Respect to you for your efforts and good luck on the run. Top Bloke.

Good point. But surely he must have known that under Maurinho, Manchester United's tradition for attacking.... almost risk taking at times.... football was compromised. I like Alexei Sanchez. He's a good player and I hope they can find a way to get the best out of him.

He's already starting to look quite demoralised.

PLAYING CHICKEN IN THE CHANNEL TUNNEL - SKY NEWS The dreadful events in Salisbury have rather distracted discussion on Brexit for a few days, but I found this and thought it worthy of throwing into the mix...

Thank you, PP. Yes, I can see that we're not that far apart and that's a good thing. It's not that I don't like to be challenged..... I have no objection to that at all, but it should be on the basis of the subject, not the sort of personal abuse from Fompous Part.... a person who I have...

Wow, then he must have been good. Or are you really just being biased..? LOL.

But it's a question of degree. You can be annoyed. You might even have a moan. That's the sort of thing that normal people do. What was disturbing about Roy Keane was the insane, swivel-eyed extreme rage. There were issues there that went beyond being a tad irritated.

Well, East London is an area of intense regeneration and I imagine there would be a plot of land somewhere in the old Docklands which could be utilised. I don't know if they tried to go down that road. Over to Claret again on that one. Perhaps they would have done better to upgrade Upton...

I saw his goals from last night and they were both sublime. The fact that he has been playing like this for Manchester City for (I think) six seasons suggests its more than a fluke. Yes, David Silva is a truly great player who deserves to be in a top five list. From what I read, Roy Keane...

I quite see the anger of West Ham fans who have always enjoyed watching matches from right on top of the pitch, to find themselves sitting on the far side of a running track, but I think the likelihood of getting your wish of knocking it down and rebuilding it as Upton Park Stratford is somewhat...

A long read but worth it. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/west-ham-united-board-protest-march-meetings-hooligans-icf-action-group-a8244951.html?amp Now, I know Charlton supporters have also been quite unruly recently over their situation so we don't really have a...

I think you're right, Cammy. As it happens, I've looked down the back of the sofa and found a couple of those little green tokens that you get in Asda to put in the box for charities, my daughter's favourite blue colouring pencil that she made a fuss over losing last week and our shed key...

I agree on all counts. Scotland were well and truly trundled over by a good Irish team. The Scots played well early on but you always knew that if Ireland scored the first try they would take complete control of the game. England have just gone ten points behind in Paris and frankly, look a...

Errrrrr..... Ireland have just scored their 3rd try, Bish. They lead 21-3 after 47 minutes. I hope that answers your question.

The "Open Skies" Row shows how Trump will exploit Brexit at Britain's Cost. Teresa May made securing a generous US trade deal one of the principal aims for Brexit. Her early trip to Washington to meet Donald Trump and her promise of a state visit were all part of the UK government's plan to...

Comment.... or rather, a question. Why do you want to know how much money site members have..? The nature of the question sounds somewhat suspect to me.