So essentially, Everton got deducted 10 points because they acted with more integrity than other teams and their most expensive player “vanished” and had his contract wind down (if they were able to get £15 mill off him instead, this sanction wouldn’t have happened, and it doesn’t fit the offence) as he was the implied abuser (it upset me as I didn’t expect him to be like this, but there was a major me too scandal in Iceland of all places, and other golden generation players got indicted for these offences, and it’s unknown if the arrest was to do with it).

Gylifi, who was very important the previous season, never played for Everton again and had his contract run down after the “31 year old international” was arrested. And yet you could say that the indictment was because of this as they lost £45 mill without being able to get some of it back like they did with players like Iwobi later on. And the fact they were able to vanish a key player, who you wouldn’t think of as a vile sort, without once saying his name outright, and yet Greenwood is seen as a sympathetic figure for offences that were made very public, is a very courageous move.

I agree. The reason Sacha Baron Cohen created Borat was to satirise attitudes towards Eastern European countries (it was set in Romania, and Hebrew, Polish and Armenian are the languages actually spoken) even though Kazakhstan isn’t really one. They’ve got a distinct identity and have been brilliant over the last 5 years!

They’ve had some great moments and Klaksvik have been so fantastic in Europe!

And with Kvaratshkelia, they could make it through the play offs in Spring. The under 21’s also did decently as Co hosts last year as well and only lost on penalties to the Israeli youngsters.

Surely the nation where an East Italian musician bought Flo Rida onto the stage at Eurovision could recruit more east Italian castoff footballers, eg at Sassuolo, Rimini, Padova etc

We’ve only got one song was a great chant!

It’s concerning because of the precedent of Liverpool in 2002-03 (unbeaten in first 12 league games, with 9 wins and 3 2-2 draws, but than placed 5th) but it is true our comeback at the bridge is the mark of a serious contender. Quantifying spurs’ seriousness as one is hard as they have faced us, Man U and Liverpool, but also “easy” teams like the NPTs (one of whom they trailed until stoppage time), Fulham and Bournemouth