Parachute money and Villa’s plight.

[9goals2hattricks3pen]

He's managing Oh Leuven another club owned by the Leicester city owners.Dutch I think

In Belgium close to Brussels. Home to Stellla Artois and the most magnificent Town Hall I have ever seen.

[boingy]

Was it really? Did you see how Sunderland did this season? Good luck with your aged players, those that you can keep. And your vastly experienced manager. Wba look remarkably similar to Blackburn when they went down... and down

You don't have a defender as good as McAuley now and he's approaching 40! Looking forward to playing your lot this season.

[Roymit]

Better still, let’s take a break from football until the new season starts, there’s plenty of other stuff to occupy our time; the state of the England cricket team, Chris Froome’s amazing Giro win, music (there’s some great gigs around), holidays, etc, etc, etc.

These boards will die completely if all that is ever posted are petty insults.

Hi Kets. Froome is obviously more than human but I have to confess I'm increasingly disenchanted with cycling and athletics as it's simply impossible to enjoy them knowing so many competitors are drug-ridden (no pun intended). You might say it's impossible to achieve what cyclists do without taking drugs buts still … can anyone explain to me why so many asthmatics are so good at cycling when it would seem the one condition least likely to confer a sporting advantage? I wonder?