Cornish Steve

Not if you look at his career as a whole. He's something of a workhorse, actually.

Agreed. What's the point in playing the same players in every pre-season match? It's the time for experimentation and learning about the entire squad.

When I was a kid, my room was named after him, and he hadn't even been born yet. Absolute legend.

No problem, Romy. Glad we can help.

Sounds like he just found a new girlfriend and she's made clear the conditions under which she's willing to kiss him.

Yes, of course I have. The next time we see an example in a game, let's discuss it. I seem to remember one game in particular last season where he held up the ball wonderfully well and laid off well to a teammate. It was not by any means an isolated incident.

Re that final phrase, just look at Delph recently.

Actually, I think Rom is pretty good with his back to the goal.

He must have heard you. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33494840

Yes, we are lucky to have him. We're also lucky to have Deulofeu.

There are times when I still manage to make it under a shirt number. Watched a youth game a while back in which one player sported the number 99.

Strong position. Not even England could lose from this position, surely?

Looks like he's below average for number of letters in his last name. Alphabetically, he's in the bottom half of the table.

I say we keep 'im.

They were baled out. The rankings are just crazy. Even though I'm delighted for them, Wales ahead of Spain????

Reported in sick again today.

He's dying, right? It's to set a precedent while not hurting him by insisting on jail time.

You're just showing off that you know how to spell his name. (I used to have a colleague with a very similar Polish name. He was so fed up with being asked how it's spelt that he would always make reservations under the name 'West'. I was with him once when he made a reservation at a Chinese restaurant. "The name's West." "Can you spell that for me, sir?" We ate Indian food that evening.)

As I've mentioned before, the last thing you do when you seek to negotiate a good price is declare to the world that you're in desperate need. That pushes up the price 20 percent right there! Instead, you keep things quiet, do your due diligence under the radar, and get what you need. Then, and only then, can you tell the world you're plugging a big gap!

Are we sure of his parentage?

I'm 100% convinced that we'll spend 15-20m on a player from Europe. I predicted initially that Deulofeu would be our principal signing of the summer, but I thought the fee would be much higher.

I didn't read it as 20m plus Lennon. I read it as 20m, with Lennon being part of that 20m. Either way, it's a 'No' from me.

Rom didn't commit any traffic offenses recently, did he?

Youngest son, a computer science major at university, was accepted as a summer intern at a local technology company. The next day, he learned he was called for mandatory jury duty, starting one week into the internship. He showed up on the Monday morning, and sat there doing nothing for the entire day. The only break was for lunch. The court official asked who earned minimum wage; my son does not. Everyone except him qualified for lunch allowance. He had to buy lunch on my credit card. How ridiculous is that? Thankfully, the next day, he was told he was not needed and could get back to work. If he'd been called to serve on the jury, he would have spent the summer in court and lost the internship.

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