Cornish Steve

If he's a starter against Lille, why even have him on the bench?

All four played, and three of them started. You must be cock-a-hoop.

Indecision will cost you! It cost shukes two points, and it cost pete0 a point, so beware! Congratulations this week to markjazzbassist, who managed 6 points: 5 for a correct score and one for predicting Lukaku as a scorer. Given his 10-pointer in the last game, Romey leads in all other categories: points for the month, points for the season, and average points per prediction. Note: your name appears in the final category only if you've made at least three predictions this season.

See what happens when you hesitate?

And guess what?

We are the same number of points out of Top Four as separate the top two teams, we're less than a quarter of the way through the season, and we've already faced most of the teams above us.

Barkley, because he's the one who ignited the team. Given it was his first game back from injury, he was very impressive.

Good teams make their opponents look terrible.

Maybe this is the turn-around game. Barkley has ignited the team.

If you put aside last season's game at Anfield, he's pretty consistent.

Hey, I've lived in the US for 28+ years, and I don't think I could have named more than two MLS teams. They just aren't well known. PS - I read the thread before posting, so now I know some of the teams. Before reading, though, I knew there were teams in NY and LA, but didn't know their names. I would have then just named the big cities: Dallas, Boston, San Francisco, Miami, Chicago, .... I don't believe Atlanta has a team. Ah, but there is a team in Denver, because my son lives there and has mentioned them.

Sturridge has sprained another muscle and will be out for a month.

Ahhh. Disagreements aren't what they used to be.

Sure. Will take your more recent prediction.

Same Catterick as later became manager or different person?

That is simply fantastic news.

Hey - if I can make predictions after knowing a score, I'm rooting right now for Wales!

Am predicting Iceland to win tonight over Holland. Iceland are seriously underrated (almost made it to the WC), while the Dutch are overrated (and didn't deserve to progress so far in the WC).

At least now we know your age.

Everton 2-1 Villa Lukaku

John, if you send me a message with some details of your earlier trip, I'd be glad to reach out to them to see whether they remember. It seems that one of the Yanceys remains chairman of the board.

It looks like Whole Foods (which are very popular around here) do operate five stores in England. Their prices for some things are a little higher, but not excessively so. With so many large supermarkets all around, they'd not survive if their prices were outrageous. Interesting advice about milk. Maybe that's something I should look into. There is a place close to Atlanta that sells unpasteurized milk also, and friends of mine swear by it. Based on government rules, though, I'm not sure that they are even allowed to sell it any more - which is ridiculous. The taste, apparently, is very different.

I rarely go shopping, but more often than not it's to the local Whole Foods Market. Not sure whether organic food stores have hit mainstream in Britain yet, but I would hope so.

Hey, don't mock burger joints. Just look at these beauties in Atlanta. Tell me you can read this article without your mouth watering... http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/our-top-10-burgers-in-atlanta-georgia.html

I'll have to defer to Verreauxi on this one. Not only does he have a PhD, but he remains a fully fledged purist academic - whereas my hands have been muddied by not only working in industry but by being in sales (what a shameful confession). When Verreauxi and I met over dinner, I seem to remember that he chose the red snapper, coaxed from a deep-water Norwegian fiord, drizzled with a fine mussel and ras el hanout infused sauce, with lightly poached Madagascar quail eggs and quinoa from the Zanzibari flatlands. In my case, I had a lamb burger and chips.