No sub keeper and only one defender on the bench 😬

Women sometimes think cats are pets.

Oh, after round 2 ours had a bit of a limp, the other one left half his fur behind.

Us blokes know that, Trigger, but the missus thinks different, and she's one tiger I'm not in a hurry to cross.

Pete - as long as the cat’s not getting damaged then it’s best to let them sort themselves out. They’ll work out when each other is allowed in certain places. They’ll work on a timeshare basis over territory. We could learn a lot from them.

Hobo (our cat), 2 fights in 2 days with another tom. Kept him in today, little brawler wot he is.

Would be so great if I lived there now, so close to the ground

Trigs - in the 90s I rented a room off a German lady in Colliers Wood and she had loads of cats and I’d wake up to “presents” at the end of my bed, dead voles, mice and birds One time one of them brought in a live pigeon and it was flying round the kitchen, it was pandemonium, my land lady shouting out “catch zee bird!!” It was a cross between Fawlty Towers & Dastardly and Mutley 🥰

Shame to see Asiimwe start over Nkeng. Asiimwe's form has completely fallen off a cliff recently. Can't argue with much else.

I see two or three Bayern players got late bookings yesterday for time wasting. Meaning they are suspended for the second leg with Atalanta but then have a clean slate.

I had a CAR called Jet, cos I picked it up the morning we played Oxhey Jets in the Fa cup, and it was black.

Merry biffday Michael

My cat is a ferocious killer after being well trained in hunt and kill techniques for various prey. Absolute beast he will not give up a hunt.

My cat was 17 in human years or 84 in cat years last week. She's a rescue cat which i when she was just one and her original owners got a bit of a shock when she stopped being a kitten

We had two cats called Iranu and Uvavu (from the Dove From Above round on Reeves & Mortimer's Shooting Stars). Was really funny hearing their names called out at the vet's.

Egg - it’s weird how we miss a cat, I mean they tend to own us rather than the other way around, but their inscrutability makes us like them all the more… Ours died just over a year ago, and is still missed - the diabetes did for him eventually. He was called Leon because we picked him up just a day or so after we’d been to see Kings of Leon… When I was young, my parents had a beagle dog they called Cristo because my mum fancied the actor Alan Badel, one of the stars of the 1964 TV series The Count of Monte Cristo!!

Wox-happy birthday for yesterday, you share the same birthday as me, papers and Prince Edward

Was there an explanatory meeting on March 9th on 50%+1? If so, did anyone who posts here go? Was it well attended? Useful? Open communication?

I called my cat Paul Robinson because I got her the day Paul Robinson done that mental goalkeeping error in Croatia - I thought she was a bloke until the vet said she was a bird so I called her Joan, she ended up getting called Joan-Paul, she died last year and I miss her loads

Just received yet another email from the “Collective” urging/pleading for me to vote now in the 50.01 Vote. They seem to be getting desperate – realising that they won’t reach the 50%+ turnout requirement. They should have thought about that before they “massaged” the membership numbers - forcing an opt out rather than an opt in. Much as I love the Club I am not prepared to participate in a “Collective” Industrial & Provident Society vote to determine whether they should exercise a 50% or 75% majority – either of which allows them control to continue usurping the interests of the 5000+ true fan owners. But I am looking forward to the game tonight!!!

Iran will not play in the World Cup.

I’ve always loved this Country Joe & The Fish song from Woodstock… [Link] and it’s a poignant moment for him to take leave of the world… :(

OTD - my first football match - a birthday treat for my 10th birthday

My new copy of When Saturday Comes has arrived this morning, including an article celebrating their 40 years in print this month. Their highlight from 2002 is about WFC... "The FA commission managed to conjure up two arguments for the move that should astonish most football fans. Believe it or not, one of the most important reasons for the decision was that "MK provides a suitable and deserving opportunity in its own right where none exists in south London". Savour that concept: the suitable and deserving opportunity. In one glib, ignorant phrase the commission has swept aside more than 100 years of football clubs trying to advance themselves by actually beating their opponents and winning games".

Leave somebodies up [Link] it not only gives you a chance of a quick break but it affects the opposition's corner routines if players have to stay back.