Andrelux

I don't expect anything one way or the other, and by the way I'm not the one crowing about being in a European place barely 20% of the way through the season

'Fraid that's not true, Would only be 6 points below where we are now Wouldn't be panicking at 5 points after 8 anymore than celebrating with 11 points. Bed-wetters like you may feel different.

When teams qualify for Europe on the basis of their position after 8 games, then our position now will matter Otherwise, it's completely irrelevant.

Positions in October mean nothing. Let's make sure we're in the European places after 38 games.

No. It was an interviewee on the World Service talking about the US midterm elections. I was half asleep so wasn't really listening but that malapropism really jarred.

And it's got nothing to do with level of education or whether the person is a graduate or not. Just this morning, I heard a person, almost certainly a graduate, talk about someone "abrogating powers to themselves". It's about trying to...

No problem with that, but then they shouldn't use words they don't understand. Otherwise, as with Wilder, they run the very real risk of misusing the word.

Are they giving press conferences though?

Did he actually say "to clamour to pressure"? What does that even mean? My advice is, don't use big words you don't understand.

As it is every season.

50+ years of watching Brentford has taught me that "can only get better 2nd half" is usually a forlorn hope. I do sometimes get proven wrong, so hope this is one of them.

Crocked and back at base.

I do think that Ivan should take a few hours of his time to give Igor a master class in how to buy a free kick when you're back to goal waiting for a clearance. Then, Thiago >> Toney.

Not sure. Brooks gave the foul first, then Vitaly was talking for quite a few seconds before the ref pulled his cards out.

Of any league. In any sport.

I think it's similar to cricket - each team gets a certain number of appeals? If you watch it on TV you can see what looks like a "VAR remaining" counter.