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Four Matches tonight. Spurs v Man City Bristol C v Forest Chelsea v A Villa Sheff Weds v Coventry I'm going for Spurs, Bristol C, Coventry and Villa to go through. I hope Spurs go through,

Exactly @KB1862 we have the quality up front to find a goal or too even if the team is focusing more on protecting our defense.

@Fan of Big Tone What out for the Saharan dust.

The investigations into Man City and Chelsea need to be moved on quickly and a verdict decided. Until that is done many fans won't have confidence that the playing field is fair.

@KB1862 To be honest mate, I was getting a little bit annoyed with Luke for being so stubborn as to not tweaking the way we were playing a little bit. We were leaking goals like a sieve but no changes were being made to give our defense more cover. Stuart had identified that immediately he took over, and we will probably see small changes on Saturday as a result.

I agree VAR does have the potential to improve the game but where was it when Real Madrid played Almeria? Almeria was robbed plain and simple. Trouble with VAR everyone who views the footage sees something different. VAR in it's present form will never be foolproof.

Too true.

To be honest, not interested in what Luke is doing now, he's moved on. The grass may not be greener on the other side for him. Hope he succeeds at Swansea for his sake but my focus is now for Stuart Maynard and our Team.

Match highlights against Sutton Coldfield WFC. The ladies are finding it difficult in this league, hopefully they can stay clear of the bottom.

Very true.

The pitch is ready for this evening's match.

Lots of work for England to do tomorrow.

I'll start you off with one.

This is the thread for some light relief & for having a laugh. If you have a joke to share, post it on this thread. If you have a clip of any of the stand up comedians, post it here.????

Sorry but I say big deal. He's not a patch on Bill Shankly or Bob Paisley. The advantage that the big six Clubs have since the introduction of the Premier League, and the fact, the Champions league is no longer a competition for Champions, takes away any respect I have for the big six Managers of the last 20 years.

Weather Summary for Saturday and Sunday. A bright day for England and Wales on Saturday, above average temperatures. Sunday will be rather cloudy with sunny spells.

India are well in command of the 2st test after the conclusion of the 2nd day. India end the day on 421/7 in their first innings in reply to England's 246 all out. England will have to bat much better if they are to have any chance of saving this test.

@Ohh Tommy Johnson @liampie @Chris I think it is significant that we never seem to get regular controversy with the Cricket and Rugby VAR decisions. In cricket it tends to initiate debate when a catch is taken with the hands touching the ground, but otherwise viewers agree with decisions made. In Football it comes down to multiple decisions made that initiate debate. VAR was supposed to solve or the problems about Refs making the wrong decisions, but it's implementation has only increased the lack of trust in the decision making.

Nottingham RFC play the British Army tonight, kick of 7:45 pm, in a friendly at the bay. Here is their line up for the game.

A 5th Straight Australian Open title for Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid in the Tennis Wheelchair Doubles, and 19th Grand Slam overall.

Andy Lapthorne and David Wagner are Quad Doubles Australian Open Champions.

Silver medal for the girls under 18s in the Ice Hockey World Championships.

A dry start & some Sunshine for many of us Friday morning.

Neil Skupski & Desire Krawczyk finish runners up in Australian Open Mixed Doubles final.

Stuart was explaining in his pre Barrow press conference that the players had been working on small changes to the shape and the way they play to reduce pressure on the defence when the opposition gain possession. So I expect small tweaks on Saturday.