Best bit of punditry for an age.....

[Bunter1969]

'It's a must win game, effectively a champions league knock out fixture, and where is everybody? Why all the empty seats?'

Or words much to that effect.

Adrian Chiles, half time, the emptyhad just now.........

As they used to say on the X files, the truth is out there!!

[E.S.]

did chuckle at that ... and also at Keano making the same point

meanwhile southgate was babbling on about the average number of goals scored from corners ... a tumbleweed moment if ever there was one

[E.S.]

Bunts - how come you are out of the VIP ? Has barney finally turfed you out because of the infinite post length?

[Bunter1969]

Sub ran out and my paypal account is a twat (probably becaue I only use it once a year to re-sub here) so I've struggled to sort it out. I'll get round to it though, when I can be arsed to make a new account in my lads name or summat.

[Bern]

... and the BBC reporter this morning who explained that Mancini was so upset 'because the knock out part of the Champions League is worth millions'........bet Sheik Mansoor is crying into his petrol cans this morning....