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I’m on season 1 episode 6 of Prison Break, I must be a bit behind the curve. I’m a bit disappointed to hear that there are four more seasons to go, I was kind of hoping that Michael would, well, escape. What does he do when he goes to a new prison, wash off his tattoos and start again? No spoilers please. Completely, completely agree about VAR. Football without wild jubilation/burning sense of injustice just isn’t football.

Happy birthday mate. I'm one of those old fellas you see wondering around - I'm 51 - and I feel exactly the same as you. Loving these and the report cards by the way, it's like having a chance to sit down every few days and think "Ah, champions of Europe".

Great report, as always. My problem with Henderson wasn't the foul, it was the way he turned his back afterwards and trotted away like some kind of labrador. He absolutely has to stand up and stop the quick free kick.

Fixed that for you.

The kind of night which makes you wonder why you bother with football at all, truly horrible. Thankfully they've been few and far between recently. i got the impression that Mané was playing a bit deeper and didn't quite know what to do. He kept on beating players in the middle of the park when it didn't make much difference and not when he was up against the last defender.

Great report as ever. At the end of the game I was pissed off we didn't get a clean sheet which shows just how good we were. Agree about Milner and it'll be interesting to see whether he starts against PSG.

Brilliant or insane, I'm not sure which.

Firmino seems to need games to get up to full fitness; wasn't he a bit slow starting last season as well? On the other hand, pllaying games seems to have the opposite effect on Sturridge. I'd definitely keep him on the bench.

I think it's going to be a lot harder for teams to press us with the kind of distribution that he's capable of. Last season we had had two keepers who weren't confident with their feet and a lot of the midfield weren't comfortable receiving the ball under pressure. As a result we dropped too deep and surrendered a lot of points from winning positions. With Alisson and Keita it's going to be much harder for teams to do that. One of the features of the West Ham game was how easily we played through the press and found space in midfield.

Sevilla hate Real Madrid. i've had "we are all Liverpool" messages from both Sevilla and Atleti fans today.

As were Porto. Very happy with the draw even if I would have preferred to be away first. No guarantees but we're a good side and we have a great chance of making the final. No way I ever believed that would happen at the beginning of the season.

Pogba and Mctominay have both been shockingly bad but in different ways. It's been quite entertaining. Why is Ashley Young getting booed?

It's rare to want Barcelona to win but I hope Chelsea get absolutely hammered.

The plucky underdogs gave it absolutely everything. But in the end Wigan's superior FA cup pedigree was just too much.

Yes, at 3 nil the Porto fans were saying that this just never happened to them at home. After the match I said to him, do you how lucky you are, we haven't won away in Portugal for over 30 years? His reply, "yeah, and I got to see Gary McAllister!"

What a great, great night. Unforgettable.

Repped for starting the match thread, at last! I've got tickets to this and am taking my 12 year old to his first ever game. I'm not sure who is more excited, him or me.

West Ham have just signed Evra, so quadruply satisfying.

He's employed by FSG. The devil will find work for idle Hans to do.

Definite pen.

You make him sound like a cheese. I quite fancy a bit of doucouré.

I for one am really enjoying watching the Mancs getting beaten. They can fuck off. And Pogba has been dreadful.

Dave, is that the first report you have ever written that doesn't include a single swear word? I was looking forward to some fruity invective and it's all "fine margins" and "such is football". You've changed, man.

My thoughts exactly, only expressed better.