The Ghost

Usyk finding his range. Will need to press on the next couple of rounds.

Don’t like the way Bellew turns side on though.

Give that to Bellew for aggression.

Uneventful first round.

One year wasn’t enforced. It was of our own doing. If the situation was reversed, I don’t think too many of us would be playing down the achievement and the record books would endorse the fact. It’s a bit early to be clutching at straws. There’s a lot of football to be played before we’re even close to that situation.

I don’t support that view but in any case it would be hard to argue that we would have been title contenders given that it took two attempts to get out of the Championship. If they do get 10 in a row, and there’s more than us with the potential to stop them given their decline over the last two seasons, then it will make the England 66 ongoing borefest feel like a brief news flash!

It’s a terrible way to go and has a heavy impact on family and friends too. His recent posts and the comments here show that he faced up to the situation and decided when to go on his own terms. I can only hope I would be so brave. Condolences and best wishes to those that knew him and helped him through his pain. RIP.

The team have become a cohesive unit far quicker than I thought we would and Gerrard has shown he’s a far better man-manager than I thought he would be. The result is a team better than the individual component parts. If we maintain this and our competitors continue to stagnate, we definitely have a significant chance of securing an unexpected title.

That’s a good article. I can’t see any reason to be so upset about a literate, intelligent Rangers fan producing positive articles about us in a national newspaper. It makes a change from all the complaints about the plethora of negative, biased articles. All power to The Dude’s pen and I hope the team give him many more reasons to produce positive articles.

I think he deserved it. Solid play and a bit of bottle too. Well played.

Deep breath here!

Great shot from Spieth again.

Reed could have lost it there if that ball rolled back.

Cracker from Spieth again. No nerves.

Good putt from Spieth. Tricky one. Keeps him in it.

Spieth is giving everything a go here. He deserves it if he wins it for bottle alone.

Looks like the head’s gone down.

Oops! Sorry.

Could do with a birdie/bogie 2 shot swing soon to put the pressure on. Reed doesn’t seem to perform well in the lead on previous showings.

Hole in 1!

I don’t think he will either. He’s fundamentally not good enough and doesn’t show the scope for the necessary improvement. However, he thinks he is and and seems to expect a top club to come calling. The Chinese leagues don’t match his personal ambition.

I think that’s what has probably happened. He’s looking for a move to the EPL and believes he’s good enough for that. If he goes to China, that disappears. Not many move to the Chinese leagues and progress to bigger clubs.

Predicting a two-all draw, I think.

I can’t see where I said somebody was buying him. I also can’t see your point, but that’s not unusual. However, it was widely reported the Chinese club had put bids in and nobody from either club denied it.

If we had sold him and lost today then that would be trotted out as the reason why. I’m far from convinced about Morelos but a large proportion of supporters are and wanted him kept and the team built around him. They got their wish and now have to wait and see if he develops over the next season or so or if being strong in the tackle and being able to hold up play are the limits of his ability. I doubt we’ll be attracting any significant bids in the next window.