England and international football

But Russ from Canada says it’s the real London!!

It’s like half term. Put your feet up. Or feel free to start a numbers game.

Had some drinks there after work a few weeks ago. Market Porter, Globe, Old Kings Head. All very enjoyable and full of mostly office type people than tourists. Maybe because it was a weekday? Dunno.

Pubs full of office twats? Surely that's worse than tourists.

Did he?

Can't go to the game tomorrow night, so won't get to wave at Wood, Bindon and Stamenic, sadly.

Wood is reported as claiming they are Prem-ready, which is, to say the least, optimistic. Although I have high hopes in the medium term for Bindon.

Stamenic doesn't seem to be getting much game time in Greece. Assume we'll never see him (or Carmo)

I think our likelihood of seeing Carmo is directly linked to whether we keep Murillo.

Maybe. I think that was probably the plan when we were expecting to be lower mid table PL. As we're now likely to finish near the top, and be in Europe, I think that they'll want a higher calibre of replacement than Carmo. Unless I'm under appreciative of his talents.

That's my take - like other Olympiacos loans, he's been signed for a future that hasn't transpired.

I believe if both Forest and Olympiacos are in the CL, we can't transfer players between the two clubs, so probably can't even make it permanent (although him being there already might enable that?)

Agreed - like a lot of signings preparing for a Championship promotion push (Bowler, O'Brien, Panzo etc). We've still got a lot of those under contract, although Omar Richards is the only one I could see threatening the current squad (replacing Toffolo).

We are being linked with a much higher calibre of player (Gyokeres the latest) given our position, but will the lure of one season of European football be enough?
I don't think our squad depth is there (as shown in the FA Cup) to compete on two fronts next season, so fear we'll have to spend big to even achieve a top-half finish, given the impact European nights will have.

When Carmo had his first season at Oly, he was seen as one of their very best players, so I thought he was expected to be a step-up, or at least an adequate replacement.
However, second season Carmo appears to have been less effective, so possibly not any more.

Dunno if Coal Drops Yard is off the beaten track exactly, but it is decent - lots of options and easy to get to Wembley from there.

I'm so sorry
At least it's short