Red Yoda

The cleaning lady, she was asked to turn the lights off and lock up as everyone else was heading home for an early nights sleep.

The manager of Spurs is going to go to Real Madrid to replace Zidane and then you will see a different story.

I just phoned the FA to ask them and they said " What case"? In simple terms , probably not.

I only have seen one report about that omission last night, it was saying that the manager also omitted another two or three players along with Lemar, so it seems like it was just a number of players being rested. Or was it ........

They thought signing Sanchez would cost them a fortune.........surprise surprise, it might end up costing them two fortunes!

One thing that would really help these situations is if the Ref's microphones were all recorded for each game, if there's no issues they can be wiped or whatever, but if there's an issue like this then you can just play the recordings back listen to the moment and see what was said. Wouldn't solve every problem but it would be a help.

Lemar is a very talented player but I can't see anyone stumping up the £90m that is being asked for.

Well, if Firmino said anything regarded as a racial comment there were plenty of other players around and the ref standing right there in between the two players, if anything was said it would be reasonable simple to get it sorted. Ref did he say this? Yes ok your charged. No, ok check with the other players just to be sure.... No OK then Firmino didn't say what you thought you heard Holgate's, you were mistaken. Not guilty.

If that Sanchez deal goes through and Utd were to miss out on CL footie next season.......oh my goodness!!??

Whatever the deal, Karius is getting a run of games, hopefully he can settle a little and show some improved confidence and a good number of clean sheets between now and the end of the season.

It's like most Spanish players want to either play for Barca or Real.

Real were being linked I think

So could Lovren.

There are plenty of very gifted players out there. Do the clubs want to sell now or as with Lemar are they being priced at more than we rate them at. Fekir Mahrez Martins Lemar Zaha Pulisic There are plenty of others that we can add. I trust in JK's judgement, of course I'm nervous because I would already like us to have someone else in, but we just need to sit tight and trust JK.

We have an awesome front three, but I definitely think Martins has the abilities to fit in perfectly. There are a number of very talented options out there, I still think we will add another attacker in this window.

Within the squad I think there's definitely a place for him.

I would love to see us sign Gelson Martins to strengthen our forward options. Pace, technically gifted, good work rate, good eye for goal. I think his buy out is about £53m which in today's market is ok too.

Can't see Mignolet being ok with being a no.2 whether it's behind Karius or someone else. Expect he will definitely be moved on in the summer.

Walcott & Wilshire no thank you.

Replacement for Sanchez

So how many ppl are going to watch the RBL match this evening on Bt sports 3 at 5.15?

If he felt like he was top dog up front I think he would be OK for Newcastle, he would still have his injuries but he might a bit more enthusiastic to say I'm good to go boss. Give him an escape route and get some money in for him.

Is this just a wish list or has someone let you in on a snippet of information?

If it's possible to lever Keita out of RBL that would be excellent but I would love us to try and get Goretzka signed in January too. Add those two into our midfield mix would add some serious abilities both defensively and creatively.

Alex O-C