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TB has said that he'd like to win a trophy and this is one of the competitions we have some chance of winning. So go as strong as possible while weighing up the need to keep as many as possible fresh and fit. So probably none of those who played in internationals last week should start, but...

So do the media folk that follow them. They were saying how well he had played but to me it looked as though Baleba dominated him. Just my Albion bias?

I think the issue is that the good games were very good, but I have to admit that he simply wasn't as consistent as some. I was once talking to TB (pardon the namedrop) at one of the annual awards dinners and raving about Alzate's performance in the central midfield role at home to Chelsea and...

I know that and you know that, but unfortunately it’s the US electorate that decides and they have chosen poorly before …

RIP Terence Mann, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Boat Rocker: “a warm and gentle voice of reason during a time of great madness” (Annie Kinsella).

One of your Profanisaurus, er, entries?

I'd claim it was one of my all-time favourites but I can't remember the last time I listened to it. Of its time, perhaps ...?

Pele. But I'd swap him for a few others on here. John Wetton, for example.

He never looked especially promising whenever he was given first-team minutes. Nothing like as impressive as Ferguson.

The answer is that it's getting better in some ways and worse in others. Worse: the vandalism, the tagging, the expense of housing, the influx of Londoners, the crumbling Arches, the empty shops, the ridiculous i360, the crime, the potholes, La Cappanina has closed, still bugger all happening...

I still miss Sing Li. One of the many pluses about the place was that he's only give you a few chips if that's what you wanted, rather than overcharge you for 'small' chips that would feed the average household for a week.

I want to like it, but the pacing is all wrong.

We haven't yet seen O'Riley or Gruda (or even Ferdi in midfield) so maybe we should reserve judgement.

I see that Hurzeler has described Ayari and Baleba as 'two young, high-potential players".

Interesting concept. So if proximity were to be the determining factor, how far away would you allowed to be and still be a legitimate fan, and how many (if any) other clubs of what level would be allowed to be closer to where you live than the club you support? I lived in Hove when I first...

He struck a dead ball as well as anyone, which may have been natural, but which he also worked on for hundreds of hours. Those skills also transferred well into crossing and shooting in free play. Whether he picked players out or just crossed into pre-arranged areas is a moot point. I once saw...

If I were a betting man, I'd wager that Ayari himself thinks he should have scored. In fact, I'd have a fiver on him saying, in a sort of Tunisian-Moroccan-Swedish accent, something like: "I should score. If I see that he's on the left side, I'll just put it on the right. But in those moments...

Ayari spoke to the daily papers after the game. He came across very well and said he has been working hard to make the most of the opportunities that Fab has been giving him. Admits he should have scored. It'll be on the Albion website at some point on Monday.

To go back to the original 'joke', if this person *just* got feta and feta and feta, wouldn't he develop scurvy or something, as I can't imagine this cheese-only diet is particularly balanced or rich in vitamins?

The app simply refuses to run on my (admittedly rather antiquated) iPhone SE.