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Win and a Napoli draw - now top of the group. A good night's work.

Going at about 60%. Far from convincing tonight, and the last few weeks to be honest. Sunday will tell a lot.

Saracens docked 35 points and fined £5.3m for breaching salary cap rules - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50300756

Just looking at their line up:
George, Farrell, Vunipola brothers, Itoje, Kruis, Daly

Plus:
Williams (Wales)
Maitland and Taylor (Scotland)
Koch (SA)

No wonder they have breached the salary cap.

Will they lose any titles won over the last few years??

Unless they're not allowed play in HEC, not much good to Munster 😀

Just a pity it's not until next season.

Who are we hoping for? For myself, I'd like to see Rassie and Felix win it, but I am surprised by how ambivalent I am towards England. in rugby I normally don't like to see England even win the toss, but I have to say this team is great to watch.

I'll predict England by 13.

They draw villa in the next round then.  Talk in work here that Liverpool wont field for this game due to the world club championship? Surely they'll even send an under 23 team or something?

Klopp referred to this in his interview after last night's game.

Massive boost for the young lads. The character seems to be well embedded in the club.

That doesn't mean the best athletes play/choose GAA over other sports.

Some of those rugby boys I'd love to have seen play GAA at the top level. O'Driscoll / Kearney in particular.

Kearney definitely

Kearney played for Louth Minors I'm nearly sure.

Ferbane beaten by 2 points.

Josh Gordon on IR and finished for the season

Edit - seems he is just leaving the Pats and hoping to land with another team

I wonder is it a herbal issue?

I can't see Ferbane winning it, in fact I'd nearly expect seasoned campaigners like Saint Pats to win on Sunday. However the last time Ferbane won the county after a significant fallow period (15 years) they won the Leinster at the first time of asking. Just saying

I think you'd get Dalton for a 3rd rounder. It would be worth asking.

Mariota holds the ball too long. He was far more dynamic at Oregon, so maybe it is a scheme thing, but he wouldn't inspire me.

Thanks lads. You can stop completing the survey now.

Done

So my point on attitude is that I can't understand that some people can't see that "we" have to go to what feels like uncomfortable places to promote balance and diversity, so far even as having different faces in soccer and rugby presenting. No, I don't think it should be tokenism, but a desire for differences in opinion and thought is not a bad thing, and I'm sure the analysts in question have some higher experience of the games than most of us. Maybe the specific female analysts who have obviously ground gears were the wrong analysts, not the wrong gender.

You mention athletics - add golf to that, with Sarah, Henni, Laura Davies etc all part of the furniture in golf broadcasting. Or tennis, some great analysts there too.

The issue being in this PC world, positive discrimination is now totally acceptable especially on television irrespective how useless the individual is.

How did Des Cahill get the Sunday Game gig then...he's terrible..?

Positive Discrimination towards Oompah Loompahs. Same reason Marty commentates.

The playoffs are a knockout competition as well? Jesus.

I saw Liverpool Echo did a rundown of all the players signed under FSGs watch. It's fair to say Liverpool have upped their game with regards to signings, whether that's Klopps influence or the much maligned transfer committee I don't know, but some of the earlier signings were absolute duds.

January 2011 : Kenny Dalglish Manager
Andy Carroll £35m
Luis Suarez £22.5m   Total £57.5m

Summer 2011 :
Jordan Henderson £20m
Stewart Downing £20m
Luis Enrique £7m
Charlie Adam £ 7.5m
Sebastian Coates £7m
Craig Bellamy £3.6m
Alexander Doni FREE   Total £66.1m

January 2012 :
Jordan Ibe £540k
Joao Carlos Teixeira £1m Total £1.5m      Total Under Kenny : £ 125.1m for 11 players

Summer 2012 : Manager Brendan Rodgers
Fabio Borini £12m
Joe Allen £15m
Nuri Sahin Loan
Oussama Assaidi £3.6m
Samed Yesil £1m           Total £31.6m

January 2013 :
Phillipe Coutinho £8.5m
Daniel Sturridge £15m   Total £23.5m

Summer 2013:
Simon Mignolet £9m
Iago Aspas £7.6
Mamadou Sakho £17m
Luis Alberto £6m
Tiago Illori £7m
Kolo Toure FREE
Victor Moses LOAN
Aly Cissokho LOAN   Total £46.6m

Summer 2014:
Adam Lallana £25m
Dejan Lovren £20m
Lazar Markovic £20m
Divock Origi £10m
Alberto Moreno £12m
Mario Balotelli £16m
Rickie Lambert £4m
Emre Can £10m
Kevin Stewart FREE
Javier Manquillo LOAN   Total: £117m

Summer 2015:
Roberto Firmino £29m
Joe Gomez £3.5m
Danny Ings £20m
Nathaniel Clyne £12.5m
Christian Benteke £32.5m
James Milner FREE
Allan Rodrigues £500k
Adam Bogdan FREE          Total £98m     Total under Brodge £ 316.7m for 33 players

January 2016: Manager Jurgen Klopp
Marko Grujic £5m
Stephen Caulker (striker) LOAN  Total £5m

Summer 2016:
Joel Matip : FREE
Loris Karius £5m
Sadio Mané £30m
Ragnar Klavan £4m
Gini Wijnaldum £25m   Total : £64m

Summer 2017:
Mo Salah £34m
Dominic Solanke £3m
Andy Robertson £8m
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £35m  Total : £80m

January 2018
Virgil Van Dijk £75m    Total £75m

Summer 2018
Alisson Becker £66m
Naby Keita £52m
Fabinho £40m
Xherdan Shaqiri £12m   Total £170m


Summer 2019
Adrian FREE
Harvey Elliot UNDISC
Sepp Van Den Berg £4m  Total £4m*

Total Under Klopp so far £398m on 19 players.