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I must say that it was with some dismay that I heard the head coach say he planned to ask Ally Mac where he wanted to play when he came back from the World Cup. It's where he plays best that matters, not where he wants to play.

You have to laugh at fans of certain rivals clubs (none of whom, coincidentally, have World Cup-winning players) who have accused Albion of going over the top and being cringeworthy in their celebrations. It seems to have passed them by that yesterday's welcome was at least partly about making...

Interesting. The media WhatsApp asked recipients not to publicise that. Naughty Athletic!

So what's the up-to-date list of clubs who are buying Ally Mac? I make it Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Inter, Benfica (as if), Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, West Ham (I know! My aching sides ...), maybe Tottenham and probably Manchester United.

Nice of former World Cup winners to get involved in selling our players to other clubs. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/arsenal-transfer-news-mac-allister-b1048632.html

I agree that playing a lot when young is a key factor - all the stories about players such as Charlton and Rooney playing every hour they could as kids on cobbled streets etc suggest that that's right - but don't you allow for a certain percentage that's down to natural ability and physical...

If we continue to have success in recruitment, the result will be that we have players in our squad that bigger clubs want and will pay big money for. At that point we have to allow them to progress (as they see it), pocket the change and repeat the process; offer significantly bigger contracts...

The fact that the numbers 2 and 10 are free for Lamptey and Ally Mac is surely a sign of great things to come. Give an Argentinian the number 10 shirt and you'll get extra from him, no question.

I refuse to believe that it can be the top league in the world if a match can be played in front of fewer than 11,000 spectators.

No, their under-23s would be Boca Juniors Juniors.

Not exactly. It was also tried in 1987, when Charlton and Leeds played over two legs to see whether Charlton would stay up or Leeds would be promoted. In the semi-finals Charlton (19th in old div 1) beat Ipswich (5th in div 2) and Leeds (4th in div 2) beat Oldham (3rd). In the two-legged final...

An Argentino-Scottish Alex Pritchard ...?