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Vidal has frequently had to play that role for Juve. 3-5-2 has many of the same issues on the flanks as 4-3-1-2, so Vidal was often required to go to meet the fullback. I think you are hugely exaggerating the need to continuously focus on the opposition fullbacks. In the vast majority...

The central defenders have to be great, too. Because the fullbacks have to dominate the whole flank, they are not able to spend as much time covering narrow, close to the centre-halves. Add in it being Pirlo playing in front of the defence, and you'd better have some centre-halves who are...

Yeah, the 'third way' is a recognised term. My point Thatcher started moving things right. Plenty of people since has been at fault for not fighting against that trend. You are now viewed as unelectable if you have anything resembling left-wing policies.

You think Vidal would be exhausted by half time if Juve asked him to cover an opposition fullback? The days of the trequartista being allowed to be a pure luxury player are long gone. They are all expected now to make a defensive contribution. And why do you think dropping a bit deeper into...

I haven't seen any suggestion that he won't be credited with the goal. There's no reason to think the shot wasn't on target, so there's no good reason to take it away from him.

But they don't move the ball particularly quickly from sid to side, nor do they threaten to score from crosses, so there is no need to mark both full-backs and both 'wingers' at the same time. You simply block up the middle of the pitch to stop Barca moving the ball quickly and shuffle your...

There is simply much less interest in parties peddling right-wing social policies. The Scottish Socialist Party had some success in Scottish elections a few years back. Scotland is not anti-Europe in the way so much of England seems to be.

Which bit are you referring to? I don't think anyone out there particularly likes Cameron. The issue, essentially, is that Thatcher changed British politics. There is no longer any strong left. Labour became New Labour (which was much more centrist than the left-wing Old Labour), the Trade...

Not spending half the time being ruled by a government that almost no-one in Scotland voted for is rather appealing. The Conservatives won only one seat in Scotland out of a possible 59 at the last election. That would allow Scotland to remain a broadly centre-left country, while England is...

Voting 'Yes'.

I haven't practised but I am studying it.

There appear to be laws in place preventing the idea of a quota of Italians. I'm not aware of laws in place which would preclude Juve getting relegated. Even at times when Juve were at their most powerful, I don't think they managed to get that in writing.

Has the UEFA rule book been added to the Polish national curriculum yet?

Aberdeen were playing in the EL, so I don't quite get the comparison.

Why are folk fretting about something that won't happen?

You are right that there isn't a natural tactical match-up between 4-3-1-2 and 4-3-3 because of 4-3-3 having two wide players on each side. However, I'd suggest there are a number of options. The classic option is for the central midfielder on the side of the diamond midfield to drift wide...

If Scotland divorces Britain, the union jack will have to be redesigned, which is upsetting news for every prick with a union jack cushion on their stupid sofa in their stupid house... http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/08/scottish-independence-david-cameron-no-campaign-windows-8

You seen this? No.1 player in the world four-putted the same green in consecutive rounds over the weekend. Jolly amusing.

He certainly acted like a cunt when he was an Aberdeen player.