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The phrase really means the proof is in the result. You mix ingredients together and bake them, and the result is the pudding. The pudding is the result of the work, and that's where the proof is. Yes, you can complete the saying and say you should eat it to be sure (although Mary Berry and Paul...

I've explained why 'the proof is in the pudding' works. You don't like it. Ok.

I disagree, 'The proof of the pudding' wouldn't make any sense at all, that would be saying half a saying without any thought, not shortening the saying. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating" means you can only tell if something is good/has worked when you've tested it, but it doesn't roll...

So you care a lot? It's just a shortened version, don't be angry.

I realised after I posted that a few others had also posted some Skalak love. Anyway, it just highlights your point that not many are failures. Playing devils advocate I guess it's harder to get hits when in the PL than in the Championship.

WTF? He played 31 times in our promotion winning campaign! He's not been good enough to get a place in the PL, but he helped get us promoted. And he only cost about £1.2m. Not a miss in my book.

It seems we can slag them off in the warm up, and for the first 15 minutes, but then we've got to stop :shrug:

It's a bit long winded though, and the latter option is just a shortened version, which has been around longer than any of us.

I agree it's over-the-top to suggest the others are just writing cheques without doing any scouting etc, but we do seem to be doing things a little different to the majority, and it worked last season with the likes of Gross. Again we've opted for players most of us wouldn't know too much about...