CB Fry

Absolutely buzzing that Watford and Norwich have been promoted. Those two will really freshen up the division.

Wayne Rooney putting Ralph to shame when it comes to absolutely appalling league form. At least Wayne has got the excuse that he is as thick as pigshit.

Wherever he goes he won't be scoring a boat load of goals. He won't be the main man so limited game time, and apart from last season, he hasn't scored a boat load of goals in any season. He's a good player but when his career is over he will see 2019-20 as his high point.

Also Celtic and Rangers would do very well out of it - big "brands" with international appeal (especially Celtic) and could easily elbow Arsenal out of the way, let alone little West Ham. Mad from Moyes. Mad.

Exactly- there never has been any PL2, its just nonsense. West Ham v Leicester is not PL2, its a Championship tie, as is Saints, Palace, etc etc. PL1 would just be a mechanism to cut the non big six adrift. PL1 would be richest clubs plus a revolving door of fodder like us, West Ham, Leicester etc. PL2 would be a glorified Championship, with a TV deal nowhere near PL1. Just the Saturday 5pm, Sunday 2pm and Monday Night Football 8pm arse end games. Very odd for Moyes to suggest it because WHU ain't going to be top five forever mate.

If Andros Townsend played for us this forum would be saying he is shit with no end product. One goal this season, one goal last season (plenty of appearances). His assist stats no better than Redmond either.

.....and at the start of the thread people were looking at Fulham's fixtures and just seeing win after win after win. Now here we are with Fulham scoring four entire goals in eight matches and four defeats in the last five and some people still look at Fulham's fixtures and see win after win. Next season, God forbid, if it is Southampton Football Club in 18th place, barely scoring and on 27 points five points adrift, let's see how those exact same people respond then. Let's see how many wins they can envisage then. The enthusiasm and belief will be, like sooo infectious won't it??

You're worried we're in a relegation battle but the team you would want to swap places with is the team in 18th place with five games left who haven't won since early March. None too bright, are you sweetheart?

Except if we'd been on a run of one win in eight, four defeats in the last five and three pissing goals in eight games there is no fucking way you'd be predicting us to get nine points from five matches.

Nice to see the belief that Fulham are just one more match away from going on an unstoppable winning run has still not died. Jesus wept.

That was the kind of noble defeat I was looking for in the Semi-Final.

It's times like this we miss Shane Long.

This is the reality of playing these European Super League teams.

That decision as good as a goal at this stage

Inevitable

They'll be buzzing.

My prediction is a ten nil defeat.

Can't believe our talisman has not been selected yet again.

You'd think there probably was already some kind of clause in the current agreement anyway, and the rules of the Premier League already had direction that clubs can only participate in specific competitions (ie League Cup, Europa League). So would been a legal tussle anyway. But I guess the point stands: Amazon and Sky won't be taking any more of this shit.

The climbdown is the punishment and that's that.

Let's hope he picks the messiah Jankewitz. Just for no other reason to stop the meltdown on here because he's not picked.

I think everyone is forgetting the "root and branch" review of football which will show its teeth with incredibly hard hitting measures like "a fan's parliament" or a "fan consultant" on every club board. Fig leaf bollocks like that. And squeaked out on a dull news day in six months time when everyone has forgotten the fuss. Meanwhile, the UAE, the yanks and and the Russians continue to own our national heritage, and plenty of dinlows on here will wish and wish and wish that it was us they owned.

Every single element was amateurish. Just one step up from a teenage tantrum. The only way they could make it work was to get one of the administrative bodies on board. The most obvious route maybe FIFA pitched against UEFA, or buy off the parent leagues (PL, La Liga) so they get behind it. But they didn't even attempt to get a sliver of respectability or viability so they just got shat on. And the second they said "....and it starts this August" I knew it was bullshit. None of the broadcasters or any potential corporate sponsors can act that quick for a project that big. Was a blundering fantasy with absolutely no grounding in reality whatsoever. Complete embarrassment for those involved.

And the kite is down.

Seems odd but welcome. Seriously lads, no one is forcing you to own English football clubs. Bugger off. A full scale round of deflation of wages and fees would be most welcome.