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Well, just done my half time prayer.. I was surprised KWP wasn't playing but I recall he got a knock in the last friendly and Livramento has had a stormer. Armstrong scoring on his debut may not mean 3 points if my prayers fail, but it'll do wonders for his confidence: we all saw how Che took a bit of time to get going when he missed a few. Walcott hasn't done too much but he's done defensive cover well. We're still not fully clicking - I agree with the comment that JWP is not 100% - but we've still got Diallo and Stewie on the bench.

See thread below...

You'll definitely get asked "Do you want a bar of chocolate with that?"

See also the reply I got regarding Newcastle tickets.. "tickets for away fixtures normally get released around a month before the actual fixture."..

I've had it too. Thought it might be connected with going on the site this evening to check my ST status, but obviously not. I don't blame you for being cautious though.

He's better than Dan Nduludu?

So I emailed the ticket office regarding the Newcastle game and got this reply: Perhaps someone can ring up, I've lost the will..

It's not Kevin Enemy, is it?

So it's not just my opinion then.. Perhaps Bertrand going will improve that side of the pitch. It's understandable to wait in certain circumstances, but we _never_ made use of the quick throw.

He was on the bench and didn't get on for YB the other day, I noticed.

Does anyone think there's something going on between Hypo and Turkish? They always turn up together to support each other whenever there's a hint of support for equality. What do people think: bears, leather men or gym buddies?

Then the same with Newcastle two weeks later.. There's no news of the Newcastle tickets on the OS yet, does anyone know when there might be?

With the pace and power he has he'll certainly be effective in the high press when he learns the triggers. I can see the odd fullback just kicking the ball out for safety reasons! We'll then need a long thrower: what's this Delap kid they've talked about like?

Let's hope it's Broja and Tella for the pace. Whoever we end up with, it's a far cry from the pace and effort of Charlie Austin not so very long ago.. Edit: Had to check.. 2 years and one day ago he left!

Better than before but slow and still only a back-up at best: I'd prefer a fit Smallbone.

Being ignorant about the player I went and had a look at a highlights reel. Some of the defending was a bit rubbish, though you can see that too in the top division, but what I liked was his two-footedness, decent power and placing on his shots but most of all his anticipation and ability to get in front of the defender as epitomised by a diving headed goal. Anybody any idea how good he is at bringing other people into play which is where Ings was good, although I can see Adams taking on more of that role?

If it's all confirmed, and I saw the news in The Guardian before coming here!, will he have Adam on his shirt to avoid confusion?!

Well, I watched the community shield just now, and although both teams are far better than us there were a lot of misplaced passes and lack of control, witness the defending for the goal. The match report I read on the Man U - Everton game was also fairly negative about the latter, so although we hate going to Goodison Park perhaps the first game is as good as any. As Whelk said "Everton also has potential to be hilarious car crash.", so it would be good if we could start off the process.

Nah, I'd have worn my football boots if I had a chance to get on the pitch. Other posters have saved me the bother of pointing out your delight in being shit. I was right about the masochism.

Well, it's worth reminding people that this isn't our strongest line up!

On Radio Solent earlier all I could hear was TCWTB..

Drat..copyright issues..

Thanks to whoever posted the link.. I'm trying to take a few positives from the game but it's difficult. Obafemi is certainly putting more effort in and looks faster but Long alongside him makes me despair. Salisu looking better all the time, McCarthy definitely not.. Valery looks stronger but his full back positional play is no better although he has used his pace once or twice to recover situations. Armstrong not quite at the races but he's not a worry in the longer term. Djenepo is Djenepo, shame he spoiled that final run by going down so easily but at least he's likely to do something unexpected.

I think they did, certainly KWP. When all is said and done it's a friendly and no need to risk anyone.

Powerful and moving article in The Guardian today: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/07/covid-patients-reunited-with-the-medics-who-saved-them