John Boy Saint

See look what happens when Les nips off to Monaco for a cheeky night away with Mrs Reed, we sign someone which just about everyone on this thread, so far, goes........ Oh ok.

Thank goodness we avoided Crystal bloody Palace!!

Meeeelan nice

Went out in an early round of the head tennis, so got a bit of a mardy face on for the rest of the day, so omitted from the training piccys to stop fans reading too much into his body language.

You can just see the footballing gods playing with us: Shakhtar Steaua Astana

Posted last night on the Euro thread, but thought worth sharing on here. West Ham going out of the Europa league at the final whistle Darke pipes up "thats a shock no one saw coming"........ really? the form book on previous meetings said otherwise. Astra beat Steaua to the Romanian championship. Or was the comment lead by the fact that Romania is seen as lesser country because some folks in the countryside still take a horse and cart to get to work, and by comparison West Ham are from a first world country, especially housed in their new shiny Fairy Castle. Fits in with Peter Dreary's favourite "United had a bad day at the office"..... no they didn't the other team of 11 men played better than them.

Where did the BT taters get the idea that no one saw a West Ham defeat tonight, err they drew in Romania this year got done by them last year, recent history says otherwise chaps....... Or Is the London Stadium all magical like the Disney Castle and stuff making the mighty Ammers invincible?

Ooooo that's really got me searching for an excuse to get home early from work for!! Still them doing us in the Cup last January was the game to light the blue touch paper for a not too shabby remainder of the season. I would take that bit of lightening striking twice especially in September.

I wouldn't recommend that, bound to be a couple of pedants on here lurking in the cobweb covered corners itching for the chance to correct your sentence construction, and lack of umlauts!!

Bit of shame for him to go as he is one of those players you can't help but like. Personally I thought he offered more than Cedric especially bombing down the wing, and more often than not pinging in a good cross first time rather than putting on the brakes, then fanny about trying to cut in then passing it backwards. Plus at 28 still not up himself and willing to take instruction from VVD. However on brief showing Pied does look a good player with vision, and if there is a nipper coming through the ranks in that position it does un block the pathway. Just as many of us who were there for Chris Bairds Exocet from outside the box, that strike v Arsenal on Boxing Day out of nothing will live long in our memories.

Because that removes ammunition on here for "the Manager has no bloody plan B!!!???!!" cobblers to be spouted.

After the rumoured negative comments towards the Academy from Koeman about its product, looks like these lads have seen the pathway to the first team cleared for them. I know it's only 2 games, they do seem to have that pep back in their play they had a couple of years back.

Rumour has it that there was a bit more behind his performances going downhill, apparently he was having a dalliance, the special one was less than impressed with either party and his performances slid as the yarn escalated. He was much better 2nd half (and that's from ST holding relies up there).

I think we look a bit French so far, if you have ever stumbled into a Ligue1 game on TV the football just looks a bit inert, lots of nice passing but nothing to grab you. PSG played Chelsea some years ago in the CL with lots of hullabaloo towards PSG pre match, Chelsea cruised through that game a bit like Man U did against us. I just hope that Puel has the wherewithal to wise up to the fact that the Premier ligule is a different animal to Ligue1. You can't play the game at a Laissez faire pace passing the other team to death. You can't rely solely on a striker who (with some predictability) fluffs his lines one on one with the keeper, or a new striker who has had sunshine blown up his backside already but is looking predictably easy to read already. But the strangest thing of all is under MoPo, Koeman, and (a bit unfair I know) Puel so far is that we have looked very nice in so many games but enter that final 1/3 and we just become a bit pants, how many post match interviews in recent times have we heard the manager saying we just weren't clinical enough in the final 1/3. It's almost like it's just in our DNA no matter who is in charge. Still Like others have said its only 2 games into the season.

Anyone else's sky go acting up?

You get sent off for moaning this season

Cracking save by Hinch from the Dutch penalty stroke!

Exocet of a cross from Redmond would have knocked Dusan's block off if he had reached it!

I do believe that I read somewhere that the current team player performance analysis also go through the Black Box during the season. Someone asked about the manager appointments possibly going through the box, I also recall seeing somewhere that when MP entered the building after, Adkins left, that we had already started the process of identifying potential candidates to replace him.

Blimey its as grim as the weather on here this morning!! Ah well if we are getting spanked at half time there is always GB Womens Olympic Hockey team Bullying Off for gold on BBC at 9pm.

Don't forget the new Red painted floor in the toilets!

John was at the country club for his weekly round of golf. He began his round with an eagle on the first hole and a birdie on the second. On the third hole he had just scored his first ever hole-in-one when his cell phone rang... It was a doctor notifying him that his wife had just been in an accident and was in critical condition in ICU. The man told the doctor to inform his wife where he was and that he'd be there as soon as possible. As he hung up he realized he was leaving what was shaping up to be his best ever round of golf. He decided to get in a couple of more holes before heading to the hospital. He ended up playing all eighteen, finishing his round shooting a personal best 61, shattering the club record by five strokes and beating his previous best game by more than 10. He was jubilant.... Then he remembered his wife. Feeling guilty he dashed to the hospital. He saw the doctor in the corridor and asked about his wife's condition. The doctor glared at him and shouted, "You went ahead and finished your round of golf didn't you! I hope you're proud of yourself!" "While you were out for the past four hours enjoying yourself at the country club your wife has been languishing in the ICU! It's just as well you went ahead and finished that round because it will be more than likely your last! For the rest of her life she will require round the clock care and you will be her care giver! She will need IV's; you will have to change her colostomy bag every 3 hours; she will have to be spoon fed 3 times a day and don't forget the hygiene care." The man broke down and sobbed. The doctor chuckled and said, "I'm just ****ing with you. She's dead. What'd you shoot?" ​

Pretty sure I heard entry is FREE too when they were doing the post match announcements on Saturday.

The only time Maya lost the heading contest against the player he was marking on Saturday was when Gomez changed from his carp kicking to a huge throw out. I have no worries if he is still in the team.

You must have been watching the game on the radio with the sound turned down!!! When Gomez felt like a longer lay down on the pitch 1st half, some players went over to the line Puel started calling them all round for a chat, Maya and VVD were taking on liquid and talking with Fraser, and Puel made the 2 of them come over to join the discussion.................... I cant remember the last time all 10 outfield players have been called to attend a sideline mid half meeting held by a Saints manager.