Willo of Whiteley

Good shouts. Probably still easier to discuss the ones that weren’t so good that we spent money on that season. Edozie, Bazunu..

Yes. A bit like we got promoted in spite of Russell Martin. How many of Jason Wilcox’s signings worked out? Shea Charles? Is that it?

Excellent third goal. Bournemouth light years ahead of Man United. Gary Neville ripping into Bruno Fernandes (rightly so) who is sulking on the bench. The sad thing is Michael Carrick, who’s name is being chanted by the majority of the fans, will be the one who comes out of this badly. He’ll be relaxed by the next fall guy and the story starts again.

Must text the father in law later and ask if he thinks Man United will stay up this season

Man United aren’t even a mid table team. Maybe I was being generous. Relegation fodder 😂

Has your opinion changed @Baird of the land? Asking for everyone. 😂

Falchener maybe? Who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️

My guess is he was signed for the FFP home grown quota

I’m surprised it took this long

Just putting money on West Ham, if it’s going to ruin my afternoon I may as well make a few quid out of it

Good teams punish the poorer teams. Tonight was evidence of it working. Us last Saturday was evidence of it not, and showing were some way away from being a dominant force in this league. West Ham and Boro top two is theirs to lose. As the weeks have gone on I’m far from convinced by us, which is a shame because I felt so confident going into the season.

It’s just poor scouting. I go to football and sit on the stand now and you can tell relatively kick who’s got a bit about them in terms of ability, mentality, drive etc. Yet this new fangled world of data driven bullshit and media pressure to spend £300M the big clubs succumb to it and piss it up the wall. Brighton are an excellent example of a team that has done it right. Even Fulham you could argue a few years back did the right thing, bringing in fringe players from bigger clubs that want to play etc. Man United won’t win a trophy for another five years at least. If starts from the top down but as long as you’ve got these bellend like Jim Ratcliffe making stupid statements and making ordinary working class people redundant the club will forever have a tarnished image and be fighting a losing battle.

“The Repulsed Thread”

MW4 and DMZ has now properly launched with a lot of positive feedback. Will probably buy in a few months once I’ve seen a bit more of the gameplay etc.

Might be worth moving this to the Gaming Thread on The Lounge.

I’ve got Man United friends, like we all do, and also my extended family support Man United despite never being north of Aldershot. For the last decade I’ve said United’s policy of chop and change means they will only ever be a mid-table club. They need a hard reset like Arsenal, back a manager and go from there for a few years. The irony now when my father in law gets wound up I ask “why are you bothered or how are you surprised”? It’s the same defenders starting from seven years ago. They overpay because of who they are as a club. The hierarchy, the board, the managers and the players are all culpable. This is why I rarely watch Sky anymore, it’s the same talking points week after week, year after year, when none of it is particularly surprising.

The West Ham guest on Total Saints Podcast tonight was very cautious in terms of how he felt West Ham had done this season. Saying they haven’t got out of their gear and have largely been second best in their games. I beg to differ. 😂

Bolton support was excellent

West Ham are big and physical, everything we aren’t. They’re also quick on the break, something we aren’t. So yes, they are ahead of us. They will clearly win the league this season the way they’re going. Our squad is too thin and doesn’t have enough game changing players.

West Ham are light years ahead of us in terms of speed, directness and finishing.

Nope. 3-0 defeat, we aren’t quick enough.

The referees job is ultimately to make the decisions. If he can’t he shouldn’t be on the pitch. Yesterfay he was that confident it was a penalty, yet wasn’t comfortable enough to give it. Simply, he’s on the wrong job if he can’t make decisions for himself.

Roll

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 campaign early release yesterday. Haven’t played any of the campaigns since the MW series restarted in 2019 but supposedly it’s one of the best they’ve done (based on early reviews).

Scoring seven of the teams nine goals in five a side this week 😂