trousers

1 minute ago, Suhari said:

Put TP on your plumsack.

I would

Just now, vectraman said:

Wtf are we not sending TP on? We are losing - no points for a 1-0 loss Russ you goon. 

Pretty clear that Russ is playing for the 1-0 I reckon...

The keeper tipped that over...?

We had a shot!

6 minutes ago, Miltonaggro said:

If this stays 1-0 Martin will think he’s Brian Clough. 

Especially given the inevitable praise from Pep that will follow...

Man City up to 3rd gear now

Lallana about to be replaced by Aribo... Surely he can last more than 60 minutes in a pedestrian game like this...?

Armstrong doing a Shane Long there #inevitableoffside

1 minute ago, obelisk said:

What a dive.

Yep, started going down before the challenge 

Just now, OttawaSaint said:

Different energy about City this half.

Yep, up to 2nd gear now... 4 more gears still to go... 🫣

Adam Armstrong coming on... Dibbling off

2 minutes ago, Farmer Saint said:

Only 1-0 down in the most difficult game in world football. Yeah, I'd call that successful.

It's more to do with Man City playing in first gear to be fair, but it means we're still in with a sniff (yeah, I know they'll go up a few gears in the second half and we'll make a load of subs-for-subs-sake that make us weaker, but one can dream.... )

Just now, The Kraken said:

Bednarek having to drag Martin down the tunnel, wanting to carry on his rant at the 4th official. 

Would he miss more than one game if he ends up getting a red? Might as well go for the red if not 😁

I guess that's what they call a relatively decent first half, all things considered... 

Just now, obelisk said:

Lallana giving ref a well deserved earful.

Indeed. Perfectly good challenge 

16 hours ago, CB Fry said:

You deserve a special medal for being completely above it all.

You're far too generous, sir. It's actually not as difficult as it looks to achieve my level of intellect. A cheese sandwich would probably be a more proportional reward (with lettuce and mayo, if that's not stretching my credibility and entitlement too far)

2 hours ago, CB Fry said:

This manager, this style, this "making average players better", this "courage", all of it exists entirely in your imagination.

Russell Martin is not "our only route to success". 

I'm pretty certain you are on a wind-up.

He's certainly on an interesting momentum curve... 

And to think there were those who doubted me when I said several seasons ago that the tax cheats getting promoted to the championship would elevate the chortle factor on this thread several fold... 😁

6 hours ago, Farmer Saint said:

Not if we have no headroom due to PSR...we may well need to sell to sack.

Can't we do a Leicester and bend the rules...?

20 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Out for a period of time…..

 

13 minutes ago, saintant said:

Unfortunately we all know what this means - might see him in the New Year at some stage.

If even Russ has given up trotting out the "2 weeks" nonsense, then it wouldn't surprise me if it's longer than that.... Do we actually know what the specific injury is this time around, or is it the usual guessing game the club play with this type of repetitive injury situation? (aka "Doing a Larios"...)

3 minutes ago, Suhari said:

I fully expect JS and WS to start tomorrow.

Smallbone is injured and not in contention

24 minutes ago, Pamplemousse said:

I see in his press conference, Pep said that RM shouldn't change anything and defended his stubborn game plan. Classic. 

7 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Who is selling reliable, clinical PL standard #9s for anywhere close to our budget?

No-one over the last 8 windows, it would seem.... 

6 hours ago, Tamesaint said:

Am I the only one who enjoys Crazy Nic's posts for their comedy value? 

It's those that bite and give him the responses he craves that I get most enjoyment from...