VectisSaint

Just like 4 goals conceded after 10 games last season was ridiculous? It is the one stat where we are actually marginally worse than last season. Of course after 10 games things started to go a bit pear-shaped in that regard.

Last season after 10 games we had conceded 4. So that makes Forster slightly worse than Boruc in that regard. His kicking and general distribution is a huge step up on Boruc. But I have no idea yet about his shot saving capabilities. He really hasn't made any top drawer saves because he hasn't needed to, our midfield and defence restrict our opponents to one or two shots on target per game. Yesterday I think Hull had one scuffed "shot" on target, how can you judge a keeper when he has so little to do in that department? We could have played Gazzanigga yesterday and the result would probably have been the same. I'm not going to knock Forster but there are some valid criticisms, he definitely does look a bit nervous at times, and is a little slow getting down to low shots occasionally, hardly surprising for such a big guy.

I would think a red and black striped shirt would be more likely. He will return to his spiritual home when the Cherries are promoted.

But as I said on a different thread we still have to play 4 of the bottom 6 before half way.

Odd thing is we have played more than half the teams once now, and yet we still have to play 4 of the bottom 6 before we get to half way. Apart from Chelsea all the other big teams are still below us, some a long way below. The Manc derby could be quite useful to us, a draw would probably be a decent result for us in our quest for Champions League qualification :-)

He could dream of playing there this year, if Liverhampton play their reserves against the Cherries in December.

Fitting to get another win on All Saints Day.

You do know that you don't wear black armbands for Remembrance Day. It is All Saints Day though.

Maybe he's been down the pub.

We need to get him off and replace with Long.

I guess the MLS has dispensed with the offside law if that's the case.

This. The press and many others fall into the trap that we lost the core of our team. But this is patently not the case. SRL is the only one who left initially that would really be considered "core", and to be fair he was probably near the end of his career anyway, as Liverhampton now know. We did well to find a great replacement (Pelle). The fact is that we retained the core/the spine of the team, Schneiderlin, Wanyama, Cork, Davis and critically Fonte. I would have included Boruc, but most hacks seem to not have cottoned on that he is no longer playing for us (and probably never will again). Keeping the core was crucial (throw in Clyne as well but I don't consider FBs as core/spine) and we are really only evolving from last season. RK has moved on from Poch's style and made us more of an attacking side while maintaining/improving the great defensive qualities. Steve Davis has been transformed by Ron's style and is now crucial to our attacking style, he has also enabled Schneiderlin or Wanyama or Cork (depending who is playing) to have more freedom to get forward and as a result has added to our goal threat from players who previously were not goal threats at all. Bring in Tadic for Lallana and to be honest the former is more creative than our erstwhile skipper, a very good find by Ron. We were almost equally successful last season with Poch until the injury/suspension crisis hit in November last season, whether we will turn out to be better this season depends to some extent on whether we get a similar crisis again this season. If we can avoid then we can prove to be quite a lot better than last term. But our achilles heal will continue to be our small squad. Interesting that many people are still praising the academy (rightly) but don't seem to have noticed that we don't have any academy players playing any more (OK, JWP is injured), and no-one 21 or younger!! Reed and Targett are obviously on the fringes, but currently that is the extent of the academy input.

Wear a Santa hat as well, for Turkish' sake.

Would just sing "Toby".

Oh no, don't get him started. Surprised Edgar Davids was not booked every game.

Would be a problem if Alderweireld scores. Also Own Goal would be a bit odd and get tedious if we sing it too much.

I seem to recall you mentioning the Lavern bro as well. Its probably worth taking a look back through your old posts to see if the specific one can be found.

Seems to have made things much worse, the first line no longer makes any sense and the 3rd line only scans if you have a speech impediment. The 7th line could be changed to "Yeahh and his brother's his mate" (rhymes better and has slight overtones of amusement, but nothing too embarrassing)

Law 12 interpretation (from the FA): Celebration of a goal While it is permissible for a player to demonstrate his joy when a goal has been scored, the celebration must not be excessive. Reasonable celebrations are allowed, but the practice of choreographed celebrations is not to be encouraged when it results in excessive time-wasting and referees are instructed to intervene in such cases. A player must be cautioned if: • in the opinion of the referee, he makes gestures which are provocative, derisory or inflammatory • he climbs on to a perimeter fence to celebrate a goal being scored • he removes his shirt or covers his head with his shirt • he covers his head or face with a mask or other similar item Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence in itself but it is essential that players return to the fi eld of play as soon as possible. Referees are expected to act in a preventative manner and to exercise common sense in dealing with the celebration of a goal. So the Lone Ranger would be booked if he played. Didn't know about that one Tonto.

For historical research reasons I assume, much like mine

The last time the top 6 were the same 2 seasons running was 2008/09 and 2007/08 (Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Everton, Man U and Villa, not necessarily in that order)). Only 2 teams, Chelsea and Arsenal have figured in the top 6 consistently over the last 8 seasons.

Merson has never made any sense, never ever. In fact compared to Merson the Slug Balancer is like the head of Mensa.

However, because you are of a certain age (somewhere between 1-100), she almost certainly wouldn't...

All the reasons why a loss or draw is the most likely outcome. Its football, that's how it works.

No no no no no. he cannot play there. he has played there and shown that he cannot cover that position. LB yes, RB big no no.