Golac's Cunning Stunts

yeah - it's the same closeness as Che is to scoring when one on one with the keeper 🙂

it's just complete BS isn't it? And worryingly he seems to actually believe it. Nathan - Newcastle are hard to beat. We most definitely are not. You can't fix a problem until you recognise you have the problem. FFS

Agreed. In systems theory, one of the basic principles is that a system is only as strong as its weakest part..or something like that However, do I remember correctly that when he arrived, Jonesy was boasting how he would make adams into a top class striker?

to the tune of "Nathan jones you've been gone too long" ... Nathan Jones you've been here too long

was he talking about players or goals?

i wonder if donkey adams would be on the list of pen takers

yeah it has been done... escape with Alcaraz i think it was

fiddling while Rome burns springs to mind

I would use the word stupid rather than risky. So obvious we needed a striker in the summer. We didn't get one in. We are now bottom of the league. Ah well, we can at least rectify this in the Jan window. I stupidly was expecting the ducks to be lined up and us pulling the trigger on a striker the first few days of the window. We could have had Ings for a couple of games already for example. Just don't get it. I'm not brains of Britain and I know I have simplified the situation, but sometimes the simplest solution is the best solution?

It is very entertaining.. much recommended

I got some kraken rum and roasted cashews

that team has a 3-0 loss written all over it. Love to be proved wrong.

"In a way he has already been there with his head" ...what is it with Croatians and their heads being at a different club from the rest of their bodies?

I remember me and others getting shouted down in the summer for daring to suggest we should be buying more experienced players. All I heard was "if they're old enough they're good enough" "What is experience anyway?", "We have loads of experience and they are shite" etc Well, if there's ever a case of needing experience it is Bazunu. He is not ready for 1st place in a prem team and neither are most of the other youngsters we bought

I think I know the answer, but just wondering if you class yourself as a "knob on here" and if not why not 🙂

Portugal was under dictatorship until 1974. I know where I'd rather live given the choice and it isn't Portugal. If you want to see some good old fascism in action, go watch a Lazio game or any game in an Eastern European country

So when exactly have we been good enough to merit insane traffic levels on this forum?

I never asked you to "blow your source" what happens between consenting adults is none of my business

Great post - thank you

That's interesting. Genuine question: how do you know this?

Honestly I wonder if he is actually daring the board to sack him with that line up? Wants his pay off maybe

But Ralph consistently appears not to get the maximum out of a team

Yeah thinking about it, we probably have more points than any model would predict based on the performances 😂

I can only think there is truth in what you say - that Ankerson is using metrics that tell him Ralph is better than his lack of achievements show him to be. However, as you say, it is way past time for him to go regardless of what these metrics are saying. Consistently the worst performances I can remember from Saints and its got to the stage where I don't even get angry when we lose - it's just expected and very very boring

jeez