Whitey Grandad

Pellegrino is the Ali Dia of football managers. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

I'm not bovvered. I hate the Premier League and all that it has become. 3 o'clock kickoffs on a Saturday please and no messing around for TV Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Definitely not. The football under Puel was dire and I have not forgotten the feeble European campaign nor the gruesome capitulation to Arsenal in the FA Cup before a ball was kicked. Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk

Seems like a good point from here. I’m bouncing around in a Force 9 off the coast of Patagonia. Sorry I missed it

Makes sense. So that’s why he’s making sure that we throw away leads and never plays our best team. He wants to be sacked.

We don’t have and we won’t get £75 million.

Any idea why Lemina wasn’t chosen?

I agree with you. [emoji41] Stephens is often running off chasing rabbits.

It’s even worse than that. Palace at home was -3pts, not -2 [emoji17]

This, and many other criticisms. I’ve come to believe that he can’t read a game and make the necessary changes. This is extremely worrying.

Yes yes, I knew that, and that’s why it’s wrong. What about the decisions that aren’t given and the game carries on?

But how do you know what they key moments were?

I saw what you did there For the record, everything I say is tongue in cheek. At least, not to be taken seriously. [emoji14]

What the hell was McCarthy doing? The ball comes across at head height and yet he has both hands below his waist and actually flinches away from the ball. We are all, quite rightly, incensed that the handball went unnoticed but if it had come of his head McCarthy would have been nowhere near it anyway.

If you review one decision then you have to review them all. It’s a sport, it’s not Russian roulette.

Indeed it was [emoji2] That’s the trouble with t’Internet, no sense of humour.

When there is obviously something wrong, as in this instance, the ref should ask the ‘offending’ player if he wants to ‘fess up and remind him that if it turns out that he did actually punch the ball into the net then he would get a substantial fine and a long term ban. Maybe other sanctions such as his club being docked three points. That’s what ought to happen. The rewards, one point in this case, far outweigh any negative sanctions. He’s a cheat and should be banned from all football.

Need you ask?

Ha ha, so was my reply ?

The thought of this nincompoop in charge of us in the Championship is truly depressing.

Should be a lifetime ban. That’s as bad as taking drugs.

Why involve me, I wasn’t even there.

The Times today (paywall) has an analysis of the probabilities of final positions. They have us at a 31% possibility of relegation. ‘Yet perhaps the most shocking figure in the halfway spreadsheet is that the other team expected to go down is Southampton, managed by Mauricio Pellegrino, left. Now “expected” refers to averages and probabilities, rather than being used in the colloquial sense. So, there is only a 31 per cent chance of the south coast club being relegated, but as I’ve noted concerning Arsenal, 31 per cent is pretty substantial.’ Huddersfield Town rank 32nd in our all- team ranking, which is halfway down the Championship. So it’s quite an achievement that their relegation chance is also 31 per cent. https://extras.thetimes.co.uk/web/interactives/bca314ed6a27eb1a7ce8434de54e3453.html

Hmm.. ‘making jokes about Puel’ and it’s not his fault?

Yes, it’s worrying. With Stephens there is at least the slight hope that he will get better. With Yoshida this is as good as he will get.