Whitey Grandad

Of course I remember Ralphball. The difference now is that our defenders are knackered and we don’t have any goals to show for our efforts.

16th April 2022. We beat Arsenal 1-0.

Are you another who keeps harking on about last season? This league is at a whole new level and the slightest error gets punished ruthlessly.

That’s very presumptuous. Professionals are only interested in one thing.

Quite the contrary. Possession based play is where most of the chances against us originate. It requires absolute, continuous concentration from our defenders and eventually they crack under the pressure that they have to endure. The opposition however have a much more relaxing time.

They did if they wanted the money.

Something about “they’re not good enough to play that way. If they carry on they’ll be in trouble “

Make a formal complaint, surely?

I’ve just seen MOTD. Can somebody please explain to me what Stephens thought he was doing just before their second goal? Bednarek comes to collect a short pass when Stephens just runs across the front of him and the ball goes loose with the inevitable result. Why did Stephens think he needed to get involved? Where was he going, and why?

Don’t be such a tit. I’ve been involved in enough football to be able to have a fairly good idea as to what’s going to happen. It’s called foresight. Anybody who knows me would never call me a drama queen.

He thinks he’s better than he actually is.

With very good reason. We scraped promotion. Let’s not delude ourselves.

You go on and on about last season but Leeds and West Brom are a division lower than us.

Stephens didn’t play on Wednesday. The system had nothing to do with the goals that we conceded.

Yes. Or any of the other central defenders that we have on our books.

I shall whinge and bitch all I like. This system is shit. You keep on about a ‘winning formula’ yet that was last season in a lower league where our forwards covered up our defensive weaknesses. Just look at how many goals we conceded by playing that way.

Lallana is a coach in waiting.

Whether or not you consider Stephens to be better that THB at the moment doesn’t alter the fact that Stephens is a liability. If not playing Stephens means that we cannot play three at the back then so much the better.

October isn’t very far away. Tomorrow it will be ‘next month’

Maybe he’s fatigued?

We had 63.3% possession though. If anything shows what a useless obsession this is it’s the 3-0 score line.

Promotion was the worst thing that could have happened to him. The Ego has landed.

Nobody likes to say “I told you so” but, I told you so.

Me? Not me. I was never drooling over anybody. Besides, I was at the game, not watching on a message board.

Some of us have been saying that all along.