Sheaf Saint

The pro-Utd bias from these commentators is nauseating.

It's like the pundits wrote the script for that with their talk about Sancho pre-match. I was literally just about to post about it being still 0-0 so an improvement on last year already. Balls.

Phew. Well done Perraud!

Utd time wasting already.

He had an ankle knock on Wednesday so I expect he's still unavailable.

According to Turkish, anyone who thinks that Johnson staying in post in the short term is good because it lessens the chances of the Tories winning the next GE don't actually have the best interests of the UK at heart. Presumably he will be applying the same logic to all the Brexit cheerleaders who insisted that any short term hardships as a result of leaving the EU will ultimately be worth it in 30 years time.

I remember watching him away at Sheff Utd in his first season, and he was really unlucky to see a brilliant header well saved and a superb half-volley rattle the far post. But he led the line superbly that day. Took him a fair while for him to really find his confidence, and more than a few on here questioned his ability to deliver at this level, but it was obvious from that performance that there was a quality player in there. It pleases me no end to see how he has grown into his role and how much he offers the team now. Obviously they are very different players, but I'm really hoping that Arma can now follow his example and step up as he has.

He's not been online here for over a week now. Doesn't bode well given his last couple of posts 😢

Sadly I think you are right. The timing of her resignation does seem odd. I know her position has been untenable for some time, and she has blamed it on lack of confidence from Sadiq Khan, but undoubtedly she would have been under pressure from the govt over Partygate, so has she perhaps jumped before she was pushed? Do they hold something incriminating against her and threatened her if the Met didn't deliver the 'right' outcome?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60345306 Kurt Zouma: West Ham boss David Moyes says defender available for Leicester City game

This is Everton's form over the last 4 months.. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/premier-league/formtabelle/wettbewerb/GB1?saison_id=2021&min=8&max=25 I watch them a lot with my Mrs and I've seen nothing in their performances to suggest they are suddenly going to improve.

I wouldn't be so sure. I know it was Frank's first league game in charge but they were abject the other night against Newcastle. There's no fight in them whatsoever. Reminded me of our very worst times under Pellegrino and Hughes with their lethargic sideways and backwards passing and comedy defending.

5 points from their last 14 games. W1 D2 L11 Even our dreadful run last season wasn't as bad as that, was it?

I wouldn't rule out Everton getting dragged in as well you know. They are an utter shambles at the moment. If Norwich had held on to beat Palace on Wednesday they would have been level on points.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60339439 Dagenham & Redbridge showing the kind of backbone with Kurt Zouma's brother (who only filmed the video) that West Ham couldn't bring themselves to.

I'm sure there is still more to come from Tella. Didn't Ralph claim last season that he is the most technically gifted player in the squad? He's still very raw and will get better with game time, I'm certain of it.

Seems like it's hotting up. I'm so relieved though that we have a strong, dependable statesman in No.10 who was previously an outstanding foreign secretary and absolutely definitely isn't up to his eyeballs in dirty Russian money. Makes me feel reassured and confident we can face down any potential threat.

That's disgraceful. He needs to be hauled in front of the PMGOL and made to explain himself for that. No ifs, no buts. As soon as he was made aware of a player down with a head injury he should have stopped the game immediately, whether he thought it was a foul or not.

I agree, and it's not like the ref could argue he hadn't been made aware of it. On the replays you can quite clearly hear Ralph shouting to him.

Yep. The way he looks to the ref with that vacant stare every time he falls over is rage inducing.

It wasn't most people though, was it.

Yeah he had a shocker really. Saying there was no opportunity to put the ball out of play when there was clearly a head injury, and then claiming Spurs were "robbed" by VAR when Bergwein was quite blatantly offside. He generally comes across as a fairly intelligent chap, but he's a crap commentator/pundit. They only got him on because of his connection to both clubs.

I think this is getting more and more unlikely by the day. He's getting better and better and I just can't see us being able to get him permanently. Either Chelsea will keep him and put him in their first team squad, or a richer club than us will offer much more for him than we can afford.

BTW - mods can you please correct the typo in this thread title? It's really not good for my OCD!

IMO, if no opposition player touches the ball between the foul and the goal then it is still the same phase of play. It should be as black and white as that really, not down to the ref's judgement of how long before the goal the foul was.