Lord Duckhunter

He did just as well as Rafa and they love him.

Great goal.

Classic SOG

I prefer using my bins to base my opinions on, not a spreadsheet

Exactly, you’re starting to learn something. Get it in the fucking mixer. Is there an XJ, Pd or Uv for that?

What a load of old Pony.

Are you planning on spamming every thread with this pony?

Teams win when they don’t play particularly well. I thought a student of the game like yourself would have known that. I obviously had you down as more knowledgeable than you are, sorry.

What a load of old pony. Particularly benchmarking this season against last. Based on our performances, and the opposition’s performances I’d say we’re probably a couple of points shy of where we should be. That’s always going to be the case because without a decent striker we’ll struggle to get goals. We need to play well to win, which isn’t a great situation to be in.

Good point. He did a fucking outstanding job without money and a bloody good one with it. History is littered with examples of clubs who’ve had backing and not achieved promotion or stability in the top flight. Apart from about 10 clubs, one poor season will lead to relegation and that is what happened. I don’t want him as manager but respect his achievements. Achievements which rank far higher than anything Nigel Adkins did with us. I have some suspicion that he maybe a one shot wonder and won’t be able to replicate his success elsewhere. But that doesn’t detract from what he did do, calling him a failed manager is just pathetic and ignorant.

I thought it was pretty poor to be honest. I read a lot of biographies/auto biographies and this one wasn’t great, just a list of “this happened”, then “that happened”, without any opinions or context. Too nice to everyone, bar Cortese, and even then it wasn’t particularly hard hitting. Maybe the audio one would have been better but I didn’t think it was particularly well written. Just an opinion, doesn’t deflect from my opinion of his career in anyway shape or form, just a shame as I thought it would be better.

Are you serious? SAF didn’t have multiple years in the premier league because they were all with Manchester United?

What’s “kick it out”?

Why don’t we get Nigel Adkins in as well. Having Nigel, Eddie Howe & Ralph as joint managers would be a dream set up. Shame their egos are too big to contemplate it. Fucking big heads…

There’s a pretty average selection of ale houses

I bow to your greater experience.

Ref having her hair done?

Ashley was a retail genius. Genuinely innovative thinker that changed preconceived industry group think in many areas. If you want a self sustained club,I’d have him over Gao everyday of the week.

Do you live in the Greater London area?

Fucking hell, my mum could referee that one. Token appointments in a meaningless game. Absolutely zero pressure and they’ll not be one decision that could change the course of the game.

Is Harriet Harmon a gammon? She’s probably the highest profile person calling for her sacking

How many were paying customers?

The England manager doesn’t think he is, unless someone else is injured. Ive watched a lot more players than you, and he’s average. There’s nothing wrong with being average, a solid professional, but that’s all he is and all he’ll ever be. I guess I’ve got higher standards than you.

Interesting Q&A about VAR from ESPN. This bit was a surprise to me in light of Sat game. Looks like the screen is not used for the ref to decide, it’s for him to confirm he’s made a mistake. Why doesn't the referee use the monitor more often?One of the regular comments from managers and pundits is that the referee should "go and have another look" at the monitor to check his decision. But this is not what the monitor is for. It is only used when the referee has made a "clear and obvious" error, ergo the VAR has told him the decision is wrong and referee uses the monitor to confirm the decision will be changed. The monitor quite simply isn't for the referee to check his decision, it's to change it.

He’s our very own Mark Noble, good club man, solid pro, but not good enough for England. The fact there’s a debate whether he’s our best player, shows how fucking poor we are. He’s got to be the worst “best” player I’ve seen us field in the top flight, by a country mile (45 years and counting)