Lord Duckhunter

How did the double jeopardy rule screw us that day?

But they were shite.

I know Tony a bit. 3 of my sons went to his soccer school & played for Poole Borough youth. Used to see him 2 or 3 times a season on the train home from St Mary’s. He always speaks and asks how the boys are ( even though for 2 of them it was 20 years ago). Decent bloke who does a lot for the nippers in Poole. He’s just done some charity stuff with Twitchy, but apart from that, he’s a top bloke.

If we’d have gone down to 9 for as long as Newcastle did, we’d have got beat.

Luckily Newcastle only had 9 when we were knackered second half, so we only ended up with a narrow defeat. Do you think we’re the only side that presses, or gets tired when they’re down to 10. How come others don’t get stuffed 9.

FFS Carney on again. 4 times in a week, she’s had thousands reaching for the mute button. Surely the same bird on over and over isn’t diversity. If they insist on chicks, let’s have some different ones.

Exactly right. The fact we were top of the league and capable of going on good runs, makes our capitulations even worse. You can’t say Fulham are mentally weak, they’re just shite. You don’t get 2 nine nil stuffings, or throw away as many points as we do, unless you’re mentally soft. Some people don’t seem to understand.

Forget about Deans “no look” yellow cards, the ref in last nights Ipswich game has got the best yellow technique. Square up to the culprit, then dish the yellow out as players restrain you....

I’m not gay, but my boyfriend is.

Even if you have a thyroid problem, it can be sorted, so shouldn’t be an excuse. Both the snap dragon and daughter have had thyroid problems and have had them nuked. They replace the function with drugs and then sort the dosage to match your metabolism . My daughter did put on weight, but that was an issue with her medication (as was tiredness), once they sorted the dosage out she’s like everyone else. If she eats too much she puts on weight, because of greed not her genuine thyroid disease.

The blokes talking pony about Cottagers , hanging about in Winners toilet. Dodgy if you ask me....

Cottagers?

Sort them out, and their mate and let them bring their dinner.

Of course being overweight is bad for your health, but people struggle to grasp that obvious fact. My old man used to play golf with a Doctor, and the Doc used to have people asking him all the time “what’s the best diet”, “is diet X good for me”, “how do I lose weight”. He used to tell my old man that all he ever said to people about diets and weight loss was, “don’t eat so much”, and that they would then look at him baffled, confused, not quite able to believe this ridiculous remedy he’d proposed.

But her fit mate is still there (Miss F A Cup). You never know we may still get our end away in May.

Just shows how pony Forster is. He can’t even get a game when an average keeper is struggling.

If the argument was whether McCarthy was any good, or good enough, saying he’s not is a pretty reasonable position. Claiming Forster is better, is clearly not. Then claiming “4 clean sheets” as justification is laughable.

I think McCarthy would have kept clean sheets against The Mighty Shrewsbury, Arsenal reserves, Wolves reserves & an off colour Liverpool. All of a sudden it’s a wonderful feat of goalkeeping greatness. “4 clean sheets in 4 games”, let’s drop McCarthy. I’ll tell you this much, we’d have conceded a hell of a lot more with lurch in nets this season than McCarthy has.

Bloody hell, Carneys on again. She’s either got a magnificent agent or......no better not.

Fuck me, I wish I had a pound every time I read “ 4 clean sheets in 4 games “ from the Forsterites. The question is, would McCarthy have let any goals in had he been in the nets against the mighty Shrews, Arsenal reserves an off form Liverpool and Wolves reserves. The answer is almost certainly, no. My mum may have only let a couple in, such was the lack of attacking threat in those games. These weren’t vintage goal keeping performances in the face of an onslaught. Any keeper in the top 3 flights would be capable of doing similar, yet Forster is suddenly our saviour. As far as I’m concerned never seeing the big lump in nets again will be too soon. He’s pony.

I must admit I’m worried about the 2025/26 season.

What a ridiculous thing to say. If we hadn’t won so many games under Koeman, we’d have been looking over our shoulders both seasons.

No.

They can’t have wanted him that much, otherwise they’d have him. If you think their poor season is down to not having him in nets , you really have lost the plot. I suggest you look in the dug out. speaking of which, there’s a bloke in our dugout who sees him day in day out. Why do you think you see something he doesn’t, you can only have seen him in 4 games.

There’s a lack of on field leadership in the modern game, but there’s also a lack of managers installing a bit of fear, the hairdryer of past. It doesn’t even need to be the manger, my understanding is Joe Fagin dished out Bob Paisleys bollockings. At the moment there seems to be a coaching clique at most clubs, the assistants are like nodding dogs to the coach/manager. You can bet your life none of the players, and more importantly none of the coaching staff, will be challenging Ralph and wanting stuff sorted or changed. I bet a few players would be digging Lawrie or Ted out if they had a run like this.