Lord Duckhunter

I can’t believe we’re going to spend much, & also think Martin will be happy with a few tweaks to the present bunch. Decent keeper, with AM as number 2. Baz on loan somewhere once fit again (preferably back to Pompey). left back. Jack, Manning & Bree good enough cover for both full back positions, hopefully KWP stays, but need left back. At centre half I’d see if Martin can get a tune out of ABK, don’t like the cunt but clean slate & all that. With THB & Janny B, with Jack, that 4 are pretty much our level. I thought Downes was a bit over rated, but he’s stepped up lately. However, why do West Ham want rid (if they do), and why does he keep suffering spells out. The jury is out for me, as Smallbone, him & Charles does seem a bit weak in that department. I wouldn’t actually be adverse to keeping Rothwell as a squad player, despite his lack of impact this season. He does offer something a bit different than the others especially with Stu leaving. . I’d sign Frasier, but fuck Brookes off. This is one area that worries me, because of the way we play, we need a technical player. Technical players that can also compete, are pretty much out of our league. Lavia on loan, great shout. Up top, we’ve just got to hope Stewart comes good because I can’t really see us spending big enough to guarantee goals. AA may chip in with half a dozen if we’re lucky and one thing for sure, we won’t miss Che Adams appalling finishing. Talk of Ings is fucking stupid, the only West Ham forward I’d be interested in is Antonio, if the new man doesn’t fancy him. It’s really hard to get a forward in. I’ve always like Raúl Jiménez, whose now floating around our level and is technically good for a bigger fella. If Bamford wasn’t injury prone, he’d fit our system as well. We’ll probably end up with a loan or a Carlos kick a ball we’re hoping would come good. Id fuck Sullemana off, but give Edozie one last chance. You can’t keep being “promising”, you have to deliver eventually.

Fuck me, pay a £5 you tight git, then you won’t have to cram 4 posts into 1.

With Nigel calling this national service idea a joke, & Lammy previously calling for it, it looks like Soggys claim that RS is trying to appeal to “gammons” is pure pony.

It depends on whether it was am entertaining 8th place finish . If it was 8th but we drew a few 0-0 it’ll be a massive failure which deserves the sack and constant criticism for years afterwards.

Thank fuck for that. That would be Noddy on steroids..

No, no no. Absolutely fucking no. I like Jack, always have. He’s got something about him, bit of spirit & leadership, but it never works even when you’re talking about proper top players like Gareth Southgate or John Stones. Decent centre half on the ball, and supporters start thinking about CDM. It’s one thing a centre half drifting into midfield, or doing it when you’ve got 70% of the ball, like City do. But it’s a totally different role & he’ll get found out. Being able to play centre half, either full back or in a 3, together with his leadership & spirit gets him a squad place, but midfielder..no thanks.

So you don’t want to see the same team, you actually want someone who couldn’t get in the team, to be in the team…. FFS. We need a keeper, left back & a centre forward. Players like Jack, Adam Armstrong, Manning will play an important role in the squad & deserve to be around the club. With players like Rothwell, Brooke’s, Adams & Stu Armstrong leaving there is plenty of scope to bring in 2 or 3 starters. Sulemana has had his chance, we need to get rid asap.

The save to his left from James, no way Baz gets that. No fucking chance.

These are my feelings exactly, and it took an injury for him to play our best goalkeeper. That said, he did everything he was asked and got us promoted at the first attempt. He’s delivered some fantastic football this season, but also some horrendous boring possession based slow dross. He was right about Jack Stephens, his leadership & spirit were needed when it mattered. I also thought he acted with class at the end of the game as well, so perhaps he wasn’t quite the cock I thought he was. He’s shown yesterday that when we have less of the ball (as we undoubtedly will do next season as well) he can finally set us up to defend properly. Decent keeper, left back, & a centre forward we’ll stay up, no bother.

McCarthy has been fantastic during the play offs, a major reason we came through them. He was everything you want from a keeper, and even his kicking was up to standard. If this doesn’t prove the value of a decent keeper, then nothing will. Personally, I think Baz’s injury was a blessing in disguise and deep down I’m sure Lego knows it.

That’s exactly the point. Yet people are still claiming it’s “guff”.

The first post attacking anyone was critical of somebody who voted for Boris, although you conveniently over looked that one. That’s what makes your “morally superior” act so ridiculous, its selective outrage.

Is membership of The CoT still open or has it closed to stop an influx of Leeds fans? Those guys will be able to get their hands on spare tickets.

Says the bloke who voted for Jeremy Corbyn & who wanted Abbott as Home Sec. Both subsequently checked out the party for anti semitic reasons. 😂 You’ve got more front than Sainsburys.

How does that help women & children in Gaza today? Get them out of there, into Egypt or Jordan, & they will be safe. Surely that’s the priority at the moment.

I think you’d have something to say if The Tories refused to help Ukrainian women and children for the same reason.

He’s as bad as Lego head. We had a bloke in work moaning about him a few weeks back. Said they had a corner & 3 passes later it was back with their own keeper. He said “can you believe it”, I said “I fucking can”. It’ll be Russball without the nice hair & beard.

Some Arab countries clearly think they are, this is what Jordan’s King Abdullah said , “No refugees in Jordan, no refugees in Egypt.” Shocking…

I’m not telling people how they should feel, their feelings are irrelevant. I was merely stating why Israel occupied the West Bank. Being surrounded by countries who deny your right to exist, means you have to protect yourselves military which is why the Israelis eventually launched the 6 day war. Had the Arab league not attacked Israel the morning after the British mandate ended, things might have been different. Egypt & most other countries now seem to accept Israelis right to exist, so they’ve moved on since 1948. I imagine this is due to Israelis military strategy & strength, rather than some sort of enlightenment.

You’re not sure of the point being made, then make the same point 😂😂 Martin got this job on the back of the way he played at Swansea. Had he got promotion playing a long ball game, it would have been better for Swansea, but not for his career. Souness’ point was that this is why managers don’t change, don’t adapt, don’t play a bit more pragmatic if they need to. It’s not about what’s best for their club, but what is better for their career.

I think I’ll go with Souness, rather than someone who seems incapable of grasping the point being made.

He didn’t. Believe it or not, “going all Fat Sam” isn’t a punditry term (although it should be). I guess I thought it was a concise & shorthand version of certain tactics and didn’t account for the forum pedants. His was spot on, as was Wade Garrett, they’re more interested in playing the “right”way than actually doing what’s right for the club. I’ve no doubt Lego would rather finish 4th playing his way, than get it in the mixer every time & finish second. The way football is, it’ll be better for his career.

Everton would have gone down if Baz was in nets instead of Pickford.

Booked Sat, got mine today. Fuck me, couldn’t they make them any bigger? Luckily I’ve got a new pair of trousers to wear on the day.

The West Bank wasn’t occupied by Isreal until the 60’s. It was occupied by Transjordan, who at the time denied Israel should even exist. In Western Europe a country could co exist with a neighbour shaped like Israel is, but it makes invasion pretty easy when there’s hostile nations all around you. In places the original 1948 border is 9 miles from the sea. It would be so easy for a hostile force to split the country in two. It could be argued that had isreals neighbours lived beside it in peace from 1948 (as most do now), then maybe they would give up the West Bank. But I realise this is crossing into tit for tat territory. There will never be a Palestinian state acceptable to The Palestinians without the West Bank & they’ll never be a Palestinian state with the West Bank acceptable to the Israelis. That’s the long and short of it. Maybe a few generations from now a Northern Irish type fudge will satisfy both sides, but you & me will be long gone by then.