benjii

Presumably this is all illegal?

Were they moaning about these same tactics when they won them the league? They must have a similar share of block-headed know-nothings as we do.

Exactly. As I said, a big bunch of helmets.

Agreed, but a lot of our fans seem to be utter helmets nowadays.

Won't happen. They would want something like £20m+ He's English and half-decent so he'll go to one of the "big" clubs for a stupid fee (or West Ham or Everton).

I think Van Dijk might stay for another season.

Gardos had some good games (Utd and Arsenal away) but also some bad ones (Palace at home - incidentally, a worse performance under Koeman than anything under Puel).

I think the "boring" thing is getting quite boring. I didn't go last night and am quite prepared to accept that it may have been utter ****e. However, I watched the highlights and saw us have at least three or four very good goalscoring opportunities (in addition to the goal we did score). One came from a backpass but the others came from good play from us. If one or two of those had been buried, I'd wager there would be a lot fewer "bored" people and a much more positive spin on the performance.

Happiness is a cigar named Yoric Ravet?

No goals conceded from open play in three matches.

It's a shame the FA Cup is so devalued. When Exactly did this happen, and why, really? Third round under the floodlights.... should be a highlight of the season but no one, me included, can be arsed.

I agree with the OP. People need to perk up and get posting on their phones.

Yes, but he probably wouldn't be better than our current forwards.

Top drawer striker = Ulloa or Kone? **** me.

I do wonder if he has been carrying an injury. It might explain why the rest of the team goes into its shell so easily - they know any half-decent shot is likely to result in a goal. If that is the case then: i) it's bad luck our second choice got injured; but ii) it shows our third choice signing to have been a complete waste of time.

Can you please post up some details of what would be a statistically significant number of matches? Thanks.

Yes, but not because the football is dull. It isn't now and it wasn't then. The similarity is that the manager has been brought in with a specific plan in mind but hasn't been given the tools to deliver it properly.

I think May is doing about as well as she can with this at the moment. Good statement.

I hate rotation. Stop the rotation. Too much ****ing rotation! I wish we had a bigger squad. Let's get a bigger squad!

I would leave out players that are clearly the best option in their position for this one. There's really no point risking an injury or suspension to them when we've got a potentially season defining match next week and we're still in our first round of this cup. I'm talking about Virgil, Cedric, Bertrand, Forster, Romeu and Rodriguez. So, I'd go with: -----Whichever keeper is best other than Forster who is fit to play------- Martina------------Stephens------------Yoshida------------McQueen ----------------------------------Reed---------------------------------------- -------------------Clasie---------------------Hojbjerg----------------------- -----------Redmond----------------------------------------Tadic----------- ------------------------------------Long-------------------------------------

Half of that team were about 17 years old playing in a Prem 2 U23 match. Give them a break.

Nothing says "competent and professional ownership" more than a badly dressed bunch of muppets sipping pints of lager resting on a wallpaper table with a creased sheet on it.

Just three? What if he has six chances? Do you think that's acceptable? It's not good enough. Complacent.

I invariably find that strangers who insist on talking to me on an unsolicited basis in the pub (or any other place, for that matter) are lacking in wit and self-awareness and generally collosal bores. The exception to this is those women who choose to do so, who are invariably fit and nubile. Anyway, my point is that, "would you say that to a stranger?", is not a useful yardstick. It's a chat forum and if someone is being a big fanny then it's quite appropriate to tell them what a fanny they are.