Dark Munster

Cue the "we need extra bite in attack" jokes.

As I said above, I believe the first follows from the second.

I've been saying this for a long time, a good striker lifts the whole team. Conversely having ones that can't score drags the whole team down. Why bust a gut getting good balls into the box when you know there's a 95% that they won't be put away by your team mate? You end up with side ways, safety first play, which we all hate.

Really? Awful final between two awful teams. Spain 82 for me was one of my favourites, with Italy-Brazil one of the best matches I've seen. I enjoyed Italy deservedly beating Germany in the final as well. 😀

So you think this thread is so long because the orange turd is appreciated by so many? 😂 The original P*mp*y Takeover Saga thread lasted for over 100,000+ posts and umpteen years .... and it wasn't because we were fond of the blue phew.

Dozens and dozens of solitary yellows, but never two in the same match.

If Spurs win they love him. If they lose they hate him. Weird lot, nothing like us.

The biggest change is that relegation then wasn't a financial disaster like it is now for clubs like ours.

Camouflage?

He'd be a lot better than no-one.

Or in the other 89 minutes.

I assume the "having a go" rant was referring to throwing men forward and making it an end to end game. Fine if we have strikers who can score. Which we don't of course. But what we are doing now most of the time is also shit, passing around at the back, often losing possession, or if we're lucky humping it up field if we hadn't passed it to one of the other team's attackers or been dispossessed. In the first half against Palace it was driving me mad. Palace had 5 quick players pressing high, and we were trying to tippy tap it out from the back. If we did manage to work our way to their box as you say we end up passing it back again, because the other team had all the time to get fully organised. When the opposition has that many high up just lump it over them and try to get it directly to Adams or someone else up field, FFS, which was we end up doing anyway most of the time when the player on the ball was under pressure and didn't actually lose possession in our half.

Plus “having a go” would be suicidal with a squad that doesn’t have any decent strikers, as well as a light weight midfield. And we’d be sacrificing the one one thing we’re semi decent at (defending).

Villa have done very well there. I wonder how much they are paying him and how much compensation they paid Villarreal?

Not really, can't see West Ham being in the relegation mix. But Bompey almost certainly will be.

Theo's mum?

Does he pass the Les Reed test? Argentinian ✓ Nice hair ✓ Initials M.P. X

Even better, stick Lyanco on Zaha. It'll be like when I was at school in chemistry class, mixing a piece of sodium with water.

Mo Ely for me was outstanding and my choice, but Lyanco a very close second. You can see why Lyanco is becoming a fans' favourite, his attitude is 100% brilliant, and as others have said he seems to raise the whole team with his whole hearted (and slightly nutty) efforts (and he has some ability). I also thought his throw-ins were very good, including better long ones than Salisu into the box.

I'd rather have cushions on the bench than Walcott.

Confusedalot.

Exactly what I was thinking. They'd be mad to loan him to us in January.

Me too. I think I'll have one tonight.

Glen: "We don't look like we have more than one goal a game in us." Martin: "Glen, score prediction against Bournemouth?" Glen: "I'll go for a 2-0 win." 😀

We're already well stocked with championship strikers.