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About time we had another hashtag painted on some seats to cheer everyone up. We mock Everton for first dug outs but our guys made a thing of that being a ‘first’ Problem with PR and football is that we are tribal and cynical bastards and when things ain’t going well this vacuous guff is nauseating. Although I find it cr ap at all times and demoralising when people lap it up.

V poor today. They all played like they’d been got at.

Surely less for Benteke?

Retort

I generally hate thick people

How can our fixtures get harder? We will have played nearly all teams and guess what? We play them all again. That works for other teams as well

Pain in the arse midweek home games. Even moreso on back of weekend home game. Two aways followed by two homes is sh1t. Freezing too so my appetite for this one isn’t great but hey cannot be tempted by achieving more at work, the warmth and comfort of a stream and the joy of reading the Saintsweb wrist slitters on the match thread. 2-0 win

So you hold the manager responsible for the cup final defeat? Maybe a more assertive presence could have influenced the lino? Staggering that so many always will blame the manager regardless and overlook player and official incompetence. So much fortune in ‘winning’ although guess many think if they look in the mirror and say ‘I will win today’ they will. Coming second is for losers eh although you are wrong -it does often win you a prize but guess you’d sneer at an Olympic silver medal. Lawrie Mac let us down in 1984 - didn’t have what it took to win.

Agree Shearer has massively improved. Podcast journos and pundits so much more insightful that the tv mob generally although familiarity breeds contempt I think and only so much you can say and keep it fresh, research helps though! But likes of Talksport guys are just lazy cliched goons aka ‘proper football men’ - not that I ever listen these days. Ian Mackintosh is excellent

I take the p1ss a bit about the new xG stat but actually is one of the more meaningful stats in the days of saturation. Certainly more interesting than passes completed, even possession. This table https://understat.com/league/EPL shows we should have expected to be 8pts ahead of Burnley. Arguably that isn’t really on the manager as down to player opportunism. I am not saying they are the be all an end all of stats but do highlight over and under performance. We are also only side to have out xG’d Man City this season.

Got to go based on substitutions he didn’t make and of course no way of knowing they couldn’t have had real negative outcome. Fck me we have some plums for supporters. Same tw ats clamouring for Puel to go after a 0-0 at Anfield cos we ‘always used to beat the big sides’

It was a pen. Don’t know what the fuss is about.

Klopp being complete pr1ck with Sky reporter.

Very unlikely the council’s emergency planning group would be caught out. Sophisticated forecast planning is the norm these days. Thing is they are not miracle workers and can only prioritise the main roads. And grit doesn’t neutralise several inches of snow.

Weather won’t suit these London spivs. Our battle hardened warriors like Tadic and Boufal will terrorise them.

Next PL TV package will have 200 (of 380) games on tv So more than half. Currently 168. Will also introduce 745 pm on Saturday which will be ok with me. Personally think should have more Friday evening games too but in the minority there. Anyway the much loved Sat 3pm is going to become even rarer unless we get relegated of course. Premier League: Saturday night games among 200 on TV from 2019-20http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42278119

2-0 win. We have turned the tv curse round and don’t we’ve been beat on tv this season. They need to have a wobble and have some inconsistent performers. Hopefully Utd defeat has derailed them. Equally could easily turn on the style and turn us over comfortably.

He prefers waiter

Slow news day

Perfect draw

TBF a mannequin in charge could have won the Championship. Notoriously easy division to get out of and nearly all the L1 promoted clubs romp it and storm up to the PL. most are livid if they come 2nd as will have under achieved. The under appreciation of Adkins on here is comical.

Haven’t watched any further analysis but was my view. I never know what to think though until I have heard Phil Neville’s interpretation

Think you were watching a different game. At no point did they look good. A 20min spell before half time but so what

Spurs away. Get huge allocation and we all know Poch sneers at the cups.

I haven’t heard but assume Utd have appealed Pogba’s red against Arsenal? Never a red according to our Philip.