Lighthouse

I never said I disliked it more but it wasn't much better. Results were mediocre at best and the football largely poor. I certainly don't remember seeing anything I would describe as miraculous, which is the original point I was responding to.

When if other results had gone differently on the last day (when we were busy losing 1-0 at home to Stoke, without having a shot) we could have been about 13th? When if we had scored that last second winner, instead of Man City, we'd have actually been closer to the team in 7th last season? When we scored 3 goals from open play in 16 home games? When the best result we managed against one of the bigger teams was desperately hanging on for two 0-0s against Liverpool? When I had the day off for the Stoke game but was just so bored with the football I couldn't be bothered to go? When we went out of an easy Europa League group playing for a 0-0 because we were too scared to try and beat Hapoel Be'er Sheva? Yes, then.

I still remember those miracles, like when we failed to score at home for about 6 games in a row.

Michael Fialka's yacht has also been spotted in the area.

Basically we started a compost using all the whiniest nonsense we could find on other threads. Some posters have contributed more than others. Not mentioning and names but they always seem to be popping up on this thread.

Hell of a result that, for the Hammers. Edit: Ah, damn you whelk.

We’re 14th. Under Puel we finished 2 points above 13th, there’s really not much in it. Besides, saying we’re no better off now isn’t justification for keeping Puel. It’s like saying Millbrook is a sh*thole, so you’re off to live in Mogadishu. Getting shot over there doesn’t mean you were wrong to move out of Millbrook.

For all the stats and facts over win percentages, players sold etc. The fact is that I was just never entertained under Puel. Watching those games just wasn’t fun. I get that he was limited by the players he had available but he did have enough to try and compete with the likes of Hull, Be’er Sheva, Stoke and Bournemouth. Instead we just sat back and played for a dreadful 0-0 in all of those games, plus a fair few other. We had 3 good results at St Mary’s, all against very poor opposition. We put 3 past Leicester, Bournemouth and Palace. In the other 16 home games we scored 3 goals from open play. That’s just an appalling stat.

You’ve got a bit of a chip on your shoulder over this one. In his opinion, Sims didn’t do anything of note on his debut, however he has looked better since. So yes he has changed his opinion based on Sims improved performances.

Fox, Hooiveld, Kelvin, Sharp, Hammond, Guly, De Ridder, Richardson and Chaplow were all regulars in a top Championship team. None were Premier League standard. Just playing regularly doesn’t make them good enough on its own, more it gives them a chance to develop and gain experience. My mate with a Reading ST has been pretty impressed with Sims so far, so fingers crossed he can progress.

He once scored 8 in about 6 months under Koeman. I think that’s probably as good as it gets.

You can incredibly ordinary and still end up in the top half, as Leicester are right now. Wolves haven't been anything amazing, just better organised than we are. We've played well enough in patches against Brighton, Leicester, Palace and Burnley, we just can't do it for 90 minutes and usually bottle it in injury time.

Never knew that mate but glad to hear you've finally got justice. Fair play for having the balls to admit it in front of the nutters who haunt this place.

F**k sake, can't we just have an international break instead?

Swansea also beat Liverpool in the reverse fixture, whereas we played for a nice safe 2-0 defeat at home. Without that win, they'd have been relegated when we played them at the Liberty. Even a point in one game and a minus infinity goal difference is better than a couple of 3-0 defeats. That's three games in a row now against them where we've not even tried to compete. Keeping the GD down seems to be seen as an achievement by some, it's pathetic.

Going to be hilarious when Liverpool sign this shower of sh*te.

Pretty much par for the course.

The implication being that he has proven us all wrong by being selected for the second time in a year and is still third choice?

Basically what I was implying. Never mind.

He’s not about scoring goals, he’s about defending from the front. Without Long it would have been all over after 20 minutes.

Liverpool’s U-15 women’s team could have won this and most of them are pregnant.

He was the most sold player in the competition this week for some reason, it’s like nobody else has seen our defence. Everybody on the Hazard bandwagon.

Yep. If Salah had scored both there would at least have been some silver lining for me.

What has Hoedt got to do with that goal? We’re playing zonal and Matip was nowhere near his zone.

You can’t put that all on Hoedt; He’s at fault but so are Cédric and McCarthy. He was wrong footed by the initial deflection and had little time to react.