Lighthouse

I know Pyongyang like their rhetoric and sabre rattling but they're really pushing their luck.

I can't say the club has done anything to p1ss off the fans this summer. Obviously it will be a complete p1ss take if they sell now but I can't see it, so close to the end of the window.

We do, so far he's just been a useless show pony who always tries one trick too many and gives the ball away.

How is he only 26? I swear he has been boring me with his mediocrity for at least a decade.

It's not hard to look outstanding against that team. There was a truly ridiculous amount of space in front of their defence for Mane, Wijnaldum and Firmino to just waltz through. They're good but Arsenal made them look like 1970s Brazil. It's astonishing really, reminds of Burley's last season in charge here when he was playing Jermaine Wright at LB, Makin at centre half and had a borderline fetish for buying midfielders.

Can't wait for Saints game against this lot. Knowing us, Tadic will get the ball in a space the size of a car park on the edge of their box and still play it out sideways to Davis.

Arsenal could be on their way to one of those Chelsea/Liverpool mid-table finishes from a couple of years ago if they aren't careful. They look awful, although no doubt they will suddenly start looking good in January when it's too late and they're 1000 miles away from the title race.

There are some pretty awful stats out there. 3 goals at home to teams in the top half last season. 4 goals on a Saturday at St Mary's in 2017 - All against West Ham 7 goals from open play at home last year (3 of them against Palace)

That's normally because pub matches don't have a linesman.

Just when you think obvious troll couldn't possibly be more obvious, people go and bite.

Funny how the three other teams who "I wish we were like..." are currently in the bottom three.

Newly promoted Started well Northern away day Saints under-performing. This has got 1-0 defeat written all over it. Mounie to score, Tadic to miss a pen.

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet but I don't think we were very good last night.

This are good newts!

I was curious as to how that system would work but not with those players. Boufal and Tadic can't play together, Austin has no pace at all, JWP was useless, Pied nowhere near good enough for that role. The overall play was just so static. 5 defenders pinging around with no movement at all in front of them, just a bunch of lemons stood watching Yoshida and expecting him to magically scythe the defence open. Another thing I don't get is why the only time we show any flare or adventure, it's playing 50 yard Hollywood passes, to our LB in his own half. What's he going to do with it there. And defending corners with 11 in our own box... at home... to Wolves... and still conceding... f**k me sideways!!

What the frig!? Same old, same old; big clubs nicking our players I guess.

Does anyone know if Hoot was registered in time for this?

Aguero sold him that one. Harsh sending off.

Our starting XI against Palace last year, albeit a round later; McC, Cuco, Yoshi, Fonte, Targett, Clasie, JWP, Reed, Hesketh, Long, Austin Some will argue we rested players and made it to the final, others than we're not in Europe now and we don't need to this year.

I wonder if Barca web has a poster called 'Pyrenean' saying, "FFS! No ambition, selling club, sack the DoF!"

TBF refs are adding a lot more injury time these days.

You used to mate with Keith Hamilton?

Booing a person when they join a rival football team but then not booing them when they die. Fancy that.

Show some compassion for the poor girl FFS. You can't expect someone to drive for almost an hour in a brand new Bentley. If your wife left you after 7 years for some bloke with more money, would you be thanking her for 7 years of great memories?

Oh no it isn't!