LeBizzier69

Sadly, without any real firepower up front we'll struggle in ALL of those games I suspect. Most of those teams can at least put the ball in the net, which leaves us at a disadvantage already.

it'd be nice if I felt even a couple of the players gave a sh1t about the club. Even if they were just good at pretending.

Bertrand is probably as bored and disillusioned with England as the rest of us are. We're going to get ripped several new ones next summer. And bore us all in the process.

There's been quite a bit of fuzz about his chin.

If only we could find someone who could strike a ball like he did. Or head it. Or pass it. Our rise wouldn't have been so meteoric without him.

What I don't get is how you lose the natural instinct to want to stay on your feet and play the ball. They're just a bunch of babies by and large.

Seeing his goals of late, I can't help thinking that someone direct with pace and strength would be useful to have around the 1st team....

IMO if he's fit and utilised appropriately he'd still do a job for someone. He's 35, so unless he's broken physically why not? Yes, I know he's done naff all down the leagues for a while now.....good on him if it happens.

The fact that i'd actually forgotten about him as an SFC player until this thread was bumped says it all for me. Feel for the bloke a bit. Not in a financial sense of course.

You'd think if JWP (or whoever) can whip a ball up over a wall and into the top corner, then they can cross a ball at pace into an area 10 times bigger. Free-kicks for show. Corners for dough.

I just think that rather than tapping the ball short or faffing around with it, whip it in at pace and in the right area. Unless i'm being overly simplistic of course.

It rhymes with genius.....there aren't any references to colour/ethnicity though are there? Far far worse is sung at football grounds. They should focus on the homophobic stuff and leave this total non-story.

Didn't offer us anything at all, and is keeping a goalscorer in Gabbiadini on the bench.....or in fact anyone who can contribute more consistently.

Lemina. What a ****ing player. If only we weren't so toothless in attack. Personally I'd have taken Redmond off, stuck long out wide and Gabbiadini up front. Hey ho. Deserved better really. Shame Utd like to con the ref all the time. Pathetic at times.

I see a lot of what I'm assuming to be the "silent middle class types" getting on the train at Winchester on match day, and there are a lot of them about. Brand new shiny scarf and hat in tow. Not the sort I can ever imagine making any sort of noise other than clapping. I don't know these people so admittedly it is just an assumption.

Maybe they got the team to do the same race the kids do round the pitch at half time, and they all have a turn at shooting?

Flog him to Juve for €50m plus some Zizzi vouchers.

The concern is whether this has happened in part because clubs are so concerned with dropping out of the PL that they become trigger happy.....maybe they think a club like Palace would be in real poop if they drop out of the league, based on wage bill etc compared to monies incoming.

I just wish that "told me to kick his f****** head in" song would stop being sung. Been going for years now and I still haven't been bothered to listen closely enough to know the words, even though my ST is in the Northam. Mind you, the fact that those words are the only ones you can hear means that not many others know the verses. Not relevant I know, just something I've felt for a while.

That was a men's side playing an under 12s in an exhibition match. Had to leave on 80 minutes sadly. Gutted. We're in serious trouble this season and nothing that any "we hate bedwetters" posters can say will make me change my mind. A top 6 side would have hit us for 6 easily.

Whatever combination we play, I expect to see us tapping it around the final third for 30 seconds before a high, wide and handsome strike. Gabbi must be pulling his hair out at the lack of vision behind him.

He won't get a chance if he plays in training like he does in matches. Passing to a team mate is quite an important skill to have.

Looks like Bertrand would rather be anywhere else. Face like a slapped backside.

Anyone know why IP Vanish takes my download speed from 60 mbps to 1.3?? Am I doing something wrong?

I find it hard to believe that this sort of issue with players has any affect on other players at all. Other than organisation on the pitch, do we really think that because VVD is being a little to55er, the other players run out on a Saturday thinking..."oh, I'm so upset about what's happening...how do i kick the ball again? I'm too emotional to play" nonsense. We all have played football (I'm assuming) when there are things going on in our lives, and when you start playing you go into auto pilot and play the game. I don't believe that it's a distraction to the team for one minute, apart from the fact one of our best players isn't playing.