All Activity

No shit… I’ve had a photo on my phone of him wearing it for the last month 😁

Europa League

I actually fancy Forest to beat Chelsea. Villa win, Man City possibly a draw. It’s not out of the question we draw too if Isak is out. Not sure what that set of results mean for us?

Delete that please mate.

That, or that's the question he was asked by the media who were trying to get little soundbites for people to talk about. Amorim and Fernandes were both asked about their future and about leaving the club, and their responses were perfectly fine.

Tiiiinnnnoooo

Ffs. A pink slice is decent though tbf

Would be terrible for them to buy a load of players specifically for this system only for it to fail and then be incompatiable with the next managers system.

Its one thing for shit teams to win the FA cup. They're still in there with good teams, whether they play them or not is a game of chance but they'd be unlikely not to at some point. There are no good teams in the Europa League as they're all in the CL and none drop into it anymore. Remember saying to a lad at work that it wasn't a shock if Stoke beat Valencia anymore because of the difference in finances. Its even more pronounced with the elite/self appointed elite PL clubs in there

Do you mean the structural changes to all European competitions or specifically the change to not allow CL dropouts a second chance? If the first then of course, letting so many teams into the CL from the top leagues has damaged the prestige of the other cups. If the second, then sure, it’s made it easier to win, and that may have affected the prestige. If you like we can let the losers in each knockout round of the CL in to the latter rounds of the EL. That would also make it harder to win and even more prestigious, no? I never liked that idea, just as I never liked the idea of more clubs getting into the CL. Just seemed wrong to me, and I was glad they ditched it anyway, regardless of the fact that we’ve ended up benefitting. To the first point, again, we’re discussing abstract ideas like “does it exempt the domestic campaign?” From what? Criticism? Of course not! You could make a case for it justifying the domestic campaign when you consider all the injuries and fatigue - justifying playing kids and backups - but the concrete points that are worth discussing are “did we win a trophy which is ultimately the point of the club without considering community etc” (Answer: fucking yes) and “are we going to be better next year and going forward?” Answer: No fucking idea. Would I take it? To get the monkey off our back, yes. Am I still worried about our development, Ange and next year? Yes. I’ll think about this a bit more to answer Checko (somewhere above) but my feeling is (a) Ange is a bit shite as a technical coach/manager of coaches (b) Ange seems pretty good at building togetherness and team spirit (c) We have a young squad with potential that needs both of the above for development. I’ve found us unwatchable - literally unwatchable - for great swathes of this season and I can’t feel happy about Ange staying on. But…he did what he said he’d do. That’s genuinely bonkers. Levy out.

He's had success playing the likes of Rio Ave, Santa Clara, Estoril and Gil Vacente each week. He's going to continue to tank in the PL. He doesn't have the foggiest how to be competitive in a league where nearly every team can beat you at home if you're not playing the opposition and just trying the same tired thing over and over.

Also every manager in the league will know exactly how to play against him already, as he only has one system. You've already seen it happen, they just get shafted every week.

I also think the fact he's so willing to fall on his sword seems like he knows he's made a mistake and is almost daring them to sack him so it releases him from it all. Even a poor coach can take what he's given and go someway towards changing it and making it work. This fucker has walked in and almost said - "this isn't exactly what I need. I need to a complete blank canvas or you may as well get rid of me". He's had a go at changing it but he's failed and I think he knows it too. It seems like it's just damage limitation at this point

We’ll win on Sunday. Villa will thump Man U, they’re absolute cannon fodder to Villa’s strengths. City will get something at Fulham. I fancy Chelsea to beat Forest but that could be a very nervous game for both teams. Forest will sit back, Chelsea will have loads of possession and fanny around. At some point if it’s goalless one of them will need to roll the dice.

Basically Forest, Chelsea, Villa have to better our result

Forest and Chelsea draw then a draw for us would mean we finish above both of them. We lose and one of those 2 won then the winner would finish above us and we'd be relying on Villa to lose....i think.

I think the issue is this is the first time he's struggled in his managerial career, he's had instant success wherever he's been before and he's struggling to figure out what is wrong or change to something else. He'll need results asap next season, I suspect he's been told to fix the fundamentals behind the scenes instead of the paper fixes they've been doing since fergie left. I'm absolutely astonished at how they left themselves with only hojlund as a striker for this season.

Tremendous

Literally a rat trying to get off the sinking ship

Also I just don't think we need a shouty, heed the baal type in there. Work rate isn't our issue, never has been under Eddie Howe and never will be.

You’re rewarding the team that won the Europa League. You may as well say that when West Ham won the FA Cup in 1980 you can’t reward a Second Division team with a place in Europe, or when Wigan won it and got relegated “you can’t reward them etc”. That’s what it’s a reward for. Where they finished in the league is irrelevant. I quite liked that the winner of the Europa got into the CL tbh, well before we did it. I prefer it to the top four/five teams in the top four/five leagues. Again, that’s the root cause of the problem,

We just need to win. Just one game. Just a measly 3 points is all we need. It’s not even asking for much.

I agree, Trippier comes across a better captain on the field but you can't just say someone is a poor captain because you don't see them shouting at and bollocking their team mates throughout the game. There's many different approaches to being an effective leader. It's all about respect for me and I reckon he commands respect from every one of those players.

It's only if we draw it matters, right? If we lose, one of them will go above us. If we draw, and their game ends in a draw, we're above both of them and get CL. If either of them win, they go above us.