The College Dropout

As weak as ours against Forest.

I like this lad. Would have him here.

Better coach than Cooper. They looked like a Pardew team with 3 midfielders upfront under Cooper. Nuno is more structured.

The fear with Chelsea is that it clicks at some point. They looked shit even when they beat us. So it might not come. But if they keep doing what they’re doing, we should finish above them comfortably. Not being in Europe or LC is excellent for our league potential sad as it is. I fancy us to have a strong backend to the season.

Palmer and Kudus are the two players I’m gutted we didn’t go for in the summer. They’ve both proven transformative signings at their clubs in a position we are weak in. Palmer in particular is the exact profile we need. It hurts more because I think at least 2 of our signings for similar money are not ideal profiles for us.

Football hipsters love downplaying Zidane. He was a handsome lad with a horrible haircut and he made the game game look beautiful. Elegance. Keep your pale Spaniards. Someone is falling a weak footed volley with the ball looped in behind him over rated? It was a thing of absolute beauty on the biggest stage. i might prefer it to Bale’s overhead kick as the best CL goal of all time. Bale’s is remarkable athleticism and skill… but you feel all overhead kicks have a rather high element of luck involved. Although that’s one of the best ever.

He’s talking about making the game more global and strengthening other confederations and you’re talking about women’s football. I really liked this tournament on FM20 but none of my players were ever match fit for it. This is a luxury problem I won’t concern myself with in real life.

I think he tried it half heartedly. Then he decides not to chase him but to go and mark another player who doesn’t impact the move at all.

Some players have a personal instagram and a football instagram. Keep that to your personal one.

Some public remorse and reiterating a desire to right his wrongs will have gone a long way with us. Everythinf he’s done has come across tone deaf. Nothing wrong with going to Dubai. Just don’t post it. Especially as we haven’t had a public apology. 12 months of insta posts about motivation and writing wrongs. My uncle cheated on his wife and he’s managed to show subtle contrition via social media. Bible verses. Something!

Parish has caused the atmosphere at Palace to sour. He won’t half admit that he’s been very cautious (unambitious) and the fans are increasingly sick of him.

IMO Nuno is a better manager than Cooper. Forest have never looked a well coached side to me.

Can’t blame anyone for letting their imaginations run wild. It’s petty but I’m also weirdly wound up by the fact he’s not publicly apologised.

Proper fatigue takes more than 5 days to recover from. Bruno, Gordon, Almiron will all be still in it.

Still think we can get close to 65 points which will have us in Europe.

It’s very basic. And the fault of the midfielder.

And that’s Schar’s fault? This isn’t an overly dangerous position. Bruno and Isak should break the attack. this is dangerous due to some awful play from Bruno and Isak

He bombs on WITH the ball. They can all see him do it. I don’t understand why none of the midfielders think - man I need to cover for him. Probably because none are natural DMs. But it should have been corrected by management awhile ago or he should be told to stop if the plan is for nobody to sweep up for him.

When the attack breaks down it is 4 vs 3 in our favour. It ends up being 4 vs 3 in Milan’s favour. That’s not Schar’s fault. The Milan player literally bursts past Bruno and on to our back 3. The athleticism is awful and the lack of game nous to bring him down is symptomatic of the naivety of our team. Trippier did the same on thr weekend. Bruno had an opportunity to stop the attack and he didn’t. It’s more his fault than Schar. Isak is also close to the Milan player. He’s fresh off the bench. He ends up behind the 4th Milan attacker. It was piss poor from him too. Attackd break up at the edge of opposition box all the time. There should be midfielders around to protect the defence when it does. That’s the point of a midfield.

Liverpool are picking up results. If they improve they can get to 90 points and win it.

More conservative approach. None of the front 3 are as good as last season. Same with Odegaard. also Partey’s passing is missed.

No way this is a penalty.

Also got one that Barnes outscores Rashford which isn’t as bad as it could be. I had a feeling Rashford would have a shocker.

I’ve got a personal bet with my mate that Gordon outscores Martinelli.

Brighton have gone to pieces tbf. Pretty much every attack is leading to a chance. Good chances too.