Theregulars

Don’t they know there’s a war on?

Do you like Marcelo?

I almost feel bad for Chelsea. Almost.

Aye, that’s a fair point - you’d think at some point the Manchester United Experience Theme Park might get it right, or simply just spend enough to have a reliably decent team. I was talking to my brother who is a fan (I know, it stings) - he’s also a sports writer and watches every game of theirs religiously, so I think he’s pretty reliable source. His view is that it’s not possible for them to compete properly again unless nobody associated with the Glazers makes any decision to do with players, coaching or football management - so if they just put money up for purchases and then let “football people” run with it, they’d be useful. He’s not sure they get desperate enough until they’re completely out of Europe, which may become less of an issue with UEFA’s new backdoor ESL rule. He thinks any manager is pointless absent that change. They do seem too toxic to sort out within one season to me, but I’m an outsider and there’s a lot of clickbait mileage in criticising them / writing them off right now, so hard to tell if it’s accurate. They don’t half trot out some mediocre players for all the insane money they’ve spent - Lindelof is bobbins, Matic is barely mobile and McTominay is, at best, an OK water carrier.

It’s definitely better without the trousers and purple boots, although looking back to the full outfit picture, the coat also looks a bit like a dressing gown. Today I wore a Chvrches tour t shirt and my girlfriend’s harem trousers with adidas sliders, so again I shouldn’t be considered a useful source of knowledge.

Here’s hoping!

I like DCL’s outfit. Davies’ doesn’t work IMO. But like 75% of what I wear is elastic waist soooo

I mean I think we’re already at the place to which you allude in your first paragraph - that’s where we’d be, maybe higher, if we didn’t waste a quarter of the season on Bruce and Jones. I think we could crack the top 6 without a huge amount of investment - I think a lot would have to break right, but West Ham aren’t that impressive and Manchester United Football Mall are worse. We also have the advantage of no European football, and not being run by idiots and dildo salesmen respectively. That crude analysis of course doesn’t factor in improvement at other well-run clubs - I think Wolves fall into that definition and I think Leicester without European football would be difficult to surpass. Don’t get the hype about Crystal Palace at all, grotty club with a bang average side.

Worry about your daughters’ facial hair then man.

Yeh, just a whole season without being a laughing stock or absolutely despising something fundamental about the club would be really welcome.

Read up on when to use capital letters. The first goal was a fluke and the second a goalkeeping error. Or were both inevitable by application of the butterfly effect because I had an extra tomato with my breakfast?

So? Does that make it a less flukey goal?

I mean nobody will say it because narrative but that was just a humongous slice of luck via a deflection. Not a particularly special goal at all.

Aye it’s one of the most blatant penalties you’ll ever see.

Burnley have looked awful. Haven’t watched them much this season and wanted to see what the nervousness on the relegation threads was about. That wasn’t the display of a side who are staying up. Utterly outplayed by the worst side in the division.

Christ Siem de Jong. Pardew gave him HBA’s number and all.

Shall we get tickets? And to check, we have tickets for Palace still right? Will come up on the Wednesday.

It’s almost like they went for a manager on name alone as opposed to genuine aptitude.

Davies looks like a very low-level pimp. Like one you might find in a 3rd rate American city.

Think he’s become reliable and useful under Howe. In a world where you need a squad, I’m fine with this version of him. One thing I’d be keen to see him work on is to combine his surprising burst of pace and ability to read where space is developing quickly with the confidence to whip a good cross in a play a more ambitious pass. Often he does the first 2 bits well, and then stops and comes back.

This!! They’re total gremlins. My mate is from there and I asked him if there’s anything he particularly likes about it. His reply: “relatively quick to get out of, abundance of petrol stations, slightly less racist than it used to be”.

I love your work @Stifler, but Leicester is a rothole. Nowt redeeming to it in my view. Re: horrible club - they use clappers to create an atmosphere, which is a place I can’t come back from.

@LFEEi thought you’d bought tickets for the match? No bother for me, can just stay an extra night and work from Newcastle for a day.

Wouldn’t you know it - that’s about our age difference!

Think everything now hangs on what Burnley do with those spare games. 4-6 points and you’d say it remains open.