Colos Short and Curlies

It wasn’t that choice though was it. The choice was to compound a bad decision with bypassing another law of the game or respect that law and accept a poor decision has been made.

well it’s not cheating. It was a hilariously bad case of miscommunication and incompetent application of a a shite system

I reckon he’ll be our next manager.

Even GMTV were 'debating' it with Ed Balls and Susanna Reid trying to sound like they had a single clue what they were talking about

Brighton away next for that lot, a Brighton team who have been somewhat on the receiving end of VAR calls over the last couple of seasons. oh and it’s live on Sky. I wonder what could possibly happen…

I don’t think it it would have in this instance as they would also want to be seen as being efficient. If you mic’d them up now then sure I can see absolute care in making sure the language from the ref was 100% clear in his ask and maybe check complete would be followed by the answer, but it’s responding to what is ultimately an embarrassing event and not something that they’d build into the protocol if it happens happens before - if that garble makes any sense!

He got the pen right today at least

Trips without the armband will look odd. anyway we’re going one better than last week and Miggys getting a hattrick

I hate talking about players wealth etc - basically good on them if they are talented enough to succeed in an industry that can and does pay the wages - but it must be difficult for managers to motivate a young guy who is already set for life to bust a gut chasing down a tackle in what is really a third tier game in terms of competition importance. Basically another feather in Mr Howe's cap and evidence of the quality of personality we have in the club

For everyone complaining about the commentary you missed an Ando classic on the radio. Big Joe and Akanji grappling - ‘I like to see 2 big men going at it’

Big J did a decent job at the Ethiad last season

I’m the opposite, I’d love us to win them in some sort of ascending order so we’ve won the league cup, FA cup, Europe league before the league. It’s the best way to savour every trophy win because let’s be honest winning the league cup after the champions league would feel a little anticlimactic

Love that .cock’s extended highlights is just the 8 goals, first half kick off and one Gordon shot from the end of the first half. 11 mins and no time for anything else

how was the 1st fortunate? Maybe that the bounce hit Gordon (yes on his hand) but it was great tenacity on his part.

There's been a few comments on the way he rolls his foot over the ball, but that goal doesn't happen without that technique today.

I think its the third spoke in the wheel that complicates things. That's not to say any of the options there are a problem, rather the system complicates B&Ts relationship. Double pivot (as the cool kids would say) or an old skool Lee/Clark type combo imo allows the relationship to flourish and allows for a tweak in formation to add an option supporting the striker. Dare I even suggest a 3-1-4-2 (or version of) once Hall and Livra get in the team to be the way forward if we want to build around these 2

Senior management meeting at a Welsh Uni this morning. Don’t know what station everyone listens to in the way in but I spend a good 10 minutes explaining the meaning/basking in ‘you’ve never seen a Mackem in Milan’

Ando in the champions league im doing the radio tomorrow as well. Back to the 90s for me

If I had a spare fiver I’d stick it on Bruce rocking up at Goodson before the end of the season. where else can they go when they’ve already pulled the Dyche release cord

Any thoughts on when Trips got trod on towards the end of the first half? sky didn’t make much of it but it looked a clear foul in a great free kick position and possibly a second yellow for the defender.

there were periods last year where we didn’t look that threatening either. We got our act together consistently last third of the season but it took a little while to fully click

so she will be too knackered to complain about you watching, and as it’s your second child you can just leave them be for 2 hours 😂

made great tapes/VHS and their sticky tape wasn’t half bad either

I take it you mean the version that MTV couldn’t play? and I’d raise you the same vintage for Junior Jacks Stupidisco if that’s the case

Was he playing further forward than he has recently for us?