Colos Short and Curlies

I didn't realise Boro had fallen so far

If he follows the path of our current Brazilian record holder then he'll be a world class keeper in 2024

606 - around the Woodgate signing Then came here on the recommendation of a poster named ToonAmy who in my head was fit. Registered on Toontastic but rarely posted and not been on in years

it’s harmless fun. plus Rita Ora

I know right. He’s not at Messi level, he’s much better!

There’s no way he’s got either the balls or personality to do that show. like the Shearer guess tonight but for my money it’s Kammy

They’ll have to do it with the current squad or maybe a complete punt on a player nobody has heard of as they have no manager or DoF to get things done. lose to us and it’s brown pants time, not sure of too many of their players have a scrap in them. still going Brentford though, but it won’t be comfortable for Everton

I’m going to call it now — Brentford will be relegated. everton are also deep in the shit, they will struggle to keep their head above water if we beat them

Gotta love the beeb. can Newcastle escape the relegation zone today. well we’re 4 points behind Norwich so I’m going to stick my neck out here and say no

Alright Ray

not having ASM being a better dribbler. He’s got a more show boating style of dribbling but Ben Arfa had it stuck to his foot before deciding to give it a little nudge to power past defenders. Much more effective style. I like ASM and not blind to Ben Arfas failings but imo there’s nothing that ASM scores more highly on

Loves an unnecessary thunderbastard from close range. can never get bored of watching a Hatem highlights reel

I got laughed off the forum when I suggested this a couple of weeks ago. I stand by it, get him in for the rest of the season

so better than a one on three

Can Wood play DM?

Just looked at Brentford’s results and there’s not many games where they have picked up points in that you would be confident of them repeating the trick in the return games. can really see them finishing on 30-35 points maximum and they are not safe by any stretch of the imagination

It's really Leeds or bust. We've got a nice break after that game, can't repeat the McLaren mistake

I think its now or never for Rafa to come back. We know he was definitely AS's first choice and that the consortium made tentative approaches before appointing Howe so there remained an ambition for Rafa to spearhead the revolution 4 months ago. So the question for them to now ask and answer is 2 fold - firstly if we are in the Championship next year who is in the dug out and then secondly do they have more faith in Howe or Rafa to make that question redundant. If the answer to the second is Rafa then they need a real long hard look into question 1. There is no value in keeping Howe if Rafa is the choice when it goes wrong and I doubt the consortium will be anything other than cool and collected in making the call either way

So who replaces him then? Rafa if/when he gets sacked tomorrow?

My only problem with Hurley is that she would insist on her son being there taking pictures. id live with that though, even if he wanted to use my arsehole to set his camera on. Maybe

Willock will get his first of the season here. Wood to get a debut goal Fraser to pop one in 3-0

Maybe not in volume of Goals but Les had a fantastic debut, as did Cisse

For once I'm being a pessimist and assuming he is not going to be fit for the rest of the season!

19 games left, reckon we need to score a minimum of 25, more likely 30 to get the points needed to stay up. 8 from Wood 2 from Trippier (free kicks obv) 1 from Shelvey 3 from the centrebacks 2 from ASM 1 from Murphy Need someone to step up, make more from set pieces or bring in another goal scorer but Wood is a step in the right direction

Listening to 5live on Sat it did seem like we threw a lot of crosses in. Keep Fraser fit and he can supply a good number and then we now have threat from set pieces with Trippier. not the worst option to have. also buys us a few weeks until we get PEA on loan after ACON