LionOfGosforth

Their fear disguised as confusion about, and hatred towards, our relative success, is kind of the funniest and most satisfying thing i've seen. They even manage to mention shithousing in that thread, almost like they've been force-fed a narrative that only we do it

Another win, another clean sheet. Wasteful in front of goal at times, yes, indebted to Pope as well. Should have scored more, but we're close now. Got to enjoy these times, this is a great era we're entering

Sleek, beautiful man.

We've got one foot in the final, find some happiness in that man

Lives (or used to live) down the street from me fatha, he was lacing up his Martens just now

Once a stupid scruffy mackem cunt...

Thank fuck, like an insane asylum in here.

Probably time to turn it off mate

I suspect the furore is more to do with taking the amount we'd be spending on Gordon (sounds like potentially anywhere from 25-40m) away from the perceived needs for RB cover and a quality creative CM, rather than the actual amount. That said, nobody knows our exact finances with respect to ffp and what we truly have in the pot to spend this month etc

He sounds a bit like Andy Townsend at first

But but I thought we missed the boat on Gerrard and Lampard when we appointed Howe?

Still find it incredibly weird Gordon didn't play a single minute at West Ham. I mean Everton barely threatened at all in the entire game, why wouldn't they use one of their better attacking players unless fat Frank was told not to use him in a game he desperately needed to get something from. I mean he brought on Tom Davies at half time instead

Well, hopefully just some soreness and it'll settle down. Our midfield doesn't do well without him in it.

Good post. Easy to forget in the heat of the moment, like yesterday getting a bit frustrated at an away 0-0, that a year ago, we had one foot in the championship. The progress has been stunning and caught pretty much everyone by surprise. Patience is the hardest thing to have as a fan but we'll get there.

I mean Arsenal are inarguably the best team in the league. To have us within 11pts of them this season, with the squad we have, EH is a magician man.

No but we're the only ones that people complain about. Hypocrisy.

The utter hypocrisy around this facet of the game at this level is hilarious

De Gea

Will we have to hear about rat boy's shithousing all week? Tend to doubt it

Like the fucking alamo

Schteve with invaluable tactical input there, nodding and chewing

Enjoyed every minute of this, absolutely brilliant game. So nice to give a shit but also be able to relax and enjoy another game.

Just saw his save. Dear me, almost superhuman reflexes, one of the best saves i've ever seen. That goes in, we lose, we weren't scoring yesterday. Worth his weight in gold this bloke, up there with our best signings.

Leaving Arteta's annoying antics aside, this is a high class game however it turns out. Nice to care again and enjoy watching other teams, didn't bother for years.