LionOfGosforth

Most of Eddie's frustrating tendencies came to the fore today unfortunately. Pretty shit first half, could have been 2 or 3 down, bailed out by a nice goal on the stroke of half time. Change it then surely since it wasn't working? Nope, got to wait. Murphy got nearly 70 minutes, not sure why. I do like him, great lad but so limited. Not that the replacements were great, Barnes was awful, but still a bit aggravating when you need the win and he's providing nowt. Pope fit enough to be on the bench. Play him man. Too much loyalty to an average keeper. Think we'd have 6th nailed if we'd been a bit less charitable at home. Left quite a few points on the table between Liverpool, Everton, Brighton, Luton, Forest. On the flip side, some brilliant wins against Spurs, Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Villa, Palace (that one feels like years ago). All told, today was just frustrating, rather than shit. Players were off it most of the game. It's been a pretty remarkable season given the circumstances whether we finish 6th, 7th whatever and I love this bloke. Excited for next season, Europe or not.

Not a bad time to score As mentioned, left side working well, but the rest could use a bit of tinkering. Love Gordon like and great to see Hall getting a bit of trust now

Big club bias has always been there, still remember when Phil Jones moved from Blackburn to Man Utd and literally was immediately in the England squad. Never got a sniff while at Blackburn iirc, in straight away as soon as he moved.

All fair points, the Mings injury week 1 was a nasty one and forgot all about Buendia too.

Brilliant season for you mate and a well-deserved top 4 finish. But if you're this paggered, next season will be brutal. I'm sure lessons will be learned from your season, our season and others' and it will be interesting to see how you cope.

Worked from home since 2008, love it, miles more productive and would never want to go back to commuting, traffic, parking hassles and lost productivity all while getting aggravated and spending more. What a load of shite

Great goal for 2-2 but absolutely useless defending

Also, fuck Roma and their medieval fans

Leverkusen level with just about the last kick, amazing man

I know Wirtz was being annoying there but how are 4 Roma players allowed to wander over and just shove him without yellows?

At least let it get to the point where it's confirmed and give him 5 minutes in the job first

Villa getting utterly trounced is oddly amusing, they're truly staggering over the line. They'll get 4th but not sure they'll win another game the rate they're going

Roma trying their level best to get it chalked off after Smalling fouls his own keeper, you have to hand it to them in the snide stakes

The most undeserved 0-2 scoreline game i've probably ever seen, Leverkusen should have scored 3 or 4

Roma pen ffs

Leverkusen all over Roma, just can't score

Roma are whiny snidey bitches and I hope Leverkusen stomp all over them

Disagree completely with number 4, just in the past 4-5 games, he's shown massive tactical adaptability imo. I think number 1 is part of his learning curve, number 2 very difficult to achieve in the midst of an apocalyptic injury crisis. Number 3, possibly yes, but only if you've been a coach and right in front of your players discussing their playing time can we know what that's like. He even hinted at it in the Overlap interview.

The lad with the un-pronouncable name at Napoli was a brilliant dribbler last year, not sure what happened to them this year

Wish Tyldesley would fuck off like.

Nope. I'm talking about a handful of posters who, when we're losing, not playing particularly well, they fill the match thread and this one with reactionary nonsense. When we're winning, playing well, they are absolute ghosts. Have no time for that whatsoever.

Respectable? Mate, it would be a stellar finish, not even up for debate.

Who are you even responding to? All anyone actually said was, have a bit of perspective and balance. When things go shit, go ahead, fill yer boots, it's a footy forum after all. When things go well, stick around and actually acknowledge it, instead of disappearing because the agenda isn't being filled. This is for the 6-8 posters who do this crap on a regular basis.

The saves Neuer has made, then he goes and does that.

fucks sake, 10 year olds pointing at the badge, music playing...hate these twats