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Just seen the scores. Think I'm gonna be sick. Genuinely breaks my heart. Love that competition but it's very quickly gonna be absolutely knackered due to the format changes. Pray that it's a one-off but why would it be? No great pleasure in seeing Forest lose either. Would like to see both us and them disrupting the cartel.

Ah so you're anti-Djurgarden?

@Nobody @Ikon Assume Djurgarden don't stand even the most remote chance of getting past Chelsea in this semi? Is there much buzz about it in Sweden? Pretty amazing achievement for them given their European record mostly consists of qualifying rounds and play-offs.

Yep, it's a blow. He always makes such a difference when he's in the side, made worse these days cos Willock isn't very good. Pointless wasting energy wanting Miley in the team so we'll just have to hope Willock plays himself into some form.

I don't really mind the Saudis buying players from other PL teams. Totally undermines any virtue-signalling thrown our way by dickhead fans of other clubs. Also makes any success we have all the more sweeter if our rivals are benefiting from Saudi coin too.

What's that gonna solve.

Pathetic, powderpuff goalkeeping, like. Saved from the embarrassment of one of the worst howlers you're ever likely to see by a keeper. If the ref gave the goal there isn't a chance in hell the VAR is overturning it.

Feel for Targett; yeah, wages, blah blah... most honest pros like him want their career in football to include playing football and that's not been possible for him for seemingly years at this point. It'll be a bit shit spending your best years just trying to recover from one injury to the next, especially without any realistic prospect of getting into the team at the end of it.

Got a lot of time for Welbeck. For such a classy finisher it's mad how few goals he's got over the years, relative to appearances. This is his best season since 2013/14; fair play to him tbh.

Time 1: we couldn't finish our breakfast Time 2: VAR offside noncery

Saw a lass with the pink goalie shirt and Odysseas on the back yesterday. Banter choice. I got a large sponsorless one from last season off Vinted the other day. The fit is generally fine but it's so long, like wearing a dress.

Elbows him full blast in the temple and VAR's like "nah that's fine." That's exactly the sort of shit it should be picking up on, if anything. Stuff the ref might not realistically spot, rather than re-refereeing incidents than the on-pitch guy has already made a call on...

Aye Frankie was pure energy. Also that headband is iconic now.

We're better than them; it doesn't get to me. 4-4 on agg this season but we're better.

I know the established view is to hate Villa but I really can't be fucked with Parish, Pardew, Bright et al. Spiv fucks. Villa-Forest would've been a final for the ages. Hopefully Man City make it uninteresting.

Enjoyed that. Main thoughts are that: it was a decent performance, no one really stood out either positively or negatively, I love a Dan Burn goal, and the Ipswich fans were absolutely brilliant. First half was clumsy pre-red but we should've been 1-0 up thanks to whoever scored the farcical disallowed goal (Bruno/O.G.) That chalking-off basically postponed the training exercise. Was looking forward to seeing Delap and refining my view on whether not we should sign him... he's definitely got something; direct and physical. Not convinced but if the link is true then I back the call. Oh, and Miley is our fourth best CM. Play him, not Willock.

Sorry, score correction for game 2. RedsBlues won. Blame one of the mods. @54 probably.

Great occasion as always, lads! No idea on scorers this time but our joint MotMs were @Robster for an impeccable press-resistant display from the backline in both games, and @Funtime Frankie with the relentless stamina at full-back. Played everyone and looking forward to the Lockwood Cup in the Autumn.

Can remember the last time we played this fixture; scored in under a minute after every player had touched the ball. Felt like we were gonna saunter to the league title at that point. Something similarly routine would do very nicely today!

He got Chris Wood, that was it Isak too.

What a fucking legend.

Saka an absolutely unreal shout for triple captain.

I can never get my head around this view... "VAR is shit but I don't mind the bit where it's a total fun sponge."

Can't believe he's still on the books. Feels like a lifetime ago that he was kicking a ball about for NUFC. If he's doing alright at Pompey it would be good if we could just cancel his contract and finally let him go.