Dr Venkman

14. You absolute fannies.

Everyone shitting themselves about different teams I think we’ll do it, have done for a while. I hope it helps a few get over the permanent fear of failure.

Erm, he’s a journalist

Whoever mentioned Spurs being terrible playing out from the back but insisting on doing it a few pages back made a good point IMO. I watched them at Everton recently and they were comically bad at it but persisted. If they try it at SJP we’ll swarm them and the game will be over by HT.

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I watched them away at Everton and I haven’t heard anything to suggest they’ve improved since. Based on that performance I think we’ll eat them alive. They’re incapable of playing it out from the back but insist on trying over and over again.

Oh shit, good luck, that’s hard work.

@Bimpy474’s quiet

And we’ve seen more than our fair share of those managers at NUFC over the years, we can see them.

They’re the professors with outstanding research output but no ability to teach of football management?

I fucking hate Lampard, man, I’m not even sure why really

Nailed it. Had this conversation with a Liverpool fan about Gerrard/Howe when Gerrard went to Villa. The likes of Gerrard/Lampard have already ‘made it’ as far as they’re concerned. The stakes are so much lower for them. They’re already millionaires and can’t be fucked. They’re managing because they think they should based on their high opinions of themselves, not because they’ve shown any aptitude for it.

My 7 year old son pulled off a more convincing cruyff turn in a similar part of the pitch yesterday

Agreed, and it’s not like his overall performance has dropped off massively, he just looks consistently unsure now in that part of his game. I do think he’s a target for an upgrade for a team playing in the CL though. Has to be counter-balanced with the need to upgrade elsewhere though and too much change too quick won’t go well.

Agreed. Me and my little lad sit there when we go. Pretty sure it’s @TheGuv and his mates keeping on top of it?

In the same way that I wasn’t surprised when Dubravka was upgraded, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pope was upgraded this Summer, although to a lesser degree I suppose. It’s less of a priority but he has looked very nervous since Liverpool. Hopefully he shakes it off over the Summer and resets.

I’m sure he’s an insufferable wanker, but it takes all sorts.

I was making this point half way through the season FWIW.

I wasn’t referring to you.

Agree with this. Anyone spinning this as a criticism of Howe is a DC, though. We’ll come back stronger.

righto. It's been fun.

You've made an assumption there, that my opinion won't 'waver'. I change my mind when the evidence changes. Not having an open mind is another hallmark of the hard of thinking.

It’s not though. It’s ‘about’ effective analysis and ineffective analysis. ‘It’s all about opinions’ is the hallmark of someone with shit opinions. You don’t like him, fine. That’s a feeling, based on who knows what. You’re trying to dress it up as analysis.

Shorts low, rod out.