Chris_R

The way I look at the tackle is this... If my foot was coming down onto someone who I cared about and I didn't want that to happen, I'd find another way to land. He had options and chose not to take them.

Delighted to see him playing again. Thought he was fantastic first season with us and it's been a real shame that he's had such a bad time of it since. Obviously Hall looks to have the position nailed down as first choice but as is always said we need 2 good players in each position.

How would that even explain why the process took a long time? If they were investigating public executions, well they happened. So why then approve the takeover? What did the 2 year investigation uncover that changed anyone's mind on the matter? I know they're just mouthing off, but the argument doesn't even stand up to the most basic scrutiny.

True but I honestly don't fear then anymore. The boogeyman status they had has gone. Of course they could beat us, any team can, but I'm no longer thinking it's an automatic defeat like I did for the last 30 years. The spell is broken.

Sorry but do pro footballers still share hotel rooms? I earn in a year what most of these earn in a week and when I go away with work (lots) I get my own fucking room. And if I earned what they earn and was told the club could only pay for one room between 2, I'd just pay for my own room.

Not sure anyone mocks the mackems for having empty seats. We mock them for the club blatantly lying about attendances, about the mackems patting themselves on the back for the "attendances", and the fact that as a fanbase they so blind with rage about us they spend vast energies coming up with excuses as to why they aren't selling out all the time. If the club just announced 25k like is probably in the ground most weeks and owned that number collectively as a fanbase, then fair enough. Nothing to mock.

We finished 4th and then 7th They finished 4th and are currently 6th Yeah, night and day between the 2.

The 1v1 yesterday I actually think is forgiveable, I think he expected the keeper to go down and he was going to lift it over him. Keeper stood up though and made him look silly. It's like when a striker hits a penalty down the middle. Statistically it's the best penalty with the greatest chance of going in, but if the keeper doesn't move you look like a right bellend when he just catches it.

We need to register 4 academy produced players and another 4 UK-grown players in our 25 man squad. If you reckon we're OK for that without Longstaff then fair enough, but there's good value in just being academy-produced. (Miley won't count towards any of that as he's U21 and won't take up a squad place) So despite how much it'll make people's heads explode on here, I reckon the club will try hard to keep Longstaff.

So Oba was right, he was equally good with both feet.

Burn is a fantastic central defender Burn has severe limitations as a fullback Both of these things can be true

Think that's even better than the first. Fabulous hit.

Steven? If so, wasn't it always?

I once spent a very enjoyable 20 minutes watching him try to parallel park his sports car outside a nightclub in Newcastle. Have no reason to think he was drunk, but it was quite the attempt!