Vinny Green Balls

Up in Smoke is a national treasure.

Doesn't quite work that way though if it's being used properly. Not necessarily 50/50, because the onus is on VAR for finding something definitive to overrule the on field call. Two of them were pretty much ruled out on inspection, and the last was inconclusive. It's pretty clear that VAR got it right. In fact, this should be for the textbooks.

a draw isn't the end of the world for you.

you've got the legendary father sitting about, and you choose the daughter who starred in that blackface film with C Thomas Howell?

Absolutely top mentality, this guy.

Another player who was brutally Howe'd

Pretty mixed tbh

Howe can’t win

Think we can now comfortably say that he has been the best striker we've had since Shearer.

I hope this was said with irony.

As I said before, who could really argue against him being one of the best center backs in the league right now?

I'd say that there is a somewhat fair chance that we get near 70 again, which would be a brilliant season of consolidation imo.

I am not making it up at all, dude. I remember one or two even criticizing you for beating the point into the ground , but you and I both share that tendency of belaboring a point. I can at least admit it though. Look, man. I have absolutely nothing against you, but You really do appear to be a doom merchant. Given that I am clearly not the only one who says that, maybe it’s worth considering that there could be some truth in it.

Go back and look for yourself. That is probably the majority of what you talked about for over a month. And I think the going backwards theme came up quite a bit then as well. You really do appear to have selective amnesia, man.

No worries. He’ll disappear when we go on another winning run.

That is more of the question I have. Targett looked quite good against Dortmund.

When we peddled him off to Forest last season. I sort of agreed with you in the beginning but you went on about it religiously for nearly two months. How often do you get amnesia?

when things aren't going perfectly, it really does appear that you wake from the dead, man. Yet you claim that most of your posts of the last two years were positive. This is your Shelvey moment of this season, isn't it?

Once again, complain about that if it happens down the road. Right now it's a what if, and all things considered, we have started pretty well in both the league and the cups.

17 points isn't a bad start at all given the teams we have already played. If we totally peter out due to overloading players, then have at it. But once again, I feel that people are not exactly seeing the wood for the trees.

I think you worded that wrong. Tonali hasn't started every game from the start, but I get what you mean. Before that, our defense was so shit that he probably had no choice but to play Targett, Burn, and Trippier immediately. But I clearly remember people complaining about Botman not playing at the beginning of last season. Keep in mind that these are also young guys, and lacking in experience.

I think it's also about him feeling comfortable with them playing in a very specific system. I don't always agree with this approach, but it probably takes a bit of time for him to trust people to stay within the system. If he plays the same lineup on Wednesday, then by all means complain.

hasn't he generally been slow with bedding in players? Will we get this same question every time we get a new player?

If we get 70 points, we've had another fine season, regardless of where we finish. Well played to those who finish higher then.