Pilko

Oh good, another cunt in red who's forgotten his whistle.

It's the sort of signing that if we weren't smothered by FFP I'd be alright with - feels like there's a player in there and he just needs to kickstart his career somewhere he can get some consistent starts. Given that we've hardly any room to manoeuvre in the market financially, the "English premium" you end up paying and his injury record - it feels like far too much of a risk.

get ready for the Matty R Masterclass fellas.

If the one on Dubravka away at Wolves that allowed Boly to score a few years ago was apparently legit and not a foul, there's not a chance in hell Adebayo's was earlier. Trafford was just weak and jumped too late.

I'm sorry MrRaspberryJam but that just sounds like management speak. You hate that.

I see Dr. Eddie is at it again - "not serious" the the other day

Bob Johnson and his skitey bits in tow.

Oh look, Klopp is giving the fourth official loads of abuse. There's a fresh take.

Fulham lead Liverpool, fuck up by van Dijk and Willian scores Ha de ha ha ha

And again

Wonder if Ally Mick Beale has been watching Wigan and Boro give big spending PL teams a right good game? You'd be sick as a pig the way his timid side surrendered without laying a glove and then seeing a League 1 team under transfer embargo and a fellow Championship side with 14 players out injured give it a right good go and competing.

1-0 Smogs, decent goal. I'm confused though... How can a Championship side from the NE even think of competing with a team that spent £400m+ on the side it has out?

Cole Palmer

That's why the mackems had silver bags to hold up on Saturday gone - Boro must have bought all the white ones before they did!

Wigan had more touches in Man U's box in 8 and a half minutes than they managed in 90+ versus us.

Be absolutely hilarious if Wigan could win this, not only as Man U would be dumped out but also as it would show the mackems up so badly - a potless League 1 club under a transfer embargo beating the biggest spenders in England, completely shattering their "but oil money" narrative.

Love that aspect of great goals. One that sticks in my head is a bloke in a bright green coat on his feet celebrating pretty much as soon as Cabaye's free kick v Man U goes over the wall, miles before anyone else.

I'm happy enough with the tie, we avoided the top half PL sides and Fulham away is definitely a very winnable game, if not an "easy" one.

Fulham away, take that tbf. Last ball out

Wait til he draws us away to City.

I thought that, he always looked like he was seconds from attacking Bruce with an icepick at any given moment.

There were cheers from the public gallery and Mr Diamond looked visibly relieved when the verdict was announced. 49,000 there for the trial apparently, with another 10,000 listening to the verdict on the radio in the Nissan plant.

He's not had as good a season as last season so far but I wouldn't be selling him. We should probably look to upgrade him when we can but he's a really valuable option, fills homegrown quota, and when he's on form the whole team tends to look better for it. Nobody is going to pay anything worth selling him for, he'll stay long term imo.

They'll finish top half under him.

Would take anything that's not against a top half PL team tbh, home or away. We're massively due a low key draw.