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I saw Watkins was now your second highest scorer in the Premier League behind Gabby, and was surprised that you had only three above 50 goals. Then I saw Newcastle only have one - Alan Shearer - since Cole left after two years in the Prem. Is this true? Seems a bit mental.

That was what I thought he meant at first which is why I was going to reply, then thought maybe he did really mean what he said but figured I’d make the point anyway

We pissed all over them at ours and they somehow came away with three points, then we pissed all over them at theirs and did them 4-0. They’re good, but much in the same way you are built to exploit our weaknesses we seem to exploit theirs. Just hope we have Solanke fit at Villa Park.

Got into a bit of a scrap with a guy nicking stuff in Moorgate the other day (just inside the City of London, in between Liverpool St, Bank and the Barbican). His parting shot was something suggesting I should fuck off back to where I came from, and I genuinely enjoyed pointing out to him where my Grandad came from down the road, and taking the one tiny bit of self-righteousness he could cling to.

You Mackems are all the same...

Can't speak for the rest of the match but the little bit at the end I saw there could have easily been five or six cards just for people time wasting and being twats.

They're not Cockneys - they're West London and Surrey. Yer Cockneys are West Ham, Millwall, and a bit of Spurs. Arsenal are less Cockney - I believe the technical term is a "shower of cunts". Edit: Sorry, forgot the mighty O's, although like Spurs they're maybe a touch too far north. Both Spurs and Orient bleed into Clapton and a bit lower though which is close enough.

Was there another incident?

Everton are never getting relegated, are they?

Time for a reminder that it looks like Chelsea got Hazard in the first place because of under-the-counter payments from Abramovich through another one of his companies to get around FFP.

Was genuinely a bit confused about that but I forgot about Longstaff.

Fucking bang.

Surely we’re going to score in a minute

Would be nice to see a goal from one of these.

Oh right, that makes more sense.

I say again, good practice against the low block. If you’ve come here looking for a great match I don’t know what to tell you.

Good practice against the low block tbh.

Didn’t realize Gomes was three feet tall.

I think we got the most amount of money we could have from selling him. Would still have liked to see him stay to see what would have happened tbh but que sera sera. He’s an incredibly clever player who throughout his career has got the absolute maximum out of his talent and body. I just wonder if he can do that effectively any more for England, or for a team that isn’t built to his needs. For the Rice goal he makes a lovely little move to be in exactly the right place for the Gordon pass/cross, then is just a hair slow on execution. Earlier on he was in exactly the right place for that early cross in (from TAA?) then failed to bury the free header. Sure, it was a way out, but a couple of years ago that’s a goal. You make it work by having fast wide players who can also press (Gordon, Saka) and box-to-box midfielders who can go past him as well (Rice? Jude B). What probably doesn‘t work any more is a #10, as you get 1.5 players for the price of 2. Kane can still do a job for England - I think - but (a) is it more effective than the alternatives and (b) does the fact that he’s so unique in the squad mean that it‘s too difficult to make an in-game change if it’s not working? Wish we had a better alternative tbh. Not sure who’s coming through the youth ranks either.

Have to see how he does this season first tbh. Possibly though.

Everything we said about it pre- and during the Euros was true!

Thank goodness.

Cheers. Did we get enough time to have a look at Angel Gomes?

I lost interest and was cooking dinner. Can somoeone break down the second half for me?

Not going back to book Brady then ref? Or that defender? Thought Szmodics wasn't going to get one there either. Jesus.