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It was a well-timed laugh in his face

Again clever by Grealish and Maddison. There might be something there.

Nice little test this. Need to find a way to beat the press. Henderson is not the answer. Grealish and Maddison might be starting to find a way to play together after standing on each other’s toes a bit. Watkins looks a bit overawed tbh.

Oof what a goal that would have been.

Maddison been given a lot of license it seems.

Just started watching, how’s it been?

Maldives drew 1-1 with Bangladesh in World Cup qualifiers. Quite a discrepancy in population between those two.

Hate to dredge this up again, but this is such a great quote from - well you all know where - so here’s the current state of play: ”I think the silence means that there is maybe contemplation on what legal avenues are available and what financial recourse there may be should we, for instance, miss out on something significant by a point or three. For instance, we all know CL qualification is highly lucrative, and missing out on that revenue will impact us on many levels - from transfer budgets to sponsorship dollars. This will be quantified and I believe it will then be communicated to the PGMOL, and then left for them to decide how they think to best proceed. They might then revise their hard stance on the result and the idea of a replay. Or the club may lay bait, and only use it if and when we do miss out on something lucrative. We are still able to win the league or qualify for CL from here, in fact we are in a very good position to do just that. It would be even more damning for the PGMOL I think, if Spurs are the ones to qualify at our expense. Think there’s just lots of lawyering happening, but behind the scenes within minimum disruption to our team.”

Came on to post both of these. All that bother over a carvery too.

Welcome to West Ham.

There was a ton of laughter in the pub when that happened

David Tabby.

Fuck me lads. Enjoy your drinking while you can. I’ve had three pints of London Pride on an empty stomach and I’m flying. Youth is wasted on the young.

We’re in transition. The manager didn’t even get a full pre-season. We’re good, but I cannot wait until he gets his guys in and a good year or two. The fact that we’re where we are is kinda amazing. Lucky schedule, but we’ve earned it. Also this postpones the “Spursy” bullshit for another couple of weeks.

Mine does.

My favourite part was when he was coming on and they were discussing how good it was to bring a bit of class on…then he was absolutely shite.

Did you watch the first 25 mins?

Yeah, good decision. First one wasn’t the best, but c’est la vie. Only thing is, I’d really like to know how many other players have been booked for diving this season. Because fuck me, it doesn’t feel like anywhere near as many as it should be.

Also just occurred to me how intertwined sporting integrity and albuterol inhalers are.

Just feels like South Shields v Blyth would be a better atmosphere? Bigger crowd I presume.

Yeah, Morpeth v Whitby is on Boxing Day. Could be a good choice too.

Becoming a cliché, but I did love Ange’s response to Klopp about VAR etc. He’s not a fan of VAR himself, but among other things he said this: “I mean referees, the measure of who was a good referee was the ones you never noticed, and we’re trying to make them the stars of the show. We’re analysing in slow motion yellow cards. We as players and coaches, we’re the worst culprits for it because we talk about integrity and all these things, but watch a game of football tonight, any game, the first throw in I bet you both teams appeal for it. With one knowing it’s not theirs, and if you get it, you don’t go ‘oh, it wasn’t ours, it’s theirs. Give it to them’.”

Yeah considering that. It’s been decades since I went to Shielfield. Just checked - away to Gala Fairydean on Boxing Day which could genuinely be an option. Away to Bo’ness on the 23rd and I’m not sure my friends are ready for a place like Bo’ness yet. Or ever.

Was gonna say, what a miss that is.

Funny old game. West Brom looked like they were strolling it, then that bonkers penalty decision, now they look a bit of a mess.