bowlingcrofty

FFS, kiss of death-a-rama.

http://m.hulldailymail.co.uk/hull-city-fans-angry-over-tickets-for-manchester-united-league-cup-semi-final/story-29984129-detail/story.html Nearly 4K tickets for Man United...

Get a few quid on him going to Derby or Kilmarnock.

Released

I think Rafa's been around long enough to know that if he came out and said "no chance am I leaving" that it usually bites people in the arse

5 of our next 6 are against teams in the bottom half too. Big chance to have it all but sewn up with a third of the season to go.

No home goals in 3 months means nailed on home win

This West Ham clickbait bollocks is in the papers again tomorrow.

If anything tonight again emphasised just how bang average the chasing pack are. Don't think us or Brighton are outstanding by any means but the others are even more inconsistent.

Spurs away in the 1-2 sammy game

The thing is though if people want to do it, no one is getting harmed? It makes me think of the guys who lost there lives when I hear it which isn't a bad thing You see, it's almost impossible to come up with a good answer to this, especially a one which doesn't make me look like a heartless sod, but if you were to ask people clapping why they are doing it I bet they couldn't come up with a good response either. It's just an odd phenomenon. There's nothing technically harmful about it though, you're right. It's just something which really shouldn't be happening anymore. Especially since they wouldn't spend two years commemorating someone they actually knew that died. It's just Grief vampiring. Needs to stop.

Why would that have anything to do with this though?

A bit, but not much rose tinted stuff - look at how many of the KK promotion side went on to help the club finish 3rd in the following season in the PL...how many of the current side would remain automatic fixtures if/when we get promoted...? I reckon we would need at least 5 new players to get anywhere NEAR 3rd in the current PL....yes, the PL has more money in it now, but KK really didn't spend big until the close season of 94/95. As far as I can remember, the only 2 players he signed that were immediate first team fixtures in Summer 93 were Venison and Beardsley and both of them were a comparative pittance, even then. Venison came at the start of the promotion season. Thanks, I wondered about that but seeing as he did just highlights my point even more really...I know KK signed a couple of basically squad players(one from Millwall after Beardsley got injured at Liverpool in pre-season, one from Scotland, Alex Mathie I believe). I knew Beresford was signed before the promotion season but wasn't sure about Venison. Would that we could get away with such limited transfer activity now...! There were no transfer windows back then remember, so we added players through the season. Rob Lee came in reasonably early, we added Andy Cole and Scott Sellars mid-season.

Think we'll go something along the lines of: Darlow Yedlin Lascelles Clark Dummett Colback Shelvey Ritchie Ayoze Gouffran Gayle Main question marks being against Gayle and Ritchie, with Mitro and Atsu potentially in instead.

Diame could barely walk after 120 mins man. No way he starts.

Looks knackered. Wouldn't be surprised if he had a rest at Forest.

Won't play both the strikers (a) because we don't play that formation and (b) we have three games in 6 days

Only a handful of tickets left, will sell out tonight i'd imagine.

We've not let an opposition player score in open play in an away game (if you count headers from corners as a set piece!).

Probably helps that we're in the chanpionship and there's only one man and his dog on camera duty, so much harder to prove.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/newcastle-fans-hit-out-shambles-9322467 Nationals picking up on it now

Rafa'd

You do have the choice. Go to the games, earn the points, then unlock the prizes. Always staggers me why people have an issue with this.

You mean, for example, like the Barnsley game a couple of weeks ago?

No way he'd go to West Ham. After trying Inter, Napoli,. Real Madrid and Chelsea, he's finally found a club for him where he feels like he did at Liverpool. Genuinely think there's very few sides he would leave us for now. Probably a Liverpool return (not likely in the forseeable), a Valencia return and the Spain job would be the big ones.