Lush Vlad

You only have to look back as far as this season to see a worse red card decision. If it is club specific. Then it's the Schar red card. Especially if I read it right that the appeals panel is made up of ex-pros? All this talk about malice, intent, endangering an opponent,, excessive force etc. Which one is worse out of the Lewis-Skelly challenge and the Schar one? One is a blatant trip with the ball nowhere near and he has ended up studding him in the leg and down onto his ankle/achilles. The other is a fairly common 'U WOT M8?!' face to face that you get in football every other week. Stupid from Schar to get involved, but even so. Schar's didn't get rescinded. But I'm assuming this one will be. Due to all the hyperbole around it online and all the usual talking heads coming out with outrageous shite like 'it's the worst decision in the Premier League's history' or words to that effect. Fuck me Shearer is a dullard as a pundit.

You been to Spurs? I wouldn't say the quantity, quality or locality (is that even a word) of the pubs is even comparable. It's a right shithole.

Any rumours? No? Just more spreadsheet wankery. Every fucking thread, I swear.

I was waiting for the drop. But it never came. Paul Johnson will be turning in his grave

Nah. I can’t see it. Can’t remember him ever playing there under Howe. He looked bad at RCM the few times he’s played there, from memory. Only the left centre mid or that shared, hybrid sort of LCM/LW role with Big Joe really seems to suit him. I would say the Big Joe/Little Joe left side would be more likely again. Although Gordon does seem to pout when he plays right wing. That left side was crucial at times in our 4th placed season and I still think it could be used to great effect in certain games. One of those social media statto types calls it something like “where opposition right hand sides go to die” As of right now. I think Joelinton is next man up for that side and then Gordon. Although Howe seems reluctant to play him there and I get the impression Gordon doesn’t want to play there, either.

It’s brutal. I’m sure it was quite exciting at times when we were down there and we were given a run for our money in a lot of games. This season it seems like a load of teams that would usually be in and around the play-offs. With no standouts to really push clear and assert themselves as the best. Every time I catch a game it’s proper dirge and awful quality. Maybe the gap is just getting bigger every year and it’s becoming more noticeable. Fuck knows.

Maybe if Kelly goes, as well. If not, then I think a last minute loan with an obligation to buy is the best we can hope for

Just to follow on from this and the wider point @Heron was making. I am in no way saying he is as bad as Ashley. I don’t even think they would say that if they looked into it in any detail at all. I’m not saying it is a subject I am really well versed in. I just have a lot of Spurs supporting mates. When you see their revenues, how well supported they are, their ticket prices, money that was brought in from player sales, the wages they pay/don’t pay etc. Their owner clearly lacks ambition and drive to try and get Spurs to push onto that next level. Despite having the ability to do so. So yes. In a shiny new stadium and with a lot more money. I do think there are some similarities to how Ashley ran NUFC. Albeit their version is diamond encrusted and in a platinum coated stadium. I think this all pre-dates said new stadium and the debt on that, however. Ask @leffe186 I’m sure he’ll be able to give a much more insightful opinion.

I’m not going to slate him. He never phoned it in and always tried hard. Didn’t have the talent of so many of our previous so called superstars who then flopped here. But twice the workrate and the right attitude. But I’m not going to sugarcoat it, either. His numbers for a wide forward/winger are absolutely atrocious. Bar that half a season and the odd game. I can’t say I’ve particularly enjoyed watching him. Also, it’s not his fault. But like quite a few of our players. Such as Wilson, Ritchie and even Dummett to a lesser extent. He has stayed here too long and the recency bias of how bad and past it he now looks hasn’t helped the situation.

Hopefully he carries on with those, slow, clipped, sort of crosses to nobody all game. Like he did tonight.

Game on the line. Let’s work the ball to Calvin Bassey so he can punt it into the box. He’s great with his passing

I know it got chalked off. But he has an incredible knack of looking crap all game. But scoring important goals.

Not a chance Fulham can be this bad next weekend. But I hope for our sake they are.

They’re so back. They’ve gone back to Ten Hag ball. Play utter shit for most the game. But still get something from it when it’s undeserved.

Pat Butcher bags a spawny goal.

The Fishmonger.

Holjund with another great showing. Which just highlights how he’s going to match. No, exceed Isak’s level.

The same bloke who last week. Was loving it that the ref was letting things (shithouse fouls stopping attacks) go with no yellows. Then had the cheek to basically blame the ref for losing control at the end of the first half. Because…. Wait for it….. He wasn’t giving out yellows earlier in the game

I think it is because they have so much headroom with PSR, could buy loads of players and pay better wages and he chooses not to. Loads of Spurs mates and they’ve said for a good while he is like a richer version of Ashley. Isn’t their wages to turnover ratio like 46% or something mental like that this season? EDIT: Levy out isn’t new. They’ve disliked/hated him for quite some time and always rears it’s head before Levy then sacks another manager. Before maybe spending a few quid to quiet the fans down

I think it will fall back to how long can he keep getting juice out of Murphy (pun intended) and having Burn playing out of his skin. Schar is slowing a bit. But again, he has gone up a level under Howe. Along with other fringe players like Krafth who come in and never seem to let him down. It just doesn’t feel sustainable and moving forward. Players like Burn, Schar and Murphy will be better as rotation options. With higher quality and younger players coming in. I’m not even trying to diminish their efforts. They’ve been amazing for a lot of the time since Howe arrived. But I just think that is the reality of it.

Martinez with a tribute to Cantona for that Smith-Rowe chance.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1402650770701736/?mibextid=wwXIfr @Disco Danish frozen meal nonce.

West Ham need to stop fucking about and stick another one in the onion bag here.

Wan Bissaka seems to have gotten a lot better on the ball this season. Seems like he is trusted as an outlet in this team. Still some questionable stuff in the final third, of course.

Is that the “ooooh ooooh oh. We support Palace. Ooooh oooh oooh. We support Palace” one? Sounds like that, anyway. Sounds fucking wank, whatever it is.