Lush Vlad

Remember sunlun ‘till half time in the 5-1. Today was sunlun ‘til full time. Then they got annoyed at having to play extra time

Have I fuck I used to watch all sorts of football across Europe and play FM, watch loads of compilation videos etc. Barely even watch La Liga now. Germany is hard to get a handle on as attackers coming from that league always seem like a mixed bag. Dutch League the same. I’m like a modern day Merson now. All I could give you is someone like Mbuemo. EDIT - that said. I really like having a right footer on that side and it’s clear that Isak does too.

For that right wing role. I’d love for it to be a player that is comfortable playing striker and all. Would mean you could get a big name player, who would still get minutes a lot of the time and could cover for Isak when required. It’s like when everyone said Spurs needed a decent back up for Kane. But who wants to go there and sit on the bench every week behind a world class striker? Worked well with Son as a back up who started as a wide forward. So yeah. A prime Son type for the right hand side please

Based on fuck all. But I get the impression Maresca doesn’t suffer fools and is quite strict with everything. From the Pep coaching tree, so it would make sense. He didn’t take any prisoners when he came in and was quite brutal and ruthless with decisions and what he was saying in the press.

Brentford really don’t like cups, do they? Looks like they rotated most their team again? Not like they have Europe or they’re in any danger of getting relegated.

Peak season for Juke production mate. We’ve got a huge Nissan site needing every employee making Jukes mate. I think?

Aye. I’m distraught that they’ve signed Pepé Le Pew on loan.

Again. Luck is probably the wrong word. But I do think despite agreeing with basically everything you have said. Variance plays a massive part in such a low scoring sport and I do think the timing to play some of these games have worked massively in our favour. Of course you still have to go out and perform. We have of course built a bit of a juggernaut game to game and confidence must be through the roof because of it.

All of which I’ve referenced? I said luck was perhaps the wrong word. More timing and game state. We played a lot of those teams at ideal times. My main point was more that I keep seeing a very basic analysis like: ‘Dubravka has made us play loads better.’ ‘No. Tonali has made us better defensively.’ When there have actually been shit loads of factors to consider and it can’t be attributed to something so basic as that.

Not sure how anyone can pinpoint any one thing for this run we’ve been on. So many factors to consider. Dubs, Tonali, Bruno moving further forward, Isak getting more involved and bagging every 5 minutes, Murphy getting a goal or assist every game, Hall’s ascension and getting better every week. The way we manage the intensity and go hard early. Which has actually yielded results with early goals. We’re a different beast when in front. We weren’t managing the early goals earlier in the season. There is a while load variance involved here and hard to put it down to one player or adjustment. Game state has meant we’ve had a lead to defend and the setup suits us well. Botman coming back in has really helped the last two games when having to sit in. Also, not to diminish it. As it has been a great run and we’ve played brilliantly for the most part. Howe deserves great credit for the turnaround, along with the players. But we have to address some of the luck we have had in this run. Maybe not the right word. But we were due some after last season, anyway. It was a good time to play a lot of the teams and the fact we managed to get early’ish goals and/or the lead most the while has helped us to get back to our best: Leicester - looked like they’d never seen us play before with how they setup. Missing their starting midfield. We finally got a goal within 30 minutes. Created shit loads. Brentford - rotated the team for some reason. Early goal, second before half time. A properly professional performance. Ipswich - missing their best player in Delap and their back up striker. Played without a striker and we scored after 30 seconds. Again, their setup was suicidal against us. Villa - scored early doors again. They were coming back into it a bit before Duran’s meltdown. Played against 10 for an hour. Man U - two lads playing midfield who look like they’ve got arthritis and they were/are on a terrible run. Hit them early (there’s a theme here) and got the early goals again. Managed it well enough second half and sat off. Perhaps a bit too much and too early. Spurs - they had plenty missing and a makeshift back 4. Going through a shitty run like Man U are. Conceded first for a change. But again, we were so strong early and then just sat in. Lost control a bit. But still a solid defensive performance. Arsenal - rode our luck to a point. Again, we went hard early, got a lead and then at 2-0. Just went into full defensive mode. Let off the hook more than other games, I think. But also a bit of a defensive masterclass from crosses and set pieces.

Lock this shite now.

Fair enough. These things always have a lot of subjectivity to them and are people’s opinions more than just purely stats. Not necessarily a right or wrong way. I just find the notion that anyone could leave out the club and Premier League’s top scorer from an all time PL XI a bit mental.

Thanks. So that’s why we didn’t do it then. There is a PSR impact and we might even get a small percentage towards his wages from a Championship club.

And yet he still managed to score a shit load more goals and also successfully change his style of play.

Ings snatched at two half decent chances near the end there.

I know Bruno dives and Gordon is also a bit of a cheat. But Paqueta is a step up from both of them. Diving shithouse.

West Ham have fucked this right up. Villa not in the game until about an hour gone.

Mad he gave the corner. Was blatant in real time Onana had just shanked it wide. The ball never changed direction or anything.

Shearer being omitted from a prem XI is more ridiculous IMO. But I only saw Beardsley towards the end and not fully in his prime. His numbers are ridiculous, mind.

Roy Keane looks like he lives in a home with that cardigan on. The grumpy old man schtick not helping matters. Ian Wright wearing his novelty Austin Powers geps.

Makes some worldy saves and is a great shot stopper. He looks tiny though and is another who isn’t great on crosses/set pieces.

I thought I wasn’t imagining it. The Other 14 used to always have him low down on expected xG against and remember some clangers on highlights off the top of my head.

Whilst Flekken has faced shit loads of shots this season. Is he a good keeper? Thought he’s always looked like a clown show for the most part. Not seen much of him this season.

What’s the issue? Perfectly understandable to leave the Premier League’s top scorer and arguably NUFC’s greatest player in modern (ish) history out of an all time PREMIER LEAGUE XI

Get your point, as well. But when did that ‘flowers’ saying start becoming common? Only heard social media football ‘experts’ like that Chelsea twat Rory use it. Now I see it all the while. Annoys me far more than it should. As you can probably tell