Miercoles

Good god I forgot Cieran Clark even existed. Yeah so next summer without: Clark Dummett Ritchie Shortstaff Fraser Shelvey Wood Darlow That's most of a Championship side we'll be free of. Think we'll really see something after that.

Pretty shrewd business to cut the deadwood in January and build in the summer, really. Slightly frustrating as of course I want to win everything, but if we go into the summer looking at our payroll and not seeing Shelvey, Fraser, Darlow, and Wood, that feels pretty good actually.

Would absolutely love to see the player laying down get just absolutely drilled in the face one time

I needed to hear this, why I am pretending to be in fucking accounts payable over here, let's win some fucking games! Worth remembering that one of the first moves post takeover was a new general counsel, I'm sure to stay abreast of all the FFP loopholes available.

Feel like he doesn't pass the "nee dickheads" test? Shithousery, sure, but can't imagine Eddie fancies bringing in a player who skips training.

Yeah I don't get that at all. I was specifically watching out for it last game and I don't think he had a single misplaced pass, had to do some footwork under pressure, and was fine. I think, like you said, it's just a lazy way to hedge your praise.

So we're not going to talk about that scarf?

Andre fucking Mariner

Thought we looked fucking ragged today. Glad there's a full week to recover. First time I've ever seen Almiron looking tired.

Three outstanding saves today, the swerving shot from outside the box, the 1-on-1 kick save, and the snap shot from close range. All three of those were holy-fuck level saves. Then some poor lad stepped up to him and Pope ended his career

What in the fuck am I watching

Hard to argue, with the form we've been in. I wouldn't mind seeing ASM for Longstaff and Joelinton back into the middle, however.

What in the flying fuck is this Spurs kit? I feel like I have a fever or something, an acid flashback to 1992 maybe?

That 0-0 at their place is looking better and better every week.

No but I stopped drinking lol

Had a dream last night that Eddie got sacked for no reason. It was a long and involved stress dream with a lot of weird shit going down, and I wasn't really bothered until that bit. After Eddie got binned I woke up immediately in distress and had to talk myself down

I don't know if 200+ premier league appearances and an FA cup is wasting your career, sounds pretty solid to me.

This is totally valid, but there were also a couple seasons there before ASM where the only real reason to watch the games was that you might see Ayoze do something cool. He didn't score a ton and he could be frustrating, but he also scored some really slick goals and was the only bright spot in a team of absolute cloggers for a while there. I overrate Ayoze's impact for sure, but he'll always be one of my favorites from that era.

Yeah it's a weird one. Same with punching, it's really hard to quantify "power" some guys have it and others just don't, doesn't seem to be tied to physique that much either.

Love Eddie's caginess about fitness. I don't think there's any way he plays at Palace, but now they have to prepare for him and worry about him. It's a shocking bit of professionalism at this old club of ours, like a real team or something!

How is he in all those team of the year lists? Like he's good and all, but he's always always a good bet for a bit of madness, and he's not THAT good to make up for the inconsistency. Totally honest when I say I wouldn't swap him for Pope.

Ahhh man siem de jong, didn't he have a collapsed lung? What the fuck was going on at our club man?

Theo Walcott didn't really pan out as the LeBron of the EPL did he?

Yeah they amortize fees paid and count fees received as lump sums, that's how Chelsea are getting away with their crazy signings at the moment.

I'm sure they look bad in the stats, but from the eye test back then I thought both Thauvin and Marveaux were pretty good. I especially think Thauvin got screwed in his time here.