UncleBingo

This is my take on it as well, the SJP I grew up in is long gone, time to move forward. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join the elite, we'd be mad not to take it.

Tbf, Given appeared to be permanently welded to his line for crosses into the box, and close range headers were definitely a weakness of his. It didn't stop him being an absolutely fantastic keeper for us mind.

Sad news, he can't have been that old either.....loved the Withe/Shoulder big man/small man combination from my first couple of seasons at SJP. The rest of the team was garbage to be fair. RIP.

That and the vast majority of out back-up players arent at the same level. I think that's obvious to most.

Shades of MacDonald's Fulham hammering us in 1982, for the older folk. Fair play, they were tremendous today.

Would definitely take him mind, I think he's going to have a big future. North Shields lad, he's got to be one of ours surely?

It's a penalty all day long under the current laws.

It's been a combination of things for Stan, big players have been missing and their backup keepers have been shipping goals, but generally now their confidence is shot to shit. They've been competing in most games, however they never seem to take their half chances but are giving really sloppy goals away at the other end....today's match was a prime example of that. I'll be amazed if they stop up, and I don't think the club will be too devastated if they go back down in all honesty.

Watched Heaton Stan lose 5-1 at Sheffield FC yesterday. Awful game but a rather enjoyable day on the piss.

He still has my support but it's getting harder to defend him. Massive few games coming up.

Horrific by Barnes, weak as piss from Pope. Again.

Hall has got to show him onto his right there mind, unlucky with the deflection tbf.

I think the Bruce/Benitez signing argument is moot when you look at how much was spent by both. Benitez pretty much had a zero net spend and his average player price was circa £6M. Bruce spent £100M net and his players average player price was nearly three times that. Obviously it's a lot easier to buy better players when you have more money to spend.

Are you not tired of Eddie making you look like a dick?

Canny start to the Copa Libertadores..... red card after 45 seconds. 🤣