Teslact

Cracking save from the keeper at first too.

2 hours ago, 80 said:

Was talking with a savvy West Ham fan the other day who thinks Ashby is England's next Right Back... They all seem to rave about him to be fair.

I think he can still play for England since he's only represented Scotland through the U21s, but has he given any indication he would want to play for England?

5 minutes ago, Alberto2005 said:

Who did Longstaff assist?

Back heel for

3 minutes ago, Nobody said:

Longstaff!? Willock and Isak man

Longstaff's was similar to Gibbs-White's that's all

2 minutes ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Assist of the season there. 

Longstaff may have words.

5 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

JWP is a beans on toast midfielder but the lad can hit a dead ball

 

If the laws of the game ever change to a gridiron type arrangement he’d be canny to bring on for set plays - and then immediately sub back off because then you’d have JWP playing in midfield

That 1988 Olympics field hockey was wild with the subs at "corner" time. Sean Kerly.

Ref should have blown for the free kick rather than half time (which was after the foul).

Just wondering, is it in the rule book that the keeper gets the ball if VAR overturns the penalty? The ball was booted up to Pope (and I think Willock was running back to then get it back from him), but Ramsdale was given a goal kick.

2 minutes ago, Big Geordie said:

Pen to Leicester..... Vardy fouled

But the ball went out...

19 minutes ago, joeyt said:

I thought Jesus was unbelievable with his pressing from the front.

Probably Giggs, but his calming Joelinton down was nice to see too. Same with Isak's peptalk to Willock.

35 minutes ago, Shak said:

 

I'm not sure what a ref is supposed to do about players going down and faking injury to slow games down tbh. Would love to see some legislation brought in to stop it but until it is they don't have the option to not stop play and allow treatment, even when they know a player is pretending.

The ref could always force the physio to come on and therefore the player has to go off? Every single time they would be poleaxed for half a minute and then wave him off. As I said in the other thread, we need to add that to the repertoire if we're going to continue.

1 hour ago, ExiledGeordie said:

If we shithouse we have to take shit housing in the chin ffs 

Usually when say Longstaff goes down, the physio comes on and they at least have to go off. Arsenal got away with acting poleaxed and then waving away the physio away every single time. Need to add that to the repertoire 

2 hours ago, Dr.Spaceman said:

TBF the sale was universally praised as we got an unbelievable amount for him at the time.

Not by Keegan, and eight months later we were down.

10 minutes ago, WilliamPS said:

Hiring Lampard might even be Chelsea’s worst decision this season, an impressive achievement.

 

And this little tenure has probably finished off Lampards career. Everton could have been blamed on the club, but making Chelsea worse takes real skill

I've not been able to listen to the game, but it would be hilarious at 3-0 if Chelsea fans chanted "We want a fourth!" manager.

4 hours ago, GWN said:

They MUST go to Preston and win , no gimme 

Agent Woodman to play a blinder.

1 hour ago, Disco said:

No way you’d sign JWP. Shit and runs in treacle but you’d take KWP, Lavia or Alcaraz as a squaddie.

First half, Murphy never seemed open to take the pass and then Gordon when they switched. KWP shut us down pretty well. I'm not sure he's the level of player we are after, but that he can play both sides well would be useful.

Toney got credited with Brentford's first today, despite Navas pushing it onto the post which then rebounded onto the back of his head and in. Don't they usually go down as an own goal?

4 minutes ago, Kid Icarus said:

Shades of Middlesbrough 96/97 

If they get promoted, I think VAR will catch up with O'Nien and his availability will be 8-9 games over the season - played, banned for 3, played, banned for 4 for second red etc.

1 hour ago, Geordie Ahmed said:

Watching the Schar "goal" you can see Burn doesn't head it, though at that point he is in an offside position, does that still make it offside even though Schar collecting the ball and then taking his shot was the next phase of play?

 

I think Burn challenging for it gave the right call based on what we've grown up with, but next phase / deliberate action is just BS to give whatever they want:

It's not going to be like '97, where everything clicked into place as we finished second and both Sunderland and Boro got relegated, but this year still has crazy written all over it.

6 hours ago, Kid Icarus said:

Reacted like SBR to Ronaldo at that run.  Jesus fucking Christ. 

 

 

Need a GIF of Keegan flicking his wrists for occasions like this:

Fab shaking his head as he walks past Burn on around 20s 

5 minutes ago, LionOfGosforth said:

Fatty Phillips didn't even get 5 minutes again, what a useless move

102 minutes played in the league this year according to Transfermarket. 13 games on the bench (available for 21 games without injury), 7 appearances. Gareth picks on form of course.

6 minutes ago, Wolfcastle said:

Lampard must be pushing some sort of record now with his constant defeats

might even get criticised with anoter fifteen or sixteen of them

 

Has a top division caretaker ever lost his first five? Sure two were against Real, but still.