Wolfcastle

Probably the most intriguing game at Fulham in my time. Though that's not a high bar. Cant call it, think its going to be close and interesting.

He'll become a better player to his detractors after he leaves I predict. Though I trust the club to improve, its a much taller order than people think. His goal involvements and work rate is tough order to improve on. He's flawed but its a bit like Robert. One foot, lazy but his two footed, hard working replacements neither produced nor threatened to produce a third of what Robert did.

They went from hating Di Canio to forgetting their purported morals and loving him because they beat us. Peter Reid, despite all he did, lasted a few months once the laurels of not losing to us and not finishing behind us. The turn on Bruce was because they kept getting beat of us. Got to wonder how hated he'd be if they'd have won.

Cant speak to the coverage cos just find it easy to avoid all this stuff if you want to but I do wonder if its surpassed Ferguson and Wenger leaving, I wouldn't be surprised if it did and yet it shouldn't. Sir Bobby's resignation or more the agreement that he would step down at the end of 04/05 was so un-reported on that a lot of our fanbase don't even know it was the case. Though his actual sacking yes. Recall a traces of smug glee about Keegan leaving from the nationals but locally it was legit like a death. Just a strange feeling for days.

Barnsley I can see. Definitely not the others. Prior to their modern day successes Brighton had more time in the topflight than Barnsley/Grimsby/Plymouth/Hull/Rotherham combined with at least similar support to all of those mentioned. Not saying they've not done great and smartly however, just that they're not a Wimbledon.

They probably have to sell now having breached ffp also ffp limits how much people can pay them, which they have to bare in mind

Guess it comes down to how much or little of a virtue you see in repeat Chelsea/Man City situations. I didn't like Blackburn at the time for this reason and Abramovich finished any love of the game off but in hindsight without Blackburn, Man City and Chelsea the premier league would have been shite and people would be complaining about Man United and Arsenal alternating the title. Could argue there was no reason for Liverpool to get involved in that had Chelsea not happened and broke up the strangle hold that we couldn't be legit means, they certaintly weren't serious contenders before.

Yes. I'm worried by the assumption that further injuries wont happen. If we leave a position light, knowing us this season, they almost certainly will.

Did they not have Balotelli's brother on trial or something at some point too? Wouldn't have even known he had one until I heard about that I feel. Their attempts to be first rate always make it glaring how second rate they are. Stadium name, badge rip off, flag display, signing runts etc

There's an owner out there apparently looking for a cheap pick up that they've rated for 15years, since they want KLD out. Seems perfect. Hopefully something can be arranged.

Did us a solid with Ruel Fox too. £4.5m wasn't it? Sellars, Neilson, Venison and Mathie and that paid for Ginola, Ferdinand, Barton and Shaka. KK nailing ffp before ffp was a thing.

Benefits them if they are sick of trying to compete and just want to go through the motions every year of having even greater advantages over newly promoted teams and no way to catch up to the teams ahead. I found it alluring the possibility of fluctuating status amongst clubs.Holding some back, stopping others (punishments aside) from imploding kinda feels like a procession. Takeovers and rich owners have been the only thing that's shuffled the pack since the PL started. Thankfully Ashley checked out when he did, this would have been ideal for the likes of him.

His (Beale's) record is probably similar to or better than every manager they've had since they got promoted under Keane 17years and four different owners ago. Wonder if its not just the club rather than a multitude of managers as that was achieved with a serious amount of no longer possible financial doping

Chris Holland based on his debut also.

Sunlun til some minor hardship and I'm fucking off early

If they win their next two games it'll all be forgotten until the next time they lose

wartaboutery

They're absolutely nuclear reactionaries. Lavished praise on Coleman based on literally a couple games when he was on the phone-in one night. Di Canio goes from scum of the earth to a decent bloke really based on one result. Beale's about ready to be asked out for a fight already. Something wrong with them.

At some point clubs/fans will be waiting until the middle of summer for cases to be settled and punishments to be dealt out to see who is up who is down, who is in the CL, who isn't. Like VAR decisions on entire seasons.

Its obvious neither team, nor either set of fans wants to get promoted out of this rivveting league with its horrific football, boring matches and dead atmosphere's. I can see that its really the place to be.

Man City haven't deserved to lose a game for about 10years by that logic. It should be a given that they'll dominate against all but the very best teams in the world. You're never going to beat or draw with them on points just got to find a way and blag by.

I'll be in there when all of our players and the manager are shit again on here. So I'll be there after the first misplaced pass.

Its pretty galling when we've been doing sensible business by almost everyone's assessment, slowly building, massively below what we should be able to do and now cant even do that. At least it makes Klopp's crying seem even more pathetic. If these rules had been implemented before the 70s his club would have been in Everton's shadow forever. The arbitrary musical chairs element to it all is especially discomforting.

Beat me to it by a week. Portsmouth. Still think my favourite crowd serge that season was the one towards David Speedie at Blackburn

Can remember where I was when the penalty situation went down - dads car at a round-about in Washington, nice bright afternoon - cant remember the rest of it. I guess it lodged as the moment that was going to at least send us down to the 3rd Division if not kill us (was talk of that that season) Totally agree with that. Like a massive version of a referee giving decisions against you getting the crowd and subsequently the team hot. Was really the motivation and momentum to take into those last two games compared to if we'd drawn say. In a weird way thats still one of my favourite seasons.