Joey Linton

42 minutes ago, Barnes23 said:

Nicely follows on from the discussion of punditry in this country further up the page. It's actually a joke from top to bottom, not a single one of them really worth listening to in any great level of detail. 

The refusal to criticise Lampard by the British media / pundits is hilarious. 

Frank Lampard's Everton haven't been lifted by Frank Lampard's arrival. 

Just looking on RTG there, seems their new mega rich owner has lost interest already. Oh dear.

On 05/03/2022 at 22:21, TRon said:

 

Those little dinks over the keeper are actually the mark of someone who knows how to finish. I think Howe sees a player in there, same as Rafa did. Reminds me a lot of when we had James Milner here, and he got slated for always being a nearly man. Murphy's not that different, he's got everything in the locker to be an amazing player, but never quite seems to produce when it matters. But look what happened to Milner oncehe left and the expectation was off him. I think at worst Murphy will be a good squad player, I can see us keeping him on tbh.

Comparisons with Milner?

He was about 22 when he left, Murphy is 27 right now.

On 22/02/2022 at 10:06, Froggy said:

 

Having a bad season, can't play with Ronaldo etc. etc.

 

9 goals (0 pens) and 6 assists in 25 games as well. 

 

Can we give this man the respect he deserves yet? Best midfielder in the league.

Missed him today against the real best midfielders in the league. He genuinely wouldn't come close to getting in the City midfield. Humiliating second half. 

39 minutes ago, Lenny said:

Given the number of players we have that have shown such significant improvement since Howe's come in, I'm very surprised to see Almiron hasn't done similar. You would have thought that Howe might've identified him as a player to depend on when walking through the door, given his work rate, but it's not worked out that way.

 

Quite sad to see a notably smiley character seemingly crushed beyond repair at the hands of Bruce.

He's just not very good, the room for improvement isn't there. 

I see they've moved on to what Sir Bobby would've made of the ownership. 

Did well yesterday. Not the answer long term clearly, but when he plays well it should get credit for it. 

2 hours ago, Fantail Breeze said:

Charlton had lost their last five before today.

 

1 win in 7 for Neil. Phew. The heavyweights of Plymouth and Wycombe must be terrified in that fight for 6th.

But

https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/its-coming-together.1573884/

Just now, Lenny said:

I think he's going to be a quality player, but I equally think that given how he plays, he's likely to make a costly rick or two as he gets up to speed.

I did think at the time that maybe that's an insight into why they are bringing him in gradually. Clearly massively talented though. 

11 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said:

Shelvey congratulated him, Schar told him off.  

Going to need to see a clip of this back.

Decent chance these could be playing Sutton United, Forest Green and Newport County in leeyg one next year. 

No way we're getting that result 4 months ago. Look like a proper team again and the crowd were fantastic second half. 

13 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Some entertainment:

 

 

He just oozes self preservation. 

Loves the "expectation" line too. 

Joe Gomez is bang average. Never understood the hype. 

Taking the fact that it's them out of the equation, their ownership issues and the parachute payment stuff is an absolute disgrace.

As is the fact that some of their own fans continue to defend the situation mind. If they can't see it themselves why should anyone else care? 

36 minutes ago, Geordie2302 said:

I did. Think I got the dreaded Rona not long after as I’ve not been 100% since.  Had three proxy votes but my motion didn’t pass.  Reckon there was 25 people there including 7 board members. Whole thing was a bit weird down to the venue.

Accounts were provided and about 2 minutes to read before voting them through. Lots of “achievements” over last two years. Although to be fair Thomas’s update was very good around season tickets and other fan related issues. 
They’ve spent 23k in last year with no verbal explanation and not had a chance to dissect the accounts but cba as I’m bombed at work. 
kept it cordial and said why I’d raised the issues (not personal attacks, foundation of a strong trust etc). Some of the board were fairly receptive to parts of what I said around communication / transparency issues. Greg inferred they’d just change rules to another sponsorship organisation at one point. He went down in my estimation but that’s between me and him for now. 
there was a q and a session which didn’t reveal much. Asked if they could pick up castore quality with the club (on behalf of another member). They said they would. 
 Alex asked if I’d help with the rules at the end which was a surprise.  Was expecting minutes but not seen anything as yet and not sure if that was an appeasement. Meh. Was expecting an update from the FSA but last I heard it was with their legal advisors.  
had a nice walk in Jesmond though and got a Chinese on the way home so that was nice. 

The rest of the members must have still been at work. 

Realistically with those sort of numbers you never stood a chance of getting anything voted through. The whole thing seemed very under advertised. 

Perhaps @Greg might explain what he meant about changing the rules? I'm sure some clarity on that would be welcome. 

Thanks for the update though. 

3 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

 

 Thats never a genuine quote?

Not yet it isn't. 

Gourlay, West Brom's newly-appointed CEO, added: "Steve is a highly-respected and experienced manager who has an impressive record of earning promotion to the Premier League.

"His excellent man-management skills, tactical nous, and ability to hit the ground running were among the many reasons we decided he was the man to take us forward.

Two of the top three to play in their next three games as well. Lovely stuff. 

Just now, HaydnNUFC said:

Dust waselves down

Roll wuh sleeves up

Pull wuh socks up

I've said many many times

That's the Championship 

Can't remember me keeper having to make a save

 

One of a few of those. Take your pick. 

For an hour I thought we were in control 

It's nice to be able to look forward to his interviews.

Right. Off to read his son's twitter mentions. 

Just now, OoOGazOoO said:

Am I wrong that I think they were 7th when he took over?

You are. They were fifth. 

Well wull analyse it. On Thursday when we're in next.