Dr Jinx

You could edit either that video or the Pearson kid one and splice in the audio from this scene and it wouldn’t be out of place.

It would not surprise me to read about that chap being on the register at some point in the future.

He gets trashed quite often but his stats probably have his end product at a similar level to ASM or Fraser, even with the lack of minutes compared to them.

I forget about that club for months at a time.. all my negativity in life is still directed towards Steve Bruce to be honest.. but my god are they a toxic bunch on that board. I mean, this thread is usually somewhere on the first or second page of this board, but it has quiet spells thankfully.

They post about us more than they do their own club.

1 minute ago, Thomson Mouse said:

Commentator insisting that Murphy was shooting for the second goal 

It looked that way on the replay in fairness.. their player got a block in and it just went that way towards big Joe.

If this lad is to be our Foden, we should get him in the squad asap. If he’s good enough, age shouldn’t matter.

Target going forward is not the issue. As he’s not really been allowed to.

His job is to cover for ASM who will repeatedly lose the ball for every successful carry he does. This puts enormous pressure on a left back to carry that extra responsibility in games, that won’t be lost on Eddie Howe.

If an agreement with Villa is in place, it’s a no brainer.

Aye we need to sign him up, but shock horror.. maybe just maybe, Eddie Howe wants two competent left-backs to compete and push each other for a place in the team.. imagine trying to sell that idea to Mike Ashley 

Wonderful! Well done to every single one of the players and staff.. unreal effort.

Rio missing the drugs test back around 2002/3, or maybe it was later.

Heard from a reliable source at the time that the FA and club were putting huge pressure on the PL to make it go away, but they had to compromise on an 8 month ban.

Probably the lesser of two evils if they had of thrown the book at him like Mutu (around the same time). Was exact same situation.

3 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

 

We just discussed it before, it's correct.

Mental.. are there any actual doping controls in football? Surely someone would be following up on that?

29 minutes ago, ManDoon said:

Liverpool have to be juiced, they simply have to be.

I was browsing another forum over the weekend and they had a thread about a disproportionate amount of asthmatics in their squad..

Can anyone confirm or debunk this?

He's a 25 million Daryl Murphy/Sibierski hybrid. Good lad though and he's won us points since coming here. Very happy to have him as one of 4 options for next season.

Next season it would be nice if he was the option to bring on if we're trying to see a game out etc..

Dick Diamond? 

Really great defending from Krafth, he looks rapid recently too.

We’re essentially at our strongest with what’s available but they have players that can come on and make a massive difference.

We just need to settle down a bit. Our midfield have had no control since the match started, credit to Leicester.. even their b-team seem to have our number.

Martins thundercunt against Spurs is right up there for me.

But Ginola’s against Ferencevaros will be hard to top.

Mental decision but probably highlights the precarious financial position they face.

With 8 games left it’s not impossible but highly unlikely.

West Ham (a) - ? Nothing here

Southampton (h) - ? Not in great form

Wolves (h) - ? - mixed form

Watford (a) - ? Equally poor

Villa (h) - ? Mixed form

Spurs (a) - ? Nothing here

Villa (a) - ? Mixed form

Us (h) - ? Depends on what we’re playing for.

Maximum 7-10 points… 

2 hours ago, Yorkie said:

Annoyingly, despite their issues atm I think it's only a matter of time until Man Utd sort themselves out and return to the top 4, reducing the room again as they replace Arsenal/Spurs. Meanwhile those latter two are looking increasingly settled in their management; Spurs in-particular could go from strength to strength assuming Levy etc don't prod too much at Conte's volatility. 

 

I've always hated the 'big six' suggestion because, despite that lot occupying the aforementioned spaces in 3 out of 5 seasons post-Leicester miracle, the likes of Leicester (again) and West Ham have proven that it's actually bullshit. However, sadly, I think they'll all have their act together next season. Maybe Chelsea's wheels will fall off but I can't see it unless Tuchel goes. 

Well in the sense that anything can happen in football, yes they could get things right again, but certainly not imminently.. that club have problems from top to bottom. They’ve changed at the top without really changing at all so it’s hard to imagine them getting some sort of inspiration.

They’ve run through a train of mostly excellent managers, damaging their reputations, Ralf Ragnick (sp) the latest.. he looks totally out of his depth there yet he’s highly respected in European football.

I can’t imagine sticking in any other current candidate, either Poch or Ten Haag would make all that much difference when so much of that squad look checked out. Can’t see them lashing out another 500m over next 2 seasons on new players, so who’s going to come in there and make a difference?

Everton are a weird side, they have some good players who seem to raise their game against better players, then can’t seem bothered against the dregs. Maybe it’s a case of some of their lot playing for moves to better/bigger clubs in the summer.

As a club can’t stand them.. but looks like it’s going to be Burnley.

It’s far from over though.. we need one more win and maybe a draw so we can just breathe a bit easier. A run of 3 losses again where Burnley win twice would be a nervous end to the season.

Probably the best team we can field currently.

I think we were expecting some sort of defensive powerhouse and he’s not really like that.. if I could compare him to any other player it would be more like Modric and that’s exactly how we should use him. He makes space for himself in the same way and keeps things ticking over, but when we’re being overrun he’s not going to prevent that.

We’ll see the best of him when we’re a possession based side. Or is that if we’re ever?

Eddie Howe has done really well with what he’s had to work with, January was a fucker in terms of who was available. Aside from Trippier and maybe Bruno, we couldn’t secure first choice targets. We know we’d be fucked if we hadn’t gone out and overspent on a whole lot of average.

The squad is fitter, no doubt about that and they seem to enjoy training.. competitive and the little things like having the photo taken of the winning side in their training matches, the players look like they’ve bought right into all that.

But.. for me there's a niggling doubt, like can he hang with the best of them?.. he was totally outmanoeuvred by Conte on Sunday. We were matching them comfortably, but showed our hand for their equaliser. Conte knew we’d be vulnerable to the whipped ball into the box so he changed it up, dropped Kane much deeper and pushed other players further forward and wider to create the space. Howe didn’t know what to do about it. 

Yes the players had bad games too but it’s a group effort and they were let down by the manager as much as they let him down.

Conte has had a few stinkers as well so hopefully this is just a one off , we played well against Chelsea and ok-ish against Everton so it’s not like the wheels have come off but 4 defeats in a row will be terrible for confidence.

He needs to up his game again… if we totally tail off for rest of season and just scrape survival it won’t be a good look for him considering how well the side were playing.

19 minutes ago, Manxst said:

You didn’t, but Kanji who I replied to was suggesting he’d be going there FOR Maldini. I just don’t think it’s much of a draw for a player (of Botmans age particularly) that some might think it is, especially when he wouldn’t be imparting any of his skills or experience etc. 

Before we started bidding for him in January, him and Maldini were commenting on each other’s instagram posts. Milan’s pursuit of Botman has been going on for quite some time and Maldini has played a part for sure.