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Just now, ManDoon said:

He’s not very good and nothing he has done has changed my mind. He wins flick ons but his touch is very poor and he missed an absolute sitter. 

His flick ons are fairly pointless too because there is never anyone on the end of them. Still think we could have signed any generic big lump striker and got the same results. 
 

Not critical if we keep winning games and survive though, although I’d be concerned if he’s in or around the team next season.

I’d let him finish inside me that was such a delicious one tonight.

Dons in front of them in the league, Dons below them in the league and a third sucking the soul out of the club week by week.

1 minute ago, Lush Vlad said:

probably been posted already. But LOOOOOOLLLLLLL  

Rock paper scissors at it’s finest.

Best performance under Howe by a mile and exactly what we needed following the window to ride on a bit of a wave after making signings.

Everton were the perfect opponents mind, they were desperately shite. They look more and more like us in 09/10 each week.

A great team performance and by far the best we’ve looked defensively since Howe came in, looks like the time off did us good. 

Need to follow this up with another good performance and result, a sequence of results whilst we play crap teams to bring us right out of it.

2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 is a great effort.

Final point - it’s fucking brilliant to have players, staff and owners who genuinely care though. The scenes after that Trippier goal 

22 minutes ago, nbthree3 said:

He's a front for the others who are still there in a reduced role

Not even convinced it’s a reduced role  Why on Earth would they get an NDA to not release the ownership percentages unless there is something to hide?

“did you see their players leaping up in the air at the whistle. like they'd won the fa fu**king cup final. every team playing up against us. even the refs want us to lose in this shite league.”

7 hours ago, Thiago said:

 

At first I admired his honesty and openness, but I do worry when that may cross a line with this. 

What podcast is this?

Pardew was one of Ashley’s better performers, but the bar is so low it’s not anything worth praising.

Not including Rafa, obviously. Just talking about the PFMs.

18 minutes ago, Nine said:

They are called the scouse mackems for a reason

They have an inferiority complex because like the mackems, they’ve always been in the shadow of their local rivals and they find it difficult to cope with.

5 minutes ago, WillingtonMag said:

Surley we could have at least took a punt on another forward from abroad like.

I don’t get this “there’s no strikers out there”.

Did we place a bid for a striker other than Ekitike? Can’t remember too many.

I still think Wood is Howe’s choice and he’s content with him to see out the season, the lack of intensity in our striker search gave me that feeling.

3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Fair, although I think it's 4 starters (Sterling, Trippier, Rice & Mount) and 3 off the bench (Saka, Sancho, Rashford).

 

Genuinely, what impact did Ashworth era Football Association have to do with developing that England squad? Hire Southgate? 

Had incorrectly not included Rice or Trippier. So aye, 4/11. 

I can’t answer that question though as I know very little about Ashworth tbh  was only responding to that point specifically.

3 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

l take the England stuff with a pinch of salt. The clubs develop the players. We are a decade plus into significant investment from City and Chelsea. They've started producing a conveyer-belt of class players with the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United & Liverpool still developing talent at a great rate. That's the driving force behind England's uptick in performance.

 

 

 

Of the 11 players who started the Euro final, only two of them came through the academy of one of those clubs you’ve listed. That’s just totally inaccurate.

12 minutes ago, Shearergol said:

Nobody saw this coming.

 

Right?

You should apply to be a DoF with insight like that.

As with Bruno, I won’t pretend to know the inner detail of his career but based on what others have said this will be an excellent appointment.

Rough translation:

Overmars: "I am ashamed. Last week I was confronted with reports about my behavior and how this has come across to others. Unfortunately, I did not realize that I had crossed boundaries with this, but that became clear to me these days. I suddenly felt an enormous pressure." 

"I offer my apologies. Especially for someone in my position, this behavior cannot be justified, I now see that too. But too late. I see no other option than to stop at Ajax. This also has a major impact on my private situation. That's why I ask everyone to leave me and my family alone."

Marc Overmars (Emst, 1973) has been the director of football affairs at Ajax since the summer of 2012. Since 1 February 2013, the former top footballer of Ajax, Arsenal and Barcelona, among others, has held this position as a statutory director. He was recently reappointed for a new term, until June 30, 2026.

Supervisory Board chairman Leen Meijaard: "This is a dramatic situation for everyone who is involved in this in any way. It is drastic for the women who had to deal with the behavior. When we heard noises about this, we immediately acted, carefully It was carefully considered and weighed up what was the best thing to do, all in consultation with general manager Edwin van der Sar and assisted by an external expert."

"Marc is probably the best football director that Ajax has had. We have not upgraded and extended his contract for nothing. But unfortunately he has really crossed boundaries, so continuing as director was not an option, he saw that himself. It is very painful I want to express the wish that everyone involved is given the peace and privacy to process this."

General manager Edwin van der Sar: "I think the situation is appalling for everyone and I agree with Leen Meijaard's words. In my role I also feel responsible to help colleagues. A safe working climate is very important for everyone at We will pay even more attention to this in the near future. Marc and I have been playing together since the early 1990s, first at Ajax and then at Orange and we have been colleagues in the management of Ajax for almost ten years now. now stops very abruptly. We are working on something very beautiful here, so this news will also be a blow to everyone who cares about Ajax."

Referring to players by their initials and squad number, “CR7”. Just seen someone refer to Maddison as “JM10” elsewhere too.

Rodgers coming out swinging against his players tonight, fuck me that’s a brave or incredibly stupid decision:

"It was an awful performance and I have to apologise to the supporters,” Rodgers said.

“To come here, the first game between the two sides for a long time, a great atmosphere, in derby games you need authority and you need physicality. Those two were sadly missing from our performance.

"I said to the players after that for the first time since I’ve been here I’ve been embarrassed. It was an embarrassing performance.”

Asked to put his finger on the main issue in the side’s performance, Rodgers said there was a lack of hunger, again suggesting, as he did on Friday, that a refresh of the squad is needed in the summer to get around it.

He said: “It’s hunger. I said it before about having changes in the squad. It’s a lack of hunger.”

Just now, joeyt said:

Don't think you can change your order halfway through can you?

Ah, good point. Ignore that.

2 minutes ago, Wullie said:

Ridiculous strategy.

When the 4th became so decisive, he should’ve had that one to ensure it went to effectively sudden death.

Just seen their record league position ever is 4th in the National League. Incredible.

1 minute ago, neesy111 said:

Huge giant killing that, considering the gaps between the 2 clubs.

 

 

 

 

Not even like Bournemouth are struggling in their division, which is usually the case for shocks.

Brilliant result. Might even end up being a League Two club next season.

Put a quid on the treble shock today; Cardiff, Forest & Boreham Wood, would have returned £900  

Fucking Cardiff.

Boreham Wood doing really well here. Will be a massive payday if they hang on. £1m+ for winning this tie, TV and gate receipts v Everton.

Half of their alleged “net worth”  

5 hours ago, Elephant said:

2 wins in 21 games, no other team with these stats have survived in PL. Obviously we have chance because other teams are so poor. But no team that has started (and continued) the season with our stats has survived in this league, so hopefully we are first. Even Norwich has won 4 games.

Leicester had never won the PL before they did, that’s football. Stats and records are there to be broken.

It’s interesting because the original stat was “nobody has ever survived with 1 win in their first 14 games”, well Everton have just gone their most recent 14 games with only one win. In our sequence we actually got more points too.

You survive by being slightly better than three other teams, at this current rate that doesn’t look too difficult.