christ

I’m sure he’ll cope.

He can’t do anything, but that’s not the point is it? It’s about generating awareness of what’s going on in Saudi.

Probably not be popular but I don’t think people who are either genuinely or performatively anti-Saudi are being unduly harsh on the club, those employed by the club or in a lot of cases the fans. Someone trying to hand Howe a letter bothers me much less than some of the shit our owners are into.

Said it in the Bournemouth match thread, but I think the unbeaten run was a millstone. We need to take more risks, not settle for draws. This might well be the catalyst for it.

Murphy

Other than that 10 minute brainfart we’ve genuinely been the better team. Absolutely infuriating.

Shot ourselves in the cock here, like. Dreadful ten mins.

Never heard a bad word said against him. Seemed like a really kind soul off the pitch. RIP.

Business ain’t what it used to be.

I might be around if there’s room for another two?

You’ve got my vote.

This is the problem that comes with demand outstripping supply. Some people don’t get what they want. I binned my ST off under Ashley and lost my loyalty points. If I thought there was something the club could do to fix this situation I’d be booting off but ultimately there’s no easy solution. I didn’t get a final ticket, but I think approach was as fair as could be in the circumstances. An effort was made to give ‘loyal’ fans (by all conventional markers such as points, ST holding etc) first dibs and then some tickets we left to spread around the rest of the fanbase. Appreciate people who were in P4 and didn’t get one are pissed off that people in P6 did, but it’s not like you weren’t warned it was a ballot.

Must be miserable to be a Saints fan right now. A club that has given up.

Jet fewl can’t melt steel beams marra

Got to be honest, I always thought TF was try-hard as fuck when it came to the non-football stuff. Dreadful dinner party liberalism put to paper by a bloke who went to see 808 State once and thought he was Madchester incarnate. Even as a nascent lefty in the early to mid 00s who threw himself at the feet of anyone vaguely radical I knew it was properly shit. Shame like, because there was evidently a market for a left leaning fanzine that wasn’t a tribute to Red Issue. I’ve no idea of the politics of Hurst et al but it wouldn’t surprise me if MM has got into bed with the type of people he spent most of the last thirty years performatively attacking. Keep on keepin’ on.

Thought he was better today. End product wasn’t great but he was at least carrying the ball a bit more effectively than West Ham.

Does feel like it’s becoming a bit of a millstone. Might give the lads a kick up the arse.

Absolutely dog shit today like. Probably the worst we’ve played this season. Not sure whether it’s fatigue or players just losing a bit of confidence in each other. We’re increasingly ponderous around the box and teams know they can just dig in and crowd us out because everyone’s looking for a six yard sideways pass that is going to unlock something. It’s not working so we’re making mistakes and teams aren’t as frightened of us as they were before Christmas. We’re a team in transition so it’s not surprising that performances have dipped. We are overly reliant on a few genuinely class players to pull everyone up a level or two, and that’s worn off a bit.

Thanks for bumping it and making us all think there was tragic news.

Applied. If I get tickets I think I’ll pass out.

Rare Mike Ashley W.

Pushing for UEFA to punish them when they were up against it last time? Literally the only way the inclusion of Burnley makes sense.

Just flatten everything north of Central Station and build a 500,000 seat sports dome. Only solution.

There’s no way we get 67k on enough of a regular basis to justify that. There’s a balance between maximising gate receipts and availability of tickets. An extended Gallowgate taking us to 60k is the sweet spot. Remember we’re in the honeymoon phase. Every expectation we have is being bested. We’re all in love with the club again. Life is sweet. Once this becomes the norm I don’t see us being able to pack another 15,000 into SJP every other week, let alone for cup and European fixtures.

Half the fucking East Stand can’t stand man.