christ

Ditched mine after we nearly went down under Carver. I stuck it out when things looked rosier under Rafa, because it was a point of principle. If anything I should be at the front of the queue if there was to be some sort of ex-ST holder amnesty.

Guppys have longer memories.

Probably had to drip dry his keyboard after writing this.

It’s all about depth though, isn’t it? If we’re serious about challenging on all fronts over the coming years, and we’re wedded to a high intensity style of play, we need more than a couple of good players. Look at Liverpool’s forward options - they’ve got six or seven players who can slot into that front three.

Likewise. I’ve got so many memories of cup runs going tits and derailing our season (Lisbon/Man United in the space of three days in 2005, Benfica loss followed by a derby thrashing under Pardew) that I’m terrified of history repeating.

I don’t think much of our fans generally but this place is chock full of the most conceited, entitled fuckers that we possess. And it’s only got worse since the takeover.

We’re third in the league you hysterical mess.

I would usually agree with you, but we’ve got a cup quarter final in three days time and we’re in a battle for CL qualification. I want to see us try to win everything, but tonight demonstrated the paucity of options we have beyond our first XI - particularly in midfield. We can’t run the same players into the ground. If we lose one or two of them we’re going to struggle. Manquillo was our best player tonight, so you can give that head a shake too.

Part of me is just happy we didn’t manage to squeak a replay.

I’ve defended Murphy this season but he’s been honking today.

It’s not the playing out that’s been the problem, it’s the aimless passes back when trying to recycle possession.

Lewis and Murphy on that left hand side is going to give me a heart attack

What’s his issue? Is it that the club don’t follow him on Twitter? He’s deleted it now.

I don’t get the clamour to loan him out like. Game’s moved on substantially from minutes on the pitch being the only indicator of progress for a youngster. Look at how Man City dealt with Foden. If he’s that close to a breakthrough then it’s much better for him to train with the first team squad, particularly if there are specific things they want to address, injuries they want to manage or ways in which they want him to play.

I trust the club will have done due diligence over the last few months when it comes to any potential suitors. If he’s off to Hearts it’ll be because they think it’s the best option.

They couldn’t afford him.

Get with the times grandad.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2023/jan/03/a-thrilling-messy-wrestle-dan-burn-was-the-heart-of-this-thing

What we did last night was no different to what Leeds did to us on Saturday, or what half the teams at the lower end of the table attempt to do every week. The big difference is we’ve got the quality to really stop teams in their tracks.

Seems to do it every game. Either he’s incredibly fortunate or he has a good understanding of where the line is. Mad that the only penalty he conceded was harsh as fuck.

Calling someone a dry roast is a tremendous insult FWIW.

We weren’t even that bad last night. Very little obvious blatant time wasting. Biggest piece of shithousery came from Lascelles.

This is almost entirely because the referee was a benny who lost his head about 20 minutes in.

Wilson’s foul wasn’t even a yellow card ffs

I thought Burn was class. He had the hardest job of anyone on the pitch tonight, and despite the fact no one thinks he’s a proper full back we didn’t concede.