TheBrownBottle

Longstaff is taking a right old hammering on here tonight I don’t actually think he’s been our worst player, either

Great ball that by Bruno

Should be burying that one

Ya beauty

It’s the physio / medical team which worries me

It is far, far too often to be ‘luck’

Doesn’t look like that much effort so far. And you don’t pay nearly half a billion for a side that puts a bit of effort in. I never, ever bought the ‘team that tries’. Besides, the line was ‘club that tries’.

Likewise. We’ve been sloppy rather than shite. Chelsea have little about them

Cucurella doesn’t half leave his legs in

Yep, which is what caused so many in our support to believe he was a top keeper - but the fact was we were shit, and that superhuman performance he’d have every few games papered over how mediocre he was otherwise

You’re allowed to shout for it. The defender has to clear from there if the GK says nowt. Doesn’t excuse the shit clearance, but Pope calls that one

Yep. Piss poor goalkeeping. The man has no authority in the box

Terrible by Botman - and Dubravka should be out claiming it in the first place. Just shite

That was absolutely fucking shite

Funniest thing is that he never looked under control at any point - yet he’s the only one who thought he was

HTL

To AFC Wimbledon. Franchise FC can he get fucked

It’s an average per window I’m referring to - Arteta has been there an extra two years. Based on transfermarkt: Howe - €440m over five windows = €88m per window Arteta - €683m over nine windows = €76m per window

Joelinton LW and Willock LCM always makes us look so much stronger. I’m not keen on Joelinton in midfield, but he offers a hell of a lot on the LW. He reminds me a bit of Bellamy, in that if the lad could finish consistently he’d be an unbelievable footballer.

Yeah, definitely. I don’t think they’ve bought the club to be a ‘selling club’ - I just think it’s very likely to be the case as the club builds.

I think they’ll be recycled out before then - happy to be wrong, like. If we’re going to get to where we want to go, I don’t think we’ll see many of the players here at the moment with us at that point. We’re signing young so that they have high resale value. It’s not something which would worry me at all - I’m attached to the club, not the players. I’ve a lot more faith in this set up than at any time under Ashley. But I’d be very surprised to see many from the current XI being around for a long time. The NUFC which is winning big trophies (fingers crossed) will likely have players in it which we haven’t even heard of yet.

I’d bet my house on not one of them being here in five years’ time.

Howe has been - he’s spent more than Arteta on average per window. Arteta has had an extra two years, and a much better starting position.

It’s betting companies which should be banned from football advertising - banning players for betting on football is perfectly reasonable.

No, the only UEFA regs relate to the roof being open or closed. It can be either, but can’t be changed during play.