TheBrownBottle

Our amortisation costs don’t change by a penny unless a player is released, sold or signs a new contract

Like Liam Neeson, Joelinton has a particular set of skills - skills which make him unplayable in specific set ups against specific opponents; but he can be badly exposed when the team isn’t set up to cover his weaknesses or against opposition which knows how to exploit those weaknesses. He also needs to be on his game as a poor Joelinton performance is significantly worse than a poor Bruno or Tonali performance (and as harsh as it is given the quality of those two, they are his peers in midfield).

Got you - well in that case it’s utter bollocks

Who said you were entitled to an opinion?

He’s talking like a man who wants his payoff tbf. Proper Cloughie at Leeds vibes. edit: mind, if that happened, then Brexit Jim spent six months chasing Ashworth, created a load of fuss, paid us millions to buy out his contract, sacked him when he suggested Southgate instead of Amorim costing millions again, sacked Amorim at a further cost of millions, only to appoint Southgate in any case. Please do it, you useless tax dodging cunt.

He’s comfortably a better finisher than Cole, who played in a five-man attack entirely designed around providing him with maximum service at a time when English football was the worst it’s been relative to other European leagues in its history. That Keegan team was great fun to watch, but honestly the standard of English football wasn’t great, and the defences were even worse. Cole really did need a lot of chances, but the lad knew where the net was tbf. Shearer was a much, much better finisher than Cole in fairness - as a clinical finisher, I still think Shearer might be better than Isak. But Isak is unquestionably a better player for me.

I never said he isn’t entitled to an opinion, just as I’m entitled to call him a maladjusted wanker who is spreading lies and fear using his privileged platform despite speaking from a position of zero expertise. He’s absolutely allowed to do that. I also said that they aren’t political opinions, because they’re not. Why do folks like you always think that criticising someone’s opinion is the same as saying they aren’t allowed an opinion? Probably best to calm yourself down and read what people have written first. Peace and love xx

I’ve never met anyone ever who put ‘club’ ‘big’ and ‘Southampton’ into the same sentence edit: including their fans, who’ve never came across as arrogant or entitled to me. Maybe they are and I’ve missed it

Usually best to actually quote me if you’re going to quote me They aren’t ’political opinions’. Le Tissier went crackers of the loony variety; conspiracies aren’t political unless you’re on the lunatic fringe. Scoring a few crackers of the goal variety isn’t usually enough of a football reason to dislike a player - most of the players I remember hating had little to do with performances vs NUFC.

I try to keep the politics to the politics threats, but I would say that if Reeves isn’t on a mission to make Reform as attractive to the forgotten North as possible then she’s just fucking incompetent.

*bad Scottish impression* If the rest was the cake, then there’s the icing

He has - he scored twice

I bet all the Scunthorpe fans want to sign him too, but that’s not fucking happening either

Sorry Kaka, can’t resist

Isak makes it look like he’s playing in a training session. What a player.

The Ice Man 🥶

Thats a name I’ve not heard for yonks He didn’t play for Soton, he was the embodiment of mediocrity at Wimbledon though.

Is it Efan Ekoku?

The Ice Man Taketh

This commentator is wanking on that it’s a poor decision

You mentioned games being ‘bunched-up’. One defeat is unlikely to destroy confidence

Likewise here in Aus. ‘I don’t see the contact’. Don’t know who it is but he’s fucking blind

Looks like a pel to me

We just won nine games in a row - and that would be confidence-sapping?

I’m watching it. These are fucking woeful - we’re playing half-asleep football like we do from time to time. Quality will tell here.