TheBrownBottle

You’re right, but even with him DCM and Bruno moved to RCM. Willock-Bruno-Joelinton just doesn’t look like it works for me. It’s a midfield which is porous defensively

? I’d be tempted to play Anderson RCM to allow Joelinton and Willock to return to the left. Or even Schar RCM and Burn CB. Not ideal, like.

In the short term, I suspect this was their chance. I’d kind of resigned myself to them going up - they hit form at the right time and squeaked into the POs. But next year I can’t see two of the relegated clubs not bouncing back - minimum. Of course, other teams will strengthen - but two of Leeds / Everton / Leicester will be massive favourites to bounce back, and Soton might depending on their transfers. Plenty of them will know it, too.

Took just a couple of hours for the ‘in peyce’ brigade to start up.

White sleeves can fuck right off for me. It is a football shirt with B&W stripes - they should do their daft little amendments so that they can flog a few, like a different collar, and leave the basics well alone.

Yep. Even if we were in that market in terms of wages, that's exactly the sort of signing to avoid - fading stars looking for final paydays.

That doesn't describe the Leicester I've watched in a few games recently. Those performances were utterly gutless and pathetic, and Maddison was as bad as any of them. It isn't even about pressing - just playing with zero heart. I'd be spitting blood if I was watching that bunch of strollers in B&W.

How about ‘London is 280 miles that way ⬇️‘

Tbf we did say ‘YOUREACOCKYOUREACOCKYOUREACOCK’ Pinas, actually

The songs still make my heart glow. Happy days. Simple pleasures

Yep, that's my memory of it too - it was also unusually thick for a football shirt, and the stitching was a real nipple-irritator. At the time I thought it was ugly as fuck, and still think it today - it is the worst away kit we've ever had. Christ, that's well remembered if that's the case - wouldn't mind but I was at that game; Tomasson scored, we were shit, but we got a canny rhythm going slamming Hillsborough's old wooden seats. 'Attack, attack, attack attack attack'. Fucking mid era Dalglish NUFC ...

Yep, I had a draw vs these and Leeds in the predictions. And wins vs Leicester and Chelsea. Somehow I’m a bit more nervy about a draw now though! I still think Liverpool might drop points vs Villa

Liverpool’s %s still look too low for me

Agreed, though Brighton are exactly the kind of side we don’t want to be playing when we’re going for three points. If the same side that faced Leeds starts again then we’re relying on a win at Chelsea

Can’t be certain of it. We’ll beat them though. It all boils down to Brighton now - win that, and I think it’s almost nailed on

I like that the outcome is hilarious either way on that score

Liverpool play Soton final game. They’ll surpass our GD

Proper ‘on their holidays’ performance from Leicester this. Has anyone told them they’re not midtable yet? Any club signing any of their players had better be fucking sure of it. Tielemans, Barnes, Maddison - their big sellable ‘assets’ - just look disinterested. They should be at bargain basement prices - and even then, their attitude is clearly so shit that there is a danger that it infects the dressing room.

It all comes down to Brighton, then. Because playing these gutless bastards should be a cakewalk. I’ve never seen a team more worthy of relegation - they’re sleepwalking into it. No urgency, no desire, no fight. Leicester’s support must be raging about it.

Every time I’ve seen him this season I’m left scratching my head. I’ve seen the goals etc but in terms of full matches, sorry all, just don’t see a top player

Nope, it was that summer. Terrible summer of recruitment. Partizan (H) remains the most disastrous result in the club's history for me - it really precipitated a quick decline.

Robson should have went at the end of that season. We were dross for most of it - 34% win ratios don't tend to get you 5th - this season it would be a bottom half win ratio. Nowt entitled about it at all - he should have went and the club's new manager would have had a summer to rebuild. Instead, we waited too long, then made a disastrous choice of manager.

Funnily enough, the away game vs Barcelona that season is probably the only disappointing Euro away day I've had. Terrible weather, shit game between two poor teams, empty stadium with neither side likely to qualify. Barcelona the second time was great though (result of course less so, but it is Barca in the Nou Camp ...)

Martin Tyler is a Woking fan I think, but he wrote a history of Arsenal. I don't think he holds anti-Arsenal views. Keown is a deeply strange man