TheBrownBottle

Nothing unlucky about it, it was a leg-breaker. Idiotic more than unlucky

Beyond stupid. He’d had a few stupid tackles in a row. He needed to be calmed down.

Bruno needs to calm down. Stupid tackle after stupid tackle

I’ll be a pedant - it’s only (!) 24 years since the last one

Fucking save Neeek Pope. Wake up you bastards!

Heart constantly in throat here. Fucking anxiety is a right bastard. One more goal and I’ll be able to breathe

Sensible subs for me

Miggy is wearing roller skates today

It’s the overhit passes and simple mistakes creeping in. That lackadaisical pass by Willock has knocked us a bit

‘Like a twitching rabbit’s nostril’ - Bill Hicks

Agreed. I thought he had his best half of football for a while. Starting to look fit again after that week without a game

How is that not a pen?

Shite. Ffs

Yeeeess you fuckin beaut

HOWAY YAAAANITID

Yeah, Man Utd and Chelsea winning Euro tournaments and finishing outside the top four would mean 4th misses out

Portsmouth 1992 Man Utd 1996 Southampton 2023 Hard to separate them, tbh. I actually think the chronological order is probably the correct one

If I’m selecting the XI, I’ve got ASM in place of Longstaff, with Joe dropping back into LCM offering that cover to ASM. Not sure I risk Isak if he’s not 100%, though if he is he starts. I won’t argue with Howe’s choice though

You’ve brought Cole into it! And at no. 2. I won’t write any more as I don’t want to fall out ?

Isn’t he not back to full training atm? Can’t imagine Howe would risk him. Can’t wait for him to be fully up and running. That lad just looks a complete natural.

Wilson > Ba for me too; Ba was a cracking forward too mind. Love all three tbh. Totally understand your take on Ferdinand ?

We’ll have to agree to disagree on Ferdinand vs Wilson lads and lasses. This isn’t to knock Sir Les, I just think a fit Wilson is his equal. I can’t prove that, of course.

They’ve spent the last 18 months telling themselves this is Man City Mk II and we’re going to spend billions. The walls of reality are crashing in hard. The rest of us who expected competence and considered investment are thoroughly enjoying it all.

I think a fit Wilson is a dead heat with a fit Ferdinand. Shearer - no comparison, of course. But I think Callum is up there with Sir Les when firing. Also worth remembering that Ferdinand, like Wilson this season, was also shite after Xmas that year edit: English football was utter shite in ‘96, which is a big, big difference. There’s no way anyone can argue it was a good league at that point; performances in Europe were at their nadir that year

It only fucks us over if an English team also wins the UEFA Cup. The rules are a maximum of five teams; winners of the European Cup and UEFA Cup qualify for the CL groups automatically. If two English teams win the big two UEFA tournaments, the 4th place team misses out