TheBrownBottle

Yep. He’s a middle-class PFM.

Doesn’t look harsh at all to me. They cheated in comparison to other clubs. They should be thankful they weren’t relegated.

Given the talent at his disposal, yet he chooses to play TAA as an attacking midfielder, it is an enduring mystery as to how Southgate’s managerial career highlights before England was breaking Middlesbrough’s transfer record with possibly the worst pound-for-pound signing in English football history before seeing them relegated. I love mediocre, conservative football, me. It’s the attitude that makes you shut up shop if you go 1-0 up in a cup final after two minutes. The man is a born winner.

Christ, I forgot just how barren the international break is for most football hacks. If Howe’s under pressure then I think I give up. Where exactly are we that we shouldn’t be - and how would the situation have been improved with someone else managing us? I can picture in the not-too-distant future the ownership (and I mean the actual owners - not Staveley and Reuben) becoming ruthless with Howe; once the squad is fully recycled and a lot of money is sunk, then winning trophies and qualifying for the CL will no doubt be a minimum expectation. But right now?

Wonder how much money he made from the corporate speaker gigs via mistaken identity. ‘70s footballer Kevin Keelan’ rocks up and you realise the spelling mistake, but he’s here now and Keegan isn’t …

I’m not sure it’s a name. Looks like a spelling mistake

The problem is that saying that trans women can’t enter women’s toilets requires policing of some sort - just say it is legislated against. Who is going to enforce it? Who is really going to approach a woman about to enter a toilet cubicle and say ‘hey, I think you might have a penis’? I assume the fear that some women have is that of sexual assault. But how many recorded examples of this are there? And raping someone in a public place seems pretty risky. Being fearful is not a good enough reason to hold a prejudice against an entire group of people.

Absolutely pathetic. The point was of course that lots of trans women ‘pass’, and lots of cis women have masculine features. So who is policing the toilets?

I take it you’ll be stood outside the women’s toilets inspecting genitalia then? Or will someone else be doing that?

What is happening with the academy & new training ground? They’ve been here over two years and I’ve seen nowt to date

It’s the toot more than anything else. Someone pissed out of their face doesn’t have that argument - or at least not in the same way. No slurring, no staggering. Cokey confidence.

Hang on, when did Sir Les suck Ashley off? I missed this

‘Stew, you can’t abuse anyone these days’

He’d have shit his pants if he’d went full Cantona mind. Also, this is still one of my favourite football photos ever. I love the fact that every member of the crowd seems to be at a different point of processing what they’d just witnessed:

Beat me to it …

Cocaine’s a hell of a drug

It classes as hate speech mate. I’m not looking to have a pop, but it’s one of those words where it’s best off not being used. I’m sure you weren’t looking to be hateful or owt

I hope others around him called that lad out on his actions mind. All that sort of shite does is distance the players from the support

Retard’s beyond the pale tbf

You know, it doesn’t bother me at all folks venting - I’ve never liked the ‘bedwetting’ patter. Football is a release from the daily stresses of life. Having a pop at the players directly is insane, though. Helps absolutely no-one.

Didn’t honestly expect much pre-game, the club is decimated by injuries atm. Those players looked absolutely shagged. Worth remembering that all of our big-money signings were out for that game - either suspended or injured. I imagine the club will be analysing everything internally re the injury situation. I’m not sure that catastrophic bad luck is the only thing at play - we’re losing a player every match at the moment. The number of games and style of play are contributing - not sure if the high-press style is sustainable if we’re going to be fighting on all fronts going forwards. But Howe knows far better than I do - so I’ll happily trust his judgement. Bad day at the office, onwards and upwards.

Embarrassing cunt. We’ve got some right whoppers following us.

Haha same happened to me! I was half cut, and had to count our players

Christ, there’s some absolute weapons in our support. Who the fuck has a go at Trippier ffs? Has having a pop at players ever worked? Some right spoilt cunts knocking around. Save it for the pub after the game

Even before the injuries, our away form has been poor tbf. Starting to become a problem.