TheBrownBottle

Fukkkkkkinn yeeeeees

You can’t play the ball twice. Straightforward violation

Hahaha good owld Misstrovic

Bizarre call that. Trippier having a stinker

Diop having some game mind

Trippier’s just out of form. We’ve got no-one to swap him out for.

Wilson unfortunately has looked well off the pace for a few games now

Yes, I agree - but we don’t know what Howe’s budget is. While a DM always looked like an area that needed a better player, if Howe doesn’t have a huge amount to spend, then he may have needed to direct the funds elsewhere

Bruno’s injury to me shows why Howe is correct to wait in terms of transfers. We can all see that the squad has huge limitations - best to wait and see if any first teamers need to be covered

Every side who are not in the Sky Six are going to do this at SJP going forwards. We’ve got to get used to it - and it does highlight that we’ve still got a fair way to go squad-wise.

That’s Longstaff’s best one yet

Yes; but we won’t be signing Maddison

I’m amazed Bruno made it to half time. I did exactly that roll on the ankle years ago and even at my shite level (worst Sunday footballer you’ll ever see) you can’t just shake that off. It’s not just the pain; the strength completely goes in that foot. The worry is ligament damage or even a small bone fracture or break - astonishing to me that further damage was risked by the coaching staff.

I’m becoming convinced that Bruno has more than one set of eyes

Glad to see WF saluting the gaffer

Tough game this, but still confident. HTL

NB I’m not suggesting that this is likely to end up in court

Yep, I remember that one. I just wonder how enforceable restriction of trade / movement would be in a court of law.

Yep - I’m actually kind of happy seeing a keeper punished for jumping forward before the penalty. Who doesn’t know that there’s no subs during a shootout? The game has ended. Unreal

From memory, it’s a FIFA rule rather than a National one - it’s two clubs per season. How enforceable that would be if challenged would be interesting, mind

Yep, likewise. Best of luck to the lad (not today obviously) but his failings were pretty apparent at the time, and Fulham is the perfect club for him. Would I swap him for Wood? Yes, but that’s saying nowt. The one similarity to Wood is that you really have to play a style that suits him - and our style would not suit him (granted, he works harder than some may suspect).

An old mate of mine (grew up together, home and away games on the hoy for a few years) was also arrested in that fight. Didn’t do time for it, but he was in the Ronnie Gill as he’d been in the press for previous at Euro 2004

Haha yep, I think you might be right

Just on Mudryk, the few times I’ve seen him he looks quality it has to be said. But you’re still taking a risk signing a player from the Ukrainian top division regardless - Rebrov is the one who sticks out in my mind. Even paying half his reputed fee would have been a risk - that figure is fucking insane. And yes, the lad could end up being the world’s best player and what have you - but that still wouldn’t mean I’m wrong here. Chelsea’s new owners are fucking insane, I can’t work out what they’re doing and what they think they will achieve. Are they looking to simply lose shedloads of cash? At least I can understand why Abramovich was doing it - what’s their motivation?

Mudryk would take them to nearly half a billion in c.6 months