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We need to fly the team out to some village in west Africa and perform a cleansing ritual. Either that or some powerful witch in Sunderland has voodoo dolls of all our players and is just sticking pins in them for fun. She must be found and punished.

Yup. Hammers have some big matches coming up. Our game in hand is huge. Goal difference also. I hope they advance in Europe and lose in the final. I want their schedule to be as ridiculous as possible and I can see them getting exhausted towards the end of the season or even resting 1-2 players for matches like Palace or Luton. They could potentially play 5 extra matches in Europe. Although obviously very unlikely for them to get past Leverkusen. 3 matches in 7 days coming up for them from 11th to the 18th. Will be interesting to see how they look coming out of that.

I think everything we can say about him could be said about most CL/Europa league clubs 3rd/4th choice fullback. I didn’t expect him to come on and play like Cafu. He didn’t cost us the match but he didn’t make a difference. He’s an emergency backup who plays a few positions. Hard to be annoyed with him for being exactly what we all know he is. Probably could have just promoted a young player for that role and saved some money on salary as opposed to extending him. Meh.

The Burn goal and subsequent VAR check followed by their triple sub is what did it. Anderson and Longstaff gassed. Hall hurt. Willock rusty. Not ideal to have Dummett come on obviously. I did for a moment think we may move Murphy to RB. Krafth to LB and pop on Willock as a winger. Hindsight I guess. Can we contact the Guinness book of world records and apply for most injuries in top flight football?

Haven’t been here long enough to have much of an idea. Don’t usually take note of usernames too much either when I scroll the threads. I guess I’m being trolled?

What would you have done differently today as the manager? Genuine question. Could be up 2-0 when Isaks shot was blocked on the line. Marginally offside (by a few inches) for Burns goal. Everton get a penalty in the 86th. That’s football

Tbf most of that is because burn can’t pick a pass and he’s been using Hall as an outlet. Still impressive though and good to see him so involved

+ 300m minimum fee release clause. I wouldn’t trade him for any striker. Scary to think he’s nowhere near his prime.

Love his energy so far. Forgot how good he is because we never see him.

Very impressive especially considering his age. Still looks a tad nervous which is understandable. Doesn’t want to mess up and may be in “don’t fuck up” mode rather than playing instinctively. The only thing I see that stands out is his timing on forward runs or overlapping runs. He seems very eager to get forward which is good but he does get caught 1-2 steps behind when it is time to come back. Just need to have more positional IQ and sprint back anticipating that the ball may find his man. Totally understandable for a 19 year old LB with only a few matches played. I was gutted when he went down with the rib issue. Hope to see him back out for the second half. Could easily have had an assist from that cross also.

How is Ashley young a starting RM for a club in the prem in 2024. We must get the 3 points here regardless of the squad being super thin atm. Glad this one’s at home the atmosphere needs to be really good to give them some energy. 3-1 win. Isak Barnes Anderson

Can we even call it bad luck anymore? What’s going on

Yup. AND our big money signing suspended for a year for gambling. Unbelievably bad luck. That insane VAR decision against psg sums up our entire season. “What the fuck?!”

signed him all the time as my target man in football manager. I can confirm he’s very good and he was a delight to manage. No fuss but demands a big pay raise after banging in 20 goals then threatens to leave. We shouldn’t sign him. Bad personality.

I love watching him play. I’d hate to watch him play for us. Very eccentric keeper. He’d give us a heart attack moment 2-4 times a match. Incredible shot stopper though. Probably one of the best 1 on 1 keepers I’ve ever seen. Comes out quick and makes himself really big. Good positioning and reflexes. Just has this crazy style that is kind of nerve wracking.

“did I lock the door when I left the house? I wonder what my dog is doing right now. Maybe I left the stove on….oh shit here comes Haaland!”

I manage odds for a living. Some books will offer you odds on any outcome. We typically use decimal format here in North America but I’d guess something like 81.00. There is a hashtag for betway where they will create odds for you if you tag them on Twitter. Just don’t tell Tonali or Toney about this

That’s true. West ham can be good. Forest can but they are inconsistent. I agree that it’s extremely unlikely but there are like 27 points to play for. They also have 3-4 tricky fixtures in the mix. I will revisit this thread if we go on a run of wins and spurs drop some points. Maybe then it will be something to consider as a possibility but yeah it’s looking like a prayer right now

Honestly never understood the people shouting for Eddie’s head. Makes zero sense to me. Fine to criticize some of his decision but sacking a a manger of his quality after a season like this would be so dumb.

no clue who those people are but you are really doubting yourself if you think it’s less likely than spurs and man Utd dropping off at the end of the season. We also play both of them so there are some potential 6 point matches there. it’s unlikely but it isn’t impossible. We have an incredibly easy list of fixtures

ahh ok. I was too lazy to read the previous posts and just wanted to chime in like an idiot with no context of what was actually being discussed. it’s hard sometimes with a thread that has tons of pages to pick up what the point of contention is.

Rivers played QB though. Same position i played in highschool. It’s a 3-6 step drop back. Most snaps are in shotgun formation meaning you just stand still, get the ball and throw it. Almost 0 stress on your lower body.Totally doable with a torn ACL. Nothing like running up and down a pitch for 90 mins.

I’m relaxed Maybe read my post again? “I didn’t blame him, but he creates a culture” I want to keep this respectful. I think you totally missed the point of my post. All love. We can agree to disagree.

let’s disregard Wilson for a minute because he’s the injury prone Pele and he has been that way most of his career. we have an entire team dedicated to these things. Eddie isn’t a doctor or a physio. It’s up to the players to be very honest about their injury situation and the medical staff to not clear them until they are sure they have made a full recovery. I’d be more inclined to think it’s on the players or the medical staff. it’s not like Eddie is coming in and telling players to play before they are ready? More likely players who want to be back on the pitch asap so they say they are 100% when they know they are only 90%. Pretty common thing across all sports. IF you want to blame Eddie for this you could point at him not rotating the squad (which he can’t due to lack of quality). You could mention our high intensity pressing style. Even our intense pre-seasons and potential overtraining. But there are tons of teams in the top leagues who do all of the above and haven’t been hit with an injury crisis of biblical proportions like we have..

The shot was great but the quick thinking to drop his left shoulder as he received the ball and put the defender off balance before moving the ball to the right is what gets me about that goal. Split second decision. Amazing instincts.