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It's because he played an advantage just before then that led to the goal, I doubt he's actually got anything against us, he's just an egotistical knob that has to make everything about him.

1 hour ago, Johnnyp said:

Newcastle said hello

Newly-promoted Newcastle are on course to finish 10th, they kind of prove his point that the gap in quality isn't that big.

10 minutes ago, bobzy said:

Bit ridiculous to say Fulham are in anything other than fantastic form.  Won 6 out of their last 8 with only 1 loss - that was today.  They'll beat Derby over 2 legs.

They've been playing rubbish* for a while now though and have had quite a bit of luck, like when they should have conceded a penalty that would have to Sunderland 2-0 up and then went up the other end to equalise. A win today and they'd have gotten 2nd, bottling their chance like that has got to be deflating.

*By the lofty standards they set a couple months ago.

Bet those snowmen feel like pricks now 

6 minutes ago, Demitri_C said:

Cameron Jerome is just as shit as he always has been.

 

At least they'll get to play another Tyne-Wear Derby when they end up having to play Newcastle U23s in the Checkatrade Trophy  

2 hours ago, sne said:

There's obviously even more money in the PL now, but Derby only got about £8-9 m for Will Hughes last summer.

 

Hughes only had a year left on his contract, whereas Grealish still has a couple seasons left.

12 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said:

Fair enough.

I think it’s too much of an ask, but I guess if Fulham slip up against Millwall next Friday the chances increase. Go from there.

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I reckon there's a pretty good chance of that. It's at Millwall and their form is just as good Fulham's recently. Also, Fulham have Blues on the last day, I wouldn't put it past Blues to go into the last day needing something to stay up and getting it.

How the hell are some of Cardiff's players only just getting yellow carded? Could've sworn Bennett and Gunnarsson were already booked or should've been.

Would love to see that again, looked a penalty for me.

2 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said:

Watching Fulham move into 2nd feels like yelling man on for 30 seconds while the player (Villa) is stood their clueless and oblivious, and giving away possession cheaply.

FFS.

So like watching any Villa midfielder for the last 8 years?

17 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

He's going to get away with it.

Remarkable.

If a player spat tonight in that game, especially a foreign one, he's just the sort of old school duffer pundit who would slaughter him as though it's the worse thing you can do to another human.

What do you mean get away with it? He's been suspended by Sky. Using your comparison to how a pundit would react to a player spitting, what would happen to them that means Carragher is "getting away with it"? Would that player get sacked? Or just get suspended like Carragher did?

He's been punished already, and may still get further punishment, I fail to see how in any way he's getting away with it.

23 hours ago, Zatman said:

I can see the anger but a mature way to do business with a protest

We didnt invade pitch when protesting Lerner and worked well for us

There was a supposedly a march planned, then the board had a shady meeting with the group planning the march (which seems to be a fairly far-right, hooligan group) and suddenly the march was off with this fan group now threatening to attack anyone who marched, whilst they also went on odd political rants about "leftists" and "antifa". I think someone linked an article from the Independent about it a couple pages back, it's a pretty interesting read about how dodgy the board have been in effectively trying to silence the fans.

Yes, the pitch invasions aren't going to help, but what else can they do when it seems the board pretty much bribe fans not to protest?

Having said all that, as much as Gold and Sullivan are knobs, the coin throwing is completely unacceptable and dangerous.

1 hour ago, Genie said:

If Cardiff win tomorrow they’ll be cutting Wolves lead to 6 points  

Incredible really considering how far they were ahead recently. 

We’ll soon see if they can cope with the pressure.

Whilst it would be bad for us, I kind of hope Cardiff do win tomorrow, as it could mean Wolves' lead could possibly only be 3 points when they kick off next Saturday, would be interesting to see how they'd deal with that pressure.

Seems to me like they're a bit complacent at the minute after everyone knew they were promoted back in January.

Bruce got it all wrong today. Yes, it was always going to be tough without Adomah and Grealish, but we made it even harder for ourselves by replacing them with a RB and a midfielder whos best performances for us have come as a DM. Tuanzebe wasn't a big issue though as Elmo had a decent game and is a decent enough winger, it was more bringing in Bjarnasson, we had no drive in CM, Lansbury would've been a better option IMO or even throwing in O'Hare.

Hogan upfront in the team we played today was never going to work, he doesn't get involved in the game enough when we try to soak up pressure, Grabban or Davis would've been a better fit today.

Would love to know what has happened to Green, last I saw he was regularly playing for the U23s but he seems to have just disappeared again, did he get another injury?

Onomah looks less interested with each game and has been getting shitter and shitter, I think it's time to stop letting him get in the way of developing our own players and leave him out of the team, maybe it will give him a kick up the arse to start putting some decent performances in too.

Can't believe that Kodjia has been left out again...

29 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said:

Pretty sure he was referencing the game at home where his introduction made a massive difference to every aspect of the game.

Taking away the fact that he scored the winning goal - the whole team and crowd lifted as soon as he came on, it was markedly visible and surely isn't up for debate?!?!

 

He clearly rattled the Blues players from the off as well considering Gardner shoulder barged him as he came on and he then put in two huge tackles/fouls within two minutes of coming on.

If we ever get back to the Premier League, I will never complain about refs again, they're so awful in this division.

What's Grealish ever done to Sheffield Utd? Apart from complaining when an obvious throw in for us wasn't given?

Is this the first time we've worn blue socks this season? Always prefer our kit with blue socks.

41 minutes ago, Jareth said:

Have Bristol City even lost on the road this season?

The only other game they've lost away was their first of the season against Blues.

They must hate Birmingham.

5 minutes ago, Don_Simon said:

Question... Was it a 5-0 performance as well as a 5-0 result?

The performance definitely reflected the score, we were on top of them for pretty much the entire game with maybe the exception of the start of both halves, but we were a bit fortunate too, as we only had 6 shots on target, and the one that didn't go in was spilled for Snodgrass' first goal. Saying that though, Hogan, Snodgrass' 2nd and Bjarnason's goals were all good finishes and Hourihane managed to thread his goal through a load of players, so it's not as if Bristol's goalie made a load of mistakes, just saying it's not often almost every shot on target goes in.