Annoyman

17 minutes ago, sidcow said:

Its been bothering me for ages where I've seen that jacket before.

Finally cracked it.

 

This is like the most "on the nose" visual metaphor I've ever seen

3 minutes ago, alreadyexists said:

So spurs have got Burnley, Man City, Sheff Utd, Newcastle… I mean they’ll be very luck to get any more than 6 points from those. We’re 7 points ahead, with a better goal difference and we’re likely to get at least a few more points.

They lost 4-0 to Newcastle weeks ago, they're nothing to do with it. They need at least a point from City to have any chance of finishing above us

I don't have it in me to wish neverending suffering on Blues, I haven't lived in Brum for years and the small number of noses I know either aren't that hardcore about it or are related to me. I basically just don't particularly want them to get back in the Premier League because the atmosphere at the derby games was always pretty grim even when we nearly always won, and they just aren't really interested at all in preventing their more brain-dead fans running on the pitch at their place.

I have no idea what to make of all the 60k stadium Sports Quarter stuff, as on the one hand the owners seem serious and ambitious about it, but on the other the actual tangible stuff they've done seems to be just a mix of simple quick-win stuff like fixing basic problems with their existing ground, and a completely moronic football decision that contributed to torpedoing them completely

Pretty miserable watch. The players seem out on their feet and we've been struggling to adapt to enforced mid-game changes. There's also very little on the bench to actually electively change it with useful squad players like Zaniolo and Tielemans missing. I'm not sure how much there is left on the tank, but it's going to be really frustrating if the last two games just drift by with us on 67 points and Watkins on 19 league goals. One of the main differences between us and Spurs to this point has been our ability to consistently bounce back from disappointing results and never losing two on the bounce in the league, but IDK how much to expect after this unless Liverpool have properly collapsed into enmity and Palace are somehow on the beach. Hopefully there's one more of those "where did that come from?" Arsenal away type performances left in them

I don't personally GAF about the Champions League in and of itself, but if missing out is going to hit the club's financial strength and necessitate selling one or two more good players it'll be a blow after how fun the vast majority of this season has been

No many highlights but Olsen had a properly great game and if nothing else maybe getting match practice and confidence will help when he has to contribute.

Billings joining Semenyo in reforming the unholy Mount Rushmore of Bournemouth players I will always be mad never got a second yellow against us

13 minutes ago, Cizzler said:

It was 100% a goal kick. It was only yesterday (and I wasn't drinking!). 

It was a harsh yellow - the game was tied, it was early on and I don't remember a serious previous warning. Crowd baited the ref into it big time. But it was definitely a dead ball.

Thanks - that does make it funnier that some of their fans were hollering for him to get a 2nd yellow while he was in actual open play possession in the second half

I didn't see the first half yellow and it seems hard to get a unanimous answer about whether the ball was in play. If there was a case to appeal one of the yellows I wonder whether UEFA might not look on it too favourably because they were obviously trying to clamp down on penalty antics, and will just want to vengefully put down a marker. He already embarrassed FIFA in front of their Qatari blood money buddies by making the WC final all about his shithousing then making sweet love to the golden glove.

If the phantom yellow in the shootout isn't even in the books is it just moot though? Maybe ref just decided not to take his name after he realised the match ball was genuinely suspiciously missing

It's funny watching the shootout back with that commentator in honking outraged prefect mode, constantly misdiagnosing what's actually happened with the yellow, while Lucy Ward's audibly screaming off-mic when Emi makes saves

It's mad that after everything that went on he got a yellow for innocuously asking for a ball when there genuinely wasn't one on the pitch, only for it to mysteriously reappear from the Lille end just as his own teammate was trying to take the pen. You almost pulled it off

Lmao also at the idea that Emi was sailing deadly close to the wind like he probably doesn't know the rules for shootout yellow cards better than any keeper alive, he lives for this shit

I reckon it'd have been checked but cleared if not given on the pitch

Interesting seeing a lot of Arsenal fans saying Emery hates them because he threw the game against City and then tried hard to beat Arsenal again - Watkins and Martinez were unavailable against City and two of the three midfielders that were rotated in also started against Arsenal. Think the difference was probably Foden casually slapping in three worldies and Arsenal methodically aiming all of their shots at Emi or the side netting yesterday, but what do I know

Spurs forum by comparison seemed to have about as many posts saying "BAILEY 1-0 GET IN UP THE **** VILLA" as we did

Poor Emi

Pleased for the lad! Very composed

Lmao Bailey appealing for the ball being over the line as he walks the rebound in from one inch out

Pure McGrath from Diego

Bugs me how backpasses are legal now if you make the vaguest pretense of pretending it's accidental

poor Duran queueing up for an effortless tap-in at the back post only for Konsa to do an assist so bad it was a goal

1 minute ago, romavillan said:

Duran is getting a bit frustrated, he might do something daft soon...

Has this statement been untrue at any single point in time this season?

I might be more worried about Diaby's confidence if he hadn't almost broken the net with a 20 yard side footer about 10 minutes ago

You'd think Hinchliffe was a ten time Ballon d'Or winner the way he 20/20 hindsights every missed chance with his nose in the air

Do we know if Diaby's fasting for Ramadan right now?

He's a character, he's popped up with a couple of important goals, and his all round play with the ball was very good today, but he'll always be too much of a discplinary liability to be a regular starter

I can't imagine Emery hasn't been repeatedly telling him to sort that out as well

I think we're exactly as good as I think we are tbh

It was a weird lineup today but I don't know how to solve the lack of McGinn or Kamara in midfield against physical opposition in a way that works for 90 minutes, if Emery's not chucking Iroegbunam in there he must not be ready/up to it tbh

Did we really have 70% possession? Honestly, setting that squad up to play constant 30% possession setpiece grappler idiotball *at home* like that is criminal, with a good manager and a new striker West Ham would easily be pushing the position we're in as well

Voted Zaniolo man of the match, despite his attempts to get sent off, because it feels good. Diaby and Cash both deserve a nod though. Some of the most impactful subs we've had this season tbh

Thought the game was actually fairly well refereed on-field, didn't get why we didn't get a pen for the first half handball with how deliberately bigger he was making himself with the hand, both of their disallowed goals were correct applications of a pedantic law with the second being more clear cut if anything. Shame that circus distracted from going for a winner (was the free kick soft as well?), in reality that game had turned into a good point for West Ham