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3 minutes ago, Leeroy said:

Simple question: do you think Martinez would have saved it? 

no

58 minutes ago, Leeroy said:

I take it you didn’t watch the game, or if you did you were distracted. The goal was coming for them at 1-1, we were decent for the first 20 minutes then they completely dominated bar one or two counter attacks we had. We gave them a free kick from that position just before they scored the second which Alvarez put over, I knew they would score on the 2nd attempt. I’d blame Olsen for not diving more than the wall, but ok. It was an average free kick.
 

It was never a team that was going to win the game so I’m more annoyed about the team selection for that reason. Other examples: 5 at the back against Spurs, not changing anything against Newcastle until we were 3 down, not playing Pau in a massive game against Man Utd when he was on the bench. I could go on. I still love him for what he’s done for us but he very clearly makes mistakes and this calendar year has made many of them.

 

I know you like to condescend mate but just give it a rest, we lost badly, we’re all hurting so let’s just move on and hope that we hang on to 4th despite how badly we’ve played the last 3 months.

I think you need to watch the replay of the free kick. No way was Olsen to blame for that.

The Wall was positioned correctly and Olsen was in position to where the wall was placed.

If Zaniolo does his job in the wall and stands tall and doesn't turn his back he blocks it. Thats why you have a wall.

To say Olsen could have dived more is stretching it to say the least.

15 minutes ago, Tayls said:

Well if we continue to play like that we’ll win more than we lose. 

Definitely agree with you, but is this the same person who said this after the Kamara injury?

'' We have gone backwards and been weakened by further injuries. We'll lose more than we win from the remaining games. £10 to VT if i'm wrong''

Just now, Rugeley Villa said:

They have luxuries we don’t but full strength was the only option tonight 

Martin O’Neill says hello 

1 minute ago, bobzy said:

Full strength side could well have lost by the same margin here, and then also been "more tired" for the run of Brentford, Lille, Arsenal, Lille, Bournemouth.

 

I don't fully understand the bed wetting, if I'm honest.

and there wasn’t much bed wetting in the first half either !!! 

Just now, LondonLax said:

Nor them. Seems pretty consistent.

apart from when Grealish has asked him to book Luiz on two occasions and he’s already on a card himself!!!! 

boooooom 

6 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

The frontline could be quite exciting to watch - Duran, Rogers, Zaniolo and Diaby will be a handful for anyone.

yes......if they manage to get over the halfway line 

The Golden Lion in Brixham has had a mural painted on the side of the building.

There's a time lapse video of it being done on FB here https://www.facebook.com/reel/1438227343752453

and here's a picture of the finished article. Looks really cool.

The pub was closed for a while and has been taken over with new owners giving it a good go.

reading the last two pages it’s confusing!!!!

can anyone tell me if we’ve a game in hand or Spurs have a game in hand or if we’ve played the same amount of matches?

lol

West Ham are very limited, i fear Spurs will score again and probably a couple

53 minutes ago, a-k said:

My favourite is Priestly's against Painter. The look on Painter's face gets me every time.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=180892642805334

amazing darts....Painters face  it's priceless

3 hours ago, Genie said:

Tamworth only needed a point from the last 4 games, or Chorley to drop any points.

I went to the game today at Brackley and Tamworth were utterly atrocious. 1 down after 2 minutes. 2 down after 12 minutes. Only 1 shot on goal I can remember. Could barely string 2 passes together. Second best to absolutely everything.

It finished 3-0 and Chorley won their game so on it goes. It might work out better to secure it on Saturday anyway at home. Last season the title was won away from home. I’m sure it’s 10x better doing it in front of the home fans.

fair play

i really hope that get promoted

6 minutes ago, HongKongVillan said:

Actually didn't he down something similar to Digne a few weeks back? Although context seems to be different?

there's a huge difference of Emery talking to Digne on the bench to what Pep did.....nowhere remotely comparable

49 minutes ago, sidcow said:

He can give players a bollocking all he likes, but on camera on the pitch is NOT the place to do it. 

absolutely this

you don't do your dirty washing in public

it's borderline showboating and it reminds me of when Phil Brown kept the Hull players out on the pitch for the half time talk.

some things you just don't do and this is one of them.

I would be mortified if Unai did something like this (i doubt he ever would as he's got far too much class to sink to that level)

Tamworth having a wobble and are 2 down to 4th place Brackley.

1 hour ago, useless said:

UB40 are playing a concert at their ground today after the match, their new joint 'Forever True' is also dedicted to small heath  'For the journey is long, our hearts are still strung We keep right on, forever true to the royal blue In alliance, we began, defiance our plan We are Birmingham, and we're forever true to the royal blue' If they lose not sure if many will stay behind for that

We were far too open on the left in the first half hour and Moreno was exposed so many times. All of there threat came from that side.

Rogers played well in the first half in particular with his runs with the ball. The one where he was fouled twice but kept on running and eventually got the free kick. I don't know why the ref didn't book the two players instead of the one. Both fouls were as bad as one another. 

You can see that Wolves are a decent side, so aligned with our poor record against them that was a big win for us. Well happy.

I thought Tielemans had a very good game and got my motm vote.

No doubt in my mind that the subs made a big difference to us. Zaniolo and Digne changed it and gave us some much needed impetus. That with the aggression from Duran rattled them.

Emery got that right. Strange bordering trolling that he's got one vote as very poor. Weird!!!

5 minutes ago, Farlz said:

Holding 31 shots to Brentford is absolutely outrageous. They are such a bad side. 

Hope they keep ETH in charge for as long as possible. 

or sack him and get Gareth Southgate in

1 up happy with that and we got better the half went on but some poor decision making in the final third 

we’ll score again in the 2nd half 

with Bailey and Diaby playing, Rogers has a big big responsibility in the midfield 

let's hope he plays a blinder

the bench is very light

not much there to change it too much