Juju

Those two dropped points against Wolves are really standing out now........ We'd be second.... and one goal behind city.....

We are the spawniest team in the League. That second half wasn't great. We've won a lot of games where we were second best - Chelsea, Brighton and others. And thats what winning teams need! I'm not complaining.

They're going to score in a minute... I hate radio commentaries.......

I think I have one of their albums on vinyl somwhere.

See, if my firm gets in a new boss, the idea is they encourage and get the most out of what they have. Only football managers come in and get £100m to spend as "not my players" is somehow acceptable in football, when it isn't anywhere else. The same players are playing worse than they were. The new players aren't playing well. It doesnt matter what the team is, they dont play well. Indivicually, we've all seen the likes of Watkins, Ings, Mings McGinn thrive and do well. I nfairness, there was plenty of effort, without much to show for it today. The one constant in this mess, is Gerrard. He's just not got the experience as a manager. Might have been great on the pitch, but if you cant speak, convey your ideas, get people to listen, or plan around the resource you have, then you don't have what it takes. I'd rather we'd such with Dean Smith. I don't think Gerrard will be with us as the end of the season. I just hope we stay up.

And we went for a chocolate starfish for a manager.

I just don't understand the idea that a great player has any particular foundation to be a good manager. I mean, Ron Saunders used to bang them in, but in the 3rd division for Portsmouth. Graham Taylor didn't have a playing career, from what I recall. Without being unkind, having the onfield vision to be in place as a defensive midfielder, to cover an opponent forward from receiving a long pass, is a different skillset a difficult conversation droppping your star striker, or persuading a player with several offers to sign for you.

I'm just amazed that a bomb goes off, and the cabbie is up and running out of his car like Usain Bolt. Shame the terrorist is uninsured and he won't get a replacement like for like credit hire car. But if someone had reversed into him as low low speed causing a trivial scuff in the paint, he'd have climbed out slowly, clutching his neck and moaning about whiplash.....

It would be best for football if he wasn't. Its the only way to slow down this massive player inflation. The club could have just given £200 to everyone who lives in Manchester - and thats a train ride across a city that takes ages - and in EVERY flat, in EVERY house, in Every school office shop Church and pub, everyone, man woman and child could have been £200 richer, for what the diving clearing in the woods with the shit hair cost them.

What a massive shame for the lad on his debut. *lol*

Thats why you start him. You male hen Southgate!

Almost every fan watching on telly, in the ground, and every pundit, on radio, tp or social media can see what Gareth Southgate can't. Now, either Southgates a genius, and we run out 4 - 0 winners having tired Scotland with these tedious tactics, or everyone else is right and we need a bit of flair, a bit of a man on the ball, drawing players, capturing spotkicks, creating room and distributing some incitful passing. Its ridculous.

It's all very well "praising" strikers for "running", "creating chances", "work" "effort", but frankly you could have a dog do all that for £5 of Pedigree Chum a week. At some point, you actually have to put the ball in the net, that's the job. If I was no good at my job, but got the coffee's in a lot, and was always on time, that wouldn't be enough. Most of Oli's goals have come when we didn't really need them. He doesn't create match winners in games that matter. Not good enough. Always a fraction of a second behind where he needs to be to create end product.

Bu in fairness, we are only a striker or three, anywhere in the squad who will ever score before the next ice age, from being a half decent team.

If this is what happens when you shame a player on social media, I'm logging on to call them all "words removed" right now!

Martinez 7? The only thing he didn't do yesterday, was dribble out of the penalty box, swerve past 10 outfield players and smash it in the net from 25 yards out! His quick distribution is excellent, and I love he catches balls, doesn't try punching them. One moment he's down to collect one low and fast to his side on the floor, the next, leaping like a cat to catch 2 handed across the goal like they do in Roy of the Rovers. Wasn't sure we needed a backup for Heaton when he was signed. Now, I can't see Heaton getting a game unless Martinez injures himself. Best keeper I've seen at Villa park on the performances to date.

The players are much fitter and it's a faster game, I grant you. But then the players got kicked around a lot more and played on worse pitches. All mitigate against continual match fitness fitness and towards injuries. It was still remarkable in 81, and it's remarkable to set out to do so in 2020. But there's evidence its working.

Its also how we won the league under Ron Saunders.

Can someone just explain what the hell is happening today? I am perplexed, confused, bewildered......

There's something wrong with my stream/feed tonight. Bayern Munich appear to be playing Fulham, whilst wearing a change strip of claret and blue.

First thing I did was recreate my commute with the London to Brighton Pack to pull out of Redhill into East Croydon. I can't believe I spent so much time cursing the railway, just to then spend my free time doing the same bloody thing...

I think a terrible transfer window will sink us.

Well, I started logging in at 8:38. its now 21:18 and I'm 6693 in the queue, est 138m wait... They really messed up the launch.... First there were going to be 2 English European pvp servers. They added more frantically at character creation. Now theres I guess a dozen English pvp, and people are waiting hours to get in - all populations high already. The forums are in meltdown.... Same old same old. and I bet the servers laggy as well...

Well, looks like a bunch of my old Guild-mates are rolling classic on the 27th, and I'll be there for a bit of nostalgia.... looks like Shazzrah has got the guild vote. Not going to buy playtime or roll a character til then, I'll post it's name here. - I think half the fun of the game was really it was just a glorified msn chat. It was my guild job to ensure the kids were playing nicely, sooth arguments, kick arseholes. Some weekends I'd get in from work at about 6:00pm, log in, and I;d be on more or less all weekend including too many overnights. Often never even moving the toon, just chatting, managing the guild.... It's the social things you remember - I think Ed had a mate who joined in the game with his gf, both I think, joined our guild briefly, she had an in game friend who followed and joined our guild. She got on socially with the Guild Leader and ended up dating, getting married, moving to Italy and have a fast growing child! They're still together today. And my sister... I used to speak to my sister more in WoW than I ever did in real life! Crazy really...

We would have had all 3 points, but somebody let Nyland hold them for a few minutes.........