Dr Gloom

Our home record is pretty awesome despite our recent form. What is it - two or three defeats at sjp this calendar year?

does it? i find this type of chat on a football forum so absurd, it’s actually quite amusing

it is if the alternative is Dubravka. Our form massively dipped when he came in last season and we suddenly developed this massive gap between our back four and midfield when our defenders dropped back 10-15 yards because they didn’t trust him to sweep up behind them. He’s had enough chances for me. I’d put in one of the other keepers but Dubs is the one who has been on the bench all season so i expect him to start if pope is crocked for tomorrow’s game

He could be the big one to go in Jan along with Miggy and maybe Trippier. I’d rather not sell him but if the rumours are true and we have to sell to me of our better players to buy, and we get the money back for him to finance a move for a right winger, it wouldn’t be the end of the world. It hasn’t really worked out for him here and we have loads of players who can do a job on the left and fuck all down the right.

I’d be gutted to lose Bruno but if we fail to qualify for Europe I wouldn’t be surprised if we cash in. He’s almost 28 now and good enough to be playing champions league football. If Man City came calling, you could hardly blame him for leaving

I heard he was going to launch a new career as a gardener

pipe down, Tarquin

*laughs*

He stunk the place out man, an absolutely unhinged old racist who derailed every single thread with his weird shepherd obsession. He would accuse people of saying stuff he’d plucked out of thin air if they happened to disagree with his batshit agenda and he could start an argument in an empty room. Thank fuck we infected his computer

i remember being absolutely gutted when SBR got the axe and having loads of ding dongs with people on here about it. there was a much more even split, and plenty thought his best days were behind him and he needed to go. quite different to the howe situation where i think LTA is the only person to vote in the poll for howe to go. the board is older and wiser today than it was in 06

the stained glass window and now this. renton is never pulling it back from here

100% it’s far from the hopeless situation it was when the cabbage was in charge. Howe has galvanised this group of players before. We’re clearly underperforming and presume is building on him but I’ve seen enough in glimpses this season to think he can turn it around again. the league is so tight that if we can put a run of wins together well soon climb up the table. The truth is we massively overachieved when we finished 4th, raising expectations so Howe is a victim of his own success. 7-8th is about par when you look at at our overall squad value/wage bill. It’s been Howe’s first really bad run of results in three seasons. He’s earned our loyalty. It’s not time to push the panic button.

Wheel spoke wanker

I think we miss trippier’s leadership/organisation/technical ability. He was a calming influence on Schar because he was always a good option for him to play a short ball to. I think we miss how he used to link up with schar and Bruno down our right side, playing those little triangles to progress us up the pitch. Feels like Schar has given the ball away much more this season than the previous two