Dr Gloom

high rolling. Seek help

and here's me bitching and complaining about two weeks of single digit cold here in Blighty.

i'm going to make a bold prediction: we're signing no cunt

Would make sense if Barnes was in his way out but I doubt they’ll be many suitors for him this month while he’s crocked

You’re one to talk, Adam Pearson fetish boy

is he? i thought he's broken his shoulder or something

it would leave us with three options at centre back currently fit, with two still due to return from injury. you ideally want at least two players covering each position. i suppose it's a gamble they think is worth taking. murphy has looked quite promising to me, on the rare occasion he's had minutes. i wouldn't be against keeping him, but perhaps this means both krafth and lascelles are close to a return. i wouldn't be against him going out on loan in that case.

must mean we’re keeping Kelly as losing both of them would leave us short if we had an injury crisis

managed to go 9 days off this junk then had a puff last weekend and haven't managed a day off it since, ffs

honestly, i'd rather watch the youtube "content creators" than most of the dinosaur pundits the likes of sky and tnt wheel out

Arran is the nicest dram I've tried recently. I cained a bottle with my dad over xmas - goes down like nectar. My dad is taking my brother and me on a three day tour of distilleries in Islay later this year. A weekend of cultural learning. I'm not a massive fan of the peaty drams usually until the end of the evening, but I'm happy to make an exception

sorry, my bad. two statement signings

i should really read the whole thread before posting 🙄

is that a roomba the engagement ring is sitting on? nice attention to detail if so the laptop appears to be back to font however. AI isn't taking our jobs just yet

I was close to begging you to start this thread. McGroin is on thin ice

Thickest or worst - two different questions? He doesn’t appear on telly much these days, for obvious reasons, but Pedro was one of the thickets. Er, but, er Worst? Take your pick from Merson, Carragher, Onboglahor, Deeney, Owen

not a million miles away

i've watched a couple of them. car crash TV. you don't want to watch it, but can't help but have a look

at least we know who to blame if the season goes off the rails on saturday

i think that's clutching a bit. sometimes you have to credit the opposition team and manager. they did their homework and completely bossed the game. 4-1 didn't flatter them at all. it could have easily been 6 or 7 but for dubravka making loads of good saves, many of which were shots from inside our box. we didn't test their keeper in the second half, i don't recall.

kind of. i think they were trying to replicate what they used to do on the left side, interchanging. i saw willock in wide positions loads. either way, it didn't work. not that miggy would have been any better. we're desperate in that area when murphy isn't firing

i don't think even supersub barnes would have saved us on saturday. bournemouth were just too good for us. i take your point though

Willock coming on at RW for Murphy against Bournemouth said it all. He was completely ineffective, not alone on Saturday, of course. I don't know if we have any money to reinforce the squad this month, the noises coming out of the club suggest not, but if we do, it's the obvious area that needs to be improved.