Polarboy

People like Ferdinand should apply the same standard to any premier league club, at least, in terms of what a clubs ambition should be. Leicester have shown what a bit of ambition, the ridiculous money premier league teams get now, and proper management and decision making from all the people in charge of running a club can do. As for Evra he has a dramatic way of speaking, not helped by speaking in a second language. I don't think you have to take everything he says literally. I mean would you rather Chris Sutton and Robbie Savage putting you to sleep?

Pundits and whoever else on TV, but especially sports pundits, shouldn't have to constantly put their thoughts and feelings through the prism of Covid. You can actually be upset about your club without diminishing the seriousness of what's happening, and have two thoughts in your head at the same time. It's actually light relief to see someone get so worked up about something other than the aforementioned. If only the majority of players playing today were so passionate about winning and losing. At least it seems to be the case, from the outside looking in, that the players from Evra's era and earlier took their jobs a lot more seriously and had better attitudes.

Wilson up top with ASM, Almiron and Fraser behind him in a three should be more than enough to give any team outside of the top six major problems. The problem is how they'll be utilised by Bruce over the course of a season.

100% Bruce is only playing Joelinton over Almiron because Bruce prefers "big lads" up top so we hoof the ball up. Although I suppose it's also likely that Ashley is like, hey I've supposedly hoyed 40m on this donkey, you better play him.

With regard to how we're playing I thought we were flattered massively by the West Ham result because of how decent the goals were despite the overall atrocious attacking stats, and the fact that the 'ammers were shite. From there it seemed we were going to slowly go down hill given some of the shite we've seen since. Tonight's match I think showed us that if we can keep ASM and Wilson fit we should be OK in terms of avoiding the bottom three. Wilson knows where to run and can finish, and ASM can have anyone on toast. Add to that the fact that West Brom and Fulham look shite, and Sheff Utd and Burnley are looking dodgy, so there's possibly at least three teams worse than us. Of course Brewster might lift Sheffield Utd a bit given putting the ball in the net was looking to be a major problem for them this season.

Bruce's decision to restore ASM to the team was apparently inspired according to Martin Tyler. He's our best fucking player you plum, it doesn't take Marcello Lippi to make that call.

I meant Ramsdale, I swear

Fuck, you're right. Don't know where I got that from. Talking out of my arse in fairness.

Harsh to judge Pope on one game, but if you were to take today in isolation, and Pickford in general for the last six months/year, England are pretty fucked for keepers. Henderson on current form is probably the best bet, but he's only getting on in cup matches for Manure. Matt Ryan I suppose hasn't dropped any major clangers yet, at least that I can recall.

Goalkeepers dropping easy balls appears to be catching

We've actually played alright in that first half. Having said that Burnley have been shite and we've only had two shots on target.

Anyone know if Lamptey going off was tactical or an injury? Maybe there hasn't been any word on it, but commentators usually try to find out.

You'd think that after all the fuck ups he's made he'd be more resigned to it, expecting it. The punching the ground as if it's beneath him act is getting a bit old

And he's a dildo. No getting past all that rubber.

Sidwell tried to say that the weather was partly at fault for Pickford's clanger, then Robbie Savage piped in with "don't keepers put water on their gloves to make them sticky". Incisive analysis from BT as per. The facts are that it was a clanger and Pickford is a joke for a keeper who's supposedly the best in England. Ancelotti is a clearly a very astute manager. Surely he can't continue picking Pickford much longer with him making those kinds of errors regularly. Everton have actually looked pretty solid defensively at times in these first few games. Pickford has been the clear weak link in their defence. Lossl their number two is actually pretty decent. Time for him to get a run. Edit. Oh and Pickford's keeper strip is perfect for the dildo that's he's making himself look

Bruce was clearly out doing his ritual sacrifices again. Side steps Man U, Citeh, Spurs, Arsenal and Everton.

The draw is tomorrow.

Fair play to Gillespie for making up for his howler. As for the match, yet more proof that Bruce is the luckiest cunt alive.

Chance of a quarter final by beating league 2 opposition and this is the shite they serve up.

Fucking hell, Ryder is trying to bum up Bruce for telling Carroll to give the penalty to Wilson to take. Talk about scraping the bottom of the barrel for an upside.

He's like the shitist version possible of Dennis Pennis.

The sad state of affairs is that if Wolves hammer West Ham later it will cheer me up because I have three Wolves players in my FF team. I don't want to find cheer in football primarily from FF instead of my team, but that's where Ashley has taken us to.

Fucking hell, Carragher was right, this rule is ruining games. For Christmas I want the new year to bring an end to this stupid rule, VAR, fans back in stadiums, and Fatley and Cabbage head to fuck off. Shape of Fatley rubbing his hands at the end like the completely devoid of honour shitbag that he is.

Three games, but still shite.