Polarboy

Bit premature there, was sure Shelvey would line it up.

Shelvey top corner.

Great assist from Lascelles there, fucking hell.

Well yes, but in fairness I said you need a sensible manager as opposed to us actually having one. So if you know a player is prone to hamstring injuries and is playing a ridiculous amount of games close together because of a pandemic, you shouldn't show some foresight and consider resting said player? Clearly there are a number of things to consider apart from form and the apparent lack of serious injury when it comes to selecting players.

Which is why you need a sensible manager to know when to bench a player if it's likely they are going to overstretch themselves to the point of picking up a needless injury. Touch wood that won't be the case today.

Because Bruce was talking about giving him a rest, all the players are playing a lot of games in a short amount of time, and he's shown himself to be a bit injury prone. It has nothing to do with his talent as a footballer which is unquestionable.

Jenas is alright. I certainly wouldn't be upset if he eventually took over from Lineker on Match of the Day which seems to be the rumour floating about. Edit. Well that shows you what I know, ASM starts.

Personally I can't wait until the old boys club of pundits who lick Bruce, Moyes, and basically any British manager they've snorted coke and got hookers with, arses stroke out. Then again I seen Murphy and Jenas do much the same and they've likely got decades of talking shite ahead of them. As for the game I'd be very surprised if ASM starts, given that Bruce was talking of resting him for Bournemouth. ASM might insist he's fine, but given we're safe I can see the wisdom of giving him a rest. On the basis of the stats of the 'ammers game against Chelsea they weren't quite as amazing as some were making out. As long as the players don't have their flip flops on we should be able to get a draw at the very least.

Fucking Fernandez in my ff team. Trust us to let a pissy goal like that in at the very end.

Shame that didn't go in for Carroll.

Well I meant a team opposing us, but in general you are indeed correct.

Fair play to the lads, because you can only play what's in front of you, but I honestly can't remember a worse performance from an opposition team.

You do wonder a bit. Are the pundits just that dumb and don't really watch our games or pay attention to Bruce's complete lack of loyalty and beyond mediocre managerial past, or are they in some weird Jeffery Epsteinesque sex club and Brucey is the photographer.

Came off after the 60 minute mark at least.

Was going to get ASM for my fantasy team this week, but got Saiss off Wolves instead. Three assists later I'm sickened.

ASM clearly fancying it today, what a run.

It was an intentional misspelling/typo from me I swear. Krafth usually moves around the pitch like a new born calf

Was just about to say Brazil

Are Bentaleb and and Kafth looking decent, or are Bournemouth so shite they're making them look decent. As for ASM he's really adding end product to his game now. We need the takeover to happen soon, if for nothing else than keeping hold of him.

A shame that Gayle can't score when it actually really matters.

I lived in Fenham until I was seven, my sister swears she seen Ant McPartlin get a kicking at a bus stop a few roads up from us. He probably would have been in Byker at the time. Speaking of Ant and Dec, Dec used to be well into Irish dancing as a kid, I know this because we used to go to the Irish club near the stadium every week and there use to be Irish dancing upstairs. If I recall correctly Dec's parents, who my own parents were friendly with, at least ran if not owned the Irish Club at the time.

I live about an hour or so's drive from Lifford in Donegal which is where Shay Given was born and bred. A friend of the family is pretty good mates with Seamus, Shay's dad. We all went to a pre-season match together when Dalglish, heaven help us, was managing the team. We were playing Bohemians in Dublin. Met Shay's sister who's a looker, or at least was 23 years ago Met Seamus and asked him what big Al was like and he had only good things to say, but I suppose it's not likely he'd say anything else, then again Al and Shay are supposed to be pretty good mates. After the match we went to the hotel the lads were staying at. I met Shay and John Barnes, the rest of the lads were already sitting down for a drink. Dalglish's son and another player, I can't recall who, were sharing a pint of Guinness like two old grannies. Unfortunately it was early preseason so Shearer and Rob Lee were still sunning themselves on their annual joint family holiday. Oh yeah met Dabizas as well who seemed like a sound bloke, as did Barnes and Shay. Having said all that Shay has a bit of a reputation on the drink when he's been out and about around Donegal. For further context I was 14 when all this happened if following players back to the hotel sounds a bit juvenile. Edit. Actually it was the 98/99 preseason, so it was 22 years ago.

Well yeah we need Joelinton to actually make speculative runs for balls like ASM played across the goal. It's not just Joe at fault of course, but obviously he shoulders a lot of the responsibility as the supposed number 9.

Pish at the start but we got our act together the longer it went on. It's not complicated at the minute, we just need to keep getting the ball to ASM in space with the form he's in.

Unrelated to the our match, but just when you thought Pickford couldn't look any more of twat he goes and grows a goatee.