Gemmill

Here a stat for you. Chelsea have only won six games in 2023. Leeds and Leicester (both relegated), Borussia Dortmund, late-stage Patrick Viera Crystal Palace, Luton (new PL whipping boys), and AFC Wimbledon (League 2). Booed off by their away following yesterday.

Hope was saying he had a pop at one local journo asking him who he supports when he asked about the penalty. Hope reckons Klopp did the same to him when he asked him about whether TAA should have been sent off against us. Agree these lads are complete arseholes.

Wasted his AMAZING line on a non goal.

"A blow to the Goodison solar plexus" screams Sky's prime time commentator. 1 nil Arsenal.

Put that on for the last 10 minutes of the first half and it was being played in near total silence. Looked like an awful game.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/the-set-pieces-blog/2021/jan/06/tino-asprilla-newcastle-25-years-was-a-joy?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Case cracked.

Rock stars of the past (and I'm sure present) behaved appallingly but they were on tour in hotel rooms and it was out of sight. Brand's stuff was happening, at least to some extent, in TV studios and the same studios were being warned that he was a problem, and were still hiring him. These are places of employment with codes of conduct and HR policies etc. As someone else (spongebob?) suggested, this should have been as much a story about them as Brand.

It's a theory and Garland is legit. But Brand's disappearance down the rabbit hole came in instalments.

The time to take the Dilbert lad out was when he was writing that godawful comic strip. Same applies to Brand. I haven't seen that bloke on telly since pre-pandemic but NOW he thinks there's a "coordinated attack" on him.

Tonali for Anderson, Isak for Wilson. That's what I reckon Howe will do. I think Barnes and Gordon will keep their places and I think Wilson will be very unlucky to lose his.

Watched the Brand thing this morning. I'm 99% sure there was a mistake at the end where they referred to the person who had been known as "Alice" throughout the show, as Hannah. Which presumably is her real name. Anyway, sounds like he was a real fucking prick, and that the entire industry turned a blind eye to it. To the point where, if you were Brand, you would be mistaken for assuming that it was allowed. Which isn't an excuse for his behaviour BTW.

Maxi's just scored for his Saudi pub team. They're 3-2 up.

I hope the latter.

Just the one sub was it? Unusual but I assume he didn't want to upset the shape.

They don't fancy their keeper much, these Brentford defenders.

Paqueta must have had a fiver on Bruno getting booked.

He's like a charver on the bus.

Thomas Frank's chewing style is reprehensible.

Here we go, the fucking brains trust want him to have a look on the telly. I don't know if it's a pen but I know that they'll give half of these and overturn half. It's the ridiculous lack of consistency.

Longstaff is endlessly available as an outlet. He makes a big difference.

Shitting themselves.

I thought the pen was canny mental tbf. I love that Pawson and his div mate on the touchline had to combine their two megaminds to make the decision though.