aimaad22

Something I've been trying to explain to people for 15 odd years

Delighted that he got the goals yesterday. First one was really well taken. If you had to pick one player who'd you want to have a great career here most of us would pick him without a doubt.

Dummet would be one of the first ones I'd look at upgrading. He's been shown up more than enough times at that level. Could be decent cover for LB/CB though.

You underestimate them. 'Hull played reserves etc etc. League was the priority etc etc."

You're confident these days

Class draw. We can put a full strength side out and they'll be wondering about their league position pondering which team to play. Would be fantastic to be in a cup semi final again. Real chance here

Charge him extra for that font

The shirt yellow card thing is still a ridiculous rule though.

Fair enough. Basically what we were talking about the other day. Ashley being Ashley, the next disaster is always around the corner.

Poor guy. If only more of us living away from our families for work earned millions more than we do we might understand his plight.

Is he pure bread though?

Yes but many of them have played in the premiership before and have had major consistency issues. I would say Ritchie is the one who's looked quality more times than not for Bournemouth. Gayle scored a few for Palace but for some reason didnt seem to get many games. Its all hypothetical of course. For all we know Rafa could have a great team going by next year, getting the best out of the likes of Shelvey and Mitrovic who on their day can definitely cut it in that league. But it is a concern. Plus you do wonder that with the club atmosphere so much different now, and pricks like Sissoko not around, if the people that struggled for form so much last year could do better. Some key areas will need upgrading at least. Centre midfield would be one for me for sure. A number 10 perhaps. If Gayle and Mitro can get 20-25 goals this season it'd be harsh on them not to back them next year though. That will be the interesting part.

Aye, you cant do that in the premier league where you wont get enough chances to still manage to get a couple of goals with a 20% chance conversion rate. This would be the concern with both him and Gayle if we get promoted. Funny to be complaining about missed chances when you're scoring the amount of goals we have but you cant help but think in terms of what will be required next year (hopefully) and how we've struggled to create good goal scoring chances in the last few seasons.

Another great performance and a cup quarterfinal to look forward to. No doubt we'll be right up for it. Really enjoyed the 2nd goal from Mitro. People talking about how we're likely to mess it up on the weekend against the same opposition. And I agree that would be typical nufc. So its a real test for this team though, and for Rafa. You'd think he'd be very particular about guarding against complacency and confidence must be very high right now. Enjoy this while we can

And here I'd thought for years that tales of mackem inbreeding were well...tales

It'll be sometime next year when we start looking like something of a stable premiership team under Rafa when the biennial Ashley major fuck up occurs and we're back to square one. Probably over a transfer or something a la Keegan

And how he 'discovers' that he sold his soul to the devil. Next time you put your soul up on ebay and then change your mind remember to take the ad down!!

wtf

Cant say its not great to see them struggling again. The way most of their fans seem to change their mindsets overnight about Mourinho after years of criticizing Chelsea for buying success and parking the bus philosophy etc etc. I like how they're slowly losing that whole Man Utd free flowing 'style' and being shit at getting results at the same time

Suarez there :lol:

Great result again. Love the momentum and positivity around the club right now. Amazing what can happen under proper leadership. How the football though? Havent been able to catch most of the games. The goals look top drawer but hows the passing, movement etc generally?

Not sure the title is abusive enough, I can now sense an underwhelming draw.

So mass media doesnt always call things the way they are?