The Fish

I understand the probability of you getting a sock to the jaw is increasing dramatically.

Listen fuckknuckle, we can either spend spend a shit ton on players now and then be forced into selling our best players in June, Orrrrrrrrrrrr don't act like spoiled fucking brats.

*More chance of Chelsea being given a CL spot for winning the Conference league, than Man Utd or Tottenham winning the Europa.

They've also done this helpful little table too. Now, I think it's self explanatory but we'll sharp find out if that's the case.

Should he? He's been a bit hit and miss for Villa this season hasn't he?

Isn't there now no limit on the number of clubs allowed into the CL from a given association? Like if Man City win the CL and Chelsea win the Conference League, their spots go to the league? *More chance of Chelsea being given a CL spot for winning the Conference league, than Man Utd or Tottenham winning the Europa.

Would that it were so simple.

Mitchell was hired July 4th 2024. Summer window closed August 30th 2024. January is always a difficult window to do business, let alone for a club with tight PSR restrictions. I'm not really sure what he could have done by this point?

It was rampant. People walking up to Four Lane Ends to get some scran, and only clock out for 30 minutes when they get back.

I remember working at Benton Park when I was about 19? They had Flexi time where you logged in and out with a little plastic key. It was class because I'd clock myself and a mate in first thing 7:30 ish, then he'd show up at 9 take the keys and I'd fuck off early afternoon and he'd stick around to clock us both out late on. He'd drop the keys off at mine on his way home. We were clocking 2 hours credit a day and the boss was either too dense to notice, or didn't care. I think we were allowed to go 18.5 hours in credit and same debit, so we'd build up that credit then take a Flexi week off.

Nathan Carlyon. No, I have no idea either.

We'll be fine.

I passed first time. Didn't get any faults at all.

It's 100% truth. It may be opinion, conspiracy fantasy, and delusion, but it's 100% truth.

Of the disgusting things MF does with/to/on prostitutes, eating their clam is depressingly far down the dirtiness scale. Far down? High up? I dunno, but he's grim... is my point.

My sister and her husband, lets call him Neil do that. Never forget sitting with them at a Christmas meal and Neil is a bit shy and quiet. So to put him at ease I ask him about LARPing and he tells me that his character is a Wolfman and is the leader of his clan. I ask if that's like a werewolf and he looks aghast "A werewolf?! They can only change in a full moon, I can change whenever I want!" Looked at my Dad for help and he just kind shrugged sadly and refilled our glasses.

Probably any of the people on here who've met me. They'll have also heard me use a whole host of less common words, like meretrix. Dunno why that came to mind.

Isak only started because Wilson was injured, if he was fit, Isak would have been gently introduced and I think you know that. I mean, when you look at his minutes when Wilson returned to fitness, it underlines Howe's approach to gently introducing players.

Twitter being a fucking hellscape isn't news, but the weird reaction to the reaction of Almiron's transfer is fucking awful. People rightly, imo, wishing him well and looking back on his time fondly. Straight away you've got edgelord cunts calling him shit and being delighted to see the back of him. The lad worked his bollocks off every time he pulled on the shirt, he never complained (to my knowledge), always played with a smile on his face. It's not like he's been sat on his arse, picking up a massive wage while acting the cunt. Don't understand the opprobrium.

Taken from the 'Other Games' thread because a graph in there might cause some people to have a conniption. Last 10 years you've only needed 64pts to get 5th. To get to 64, we'd need 23 points from the final 15 games or ~1.5PpG, which is less than we're on right now (1.78PpG). This year, because of this very odd season, I don't know that would be enough. We'll probably need to maintain our form. Liverpool look set to win it and if they maintain this form they'll end up with around 92 points, which is about average for the Champions from the last 10 years. But, Arsenal are most likely to finish 2nd, despite only having form that would leave them on ~78pts, some 5 points less than the 10 year average. 14 points wouldn't be the biggest gap between 1st and 2nd of the last decade (that was 19pts in 17/18), but that gap in the last three seasons has been 5 points or fewer. Knocked up a quick chart to illustrate how bunched the top half of the league is this season (if teams stay true to their current PpG). Columns indicate difference from the 10yr average, e.g. Liverpool are only 0.2 points off the average for Champions, but Bournemouth are ~7pts better off than the average 7th placed team from the past decade. Bottom four are more cut adrift than usual too. 12th to 16th is about what you'd expect for bottom half sides, all with 1-2pts of the average.

I was surprised to see Khusanov thrown into the deep end against Chelsea. Say what you like about Howe, but he's not one to rush a player in. At times that seems counter to sense, but he took ages to bed in Bruno, Isak, Gordon, Hall, and Tonali. And now look at them go. It is an unbreakable rule of the Universe that West Ham must not ever have a reliable goal scoring forward. They must either be brittle or turboshit.