Fulham away, I hate this fixture. If Dummett starts I'm deleting the thread when I get up so don't get too attached to anything you post.

[OTF 8419]

Remarkable three points after a shockingly bad first half.

[toonotl 3431]

Massive 3 points.

[Gemmill 49975]

Looking forward to some Marco Silva salty, salty tears in the interview. 

[aimaad22 4690]

Just now, OTF said:

Remarkable three points after a shockingly bad first half.

 Aye that sums it up really. 

 

Barnes made a difference. Bruno came into the game second half. And Gordon for me crucial again. 

[aimaad22 4690]

Just now, Gemmill said:

Looking forward to some Marco Silva salty, salty tears in the interview. 

 He can go shove them up his arse after that VAR shambles 

[BobHopeandNoHope 680]

Brunooooooooo

[toonotl 3431]

Clean sheet too. How long since we had one of those?

 

Burn had a great game again today.

[Sonatine 11922]

7 points from 9 in the last 8 days with half the squad crocked isn't too bad of a return 

[Tdansmith 3260]

A great result all things considered. 

 

[Ayatollah Hermione 14686]

Thought we probably edged it slightly after Howe gave them that bollocking but it was two poor teams on the day. Should have been 2-0, mind. What a shambolic decision that VAR check was 

[Tom 14083]

[PaddockLad 19013]

41 minutes ago, Sonatine said:

7 points from 9 in the last 8 days with half the squad crocked isn't too bad of a return 

 

 

 

[Dr Gloom 23642]

54 minutes ago, OTF said:

Remarkable three points after a shockingly bad first half.

As awful as we were and as risky as it was i think it was part of the strategy.
 

We were barely running at times in tne first half let alone pressing. the plan seemed to be to let them have the ball and fall back into shape.
 

i think Howe told them to conserve energy so we could have a go in the final third of the game instead of running out of steam on 60-70 minutes with nothing on the bench to freshen it up, like usual. Unconvincing but it worked.

 

Murphy, Longstaff, willock and Krafth were all awful. Neither longstaff nor Willock look fit to me. Murphy just had one of those days where everything be touched turned to shite

 

Krafth reminding us how good trippier and Livramento are. I lost count of how many times he ambled forwards with acres of space ahead of him only to check back and pass it sideways. 
 

Game of two halves. Bruno dragged us over the line. Schar and Burn looked good too. 
 

Did that finish by Longstaff at the end look as bad on the telly as it did in the ground?

[Holden McGroin 7625]

1 hour ago, Gemmill said:

Great result. Shame West Ham won but surely Man United are dropping points this weekend. 

wolves had a last minute equaliser chalked off as well.

[Dr Gloom 23642]

44 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said:

Thought we probably edged it slightly after Howe gave them that bollocking but it was two poor teams on the day. Should have been 2-0, mind. What a shambolic decision that VAR check was 

was it? We had no idea why he was asked to review it 

[Howmanheyman 36611]

Almost a Man U/Ten Bob-esque type victory in the end.  (VAR needs to fuck right off asap as well). 

 

Und was ist das? Alan Smith doing the arsenal game? Well baste my bollocks in white sauce and call it figgy pudding. I just didn't see that coming. 

[Howmanheyman 36611]

19 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

 

 

 

 

Something, something, hang a wet duffel coat on them...... 

 

[Holden McGroin 7625]

 

Another clean sheet for Hall. I’m sure it’s luck but I’ll take it.

 

It was a lovely back heel by Anderson in the lead up to the goal.

 

Burn is looking a good CB. He arguably should have been preferred over a half-fit Botman before the injuries 

Edited April 6, 2024 by Holden McGroin

[Ayatollah Hermione 14686]

19 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said:

was it? We had no idea why he was asked to review it 

From what I can tell, it got disallowed because Burn was too strong and tall for their centre half?

[Holden McGroin 7625]

I’ve just seen the wolves disallowed goal in 10th min of injury time.  Subjective offside. The Keeper was never getting it. Disgraceful.

Edited April 6, 2024 by Holden McGroin

[Gemmill 49975]

You'll all be absolutely thrilled to hear that Silva has been complaining at Dubravka going down injured and frequently breaking up play.

 

[spongebob toonpants 4361]

4 minutes ago, Gemmill said:

You'll all be absolutely thrilled to hear that Silva has been complaining at Dubravka going down injured and frequently breaking up play.

 

To be fair the 5 minute injury break in the first half so Howe could give a coaching session was textbook shithousing. Must have been absolutely infuriating 

[ohhh_yeah 3053]

 

   

 

 

[thebrokendoll 10283]

16 minutes ago, ohhh_yeah said:

 

   

 

 

 

canny photo, although why's there a couple of the bad guys from the descent been photoshopped in the middle of it?

[aimaad22 4690]

2 hours ago, Dr Gloom said:

As awful as we were and as risky as it was i think it was part of the strategy.
 

We were barely running at times in tne first half let alone pressing. the plan seemed to be to let them have the ball and fall back into shape.
 

i think Howe told them to conserve energy so we could have a go in the final third of the game instead of running out of steam on 60-70 minutes with nothing on the bench to freshen it up, like usual. Unconvincing but it worked.

 

 

I think that's a bit of a stretch. Howe and Tindall were visibly seething at one point and I"m sure Schar had a go at Hall and one or two others in the first half hour for being casual with the ball. We were just very poor.

 

Letting them have the ball might have been part of the strategy but not being able to keep it for 5 seconds and letting them have acres of space hopefully wasn't.

 

Different second half though, subs made a difference again. Barnes has looked absolute quality again since the latest injury, Anderson and Hall have looked good for the most part too. Not sure what's up with Willock like. 

 

1 hour ago, Holden McGroin said:

I’ve just seen the wolves disallowed goal in 10th min of injury time.  Subjective offside. The Keeper was never getting it. Disgraceful.

 

Aye it was embarrassing. I'm usually of the view that it can take time for technology to become consistemt in sport and for officials to learn to use it. But this lot are utterly hopeless, they can't be trusted with VAR and they're only getting worse with time. Scrap the whole shambles this has become. The first Arsenal goal should have been looked at by VAR too, Lamptey clearly gets the ball but the ref obviously points to the stop and since its Arsenal of course VAR wont intervene.