On the plus side, I can cancel TNT Sports now…

I don’t know how much Aguerd coming off affected our ability to get going from the back. Perhaps as much them playing better and us dropping off with the press.

Proud of that performance.

Shame we didn’t switch it up after an hour or so, but hey ho. Ref was a shocker to be fair.

That bench is wafer thin.

Believer wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:30 pm Grinding out results will be the name of the game I fear.

Little change then.

DusseldorfHammer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:20 pm And on January: We were one of the few clubs with money to spend

And let’s be honest, clubs over valuing players knowing we had cash wouldn’t fit the Sullivan M.O. of squabbling over every last penny!

There was one thing Moyes said after the defeat to Leverkusen that stuck with me, something along the lines of 'Look, they're a Champions League team' - that's what I think gets me the most, the almost deferential attitude towards certain teams. The focus on their strengths, not ours, or is it becau...

Funnily enough, the two we've lost have had the same achilles heel - goals from set pieces rather than anyone cutting us apart in open play. I have no issue with lower possession as long as there is intent to attack when you get the ball - too often it feels like we’ve just shut down the attacking ...

the pink palermo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:51 pm Seemingly they had 78% possession. For the last time, who cares ?

I’m going to bite - me, because sitting off chasing shadows game after game is tiring, mentally and physically and leads to mistakes, especially late in games.

Winning the Conference last year buggered Sullivan as he felt obligated to keep Moyes when I suspect he’d decided to make the change.

This year has felt like treading water until the inevitable end of season rebuild.

And it’s not like Moyes has a stellar record when it comes to effectively utilising his bench given options…

D C wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:58 pm
Did we give them too much respect?

I think so

They are good, but you have to offer a threat, sadly we didn’t and again you can’t constantly defend like that and not change it up.

It’s as much a sign of messed up offside rules as anything else - like Gordon last week, stand offside, you should be offside, keep it simple.

Billydinho wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:37 pm When you camp on the edge of your own box all game what do you expect?

Right answer - we invite pressure and therefore opportunity for VAR to get involved and for penalties to be conceded

Running on fumes last 20 minutes but we kept going and stayed (mostly) composed.

Needed a result above all else after Saturday.

Basically, what we’ve learned from this weekend is that it is okay and ‘clever’ to throw yourself in front of an opponent as they play the ball to win a penalty.

I guarantee you if that happens with us tomorrow we don’t get the penalty.

Shearer isn’t going to say a word against Newcastle, not least as he’s probably got a nice round of golf lined up with Yasir Al-Rumayyan at the next LIV event in the UK.

StokeIrons wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:16 pm MOTD2

Lineker questioning the penalties

Shearer laughing his b*ll*cks off

Says it all

The ‘fan’ pundit is another crap trait of modern football.

Like watching someone shadow boxing