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Reply | Teletext App
at 19:55 17 Sep 2025
I mean it's lovely. It's really lovely. And in a sense, the football tables were made for smartphones.
Butttt, somehow it feels wrong that it doesn't say "1/2" in the corner and toggle from the top half to the bottom half, making you wait each time.
It's great it exists though, obviously. The amount of games I "Watched" on Ceefax!!! |
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Reply | Muric
at 13:26 16 Sep 2025
Agree re the Ramsdale type signing.
Look at the three seasons we've had in the Premier League this century, and it's no coincidence that we had a top keeper in the one in which we excelled.
But there's a long way to go before we get close to having that classic "nice problem to have". |
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Reply | Amorim for the sack?
at 19:14 15 Sep 2025
I was just listening to Wayne Rooney on Man Utd's travails, and he's saying the problem is the 2 in midfield not having the legs to cover the width and run up and down. He's saying that unless you have 2 absolute generals in midfield, in the premier league you need 3 in there or you get overrun.
Really interesting comments in the wake of our (challenging) season in the Prem last year. He seems to be saying that in the Prem, you can't play the formation/system that we played (and play) unless you have top quality midfield players (which we of course didn't, it turns out, at least not in the context of that league). We saw ourselves get overrun and sliced through an awful lot.
Well, Matusiwa with Jens and/or Nunez are going to be just fine in this division, I reckon (although I do miss Morsy and think that whole thing was unfortunate and weird). But if we do make it back to the promised land, I wonder if our system will be as unbending as before... |
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Reply | January window
at 13:03 15 Sep 2025
It would be a joy to take Sargent from Norwich. Not going to happen, mind.
It will be a case of seeing what's gelled, and what hasn't, what injuries we then have, and who maybe hasn't been performing. We'll know a lot more in a couple of months. |
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Reply | Tuanzebe
at 09:25 15 Sep 2025
To be fair to him, he couldn't see the rake. He was blinded from looking down the end of that hosepipe at the very time that the water came gushing out. |
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Reply | As a fan of town
at 08:14 15 Sep 2025
You must have been a much less happy bunny than the rest of us this last decade then. It's nice to know that someone still cares about the cup, but sadly the club doesn't.
What happens if we're 2nd, going into the last half dozen fixtures? Will you be screaming for us to lose? Your first two sentences don't add up. How can you want us to stay in this division, but also "obviously" want us to be as successful as possible? Your first sentence makes clear that you don't want what should be the obvious thing for all football fans to want, namely for their club to do as well as possible. That includes coming above 8th, ideally. I guess 8 is a revered number in some cultures. Each to his own. But I prefer for my football team to do well. |
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Reply | I'd change our away kit too. (n/t)
at 08:07 15 Sep 2025
Replace FFP/PSR with a salary cap. Simple, effective. (As long as they don't allllll just flee to Saudi...) |
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Reply | Anyone you know?
at 16:16 14 Sep 2025
Babybel would be more likely, in more ways than one... |
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Reply | Kone
at 16:12 14 Sep 2025
Absolute bargain.
As for whether we should have gone for him, well he's the same age as Azon. Let's see how their respective seasons shape up.
To be honest, Hirst will do well to out-score Kone this season, but it's early days. |
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Reply | Let’s get this season started…
at 09:28 14 Sep 2025
The puzzle of how to get Nunez into the side is a difficult one. It may ultimately be that he is the best option in the 10, but my view is that that is not necessarily the best use of him. Head up, long diagonal balls, that sort of thing seems to be an important part of his game, and that won't happen in the 10. His range of passing is one of his biggest strengths, and I think that calls for a CM berth alongside a Matusiwa type figure.
But hey, nice problem to have.
Great to have /both/ maligned wingers on the scoresheet in the game in which we came to life. They won't always be consistent, but once we get 1-0 up and some space opens up, I think they can both be devastating on their day.
I genuinely don't know who are our best 9 and 10 combo though. I guess time will tell. |
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Reply | Russell Martin lollage again (n/t)
at 08:40 14 Sep 2025
It's a funny old league that. We have 6 points from 5 games. So do St Mirren and they're 4th!
But yes, not going to shed any tears for Russell Martin. Hard to see how the average random fan could have achieved worse results with that squad in that division, in his position.
In relation to this particular match, Hearts do seem to be having a good year. Might be nice to see them breaking the hegemony (hogmanay?) |
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Reply | Anyone you know?
at 08:36 14 Sep 2025
I don't suppose the demographic is so very different from this forum. But we're fairly civilised in the main, I think? I hope?
I shudder to think what that lot would cite as their cheese of choice... |
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Reply | Delightful score, but tighter game
at 08:34 14 Sep 2025
I think they were pretty good in the first 10 minutes, or at least they looked that way. Maybe we're an attacking team by nature, and our reticence to go blood and thunder from the off means that we look like sitting ducks at the beginning of games. Not sure. They were either pretty good or we made them look good in that opening spell.
But after that I thought they were pretty poor. They were certainly able to be carved open, in no small part down to Godfrey. I think they will really struggle this season. I doubt we'll see many more generous defensive displays, or maybe just naive.
As has been said elsewhere, you're far more likely to get something at Portman Road playing the low block and spoiling tactics. When Philogene has a lesser night, he's criticised for being lightweight. It's no surprise that when he's had a barnstorming night, it coincides with a team which seems less inclined to try to impose themselves physically than many others.
I think defending like that, Sheffield United will be beaten home, away and everywhere else.
Really great result for us, encouraging performances in many parts of the pitch, and just what we needed right now. Also, when clinical finishing had been the biggest of our numerous problems, it was nice to put that to bed well and truly.
We shouldn't get too carried away in victory, as we shouldn't in defeat. I can't see us facing a more favourable approach from an opposing team so shot of confidence this season, and certainly not in the next 2 months. But, I feel that we are right back in the game. Onwards and upwards. Gelling. All that. |
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Reply | Why can West Ham v Spurs
at 08:12 14 Sep 2025
I guess it depends on what you mean by significant disorder. The 1v5 loss in 2011 wasn't that pretty beforehand. Police horse lines and squaring up and all that - it's not riotous behaviour, but it's the sort of thing that they want to avoid in planning kick off times.
But yes, I do agree with the point in general. I think frankly the TV companies just get what they want, unfortunately. Right now you can't watch a match at 3pm on a Saturday on TV because of the ban on showing them. Pretty soon you won't be able to watch a match at 3pm on a Saturday on TV because there won't be any matches at 3pm on a Saturday! |
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Reply | Nunez is pure class!! (n/t)
at 11:22 13 Sep 2025
I sympathise with this put down. However, they do have different qualities. Nunez seems to have a better range of passes, and the ability to take his time and pick them out. Less of a 'driving run' type of player than Jens. The point about Nunez being able to unlock the low block may be a good one.
Either way, our dismantled midfield is well and truly in the re-mantling phase, and it's nice suddenly to have quality options. |
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Reply | Mcateer
at 11:19 13 Sep 2025
The jury still has to be out. He's not been here long.
But on what we've seen, I don't see anything better than Burns (who I quite appreciate is unavailable).
I would be more excited to see Walle Egeli start ahead of McAteer, but maybe that's the kid in me, and maybe Kieran knows what he's doing. Would certainly like to see Walle Egeli get at least 30 minutes on a regular basis.
Kieran coaxed and coached Omari into the side really skilfully, and as long as we're winning, he can take his time with Walle Egeli too, but he's a hell of a talent. |
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Reply | Everything is good, just need that number 9 now..
at 11:15 13 Sep 2025
Let's enjoy the 5-0 and rejoice in the possibility that we will do as we did when we sliced through the divisions previously - we amassed goals from across the attacking players (and beyond). Hard to criticise Hirst on last night's performance in my view, although I did very much criticise him on the opening few games.
Having said all that, Sargent is the best goalscorer in the league, and I would love him here. First their Nunez and then their number Ninez! I feel that is pie in the absolute sky though, and I'm looking forward to seeing what our own players can conjure from confidence and partnerships. |
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Reply | Hirst's disallowed goal
at 11:11 13 Sep 2025
Yes it was a really fine finish. I also think it was jussst onside, and if we'd come away with a draw, we would be rightly irritated that a gaol like that was ruled out. As it happens, no harm done.
I wasn't so impressed with Azon, I must say. But obviously early days, and there was so very much to love about last night. I'm also happy to be set straight, because it's a difficult role, and one that isn't always glamorous when the wingers are on fire and scoring for fun themselves. |
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