Football Special

Do we want number 31? Draw this evening 7pm bbc2 1. AFC Bournemouth 2. Arsenal 3. Aston Villa 4. Blackburn Rovers 5. Brentford 6. Brighton & Hove Albion 7. Bristol City 8. Burnley 9. Cardiff City 10. Chelsea 11. Coventry City 12. Crystal Palace 13. Derby County 14. Everton 15. Fulham 16. Hull City 17. Ipswich Town 18. Leeds United 19. Leicester City 20. Liverpool 21. Luton Town 22. Manchester City 23. Manchester United 24. Middlesbrough 25. Millwall 26. Newcastle United 27. Norwich City 28. Nottingham Forest 29. Oxford United 30. Plymouth Argyle 31. Portsmouth 32. Preston North End 33. Queens Park Rangers 34. Sheffield United 35. Sheffield Wednesday 36. Southampton 37. Stoke City 38. Sunderland 39. Swansea City 40. Tottenham Hotspur 41. Watford 42. West Bromwich Albion 43. West Ham United 44. Wolverhampton Wanderers 45. Salford City 46. Charlton Athletic 47. Exeter City 48. Leyton Orient 49. Bristol Rovers 50. Dagenham & Redbridge 51. Accrington Stanley 52. Lincoln City 53. Tamworth 54. Birmingham City 55. Mansfield Town 56. Peterborough United 57. Stockport County 58. Wycombe Wanderers 59. Morecambe 60. Bromley 61. Doncaster Rovers 62. Reading 63. Harrogate Town 64. Wigan Athletic

Flag seemed to go up very very late, someone must have told the lino to do it as it wasn't initial reaction

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I actually know Turkish in real life, he prefers quavers

Most likely heavy defeat, just hoping Chelsea are entirely complacent with one eye on other fixtures coming up, they'll want to preserve energy for Spurs at the weekend followed by a trip to Kazakhstan

ABK was "sold" in August but failed his medical then we had the leaks claiming he had a heart problem, who knows the truth, I know the club were trying hard to find a buyer and failed, ABK hasnt even been training with first team so it's all a bit awkward. Feels like a waste of a career for him and a waste of a salary for us.

Stephens in goal?

I got loads of texts from mates at other clubs saying the same thing. We were robbed Grandad, simple as that.

Thank you!

Fuck off its a perfectly good goal

As Harry woukd say "Down to the bare bones". Dibling booking right at the end was a shame Lumley did well I thought, considering he's basically a 4th choice keeper so he keeps that spot even if McCarthy is available. Chelsea look handy at the moment, hopefully they rest some players but hard to give us any chance with all those players out.

Manning played well I thought, put a ball in first half that deserved someone to be on the end of it

Joao Pedro seemed more interested in trying to get our players booked than actually playing himself Great reminder last night how much better it is having our ground in a city with actual pubs, trains were a joke getting to AMEX stuck out of town Thought our support was good

Corruption , once again. That's vital goals at Wolves and Brighton ruled out now, I won't miss this league, genuinely they're welcome to.it , let's get back to the Championship away from all this nonsense. Fuck VAR

The way he went down last Sunday looked bad, think he's injured Obviously we'll lose, Matt o'Reilly to score for them

Here's Celtic showing us how it's done, lovely stuff https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15hThDFJSV/

https://x.com/AlfieHouseEcho/status/1862128930213249462?t=jyfd-buOSImUnk_N0ldFBw&s=19 Come on then, who was it that gave Russ this positive feedback? Could have been a skate?

Completely agree, they're out of their depth and also sacking Martin brings more attention on the board,at least for now he'll take the brunt of the criticism

We've had plenty since Branfoot as well, don't want to start debate now but overall Branfoot at least saw some results for his methods keeping us up and getting to a cup final! I remember a couple of fans getting banned for throwing their season tickets at Pellegrino after a dismal home defeat, guess we can't do that now they're on an app 🤷🏻‍♂️

I still get frustrated/ angry at the defeats, throwing away a lead in 2nd half again makes it hard to take, but putting time , effort and money in is starting to take its toll, think will give up away games for a bit in the new year just a waste of time now, would like to be at last game at Goodison that's about it. FA Cup 3rd round draw this weekend is always good. In a season as dreadful as this the cups at least provide some distraction

Last I heard was Martin had been assured he had the backing of the board, could have changed last few weeks but I really think they're going to keep sticking with him

That is true for those who stay until the end, assuming we're 3-0 down by 60th min would expect most of the away end to be long gone at full time

You need to lighten up Lighthouse

I'm getting flashbacks to Diego Maradona in his prime https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15j42RpVTM/ https://x.com/SouthamptonFC/status/1861092968007917669?t=QEvR4X1qTXuYnZg1KkGuLg&s=19