Lord Duckhunter

In the old days the ref would probably have pretended in his opinion neither were fouls and given the goal. This is a result of the drive towards “consistency “ and referees not able to use common sense. Had he not followed the rules 100% Howard Webb would have hung him out to dry…. Taking the emotion out of it, Liverpool would probably have been happier with losing 3-1, than losing 2-1 & the player missing the next match. It was quite funny their players arguing the goal should be disallowed, when the outcome of that meant a red card.

Sent off for denying a goal scoring opportunity, when the goal was scored. 😂😂. The only person denying the goal, was the ref…

What a load of old pony. This is down to Starmer 100%, trying to deflect it to Nigel or the Tories is pathetic. Maurice Glasman, the only labour politician invited to Trumps inauguration, claims he was told to basically shut up, when he advised.”Withdraw Peter Mandelson. He is the wrong man at the wrong time in the wrong place.” If Starmer saw that memo, his position is untenable…

Why don’t you just put him on ignore, you weirdo…

Why not, Sunderland got outplayed by Sheffield Utd, yet won it. If we win enough games to make the play offs, we’ll be in some run of form. I bet we’ll even be favourites. Crystal Palace did exactly the same thing, kept on winning to sneak into play offs, then won them.

Now we’re pretty much safe from relegation & The Skates finishing above us (which wasn’t a given when Still was here), we can go full out, nothing to lose, win every game mentality. Whether a modern coach will do that is debatable, he’s probably got one eye on not losing too many to remain in position for next season. It’s unlikely, and we need everything going for us, particularly around injuries. We can’t lose Wellington or Bree, probably can’t lose the centre halves, and we need Ross Stewart to do something he’s been incapable of doing, stay fit. He’ll also need to go on a Saganowski like goal spree & the new bloke chipping in with a few here & there. The only department we can sustain injuries in and not have a big drop off in standard is central midfield. Whilst we could cover other areas ( bar full back) on the occasional basis, any 2 or 3 game unavailability anywhere other than central midfield and we won’t be good enough. Our starting 11 are capable of winning the amount of games needed, if they play well every week, but the replacements won’t be.

I doubt if Jones is going anywhere soon, unless they’re relegated. What we can offer is security. If he intends to run down his contract & then gets a long term injury with a handful of games left, he’s fucked. Surely we can play on that & get him on a 2 year with a 3rd year option. The problem is he is a steady Eddie & the club probably think they can do better in the summer, he’s also not a Premier league player. The chances are we’ll be in this league, but if we’re not, the worse that can happen is we’re paying him a low (for premier league) wage to do fuck all. I don’t think anyone will moan and use that as a stick to beat SR with, or at least they shouldn’t.

Not really. He’s been royally fucked around by this club. How many managers has he played for, he’s been in and out of favour every time we’ve changed manager. If we don’t make the play offs, we’ll probably get another one next season, they might not fancy him, and he’ll be on the fringes again. The alternative is playing week in week out for a bloke who rates him, there’s a lot to be said for that.

Was he the bloke with Steve Claridge’s kit on?

It’s one of the most baffling of many baffling decisions. He’s a solid championship pro, who is used to 3 game weeks & can play various positions. He’s the exact type we needed. I fully expected him to come back for a couple of weeks before shipping back to Charlton. If Tonda had anything to do with that not happening, then fair play to the bloke. I’d also like to know who decided to finally bin Baz, if he had anything part of that, then double fair play. Those 2 decisions could end up being the turning point of the season.

Downs missed an absolute sitter on his debut (or was pushed off the ball in Nod world), complete lack of belief, whereas this bloke powered it in. Need to be careful about over hyping him, as he seemed a bit of a lump to me. Ross Stewart played very intelligently first half, looked like the player he could be before fading. Him, with new bloke backing him up, with Archer as a different sort of back up, we may get away with it up front. One thing for sure “Arma” wouldn’t have headed that. Both full backs excellent, let’s get a new contract in front of Bree now. We’ll need him next season if we’re in this league. Leo average again, Stay on your feet man, get off corners and free kicks. Azaz frustrating again & I thought Jander was slightly off it today as well. Type of game you need to win, but a pretty average standard from both sides…

It was a load of old pony. Some of the questions were way too simplistic, it’s the nuances which define people’s political beliefs. Everybody pretty much wants the same thing, the disagreement is how to get there. If you look at the example of helping the poorest and whether the Government should redistribute income from the better off to those who are less well off. Nobody would disagree that they should, but the definition of rich, of poor, of how you redistribute this money is your political compass, not whether you should or not. Everybody wants world peace, do you get it by sitting around holding hands and singing Kumbaya, or do you get it by mutually assured destruction.

What a load of old pony.

On this we agree. Despite being head of CPS, someone else was to blame. I have it in good authority he wasn’t prosecuted because some clown misfiled the paperwork…

Some series were just the perfect length , Fawlty being one, The Office, Phoenix Nights, whereas others go on too long. As good as those 3 were it does take something incredibly special to go on and on, but not become boring. Only Fools & Fraiser are 2 where superb writing meant it didn’t really reach the end of the road. I’m not so sure that you could put Basil or Brian Potter in too many more situations without them becoming less funny, whereas they did seem to manage it with Trotter. Probably down to the strength of so many of the supporting characters.