OttawaSaint

Another game, another moment where I realize that I have no clue what handball is or isn't. Looked like a clear handball by Wolves, VAR says no.

For a manager that has arrived mid season I think you have to go as far been as Hoddle for one that won in their first game.

Big 6 pointer this one! Expecting more misery.

Absolutely. All on SR this. Comical way to run a football club. I.e. without footballing people overseeing the football.

He's the only guy we could get. He doesn't mind the relegation on his CV cos he's getting £££s. His CV ain't that stellar anyway so he's got nothing to lose. The players are shit and ones that are less shit have given up. Be surprised if we get more than 3 more points from the remaining fixtures.

You what? Beautiful headed assist for their 5th yesterday.

Absolutely diabolical performance. Juric is clearly not the man for the job, the 3 CBs, Sulemana, Bednarek as captain etc. But let's face it, SR left it so long that no decent manager in thier right mind would take this on. We're relegation certs. Players look absolutely shot. They gave up, Dibbling looks to be at the end of his rope. Feels like Selles 2.0 where we just see out the remaining games laughing ruefully at comical goals, refereeing, and player x who hasn't scored in seasons filling his boots.

Nuts isn't it. Then, in the Villa game VAR says no penalty because BHA player got studs on the ball. Well yeah but he also fouled the Villa player. It's like they just make it up as they go.

How is that a penalty for Ipswich? VAR checked it too. Can't see any contact at all?!?!

Wow! A stunning indictment into our failures. We don't have much cash but we've pissed what we had up against a wall. Look at the scouting of Brentford, BHA, Forest, Bournemouth, Wolves etc. It didn't have to be this way. Needs to change pronto.

Probably drunk too much. Looking back I see two really crucial monents in our past. 1) Koeman had been lured to Everton but we must have been one of the most attractive clubs in Europe for a top top manager to come in and really elevate us to the top 4 or 5 in the EPL and perhaps snag a cup or two. Our geniuses brought in Puel. 2) We'd recovered from our Puel/Pelligrio/Hughes eras and then Ralph, God love him had just totally ran out of steam. We were still an attractive team, above the relegation places, looking for an up and coming manager to get us top half and competitive in the cups. We got in Jones, then Selles. Another set of fucking geniuses. I don't think we are ever coming back to the EPL. We've missed the boat, we'll never be able to splash the cash like Bournemouth, Forest et al. are doing. How incredibly sad. Oh what could have been.

BHA, Bournemouth, Fulham, Forest. Full of absolute bargains. We've been so poor at recruiting since the Mane, Van Dijk era.

Mind you, in 2024 Jack Grealish has 0G 2A. £100M. Need to spend well...

Thought it might deserve it's own threat. This is fucking woeful. What a waste of cash! Stewart: EPL: 131 minutes (4 appearances) EFL cup: 10 minutes (1 appearance) Champ + playoffs: 42 minutes (4 appearances) Total: 183 minutes, 9 appearances, 0G, 0A. Onuachu: EPL 24/25: 267 minutes (9 appearances) EFL Cup 24/25: 40 minutes (2 appearances) EPL 22/23: 405 minutes (11 appearances) EFL Cup 22/23: 22 minutes (1 appearance) Total: 734 minutes, 23 appearances, 0G, 0A. Sulemana: EPL 24/25: 103 minutes (8 appearances) EFL Cup 24/25: 26 minutes (2 appearances) Champ 23/24: 948 minutes (25 appearances) FA Cup 23/24: 58 minutes (1 appearance) EPL 22/23: 967 minutes (18 appearances) Total: 2102 minutes, 54 appearances, 2G, 5A Brereton Diaz: EPL 448 minutes (10 appearances) EFL Cup: 55 minutes (3 appearances) 0G 0A. Archer: EPL: 923 minutes (18 appearances) EFL Cup: 230 minutes (3 appearances) 5G 0A.

So for the 3 of them: £22M + £20M + £8M and all those wages for. 2G and 5A. 86 appearances, 3019 minutes (33.5 90 minute games). Woeful! That's not even considering BBD either. EPL 448 minutes (10 appearances) EFL Cup: 55 minutes (3 appearances) 0G 0A.