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In that circumstance it would suggest the linesman didn’t believe the attacker to be offside. The flag is to go up once the play has died, the ball going out of play is that point. If the linesman didn’t flag, then it wasn’t anything to do with the new rules, it’ll be that he missed the offside.

I was surprised he was getting some stick after the Swansea game, as all the games i’d seen him it I thought he was decent. Maybe we’ve become used to some very good full backs in our recent history, we’ve set the bar a bit high. Pleased to see plenty of praise for him last night, he was great.

God this thread is bringing back some dark memories - Paterson, Pekhart, Pericard - thankfully no one has mentioned Jordan Robertson to complete the set.

That Salisu tackle on De Bruyne should make any highlights reel at the end of the season, it was absolutely superb and a perfect summary of his performance.

Which isn’t at all relevant to who is the better free kick taker… It doesn’t matter if JWP plays 1000 more games, if he takes half as many free kicks from shooting positions. Almost certain that a Man United team of the early 2000’s was getting plenty more free kicks than this Saints team.

Does anyone have a comparison of conversion rate for him and Beckham? JWP’s conversion rate feels like it’s unbelievable, we hardly get any free kicks in shooting positions and yet whenever we do, it’s a goal. I’m sure Beckham would’ve had many more opportunities from shooting positions, given the team he played for.

Would be good for Tella too

Selling us Broja for 25/30mil this January, and maybe getting something like 25mil for Gallagher in the summer off someone could fund whoever is next on their list of stars to buy. If we put in a £50mil buy back like with Tino then that locks in his value for Chelsea if he does become a consistent PL striker.

I’m not sure whether some of these things do or don’t have nuances like that in them. I guess Burnley could really drag their heels if it was left until the last day in order to delay it beyond any deadline, but not sure if that would come with any legal ramifications.

Wood had a release clause too apparently, so Burnley can’t do anything about it - imagine they would definitely turn down bids from relegation rivals mid-season if they could.

Can’t help but think our only chance (minimal as it is) to sign Broja would be right now. I think our biggest hinderance is not necessarily that Chelsea will want him/want big money for him, but that other clubs will notice him. If he hits double figures this season then every club outside the top 6 will probably fancy him, and most can pay far more than we can.

Essentially Toney and some others will be disappointed Brentford are staying up as they won’t get a move to a bigger club, such is Brentford’s approach. But never mind they’ll be okay at Brentford for a bit longer. Total twat. Then said this game was a shop window for players on both teams.

I was just getting over his first comment about Brentford when I heard that, it’s like he’s a comedy character.

Tella RWB

Insufferable, and absolutely thick as shit

I sound like a broken record now but Ings was shite for us for the first 14/15 months, and he turned out alright. We need to give Armstrong time. He’s gotten worse/less impactive as time has gone on, which was just like Adams did in his first season - to me that just says confidence issues. It’ll come i’m sure, it’s extremely early days.

A league cup run that not only got us to the final, but that we were fucking brilliant in every single game. He brought through a number of youngsters who all made decent contributions that season, many of whom have gone on to do nothing since. Whether you liked his football or not, he knew what he was doing. He should in no way be clubbed together with Pellegrino and Hughes. He was dealt a shit hand, and he did alright, sometimes better than alright.

Be great if the ref could penalise any of their players who are manhandling Tella constantly

Forster completely stitched Valery up for the first yellow, and Obafemi dived for the second - poor refereeing.

Channel 978 is working on Sky, switch over its standard definition

Agreed, was great business from them and i thought it at the time too.

The memory of walking out of St Mary’s after our 0-0 draw against Swansea on the opening day of the season, and hearing other fans say ‘well it was much better than last season’ when it was actually worse, will be burned into my mind forever. Worst manager in PL in history in my opinion, given the amount of games he was given and how far backwards he managed to take us.

I like that, personally. The ‘look at us’ type approach we see at Newcastle always gives me a weird feeling and seems like it always ends badly. Moshiri at Everton is another one who likes the sound of his own voice too, always calling Jim White on Talksport, and look how that one is working out…

what a surprise

I like all three of our main strikers, for different reasons. But this lad is a player, there’s no doubt about it. Has always made me think of him as a bit of a poor man’s Haaland, has lots of similar attributes which not many others have.