Recent content by thbjenkins

Sound, in theory, and I too would like to see more crosses into the box. Except we're so often dreadful at set pieces so winning corners and free kicks maybe shouldn't be the goal here. It just a confidence thing, this season is a bit of a write off for him, some rest and a decent pre-season...

Those 8 games. Evan hasn't scored or even looked like scoring in months.

Looks like Barca are going for a 'vibes only' approach to their recruitment... Happy they seem to be staying away from our Roberto though.

Yeah, he was pretty quick. Just not very good at football it turned out. Couldn't keep himself onside if I remember rightly.

So was Elvis Manu...

The "Por Quoiiiiiii... Por Quoiiiiiiii!" is delicious.

Lucky enough to have got ours, theres 3 of us and we were all trying to buy some. Only one of us was successful at getting any in their basket that weren't already taken, I was tier 1 but the others were tier 2 so have been nervously watching the tickets disappear all weekend). Amsterdam here...

Ref is out of his depth. Not booking players for talking back. Booked Baleba because Caicedo ran into him. Missing that red card. Very weak performance.

Except Billy Gilmour. He put some great balls in the box on Sunday. Gross can barely get his past the first man.

Oh yeah, the magical nuance! Silly me!

In the news(ish) today... “The PIF under Mohammed bin Salman has facilitated and benefited from human rights abuses directly linked to the Crown Prince." The owners of Newcastle United are directly involved in human rights abuses, according to a US Senate hearing 'The Premier League were...

Casual joking about bombing a football club because they didn't get the player they wanted... showing their class there.

The likes of Harry Kane are going to win so many free kicks/penalties from this guy. He's a diver's wet dream! That being said, looks surprisingly nimble on his feet considering the size of him.

Early suggestion for a song, his name reminds me of this turn-of-the-century 'classic'. The simplicity of the chorus should help. (jump to 0.45s for the Chorus) [MEDIA=youtube]N9K18Bfw9aI[/MEDIA] (50% tongue in cheek here)

Arguably the team might have played better/finished some chances if the fans were in the stadium to get behind them, making it more of a hostile place for away fans. There is no real home advantage for any team right now.