Potter’s comments on the club and the fans (playing up the Leeds booing, for example) hinted for some time that he felt we’d hit our limits and he was getting a bit too big for us. De Zerbi’s attitude publicly (and track record) is very different. He revels in the underdog status and developing young players. Time will tell. Can’t see him being with us next season but simply because one of the clubs of far bigger stature than Newcastle will see him as the future. It’s a no-brainer for the likes of City, Barca etc
Got something to say or just want fewer pesky ads? Join us... 😊
[Albion] "It’s like the old Billy Gilmour we’ve got back."
- Thread starter Bozza
- Start date
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5,347
Apologies if this has already been posted, but it came up on my news feed this morning.
I know it's the Express (sorry), but read it anyway. Wow.
www.express.co.uk
'The 22-year-old did not lose the ball once.'
I know it's the Express (sorry), but read it anyway. Wow.
Chelsea chief Boehly getting £9m for 'the next Kante' looks worse by the day
Chelsea may come to regret sanctioning a bargain transfer exit last summer.
www.express.co.uk
'The 22-year-old did not lose the ball once.'
Last edited:
Seagull on the Hill
Well-known member
- Jan 22, 2022
- 481
I want England to win, but I hope Wee Billy Gilmour plays a blinder.
BG was bloody impressive and I am still laughing my pants off at that bunch of west London wankers.
GT49er
Well-known member
Hmmm - not sure many people thought that at the time. Mind you, we all knew he was a good manager then, and doing a great job at Brighton - an opinion that has later been revised!
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,314
It's more of an overall team effort really. It's just clicked. Team is greater than the sum of its parts as they sayOther than Wee Billy and the FBs is there anyone in the Scots side that’s any good currently ? Just no one immediately springs to mind
just looked J McGinn Angus Gunn perhaps
Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,297
His ONE bad touch all game resulted in him setting up Evan for the second 
I remember thinking when we signed him not to take any notice of the Norwich loan spell or their fans’ views. He was in a shite team and in and out of it. Just needed a run of games and some confidence…!
I remember thinking when we signed him not to take any notice of the Norwich loan spell or their fans’ views. He was in a shite team and in and out of it. Just needed a run of games and some confidence…!
Tierney, McGinn, McTominay, McGregor is and is wasted at Celtic. As you say our fullbacks are all very decent, I don’t know how we managed to get so many good ones.Other than Wee Billy and the FBs is there anyone in the Scots side that’s any good currently ? Just no one immediately springs to mind
just looked J McGinn Angus Gunn perhaps
Ferguson at Bologna is looking great as well. Our forwards aren’t world beaters but they do well In the overall system
maresfield seagull
Well-known member
- May 23, 2006
- 2,247
TBF that’s what I meant to say
heads a bit cloudy
️ this morning post match vino
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5,347
When RDZ was asked what he had said to the team at half-time, he replied 'don't give the ball away'.
B-right-on
Living the dream
Don't forget, we @rse raped Boener and The Chavs at £9m for WBG.
That's 8% of Caicedo money.
Chelsea - the gift of hundreds of millions and amusement that just keeps on giving.
That's 8% of Caicedo money.
Chelsea - the gift of hundreds of millions and amusement that just keeps on giving.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
To me his range of passing is better than MC’s
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
It says he got an assist for Fergie's 2nd goal, which is true, but surely he got an assist for the 1st goal as well?Apologies if this has already been posted, but it came up on my news feed this morning.
I know it's the Express (sorry), but read it anyway. Wow.
Chelsea chief Boehly getting £9m for 'the next Kante' looks worse by the day
Chelsea may come to regret sanctioning a bargain transfer exit last summer.
'The 22-year-old did not lose the ball once.'
Would be a good ‘in’ for Garth to write a few paragraphs about Chelsea vs Forest and how they need him back!I thought he was outstanding today.
Possibly a consideration for Garth's Best Player Bingo XI - with 90% of the comment about Eddie Howe's job being at risk
Agreed. It’s probably not what people thought at the time but made perfect sense when looking back on his comments. A De Zerbi walk out would be even more startling, given how committed he seems to the cause and his “sky’s the limit” attitude. Personally, never revised my opinion of Potter. He was very good. Laid a lot of ground work that’s helped us to get where we are and his eventual success taught the fans to accept the merits of patient, possession football (helped very much by playing a hell of a lot of games behind closed doors during Covid without people screaming at players to ‘get it forward’).
Fergus the Schnoodle
Active member
- Aug 12, 2023
- 71
Aaron Hickey too.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I'm not so sure. The lecture about reading history didn't go down too well.
- Aug 24, 2020
- 5,347
For a while the BBC had him down as providing the assist for the first goal, but I see that assist has now disappeared.
I don't know what constitutes an assist if it isn't obvious, but I'm guessing that someone has studied the rules, and deemed Gilmour's strike that was parried by Pope, was not 'an assist' but a shot on goal.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
In retrospect GP was very thin skinned. Going to Chelsea was a complete disaster for him, bank balance aside.