Recent content by Herne Hill Seagull

Power went down at 12:33 yesterday and came back on at 8am today, in my case. As for all the conspiracy theories, I think sometimes the official line doesn't help. A few weeks back we were all told by official channels to keep three days' worth of non-perishable food and water around in case of...

Oh man the gulf between the top two tiers is absolutely gigantic now. Curious to see how Burnley get on next season, assuming they come up, with that outstanding defensive solidity of theirs. One thing to go 12 games without conceding in the Champ, but you're playing people like Mitoma, Rutter...

Yeah but we don't have to like it. Whatever helps the team. In that magnificent 4-1 thrashing on Potter's return he was visibly rattled by the response from the fans. That alone is reason enough to keep doing it, quite apart from his desperation to get out to any one of the big boys that came...

Eloquently and poignantly written, Lady W. Hats off and all the very best to you. I was tempted to write in response to the OP - if I'm remembering that far back in the thread correctly - that if he did buy a bike (or any other decision he may make) it's only himself and his loved ones that...

I don't understand why players keep signing for them. Especially young players - you must absolutely know that you've got little to no chance of getting into the first team unless you're a world-class exception. So, OK, you go and get paid very well - but really? That's it? You don't care about...

Very important not to get carried away by friendlies. However, a few observations; The style is clearly going to continue to be fluid and based on a passing game. Suspect we'll concede a few goals this season if he's going with a flexible, attacking back three, but it should be a good watch no...

I have a fundamental problem with the basic premise that anybody pointing out clear shortcomings in team selection, over-cautious tactics and inconsistencies between his messages and his actual decision-making "hates" Gareth Southgate. It's not acceptable to throw plastic cups at the manager...

I live in Spain. Everyone in my village has been saying from before the tournament that England are favourites, and were baffled by my insistence that we were not. And yet here we are, in the final. Don't plan to be giving it too large because I still see Spain as strong favourites but at least...

Oops - replied to the wrong person. Never mind - if that Sky report is true, all this is moot.

I don't think that's 'precious' at all. Football is tribal - for my own part, I feel a visceral affinity for my club and community that's sufficiently strong that when it's belittled, even mildly, by somebody it gave a chance to manage in the top flight, and paid well, who then left to join a...

The anti-Dunk sentiment on the BBC's thread page, i assume largely from people who are judging him mainly on a bad mistake in an England game and when he plays against City on the telly, is striking. We had a bad run, conceding a lot of goals. But anybody who has seen Dunk over the long term...

I've only just seen the very start of this thread, and it seems the internet age has completely deprived some people of the ability to recognise a tongue stuck in a cheek, or even an overt joke. For what it's worth on Potter – and begging forgiveness if all this has all been said in the almost...

Greatest respect, Baldseagull, but wasn't flair? The man beat at least 17 players in a mazy run and stopped on the goal-line to celebrate before he knocked the ball into the net. Only the great Robin Friday would have been as ballsy. I'd suggest he was the absolute definition.

Oh, man. One of the old guard. Best wishes to his loved ones.

Bit harsh, sir. Just expressing an opinion - I don't speak, as has been thrown at others on here, in certainties. It's just my impression of the selection, which I believe I'm entitled to on a chat site? I'd be very happy to be proved wrong, as I said. It's not like I've said he's useless, that...