yorkleyblue

Oh bless you with your erudition and comically dubious use of grammar and spelling. Pointing out the inconsistencies of what you say doesn't count as trolling, silly little man. But you really should keep clear of my "ass", it's not a very nice place to be at the best of times, and I had an onion tarte tatin for supper last night and even I don't want to be in the same room as it.

Perhaps there is no word for irony in your first language either. That poster's chosen a witty street username implying a desire to see our own come through and succeed and then wanders off down the road of we gotta be going buying people, I know, let's think of some big names we've seen mentioned on Sky and buy them. Just strikes me as funny, really.

This is quite amusing. A poster named "playdayouf" (Scores 22 in Scrabble if you don't hit a double or triple word score) says " hit the transfer market when we can again" I assume that "da youf" is some sort of dialect relating to our academy players, but I don't really speak street-arse so can't be sure. Whatever the language is, is obviously has no word for irony, nor any concept of self-awareness.

That's what I meant about fitting right on in,mate. So many mind-readers who know exactly what player X or manager is thinking. Makes us mere humans feel inadequate and uninformed. It's a bit like all the world-class soccer experts who know exactly how and why top club managers don't understand the game,tactics, or the requirements of their specific hate-figure player of choice.

Really good to see that you passed your BTec in mind-reading. You'll fit in well with most of the posters now :)

You always did get excited watching young men "develop".

Tell that to Burnley

I think you might be letting your Alonso dislike cloud your judgement again :) Alonso looked OK, not great but not shabby either. Still the best option on that side if we play a back three that we have seen so far. Who knows what the the youngsters will be like in that formation? Can't see Alonso being with us too much longer though, if we play a back four.

Sorry for your loss, @just, but you spelled mongrel incorrectly. Enjoy your Collie, though :) let's hope your sad old knees will be able to keep up with it.

Can you quote my post where I mentioned sex? At all? In any way? And any sort of sex?

Are you cringing because you are still thinking back over your pro-level insight and punditry about Callum?

silly boys But he looked OK last night.

I thought he was exciting to watch, but with all the positional awareness of my dog. I can see what all the fuss is about, and he is very much the future, he just needs a bit of discipline - maybe one of our lady members could take him in hand.

And still some posters in here hold Pochettino up as one of the "top managers in the world". Won f**k all, perennial bottlers, came third in a two-horse race, but obviously good enough for United or Real.

What a little charmer! No wonder the americans got trump - he epitomises that sort of offensive self-obsession and ignorance. You managed to flush out another "World's #1 Fan (because I pay for a Fox Sports subscription) in West sh*tsville, AZ)". Bless, he'll probably be telling us all about the detailed intricacies of the marvellous game of "soccer" and exactly how Frank is going wrong.

and dangly

You just like looking at testicles - football is neither here nor there.

coulda, woulda, shoulda, mate :) I take the point, but I was more pissed off at Henderson's ridiculous dive, (And Salah's in the area as well and the effeminate way Wynaldum ran into Dave for their second goal.)

If he didn't even touch Henderson, it wasn't even a foul, let alone a booking

I was at the Player of the Year dinner a few years ago where he was voted Best Young Player. The buzz around the room that night from everyone at the club was that he really was the real deal, and had the most chance of making it to the top of all of that crop of very talented youngsters. Lad looks like a proper pro.

Early days, mate, early days.

Didn't they change the law so any arm/hand contact is now a penalty, regardless of intent and/or effect?

No, that's all fair enough @Davey Baby, like I said, I didn't see the interview so wondered if Frank had said they were a pair of tossers or not. I didn't see it as players interfering with a team-mate, more as team-mates discussing the situation, but then I wasn't on the pitch at the time, so can't be sure. I do think @dkw has a point that if Barkley is that mentally weak he really shouldn't be playing professional football, as that level of wimpiness would make Morata look like Drogba. Still, it's all done now, so once you have apologised for the dreadful calumny you posted about me criticising other posters, we can get back to our lovely witty relationship.

Seriously, though, which part of "I have no idea what they were doing" counts as "calling them out"? (To be honest, I didn't see the interview when it was discussed, so I am genuinely interested in the terms used and how much is confirmation bias)

But it's not MPB, it's a full on shiner. He's not allowed out if scotchland ever gets any sunshine because he dazzles people riding by on their donkeys