48 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

He needs to score another 30 without missing to tie Matt Le Tissier on 47/48

Personally though the first thing I'd bring in if I was king of football (after getting rid of VAR) is making it so the player who won the penalty takes the penalty.

Agreed. As seen with Guimares yesterday despite being dealt a truly horrifying, life threatening injury, after beating floor and waving his arm around he was brave enough to decline immediate medical assistance from the anxious paramedics and yet, somehow pick himself up and have the fortitude to take, and score, Newcastle's penalty. The excruciating pain these footballers endure with little complaint is truly admirable and an inspiration to us all.

1 hour ago, WhiteWall said:

Agreed. As seen with Guimares yesterday despite being dealt a truly horrifying, life threatening injury, after beating floor and waving his arm around he was brave enough to decline immediate medical assistance from the anxious paramedics and yet, somehow pick himself up and have the fortitude to take, and score, Newcastle's penalty. The excruciating pain these footballers endure with little complaint is truly admirable and an inspiration to us all.

CHEATING IS GETTING WORSE IN FOOTBALL, ANYONE WHO PLAYED BEFORE THE PL USED TO GET KICKED TO PIECES YET JUST GOT UP AND CARRIED ON, FOFANA SHOWED HOW BAD IT IS YESTERDAY, A WOLVES PLAYER HEADED THE BALL TOWARDS THE GOAL IT HIT FOFANA ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD IT WAS CLEARED AWAY AND THEN FOFANA FELL TO HIS KNEES CLUTCHING HIS HEAD AND GOT THE GAME STOPPED, JOHN TERRY MUST HAVE BEEN LAUGHING HIS TITS OFF, ALL TEAMS USE THE EASY GET OUT CLAUSE TO GET THE GAME STOPPED, PARTICULARLY FROM CORNERS...VAR SHOULD LOOK AT HEAD INJURIES AND IF A PLAYER IS FOUND TO NOT HAVE BEEN INJURED SHOULD GET A YELLOW AND A PENALTY GIVEN

10 hours ago, bisright1 said:

He needs to score another 30 without missing to tie Matt Le Tissier on 47/48

Personally though the first thing I'd bring in if I was king of football (after getting rid of VAR) is making it so the player who won the penalty takes the penalty.

Quite a few of Le Tissier’s would have been pre premier league though?

7 minutes ago, 19seventyone said:

Quite a few of Le Tissier’s would have been pre premier league though?

25 out of 26 in the Premier League era apparently

On 08/02/2026 at 08:59, bisright1 said:

He needs to score another 30 without missing to tie Matt Le Tissier on 47/48

Personally though the first thing I'd bring in if I was king of football (after getting rid of VAR) is making it so the player who won the penalty takes the penalty.

29 to go… the countdown is on!

Still not sure how he missed that late chance.

It was harder to miss than to score. Still unbelievable to have watched it.

Really disappointing. This miss will hurt for a while. March if shaping up to be brutal and we're going to miss those two points very dearly.

Can't believe he missed that chance, but he's won us so many games by himself over the last couple of years so he's got a lot of credit in the bank. Thought he played well if you put the miss aside.

1 hour ago, yaz said:

Really disappointing. This miss will hurt for a while. March if shaping up to be brutal and we're going to miss those two points very dearly.

As Sconnie shared that is 15 points dropped at home from winning positions, and that is against sides like Brighton, Sunderland and now Leeds.

Yeah watched the miss several times. Can only conclude Cole took his eye off it as it was a perfect pass.

Real shame as the play from Caicedo and Gusto was really good.

Cole Palmer is clearly such a talented player, I'm not worried by that miss, just disappointed as a goal from that move would have been totally deserved.

I think he's playing with more confidence and swagger again. Shades of the old Palmer were on show, despite the miss.

1 minute ago, Shweaves said:

Cole Palmer is clearly such a talented player, I'm not worried by that miss, just disappointed as a goal from that move would have been totally deserved.

I think he's playing with more confidence and swagger again. Shades of the old Palmer were on show, despite the miss.

I don't think his relationship with Joao Pedro should be understated.

I would like to see Estevao develop a similar understanding with either Caicedo or Santos so that they can work give and gos to help Estevao get behind the opposition and in on goal

1 hour ago, Shweaves said:

Cole Palmer is clearly such a talented player, I'm not worried by that miss, just disappointed as a goal from that move would have been totally deserved.

I think he's playing with more confidence and swagger again. Shades of the old Palmer were on show, despite the miss.

I agree. I think yesterday was the best we have seen from Palmer in the league for a long time. That one miss that I have seen every player miss doesn't change that.

This is what happens when you don’t have a idiotic ideological manager who believes players like Palmer must be restricted.

He’s been freed by Rosenior to go and play, you can see he’s gottten a free role again like under Poch so he’s popping up all over the pitch and the opposition don’t know whether to go with him or stay which creates a lot of space for everyone else.

2 minutes ago, El regreso said:

This is what happens when you don’t have a idiotic ideological manager who believes players like Palmer must be restricted.

He’s been freed by Rosenior to go and play, you can see he’s gottten a free role again like under Poch so he’s popping up all over the pitch and the opposition don’t know whether to go with him or stay which creates a lot of space for everyone else.

The best part was seeing Santos playing passes to split the midfield. That kind of progressive football is something that was seriously lacking under Maresca. It gave Palmer, Pedro and Estevao in the 2nd half so much more to feed off.

On 11/02/2026 at 23:53, Scott Harris said:

I agree. I think yesterday was the best we have seen from Palmer in the league for a long time. That one miss that I have seen every player miss doesn't change that.

Haaland has one of those every 3 or 4 games. He still scores a billion goals a season.

A bigger issue is that it took us so late in the second half to create a chance of that quality.

Journalist Jason Burt believes Liam Rosenior needs to be stronger with players after Cole Palmer expressed his frustration at being substituted against Burnley.

Palmer should have done better with a first half chance, and things were made more difficult in the second after Wesley Fofana got sent off.

In response Rosenior took Palmer off and replaced him with Tosin Adarabioyo, and the attacker expressed his frustration at coming off.

It’s not the first time Palmer has had that kind of reaction to being taken off, and Burt feels Rosenior needs to be stronger with players.

“I really did not like Cole Palmer’s reaction [when he was substituted],” he told Sky Sports News as quoted on X.com.

“I think that’s got to stop , you can do it once, but he’s doing it every time he gets substituted. Now, if I’m Rosenior, I’m saying to him, ‘okay, fine, but look at yourself, you miss chances. I had to take somebody off.

“And it had to be you look at your own game as well. So I think he needs to be like that with the players as well, a bit more stronger.

WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP, PALMER HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY, THE COACH SINGER HAD DONE BUGGER ALL ALL GAME AND ONCE AGAIN PLAYED THE FULL 90 MINUTES

18 months ago when Palmer had even a half chance I was confident it was a goal. Now, one-on-one, or a ball into the box, I just know it's either a miss or he won't even control it properly. Problem is we have no-one else any good to replace him.

Should TT take him in the world cup squad? If he does is he a starter?

No chance he starts for England in current form.

11 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Should TT take him in the world cup squad? If he does is he a starter?

Yes and No.

When he is 100% match fit he starts without doubt and I would start him ahead of the likes of Foden, Rodgers, Saka, Belligham - whoever..................

But right now, he's clearly not anything like 100% and he'll be happy just to be in the squad. Guess TT will leave it as late as he can to see who is fit AND in form.

17 hours ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

Journalist Jason Burt believes Liam Rosenior needs to be stronger with players after Cole Palmer expressed his frustration at being substituted against Burnley.

Palmer should have done better with a first half chance, and things were made more difficult in the second after Wesley Fofana got sent off.

In response Rosenior took Palmer off and replaced him with Tosin Adarabioyo, and the attacker expressed his frustration at coming off.

It’s not the first time Palmer has had that kind of reaction to being taken off, and Burt feels Rosenior needs to be stronger with players.

“I really did not like Cole Palmer’s reaction [when he was substituted],” he told Sky Sports News as quoted on X.com.

“I think that’s got to stop , you can do it once, but he’s doing it every time he gets substituted. Now, if I’m Rosenior, I’m saying to him, ‘okay, fine, but look at yourself, you miss chances. I had to take somebody off.

“And it had to be you look at your own game as well. So I think he needs to be like that with the players as well, a bit more stronger.

WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP, PALMER HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY, THE COACH SINGER HAD DONE BUGGER ALL ALL GAME AND ONCE AGAIN PLAYED THE FULL 90 MINUTES

Palmer was crap all game. Should stop rolling his eyes and focus on making an impact on a game, then maybe he won't get hooked.

I think after Fofana's red we should have gone 3 at the back with 3 in midfield and still kept 4 forward. We may have lost yet think the defensive changes gave them the edge.

3 hours ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Palmer was crap all game. Should stop rolling his eyes and focus on making an impact on a game, then maybe he won't get hooked.

HES CLEARLY NOT FIT

WHEN HE GOT THE BALL OFF OF WALKER ON THE HALFWAY LINE, HE COULDNT SPRINT AWAY FROM A 36 YEAR OLD AND WALKER CAUGHT HIM UP SO PALMER TOOK THE SHOT EARLY

HAVING SAID THAT NO WAY SHOULD PALMER HAVE COME OFF BEFORE THE COACH SINGER, HE ONCE AGAIN STROLLED AROUND THE PITCH DOING NOTHING