Silas

Any updates gents? Can't speak for everyone, but I suspect your presence might be more warmly received this season than it was last. 😜

Of course the new injury time directive doesn't apply to us. Why would it.

The linesman's tight there. Can understand it on breaks when they're not up with play. It's the VAR virus. They bottle it and figure a replay will rule out any try. But very few breaks are trys. So we just end up with it being flung forward regularly.

Midweek matches maybe? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Accepted. Wasn't even so much a comment about the keepers, more the yin yang of life. We had all that stability and dependency in net for a decade plus. Now we're being punished with clangers season after season. Maybe in my head, but like with 85+ goals conceded, I'd love to see our stats for goalkeeper error last 10 years. Got to be up there compared to other teams.

Cursed in the keeper spot since Brad and maybe Robbo.

But surely that theory can also be applied to us attacking. The CM with head down on the ball can easier spot the winger/ST run from corner of eye. There must have been some studies done on this kind of stuff.

Wow, what a stat. The night gets more depressing. I've instantly googled win % relegation and it gave me 19%. That stat gives us 24%. So we're good right.

Hmmm. I'd have to watch again then. But maybe he did have one hand on the ball on top of the ground. I thought that was fair game tbf. Particularly as he only had it in that position for a split second.

Really. Even the lightest of touches with one hand. I genuinely don't know the rule.

I was surprised in real time too, but replay shows ball was there to be won. Besides, since when do refs do their own 1 min debate to come to a decision. Certainly never happens when we're getting robbed.

Keeper never had that secured.

Harsh. I had Man City and Newcastle fans massaging me about the keepy uppy goal. Blew minds when I told them it was his weaker foot. If Markanda...y can bag a few of them we're laughing. Don't even know why I'm rooting for him so much. Maybe because he's a nearly man. And I naively dream a nearly man can become the man. Diaz Mk 2 so soon. 🤞

Which probably means more of Markanday on the right. I really wanted him to work out. Showed glimpses of being an exciting player. But I'm getting Formica flashbacks.

This is frustrating, they've got a real player with Koleosho. For about 3 Mill too. Steal. He's playing so well it might even cause some of them to resurface. Man U scored. Maybe they'll stay in hiding.

Fuck off Derrick!

C'mon Markanday! Tonight's the night. 🤞

The flowing, attacking football is all well and good, but we're so weak in the middle of the pitch. How many 50/50's lost. I don't even blame the defence as much as others, they're left totally exposed time after time.

Tried and tested. 😉

8/9 mins injury time in our future here.

I'm hyped for him. Was on a caravan site deadline day with no signal. Standing on a stool holding phone in air to find out we'd signed a striker with a 22 in 49 goal record had me chuffed. Didn't even dampen when I scrolled down to find it was for the B team, but I had been on the beer since lunchtime.

I must have had a bad week, cos I'm watching it thinking both these attacks murder us. The thought of Pickering and this new version of S Wharton against them will give me nightmares.

Just one game, but Bellingham is so much better than I knew. Understand the hype now. Bit gutted he didn't move to a Prem team so we got to see him regular. La Liga barely viewable in UK nowadays.

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ That won't help the confidence.

Fingers in the ears knee slide again. 😂 Just mental that he's gone from most expensive defender, to being seen as a pantomime clown. Must be a tough pill to swallow. Don't care what the players say, he can't not be hearing that noise.