9 men now tho. Good stuff.

But it will be funny if they do quadruple. It will absolutely devastate the plastic Man Utd fans, and I enjoy their suffering way more than the obvious issues with Liverpool fans. Gets my vote all day long.

He predicted the way it was going in 2020 too:

Think they're just upset at life. Never understand folk who are abusive whilst celebrating. I kind of understand it when you lose. You're angry and want to take it out on someone else. He should be happy though.

The other side of the altercation for full context (your description checks out):

Spoken like a man that has never met a British football fan. As if temperature would ever make a difference to how much is drunk. Guessing he missed the flare poking out someone's backside.

Hate to be a party pooper, but this is the issue for me. Fair play to Jake for what he's done, takes real guts, genuinely don't know if I'd have the courage. But in reality, it's a very small step in a long journey. Think the 1 in 10 theory was rubbished, and the last census estimated about 4% LGB. So, from the twenty staring 11's in the Prem each week, that's about 9 people, factor in substitutes and we're looking at a full football team of individuals that are keeping this side of their lives secret. Obviously, entirely their right to do so, but I won't feel like we've made real progress in this area until it becomes the norm for some of the superstars in the biggest league in the World to be able to live their lives openly. For example, how long till two teammates are dating? Happened a few times in the WSL I believe. How long till the Premier League has a situation where the GK is in a relationship with the No.9? I'll be honest, feels an eternity away for me at the moment, but hopefully I'm very wrong.

The Amari Bell in the Prem dimension still exists for now. Would be some space to live in.

Newcastle been playing some nice stuff recently. They'll be a lot of players wanting to prove themselves, and make sure they're still in the picture for next season after the summer transfer spending. Desperate not to leave a club on the up. If anything, I reckon Brentford will be the one's on the beach and might give Leeds a gift, despite their awful away form. 🤞

Fairly mind blowing how many heads it's managed to go over, and are outraged. 🤦‍♂️

I do enjoy laughing at Arsenal:

Leeds, renowned 2nd half of season bottle jobs, and Tony Mowbray. Quite the mix that. Somehow they'd probably manage to drop 2 divisions from Jan to May.

Best Champions League in ages. What a season. 6-5 in a tense semi final tie. To think away goals were once introduced because things had got too boring. None of that nowadays, we're going through a great era. And Newcastle will add to that soon.

It's most definitely that. But you make it sound flippant or petulant. It's based on good reasoning and statistics. You surely can't believe it's toys out pram? It's so much more than that.

We've been in relegation form for all of 2022. And many other points in TM's tenure. This isn't like the Sam Allardyce thing, where it's chucking away a safe pair of hands. For some it's more like the new light bulb is going to immediately short circuit and burn down the whole house.

I can guarantee you I'll never look back misty eyed to Mowbray, no matter what comes next. Even if it's a Kean/Coyle mutant that's been fed through Jeff Goldblum's fly machine. And that's not all about insulting TM. It's just that you regret 50/50 type decisions you've made when they don't pan out. This isn't that. It's a no brainer. Rovers and TM have to part company for the good of them both. Whatever the future holds now is irrelevant to the past half a decade for me. Two separate entities.

I thought that too. He didn't just lob it either, seemed to really give it some welly. Was surprised ref didn't book him. Take your top off for 5 secs = yellow. Chuck a smoking flare with force = no problem. Makes perfect sense.

Drinking game.....take the edge off.

Considerate of you to further explain the concept of level.

That's Wigan got 2 League titles and an FA Cup in the last decade too.

Don't think it was. Not best camera angle but by cut of grass looked clearly played on by whoever was at RB position. They were a meter or two behind rest of backline.

Changed that for you. I've had a few pals that worked on the oil rigs. Did they enjoy being away from their families for months at a time. Nope, but they accepted it was a fair trade off for the increased wedge they got compared to the average. And they didn't moan about it once. Difficult to complain when you drive the flashest car on the street and take 2 more holidays a year to fancier resorts than everyone else. The football world showing how deluded it is...as ever.

Tell that to Mitrovic, he was losing the plot tonight.

Guessed at it 6 weeks ago, and it's looking a fair shout. Shame the predictions I actually have money on never come so close. Would love to take it to final game of season, but can't see it happening. I think we'll play all right for once, and give a good account of ourselves. But it will all end up for nought.