Samba's captain for me, but many seem to give him a free pass, i suppose cos of the odious Kean factor. Even went to a poxy Russian club, wouldn't have minded as much if he went somewhere decent. At least if Brentford JR is upgrading, for now.

I'll be honest, i think I'm a bit ageist when it comes to him. So easy to get on board with the notion of youth there in the likes of Buckley and Davenport. Plus I've got PTSD from Murphy and Etuhu. 🤷‍♂️

Wasn't so long ago i was questioning the heart and fight in this team. Now we have Lenihan not even flinching at a mashed up nose, Gally chasing down tackles in 90+ mins, loan signings busting a gut for the club. New signings galloping down the wing. This is unreal. Well done to all involved, to a man absolutely brilliant. (I'm giving u a pass Johnson cos I'm in such a good mood.) 👏👏👏

Those well known ref decisions that all go our way recently. Suppose we're due one. We're gonna need some slice of luck.

What a weekend, really entertaining stuff. That Chiefs/Bills game was an ATG. Two great quarterbacks at the top of their game. How the hell Mahomes saves his team with 13 seconds on the clock. 🤔 Bills should have kicked off in field, yeah you risk a big return from the special team, but if you contain them you probably drain 5 or 6 seconds off the clock, and it's pretty much game over. Hindsight though i suppose. Hat's off to both teams though. Would have been a good superbowl that match.

If Adam Armstrong isn't getting on the pitch in matches like this, he can't have much of a future at Southampton. With his pace he's surely the perfect outlet against a City highline on the counterattack. Not really storming it is he. Maybe he's a perennial Championship player.

Awesome. So a club regularly blooding youngsters and giving players a chance gets punished, and clowns like Chelsea hogging youth talent, never playing them, and abusing the loan system gets rewarded. Sounds like another fair and common sense rule being implemented in the football world. 🙄

What about the couple nailed on last min pens we've got away with? Or was that last season? It's all blending into 1 for me during this bloody pandemic.

I agree but probably what would save him is that his foot was near the ball. Don't get me wrong he knew 99.9% he wasn't getting there, and it was a desperate foul to stop a goal, but the vicinity of his foot in the right general area would qualify for the double jeapordy rule.

Yeah, course they're breaking on us dickheads cos we're chasing the game as we've been robbed twice. They never seen a football match before.

The panic in Gallagher when he realised he was clear and needed to control the ball was palpable. Should be the opposite. Should relish that opportunity.

No genuine attempt made to win the ball, and that close to goal. Unreal.

Jesus Christ, what is with everyone tonight? Second person to say this. I have never once even insinuated vaping is "healthy". Let's use the term harmful for clarification. It was said vaping wasn't less harmful than smoking. I'm saying it is "less harmful", categorically, it's not even close (95%), and pretty much every medical organization agrees unanimously. And yet I'm being called out for it. 🤔 Not smoking, and not vaping are both by far the best choices anyone can make in their lives. Because, as has been said, nicotine is one of the most addictive substances around. Some have said sugar may be close but I won't take us down that rabbit hole.

I'm done arguing, I'm just stating it as fact now: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/28/vaping-is-95-safer-than-smoking-claims-public-health-england British Medical Journal the same, as I've already said, NHS too. The rest of points on it made by people fair enough, all seem valid. Just interesting how people rate the different "bad" substances. The obesity/sugar/diabetes crisis in youngsters is far more harmful at present than vaping imo, but no one would bat an eyelid if Mars or Snickers was going on the shirt. Hard to know where to draw the line. I suppose there was a fair bit of pushback on Macdonald's and Coke sponsoring recent football competitions. Just you take out alcohol, tobacco, gambling, all sugary products, all fatty products, all loan companies....then what you left with? Maybe cars? Nope, they're polluting the planet so can't do that till they all go electric. There's a hell of a lot clubs that need sponsors and a dwindling pool of companies to oblige, particularly after the pandemic.

Different World an eternity ago. If you picked up today's scientists/medical professionals and plonked them back then they'd identify smoking as bad in about 2 days. (Also a lot of corruption back then). They've been looking at vaping in depth for a decade plus now. Totally get the encouraging children/crap branding angle though.

C'mon, let's not get silly with statements. The NHS specifically says different: Did you know? E-cigarettes are far less harmful than smoking cigarettes and can help you quit. NHS website link

I think I've said this before, and I'm not betraying any moderation confidentiality, but he got a very brief ban (48 hrs at a guess), and chose not to return to the forum after that. I believe he's never posted since then. About a year ago last January from memory. I'd prefer people knew that story than worry that anything untoward has happened.

Thought it was just me. Quite surprised by the negative reaction tbh. Vaping is way healthier (still issues with it, I get that), doesn't stink like fags, and is much, much cheaper so you hopefully minimise poorer households wasting extortionate amounts on cigarettes that are needed for other essentials like food and utilities. And is a vital stepping stage to people giving up totally. I do understand, (or have heard), the issue with all the fruity flavours and bright, funky colours encouraging the younger generations to take it up. But what is people's major issue with it? The product itself or that the logo/branding is a bit naff? Genuinely interested to know. Bit shocked by the general consensus.

Screw em, giving up. I'm not paying £10 for three quarters of a match where I've already missed the first goal.

It's against the rules to show any 3pm kick off live. Only way they could do it is by moving the time.

Me either. Timeout gateway fault has stopped, now unrecognized details. Awesome this. 🤬🤬

Talksport today agreeing with you, they're suggesting 45 secs. Will never happen, but it's nice to dream. Would certainly eliminate all the faffing around which frustrates everyone, both in the ground and at home.

Ah crap, yeah I've got it wrong way round. My gripe is one was practically stationary the other player ran into him, and that discounts the goal. You start officiating that and they'll be a couple on just about every corner goal scored, both attackers and defenders blocking off paths. Just stupid to start analyzing that imo, particularly a fair distance from the ball.

That's where it's got lost somewhere along the way. It was supposedly brought in to stop absolute clangers. "Clear and obvious" howlers are recognizable almost instantly. Maradona's and Henry's handballs, wrong player sent off etc. Even look at Gamst's dodgy corner kick trick where he never actually touched it. That would be found out almost instantly by VAR. Over 3 and half mins is a joke. I would like to put a time limit on it, maybe 60 secs, and if u don't see anything obvious in that, then the goal stands. But I understand why that will never happen, puts video refs under pressure, technology could breakdown and then how does that effect the minute etc. Just frustrating when they start checking 3/4 different things on a goal, that's not what ANY of us want, and I'm fairly confident saying that.

Bit like Rugby Union then, just a bit of common sense and all that. If only. On that note, loved the rugby last weekend, player knocked ball on scoring a try, ref "I need to go check that?", player just miserably shakes his head no. 👏👏 No wasting the fan's time.