andrewjohnsmith wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:07 pm I think it would have been a fortunate win. Would have taken 3 points. But draw was a fair result overall.

Draw probably a fair result as you say but to snatch a draw from the jaws of victory is frustrating

Played well In parts, did well to close the game down once we went ahead.

Erm yeah..

Will post more later.

Speechless

Can't even describe what just happened.

Meslier wtaf!!!!

A strange half. Good watch. First 10-15 completely outplayed. Then next 20 or so we did well and controlled the game, didn't creat massive amounts bur pushed them back. Last 10 or so we looked vulnerable again. Same issue as vs Norwich, too easy for them to find space between our midfield and ...

Regis Le Bris after hearing Farke say he wants to dominate possession

very interesting that! be interesting to see how it pans out at uruguay It will. Bielsa has a lot of good will it seems in Uruguay but Suarez is a god basically in football terms to the Uruguay fans. For balance though 1842245195623997681 I can believe he separates playing groups and maybe likes ...

https://www.joe.co.uk/quiz/the-joe-frid ... 419-460094

This week's quiz.

Another good one for me.

21

Can honestly say I knew my 21.

Simpsons was easy, fell down bit on the French stuff and the author who wrote something I've never heard of.

Aaron Connelly makes the bench after arriving on a free.

For all we talk about our injuries etc 3 of those Sunderland subs are 19,19 and 18.

The Sunderland squad and starting 11 is younger than ours.

Pretty wed to his 4-2-3-1.

But wouldn't it make sense to match Sunderland up?

They play 4-3-3.

Would give our midfield which lacks natural dm a more solid look?

Drop Aaronson back?

DF be thrilled his excuses are being written for him :) 15 points from 9 games would be a poor total (if we lose of course). But because of the injuries he will be able.to hide from that. I think he earns his money now, he's probably the highest paid manager in the league and its times like now ...

MB can be a complex character. What some call quirks and endearing others will find strange and annoying. He's having a decent spell as Uruguay manager, didn't win the Copa America though but has only lost 3 games. However it won't do his standing in the Uruguayan media and nations football fans any ...

Edouard Michut is another interesting option and actually may be the best one under the circumstances 1 goal 3 assists in Turkey last season. Did a full pre season with the team in the summer, started 2 league games this season. But left end of August over unpaid wages. So he's fully fit or atleast ...

Good news for Aaronson not so much for us.

Last game is in Mexico at 2:30am UK time on Wednesday in Guadalajara

Flights from that airport to England are really long, 15+ hours.

What absolute sh*te. Have you seen other teams trying to play out from the back? Our players are all moving two or three passes in advance. Yes we oftern play it back instead of passing with quick sharp passess but the times when we do we are quite good at it and even the passing it around ...

Problem is, bringing in any one of these players is going to take six weeks before they are even close to be considered in the starting line-up. After tomorrow we've one game in 3 weeks, that should be enough time to get a free agent up to fitness to play some part. Not like Farke plays some ...

Any decent options available in your eyes? Decent is relative I suppose. They are all free agents for a reason Age Injury problems Etc. Christoph Kramer stands out imo because he knows Farke from Mönchengladbach, decent pedigree but 33 years old and no stranger to the physio. Edouard Michut is ...

Know Farke clearly isn't keen on the free agent market.

Don't imagine anyone is keen on it.

But needs must and all that.

Was that attributable to a club source or journalistic speculation ? I'd suspect the latter. Whilst I understand the scepticism the article is by Mike McGrath. He's no guess merchant. Hay, Romano, Ornstein, they all follow Mike on twitter which is usually a good indicator of a journalists ...

Great

I'm no Dr but from what others are saying absolute best case scenario maybe February/ March.

Could be done for the season.

The club can't ban Tanaka from going as its an official FIFA fixture. The only way out of it is Tanaka rejects the call up which he won't. Or if the player has a very convenient injury as many Manure players did during Fergie years. An 18000 mile round trip with the final fixture not scheduled to ...