dave u

Hookers on tap too I bet.

Darwin was goosed, the minute before he was subbed they were passing it around him and he was stood still getting his breath back. He's just come back from hamstring trouble so they were never going to let him stay on when he was in any fatigued. I hate seeing him go off as much as anyone does, but it seemed pretty unavoidable.

I learned my lesson with Rob Jones or I'd be right there with you.

I mean, you jest but....

It was loud and happened twice.

No I know that, wasn't having a pop at you at all. I didn't mention the origin because Foden didn't cause that situation. To me it's irrelevant. I'm proper disgusted about that chant, makes us look like horrible bastards, especially as loads who sang it will have been on their high horse about "sign on" at Forest last week.

Hang on, Paul spent the morning convincing himself Darwin was going to single handedly tear City apart and score a hat-trick, and then got all disappointed with him when he failed to deliver on his entirely unrealistic expectations. I was being the voice of reason.

I know, and it changes absolutely nothing. There's zero justification for it and it makes us look like cunts. Imagine our reaction if City fans or anyone else was chanting that about one of our lads.

As long as they get Alonso and don't think they're smarter than everyone else and do something mad, then I'm not really arsed. My big worry is they won't do that though.

That's my point. By 'anymore' i don't mean since that game, I mean in general. How many pens have we seen like that this season? Maybe two at most? Yet in one of the most high profile games in the Premier League a VAR is inserting himself into it to give THAT? Two weeks after taking money from City's chairman and one week after not sending Kovacic off.

Really? Because a week after that Kovacic debacle he was VAR in the manc derby and gave City that ludicrous pen when Hojland brushed against Rodri's arm on a set-piece. Godbridge has been banging on about that ever since because as he rightly keeps saying, pens don't get given for those at all anymore. Even the much more blatant ones don't get given. Yet Abu Dhabi Oliver interjected himself into the manc derby to ensure City got that one.

Yeah he's sound. This is really good, and he's done one with Robbo this week as well.

On Abu Dhabi's payroll.

I'd start Gomez in the middle but I'm not 100% sold on it for the reasons you mention. The fact he'd be alongside Virgil swings it for me though, they've been great together before and Joe is playing with way more confidence these days.

It's not hindsight if you were saying it beforehand, which loads of us where. I even posted in the pre-match pod chat with John and Chris at HT "get Konate off now". Not because I'm smart or can see into the future, just because it was fucking obvious! He can't play twice a week, they wrap him in cotton wool and have done for years, so with City on the horizon it was staggering to leave him on.

Brad Pitt in that movie might just be the most handsome man that's ever lived.

I updated the opposition badge on the template but forgot to change the score. I'm old, what do you want from me.

Nice job by him taking what the LFC reporters have already written and then talking like he's got the big scoop himself. Romano-esque that.

They keep popping up on my 'for you' sticking their beaks into discussions that have fuck all to do with them. Very weird. I saw one commenting on last night's VAR disallowed Mo goal by posting a screengrab of the offside goal we scored against them about 5 years ago before VAR was even a thing. Busy bastards.

Yeah it was several weeks ago. Interview with 442, which as you say was published this week I think. Also, part of it was shown as a video and the lad who interviewed him said they'd been sitting on it for a while.

There's nothing wrong with what he said there. Pretty sure the way he said it will have been absolutely dripping of cuntery though, the passive aggressive weird little bald shithouse. Thankfully I didn't watch it. Didn't need to, I've seen that movie before.

I'm defo starting Adrian next week. Along with Clark, McConnell, Danns, Koumas, Gordon and maybe one or two others.

No idea why that would be. What platform do you use to listen on?

Thought that was my dad then until the last line!