Bob Spunkmouse

I watched it with my missus last night who has only really got into watching footie regularly since we’ve been together. she couldn’t stand the way they were playing and I found myself strangely defending it. I hate coming up against these types of teams, and I get irate at some of their shithousery, but it’s what makes winning a European cup so special and so hard to do. there’s a skill to the way these teams win fouls and break the game up, and while I’d never want us to play that way, it makes European games special. and the shite refs you get, they add to it too. Infuriating getting free kicks given for no winning the ball in the corner and not getting the blatant foul on ox on the edge of the box and the handball late on, and Gomez getting booked for his first foul where he barely touched the fella, but that’s all part of the mix. im still confident we’ll blitz them second leg.

Chelsea have absolute dross at the back for them. Rudiger and Zouma are bloody awful. and I’ve already had enough of this year Fernandez.

The Liverpool thread on GOT hasn’t been posted on for 15 minutes short of two full days. thats madness for them. until you take a read of their thread about city’s ban and realise that’s 5% about city, 15% about uncle Uzzy, and 80% about us.

It’s been a while since I said this, but I think it every time I see the thread and every now and then it’s right to let it out. Fuck ‘em.

Negged for unpleasantness.

Can’t see uefa wanting to have anything to say over what the FA do. i also can’t see the FA stripping titles, to be honest. i think they’ll dock them points if it’s settled before the end of the season, or just fine them if it runs over into next year.

I’ve thought that since I heard it. Whether city’s owners would accept that or fight it further though, I’m not sure.

Maybe stop trying to claim the moral high ground. Stop engaging in tit for tat oneupmanship on the internet. nobody has mentioned heysel to me.

I’ve never had anything against Norwich, but what a bunch of shithouses. They deserve to go down. and I never wish injuries on players, but that twat cantwell will eventually get one worthy of his cryarsing and theatrics and it’ll be well deserved when it does come. Horrible little weasel. as for us, a number of them not really at the races but a win away in those conditions is good enough for me. made up that Mane looked sharp from his first touch, too, and fantastic goal.

I’d say the opposite. He doesn’t run the business side of the club and he doesn’t invest the money. None of this (other than being willing to buy the many many expensive players) necessarily rests at his door. he can walk under the guise of it being an excuse why he has to move on.

I’ve never seen that. It’s fucking ace. So well put together. cheers.

That’s a lovely touch for a big fella.

When I was newly single a few years ago and out regularly on dates, it became apparent that the girl I was out with one night was more than likely related at grandparent / great grandparent level. We had plenty of fun times. tell John that story and see if his eyes twinkle.

I listened to the podcast the other night and couldn’t help feel for him, but the whole way through I also thought “you made your choices” as he said himself. i sang “where were you in Istanbul” as loudly as anyone on the kop that day, and seeing him in a united shirt made me sad, but I didn’t hate him for it. I felt no emotion towards him by then. i feel for the lad because his career dwindled away from an early age. but I don’t buy his “I only ever wanted to do a Rushie” line. I think that’s bollocks. if he’d forced his way into that team and had success there I doubt he’d have ever looked back. it didn’t work out for him, so I feel for him when he says his family was unhappy - cause who doesn’t want their family to be happy - but it’s only because it didn’t work that he wanted to come back. after that, he didn’t get to come back here and he couldn’t do anything about it. I don’t doubt he wishes he could’ve, but that’s on him. Not me. Not us. he got a choice of hull, Everton or the mancs and so chose the best option for him. Fine. That’s on him. Not me. Not us. he isn’t loved by us. Well so be it. he could’ve been, if he’d stayed. He didn’t. I’ll never boo him. I’ll never give him abuse. If he was stood in front of me now I might shake his hand. But I’ll never really give a fuck about him because he chose to leave and that’s on him. Not me. Not us.

I disagree. He was clearly a bit of a cock a few years ago, but being made captain there has really made him grow up I reckon. he still looks like a whopper, obviously.