DaveT

I loved the way the commentary team kept bemoaning the absence of Shaw and Martinez. The same Shaw and Martinez who, along with Varane, got tonked for seven (SEVEN) a year ago.

You’d think. But that’s pretty much what they’ve just done at home to …. Everton

I record MotD, but often don’t get round to watching it until after I’ve read Dave’s roundup and find out about the interesting bits. Even then I fast forward through the ‘punditry’.

The City figure is just Haaland’s wages, though, isn’t it?:)

I gave him 5 minutes before switching to Mute. He doesn’t seem to know what’s happening half the time, maybe he was doing Wordle. I saw that we’d been given a penalty 20, if not 30 seconds before he did. Muppet.

Wow!! We’ve been a shambles in between the goals! Mad.

Hopefully Spurs edging them out by 1 point, courtesy of that win gained via the VAR fiasco against us.

Here’s the full article… https://www.espn.co.uk/football/story/_/id/39623699/barcelona-manchester-united-top-earning-uefa-clubs-2023-kit-sales

The top revenue-generating clubs in the world based on kit sales, according to an annual finance report released by UEFA (Just saw this on Facebook. So surprised to not see City there!)

Squires doing a great job taking the piss out of the 'controversy'...... https://www.theguardian.com/football/picture/2024/mar/05/david-squires-on-mark-clattenburg-nottingham-forest-dropped-ball-furore#comments

Barely had any injuries to key players since the start of last season.

Always amazes me that opposing managers don’t target Odegaard for some, ahem, close attention. He’s the man who makes them tick, stop him, you go a long way to nullifying their threat.

He’s been stood down because he gave them a goal kick instead of giving us a corner. Seriously, if Webb is going to shit his pants every time a ref is criticised for a minor error he’ll have no refs to assign. And if this is a benchmark, should Hooper and England have been stood down for life for the Diaz/Tottenham debacle?

I don’t remember any of these cunts kicking up a fuss in the empty stadium era when Tierney blew for half time 20 seconds before the end of the MINIMUM added on time… with Mane chasing down a possible one on one vs de Gea. Now THAT was dodgy. There always has to be some contrived narrative or confected controversy around us, doesn’t there? Fuck everyone who isn’t us.

They were in the ascendancy in the same way that the Tories are ahead in the polls.

I’ll bring the matches.

Other than that fantastic strike, Rashford has been embarrassingly bad.

Going to be a rout, isn’t it?

This. Or the 2 minute VAR check to find a reason to deny us a goal versus the cursory look when we concede one.

Bound to be objective then.

He was better than he was in this fixture last season when he allowed them to kick us all over the pitch.

His ability to keep hold of the ball and then find a man whilst being pushed and kicked (watched by whatever ref) is amazing.

It’s scandalous what attacking players get penalised for on corners versus what defenders are allowed to get away with. Cunts.

That’s what I expect. Bobby Clark is a massive talent but I fear this game will be way too physical for him. Prove me wrong, Bobby! Elliott will end up in midfield because he can influence the game far more from there, whereas he tends to be isolated in the Mo position.

Today will be 4 for Tierney. Taylor and Kavanagh also on 4 (so, 12 out of28 games for those 3). Madley also on 4. Hooper and Oliver are on 3. Pawson, Atwell, Brookes, Robinson and Bramall all on 1. Bankes, Coote, England, Gillett, Harrington, Jones and Scott all on zero. Make of that what you will. Tierney has also been on VAR at least 3 times, including for the ridiculous Mac Allister red card.