Recent content by Foritfied

About a decade ago now, when Liverpool bought Andy Carroll for an insane fee, I went over to their forums to see their reaction and loved every second of it. It was what internet denizens call 'hopium' and it is a deadly ailment. Not just Carroll, but any up and coming kid from the academy was...

Imagine you and your teammates have been scrapping for 85 minutes. You've only just had a chance chalked off to VAR and you begin to feel a bit hard done by, as if all of your efforts have been for a measly draw. Then, as the minutes die down and the home team gets some momentum, your captain...

Not a chance they sell even if we are relegated. Only chance is fan pressure getting too hard to ignore; but that atmosphere creates the toxic environment you see our squad laboring in even now. When it manifests as abuse against individual players rather than those in power, that's furthering...

He's brilliant a brilliant futsal player, in my mind. Doesn't have the patience, discipline or intelligence to manage the game on a full pitch however. Not a slight at futsal players, mind - just a different skillset.

When he came in, he was a bit of a small fish in big pond - a footballer propelled to the biggest stage with a point to prove. Now, he thinks he is the main man, so he is not only wanting to make things happen, but that he's entitled to it. He clearly so earnestly doesn't trust his teammates...

This will definitely be controversial, but Jose didn't lose the dressing room. Our club lost Jose. Imagine SAF "lost" the dressing room because he called out a couple prima donnas for not working hard enough. The club wouldn't have sided with the squad, they would've turfed those players off...

Long time defender of Ole, I must admit my stubbornness. Basic issue is that he and his staff can't coach out poor habits. Pogba taking 11 touches to find a pass after bursting past their midfield is prime example. Our defense is woeful. Midfield, passengers. Ronaldo looking his age - this...

Hot take. WE haven't done anything as supporters but throw fits at the slightest wobble - hardly pretending he's not fit for the job. I certainly get why Ole was hired and why he was kept on to manage a season without supporters. He'll get another half a season for me, maybe less. As I said in...

Awful stretch of games coming up next month. Leicester, Atalanta x2, Liverpool, Spurs, and city. October will be telling for Ole's tenure. Could we start a betting pool on which club sacks our manager?

Are we at the stage of the season already where "supporters" are willing the team to lose just so they can get in some random "world class" manager? feck me. We played like shite but maybe you should go support someone else.

That guy there *points with finger* Why do I say it? Because I don't believe I need to reduce someone's identity to their skin colour.

The club made a massive error pricing him at 150m when there was a sniff of interest from Madrid. Everyone bar our board and some of our deluded support knew what a laugh that was. I said it then and it hasn't changed. We should have and could have broke even on this transfer but instead we...

Ouch. I'm hoping that this is a result of short pre-season, and nothing more. But on that evidence I worry we're not even top 4. We struggled to create one clear cut chance; our goal came from a bad clearance from them. The tactics on the day seemed to be: Get the ball to player 25 yards out...

All in on this fella. As Sancho looks unlikely until next summer - we need someone like Grealish who can play across the front line and deputize for our attacking midfield if - God forbid - Bruno is out long term.

This is the most embarrassing knee jerk thread I've ever seen on here. But he still has the right attitude to come good. He just can't seem to find a final ball to save his life.