Recent content by Mr Waffles

GW1 - Fulham GW2 - Sheffield Utd GW3 - Aston Villa

Like any level-headed fan, I allow good results to justify an increasingly unreasonable level of expectation for the coming season which will be mercilessly crushed by the end of September, but when pre-season results are bad I just shrug them off.

Fleetwood Town are my home team and I watch a fair bit of them, including when Vardy was there. At that time it was plain to see that he was MILES above anyone else on the pitch every single week. Even I could have scouted him and tipped him for the Prem. However, as regular League 1 watcher I...

Question (just from idle curiosity really) to those who know more about the legalities of these things... If Qatar gets fed up and withdraws their bid, can the Class A shareholders still sue the Glazers for not accepting it whilst on the table, or does that scenario only present itself if they...

This is bang on. The player I always think of in this context is Le Tissier. Won nothing, but a joy to watch and a player who gave joy and excitement to so many people. Football is about enjoying players exhibit their skill, and there are lots of different skills, players who are pacy...

No strong feelings either way. Would be nice for Moyes to win, but I also have a soft spot for Fiorentina. Hopefully it'll be a good game to enjoy, that's the main thing from my perspective.

My fear is that our ownership situation drags on, and as a consequence ETH doesn't get the necessary funds to do the business he wants this summer. Teams around us all strengthen, we get off to a relatively poor start next season, and BANG....ETH is fired off and we hire, I don't know Graham...

Recruitment-wise, it seems that ETH has had more of a "big picture" view than we've shown in recent years. I don't think all his signings have been good (WW and to a lesser extent Anthony have underwhelmed me), but it does seem that he's exhibited a better idea of the type of player we need....I...