Recent content by NICanRed

Look at every other player in the pictures. They all have their arms out - the kicker more than anyone else. So having your arms out seems to be a "natural position" for most players.

It always strikes me that our passing is way below the level of the other teams. I'm sure some of you will have access to the statistics that would prove or disprove my theory. Is it possible to teach adults to pass or is that something that one learns as a younger player and if you don't have...

But you're still going to have VAR trying to decide if there is daylight - it will vary slightly depending on the camera angle. Is there a shaft of daylight showing between someone's nose and the other player's heel? So I'm not really sure we would be any further ahead.

The good news! - We've avoided Michael Oliver.

To quote Oscar Wilde - "There's only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about."

But I really, really, really hate Arsenal, Wenger, Arteta!

Heard the other night that Gabriel and Saliba were playing together for the 29th time in succession! That’s got to make a difference

I hear that Gabriel and Saliba have played the past 29 games together. A consistent centre-back pairing is something we can only dream about!

This is depressing reading and it is hard to argue with any of the comments. I know its been said before - losing Sir Alec was a downer but losing David Gill at the same time was the icing on the cake IMHO.

I heard today (unconfirmed!) that Villa and Spurs each have to play Arsenal, City and Liverpool. Is this true? If so it makes the whole thing much more interesting.

Did anyone notice that Anthony Taylor seemed to have forgotten to bring his whistle and cards to the game today?

If its any consolation - they weren't wearing out shirt but some disgusting NUFC lookalike. Horrible shirt. Horrible players. Horrible game.

I too don't understand the desire to take the shirt off. I have ripped my shirt off in excitement but usually when I was hoping to score!!

When I saw how we started with AWB at left back I thought "that's interesting - they won't have expected that," But that was just the start - no-one (not even the Caf) could have predicted the line-ups in the last 40 minutes - and it was changing all the time. They couldn't help but be confused...

A little surprised Mac Allister wasn't penalised for injuring Doku's foot!