Premier League — Matchweek 21

RIP Tony Book. A gentleman. Only last night I happened to watch Man City at West Ham in 1970. 3-0 to City, Book was immaculate, Bell was sheer class.

Look out, new Saints manager: new chairman just announced that managerial reforms will be imminent.

Also, RIP Tony Slattery, one of the funniest but sadly one of most tragic figures of the last four decades.

Cole Palmer what a player this kid is.

He reminds me of what Pep said about Messi. For the first 5 or 10 minutes, he'll just walk around finding the space, reading the angles, knowing where to stand, where to run. Like a computer amassing the info then acting on it.

And in even better FPL news Liam, CP is my skipper - what a finish -and I also have Jackson for the assist.

Potter 2-0.

Change of manager not doing too bad for West Ham…

And Forest go 1 up

Get in! Had to be him. Classic Forest goal.

Lovely finish that. Gwaan Forest!

Delicious.

I'm listening on 5Live and I'm not sure how much more I can take of Clinton Morrison.

I'm not even listening to Clinton Morrison and I don't know how much more of him I can take.

Liam, he must be the thickest pundit ever.

He's on that soccer Saturday programme and makes the twat that is Paul Merson sound eloquent.

I don't think that I could physically watch that Liam.

I take my eyes out with spoons first Paul

Liam, I don't mind Clinton, he at least has a sense of humour.

Whereas Merson on Sky Sports News is just willing the shite to score. About time he was put out to grass.

That Murillo is fearless!

Can't stand Merson. Read his autobiography. What a nob.

Most of his 'hilarious japes' consisted of him having a shit somewhere when off his face. In Perry Groves pillowcase, on David Seaman's balcony etc. Hilarious.

Some cracking teeth, or lack of them, amongst the crowd in scabsville.

Yep Merson is just horrible and I have no idea how he has been on for so long (Tony Adams doing some work behind the scenes?) and, as Allen says, a red shite toad/fawn.

Forest fans sound like they're singing a song to Cranberries Zombie.

Biting their knuckles, Liam, when they were bussed in in those scab coaches.

Game on!

Brentford score with 8 minutes to go!!!

Forest looking relatively comfortable. Robertson and Maccallister have been awful and M should have got a yellow there.

The shite continually foul and never get booked

This is a very enjoyable game to watch. I rarely enjoy games!

Some great one touch stuff by Forest.

And City have dropped a 2 goal lead

Shocking by Anderson at exactly the same time as the Forest gumps are singing 'same old scousers.

What a shit goal to concede

ah feck

That was shite. McManaman gets right on my nerves too

He's another awful commentator and a big lanky cry baby

He looked great in that cream/vanilla FA CUP final suit though.

Apart from the piss stain the shape of a 50-pence piece.

Clinton Morrison is desperate for a shite win here; he is absolutely doing my head in

Kudos to those Saints fans who have made the trip up there.

Get in Brighton

Watching Brighton, it's amazing me how many first time accurate passes they make. Everything is quick with as few touches as possible.

So that is what footballers are supposed to do? Not take 16 touches in between your feet before you get your head up, like the much-maligned Jack Harrison?

And when Brighton players misplace passes (even difficult ones) the others are having a go at them, telling them to up their levels.

Ours pat each other on the back and say "Unlucky".

What’s really scary is that Soton look way better than our lot!

They can pass, control and have plenty of pace. Sulemana and Dibling are electric.

And now a Brighton player comes off the bench and scores.

We've been socially engineered the last few years to accept complete mediocrity and ineptitude.

Brighton doing us a much needed favour here.

I watched most of Soton first half and they were all over Man Utd, Mike.

Hoping that Man Utd get at least a draw against Soton… what have we become!

Happy with Ipswich losing and Saints winning, but goodness Saints are showing the very things that we need. Dibling is terrific.

That miss from Antony was on the Calvert-Lewin scale!!!

Unbelievable miss from Antony - if you missed it watch match of - even Calvert Lewin would have scored that - or actually maybe not !

Antony is utter shite

Dirty mancs, only way they could stop getting ripped apart, funny we never see the var or a any indication of what happened to our new signing Dibbling

A fairly comfortable win for Brighton in the end. Overall they were the better team. Ipswich had some good long range shots in the first half, but you would expect any goalkeeper to save them. They had bugger all attempts in the second half though, and Brighton could have got more than two. Not looking good for Ipswich in their next two games either.

Paul,
We'll probably sign him this week!!

Sulemana reminds me a bit of Mane, exactly the type we need. I think we may have been in for him but he chose Soton!

That Yoro at CB for Man U looks out of his depth atm

Soton will be amad at letting that goal in

The current standard of referring, linesmen / woman in the premier league is absolutely terrible.

They'll be amader now

Southamapton manager looks like he is going to kill somebody. lol

Amader and amader

Took Dibbling out,,normal officiating resumed. Corrupt af

Oliver, that ball that was about two yards over the byline which would have given Man Utd a corner, was ridiculous. The linesman, albeit on the far side, was about ten yards behind play, but FFS, he and the referee should have seen it.

United looked shambolic until that kid came up with a ten minute hat trick. we are being helped with these teams below us keeping us above the dreaded bottom three.

Guess who I cut from my fantasy team this week

Mitoma?

Fuck me how lucky have we been this week

Could have been a hell of a lot worse as I expected Leicester to get at least a draw, we desperately need some points from somewhere.

We really need a couple of additions before the deadline

It’s definitely 3 from 5 now

Dave A, did you see the link I put up for you? It was 35 minutes or so highlights that I watched the other day and made me think of you - 14-10-1967 Chelsea v us. Loved the team we put out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8L0mTjBi5o

Harrison?, Doucoure? DCL?

I wish Rob

Ed wins - Doucoure!!!

Has anyone else seen the Charlie Adam joining Moyes's coaching team story?

Yes, Rob,

Totally unbelievable that was – I wonder if the VAR crowd would have had a word in his ear!

Jesus H Christ Paul,
Tell me you're joking, please.

Paul - what the heck is Moyse's?????

OK guys here are the rules from someone who got Grade 6 GCE English back in the early 70s.
Pickford = Pickford's
Moyes = Moyes'

If it ends in an S, then it is just an apostrophe after the S. It is not Moye's. It is not Moyes's. It is Moyes'. Come on, we are Everton supporters. We are educated unlike the knuckle draggers over the park.

Soton played so well and one cannot believe they are bottom but then came the last 10 minutes and it was almost Everton v Bournemouth again,

Manure were just that. Why did they ever sign Martinez or Hojland?

Thank God all three below us lost so let's hope it's a lifeline they put to good use from now onwards.

It's been reported Edward, I'm afraid.

I suppose it might be a Lytham, Fleetwood, Blackpool, or Preston sort of thing.

Paul,

Adam lives in Poulton-Le-Fylde, which is about 11 miles from Lytham St. Annes where Moyes lives.

I seriously, and I mean seriously doubt that Charlie Adam will be joining David Moyes's backroom staff in any capacity.

He hasn't managed or coached any higher than the Championship. Not to mention his chronic success rate, or rather acute failure rate.

Hang on, wasn't Charlie good with in a dead-ball situation? Maybe he has joined Moyes, Mackinlay, Irvine and Baines as the set-piece specialist?

If that's the case we're doomed, considering how many goals that Fleetwood conceded from corners when he was manager there!

Simon, let's just hope that it is the usual 'report' bluster, though I imagine Moyes and Adam get together now and then.

Phil #73, at age 4 or so I decided that my house needed an identifying sign, so I wrote "The Gaynes's" on the front stoop in black crayon.

I heard it in both ears -- from my dad for the crayon scrawling on HIS house, and from my teacher mom for the punctuation error.

Simon, in this age of specialization, how about one set piece specialist for attack and one for defense?

PF, maybe however I doubt the very religious Moyes would seek out Adam for anything; though maybe the 'tother way round.
They're both Glaswegians I suppose? I just can't see Moyes' more 'moral' attitude coping with the more 'hedonistic' lifestyle of Adam.?

I'm just guessing there though?

MG, nb Good to hear you and yours are well, of the other thread! 👍😀

Well yes, maybe you can have an attacking SP Coach, and a defensive on.

From my perspective a set piece coach is someone who works out how best to defend corners and throw-ins from the opposition by data and statistical work, also analysing what the opposition usually do with free kicks in various parts of the field. (Which is the main issue with our decreased efficacy with our set pieces both in attack, and with our defending)
The other main job is obviously the reverse.

Therefore, while it would seem logical to have both an attacking and defensive set-piece coach. In reality, it would seem like a heck of a lot of duplication of effort? Though who knows?

I guessing SPCs, are only as good as their data/statistical analysis of the opposition whether that is done by themselves or the Sports Data Analysis team.

Shame we couldn't land Anthony Barry (now at Bayern) when Lampard came with his gang of six (or was it seven?)

PF Just read this from Ranger's News (a little like Everton news apparently, ie, run by Bhoys fans):

Charlie Adam set for shock Premier League job

It seems he does know the Moyeses very well, considering he lodged with them...

Ah! Cheers Simon. Tell me more about CA's hedonistic lifestyle.

His brother is Charlie's agent! That's a bit of a giveaway and not too much bargaining required.

Maybe it will cheers Moyes up to have his old lodger around.

Paul (65),

I tried getting it up with the Algebra link code you gave me but couldn't get it, but got the information of the game with a 3-1 win and goals from John Hurst and two from Joe Royle.

1967 — with a title won 4 years before, an FA Cup just won, another FA Cup final ahead of us, followed by another title — what a time to be a Bluenose watching fabulous footballers even when we didn't win anything.

After that feast came a bleedin' famine for 14 years… then Kendall and Harvey gave us another 4-year feast and since then bleedin starvation — except for Genial Joe's FA Cup win!

Dave,

I’ve told this tale before, but it always tickles me and remains vividly in the memory.

On the tube back to my Aunties in Battersea after winning the FA Cup. Still only 12, I was fascinated by an Evertonian sat across from me, clearly leathered or punch drunk with joy. Maybe both.

He was asleep, but kept muttering to himself “14 years”. Every now and then, he would awaken and shout it out loud. At one point, he turned his attention to me. “Aye lad. 14 years. We’re coming back”.

Back to his blue tinted sleep!!

It’s the small memories that stick!!

Paul, Calvert-Lewin in your team this week. Something has to give and we surely can’t have seen him score his last goal for Everton.

I still believe in DCL. One goal and the flood gates will open.