Football
Well done Vertonghen backers
AC Milan
Juventus
Benfica
Marseille
Though Sunderland & Bournemouth must have a decent shot at winning the thing If Tottenham could and Forest made semis
.....over 50 years service and didn't think i'd ever see my team in europe....what's happened to our club this past 4 years has been tremendous and hats off to a young lad from Switzerland who has never courted the limelight but been brilliant for us.Any supporter of an unfashionable club knows what it means to us ....all them years watching tosh to have a TEAM full of lads not from the area give everything for the badge is brilliant....we know it won't last long but by god we'll enjoy it as long as it lasts
Wish i had tenner for every time i bumped into a lad tonight who had just as many years supporting the lads as i had....all with a smile on their face..all of them knowing we're going through the good ole days
Haway the lads....
May 25, 2026 -- 1:05AM, grayhawk wrote:
61 year old.....look about 45
Hull 3-10
Coventry 8-13
Ipswich 4-6
Sunderland 2-1
C Palace 11-2
Leeds 11-2
Fulham 11-2
N Forest 6-1
Brentford 7-1
Bournemouth 9-1
Everton 9-1
Man City 14-1
Brighton 25-1
Newcastle 40-1
Tottenham 40-1
Where's the value there.
a) Europe and Thursdays exhausting a smallish squad
b) Agents urging our better players, to possibly leave to 'bigger' clubs (Le Fee, Roefs, Brobbey, Mukiele)
c) God forbid, RLB is poached by a 'bigger' club here, or in Europe
d) 2nd season syndrome - teams have now worked out our formation and style
e) Despite the brilliant last games 6 points, there are only 15 points to West Ham
f) Board and Executive shoot themselves in the foot, with decisions or appointments
g) Minus 6 Goal difference this season
h) Although it doesn't mean much to most people, our Season XG would have seen us relegated with Wolves and Burnley
i) Sheer bad luck
but just trying to understand why we are lumped in, odds-wise, with Hull, Ipswich and Coventry to get relegated
It's a tough league, there will be near misses next
season too, bookies won't offer inverse of those prices
so they are inaccurate, and geared to volumes they did
this time last season.
May 26, 2026 -- 1:22PM, Poppydog. wrote:
Possible reasons why we are so low-priced to get relegated next season:-
Also injures not included or is that encapsulated in point i ) ?
Last game of the season with something on the line....played on a glorious sunny Sunday with a bank holiday following
Sure beats sitting there nithered on a bleak January afternoon ....as me mate always says we should be playing football in the summer.
May 29, 2026 -- 5:47PM, grayhawk wrote:
Plenty of Sundays to come next season
means be less Mondays and Fridays, tbf think only had one of each
May 30, 2026 -- 2:10PM, grayhawk wrote:
And Saturday early Ko's ...did we have many of them last year
wham and Bmouth away only ones can think of.
Apparently we have 11 (maybe up to 12) players at the World Cup,
but here's a quiz
There are another 7 former players there, too.
It's actually not too difficult to get the 7..... ???
Jun 12, 2026 -- 8:09PM, grayhawk wrote:
Ross Stewart,,,do Kiwis Michael Woud and Tommy Smith count with them not starting a first team game.
not sure ,Smith was signed on loan just before covid but never played
who played a few games for us, but only started one of them.
???
A few years later he scores the winner in the FA Cup Final with a backheel.
Mark him under Schrödinger
Jun 13, 2026 -- 4:48PM, ----you-have-to-laugh--- wrote:
Geertruida is a past player (possibly) , and present player (probably) , and (probably) future player.Mark him under Schrödinger
... you can't hit a ball better than that for a standing start, seemed to be increasing in speed the further it travelled - similar to this one https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2CqDXycTyXg
Jun 25, 2026 -- 9:16PM, grayhawk wrote:
Getting monotonous now....every time you turn the telly on one of ours hits the back of the net
Jun 26, 2026 -- 8:32PM, grayhawk wrote:
Diarra scores for Senegal.....you would think it's only a matter of time before Roefs scores now.
need adsingra, tailbi and alderete to notch
England would be odds on for the cup
Jun 26, 2026 -- 10:24PM, Trackman wrote:
If you had some Englishmen, England would be odds on for the cup
be lucky to get to 1/4s, worst squad since 2012
Few fans saying sorry to see him go but assuming he just wasnt good enough.
Jun 27, 2026 -- 11:36AM, GLASGOWCALLING wrote:
Looks like Southampton may be signing Dan Neil, what happened at Sunderland I know he had an injury? Few fans saying sorry to see him go but assuming he just wasnt good enough.
would say not good enough at prem level, can make silly mistakes at times especially been caught in possession, overall neat and tidy player though, will chip in with a few goals.
....biggest loss of a player in our history for me...he sets the whole culture in the squad.
Jun 27, 2026 -- 7:36PM, grayhawk wrote:
Just seen the news ....biggest loss of a player in our history for me...he sets the whole culture in the squad.
aye, bad news
Jun 27, 2026 -- 8:09PM, grayhawk wrote:
Just when things are going so well it wouldn't be Sunlun without a kick in the knackers
needs sorting asap
He's a good Championship player ..a good passer of the ball but after watching our midfield last season in the Premier League i can see why they never gave him a chance there - his athleticism wouldn't have been up to standard.
Personally i'm a big Dan Neil fan...loved watching him play football but hasn't kicked on as much as what i expected.
Wish him all the best and hope he does well for yous.
Jul 1, 2026 -- 9:29PM, Trackman wrote:
Is he won of yours inarl ?
certainly is
Jul 1, 2026 -- 9:37PM, Trackman wrote:
Chelsea will be after him too
can have him for 200 million
How bad are Belgium
Jul 1, 2026 -- 10:17PM, grayhawk wrote:
Best i've seen Diarra play...bar that one he's just shinned.How bad are Belgium
very
Jul 3, 2026 -- 5:26PM, grayhawk wrote:
Be a canny few idiots currently deleting social media posts you would think ...
about a lot of things...
Jul 3, 2026 -- 6:49PM, grayhawk wrote:
more importantly can only be good news would have thought- can start eating toblerone again.
Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:10PM, grayhawk wrote:
I see there's only three Weatherspoon pubs in the whole of the country staying open for tonights game....Bishops Mill in Durham and Cooper Rose in Sunderland - both must be good earners
cooper rose is alway chocca on matchday
Been told Bishops Mill is one of the highest earners.
Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:24PM, grayhawk wrote:
Aye yet has no SKY in ...ok for the World Cup with it being on council telly.Been told Bishops Mill is one of the highest earners.
is it in city centre ?
Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:29PM, grayhawk wrote:
Gala theatre area.... down the steps next door to the champagne bar
aha I know where you mean
Jul 5, 2026 -- 9:49PM, grayhawk wrote:
Cunha i mean
aye , thought the same
Jul 6, 2026 -- 3:25AM, grayhawk wrote:
Canny game so far
classic game. Some great performances last night .
Jul 6, 2026 -- 12:36PM, grayhawk wrote:
Aye...you can see why they have a good record at home....mind i think they played into our hands late on, there was no variety in their play when they could see we were defending our box excellently from wide areas.
aye, was horseshoe football , as long as could handle crosses ( which England did admirably ) we were ok.
( well deserved on his displays as substitute )......problem being it looks as if could be on the right and he doesn't look half the player out there from the little i've seen of him
Jul 9, 2026 -- 8:29PM, grayhawk wrote:
Talbi starts a world cup game for the first time ( well deserved on his displays as substitute )......problem being it looks as if could be on the right and he doesn't look half the player out there from the little i've seen of him
think he's there as a runner, wont last whole game
Jul 9, 2026 -- 9:55PM, grayhawk wrote:
Seen that Monty inspired goalie top M2?....looks the bollocks
aye class, waiting for the Barry Siddall one though.
...listened to a podcast with him the other day, came across as a nice fella ....likes a bet anall, NH fan.
Jul 9, 2026 -- 10:09PM, grayhawk wrote:
...listened to a podcast with him the other day, came across as a nice fella ....likes a bet anall, NH fan.
class
Or maybe Elliot Anderson stays back
Jul 11, 2026 -- 8:59PM, Trackman wrote:
Double m,that back four of England would normally all be in the box for an England corner. Shirley one of them has to stay back but which one ?Or maybe Elliot Anderson stays back
would think Anderson tbh as all others could cause problems . 2 cbs for Norway are dangerous, Heggem had one cleared off line in Ivory Coast game.
Come on England.
Jul 12, 2026 -- 10:05PM, grayhawk wrote:
Think this is the week some transfer news begins to break for us....
be like London buses man.
