Vacamion

Reasons not to be cheerful: Selecting Danny Ward, who appeared to be jumping over the ball instead of saving it, before being booed and ironically cheered by his own team's fans. He's shot and he can't be selected again, even if Mads is unavailable. Justin having a really costly brainfart. Ayew selected instead of Buonanotte who only came on with the game already dead and looked 4x more arsed to play than Ayew Soumaré and Skipp largely ineffective. Playing our aged GOAT the whole match, when maybe he needs to be used sparingly and might have been injured at the end there. Bringing on Bobby Sodding Cordova Reid, who was just as effective as we have come to expect. Wolves passing it around, unencumbered by any fight from us, in acres of space in the midfield, while their fans chanted Olé, Olé.

Well that was absolutely horrendous and I may try to drink myself to death over Christmas.

I did notice a LOT of Wolves players writhing about on the floor before they started their goalfest.

We are the comeback kings, so there's still a small amount of hope. If Ward pulls a hammy or something...

There is no way Ruud is going to hook Ward at half time. But he should, as Ward has jumped over the ball instead of saving it and now he's getting booed and ironic cheered off his own side's fans.

Before the match between Rot-Weiss Essen and VfB Stuttgart, they held a minute's silence for the victims of Magdeburg. Some Pondscum shouted out during the silence "Germany for the Germans" and was immediately shouted down by the crowd who chanted en masse "Nazis Out, Nazis Out". It is utterly spine tingling to watch. The Idiot was arrested and charged with incitement, and won't see a football ground for a while. Restored my faith in people, at least a little bit.

Can't believe the Arse aren't just running it to the corners and trying to obtain corner kicks by hitting it behind off defenders.

Headline writers rubbing their hands because of all the Jesus/Christmas puns they had at the ready.

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Rab Douglas is within the memory of most posting in here. He was fairly awful and I'm surprised he doesn't come into the shitkeeper discussion more often.

Tis the season of shitkeepers Tra la la la la La la la la

I was driving about and 5 Live commentary at 3-0 said "They are singing Postecoglu's name - what a contrast to recent troubled times". It would be funny if they end up booing them off.

At Southampton, the ball is already sticking a little in the water on the pitch and the weather is atrocious. Wonder if the game will be in danger?

You'd be furious if if that was given against us. It's sooooooo soft.

Can he play in goal?

Russell Martin should throw a towel on the pitch...

Booing after 11 minutes

Madders scores

They should take the images from this one I put in the Vardyism thread, and stop buggering about with man/goat images.

Might watch a movie later

It was interesting that they had a hermetically sealed announcement, with the celebrating countries' happiness being beamed in by video. If they'd had a public meeting and announcement, there was always the danger of a protest and someone chucking fake money over Infantino, just like they did with Blatter. Infantino would have deserved it. This stinks of bungs and corruption.

Gary No Neil, more like. #morelike.

Howls of outrage at 8 minutes

I think O'Neil should go postal in his post-match. Accuse the officials of being corrupt and in the pay of Big Hammer.