when_you're_smiling

Johnson’s just left Spalding apparently. Not sure where he’s gone though.

They gave him a new extended contract last summer.

Was a good game. Sunderland excellent going forward.

Watching Middlesbrough and Sunderland on ITV4 tonight and was thinking both these sides would probably beat us.

I mean, if we line up for the next game and our CBs being Okoki and Dawson, I’d be happier. Whether it would work better than Faes and Vesty, I’m not sure, but it can’t be worse than Saturday. Edit - @FoxinNotts beat me to it.

* SHITE WOLVES CENTRE BACK DEADLINE DAY KLAXON *

Nah, think he would go five at the back and it would probably be a good thing. It is quite funny that in the Cooper Out thread the narrative was ‘we could get a manger out of the stands to do better’. Now we’ve almost something like that it’s ’nobody could keep this shite up’.

The last League Cup game at Filbert Street. Think Robbie Keane was basically the second highest scorer at Filbert Street that season because of this hat-trick. The 3-0 home loss to Derby closer to the end of the season is the only game I’ve left early from.

I don’t know what you were hoping for, they didn’t even come over to cover the attackers they were meant to be defending for most the 90 minutes.

Just basic organisation would be a start. I said this in the match thread. Yes they’re not good enough defenders, but even a non-league time at a Prem side would have better organised at the back than we were.

Well that’s what he said, but the reports were the PSV players had revolted against him and he was about to be sacked anyway. Our players are revolting but no way they have the fight to revolt against anything

The memory of that is the first time I’ve smiled all afternoon!

I’d love to know what Everton’s game plan they’ve been working on all week is because surely it can’t be, just pass the ball up the centre and they’ll part like the Red Sea.

I mean, he might not be the best, but think the 3, could’ve been more, goals we’ve conceded are a bit more of a problem.

It’s not the main issue, but the least you can be is organised. Even a non-league defence wouldn’t have gone to a Prem club and been set up like this.

Even with a shit defence you can still be organised. Absolutely nobody taking responsibility.

It was nearly 10-years-ago. Do you think he’d have sat on the bench for a decade?

Completely agree. Investors will want some return from their investment though so the money going to the counties will end pretty quickly now.

The England Women’s Ashes tour has got to be the worst performance by any England side against Australia - and that is an incredibly low bar.

You’re meant to.

Well the President’s blaming ‘diversity’. Even conspiracy theorists might struggle to top that.

Or

I’ve watched some of the foreign series where I’ve known absolutely none of them and many are still great. S2 of New Zealand is up there with the British ones as one of the best series.

It’s within a mile of the ground. Brentford, Chelsea, Fulham etc is way more than a mile from central London. Newcastle is within a mile of pretty much all the pubs in the city centre.