Is just it me or do these iffy decisions seem to always be for the first goal which is so important.

Ridiculous. You can clearly see Haaland pulling cucurella’s shirt to get in front who then fouls Haaland back.

Poch storming across the pitch to confront the official after the game, given a yellow before he got there and his staff moved him away before it got worse.

Ten hag having to see the next game from the stands for his continued disrespect of officials.

De Zerbi with a blast of officials in his post match press conference which follows a red card he was given plus touchline ban last season

Pep has already served a touchline ban for his continued disrespect of officials

Klopp has served touchline bans, had red cards and screamed in an officials face….

In all his time Arteta hasn’t once been sent off or had a touchline ban - but who do the media single out as the worst behaved manager? In fact ask a random fan who they think it is and so many will say Arteta because they’re fed this rubbish my the media

Let’s not tempt fate with Arteta. They will be after him big time.

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West Ham v Forest ....could someone explain to me WHY the Forest player rips both his shirt and his singlet thing [ whatever you call that ] off and drops them on the ground when celebrating his goal ?

I can't figure the reasoning at all ,

That was Elanga, so we could see that he is absolutely RIPPED!! Same reason Salah does it and same reason Ronaldo does/did it. Incredible physical specimens showing off. Of course I can totally relate

It is rumoured Kiwi can relate as well. When he reaches 24 rums he rips his shirt off, raises his arms and yells ‘I’m the man.’

That was Elanga, so we could see that he is absolutely RIPPED!! Same reason Salah does it and same reason Ronaldo does/did it. Incredible physical specimens showing off. Of course I can totally relate

It is rumoured Kiwi can relate as well. When he reaches 24 runs he rips his shirt off, raises his arms and yells ‘I’m the man.’

... what's with that sports bra thing underneath ... is that some sort of protection .

Actually little North Queensland tonker .....when I had that e Koli infection a few years back I lost 18 kilos and looked like a survivor of a Jap prisoner of war camp

...then as I started to put the weight back on I looked pretty damn hunky ....sadly with too much food , beers , rum and cokes ..... I sailed blissfully passed the optimum weight and returned to the sack of sh**ght I am today .

Alright Pete? Good to have your wit and wisdom back on here.

The sports bra houses a monitor on the back to measure players' distance covered, heart rate etc during the game. Think they have it in rugby too.

Any industrial mishaps lately? Reading some of your previous posts brings visions of movies like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Were you a consultant on that?

Much better to eventually leave the earth singing ‘I did it my way’, than wondering if you could have had a few more drinks and a bit of a laugh at times. There’s a lot to be said for moderation but not if you’re a miserable git because of it.

Exactly Gaz ...you've nailed it ...all this " Oooooh you can't mix with pills with alcohol " b%*&s%*^ ...if you happy having a drink carry on .

PS I wouldn't be singing " I did it my way" because I can't stand Frank Sinatra .

Gidday Johnny Boy ... thanks for the compliment . Industrial mishaps no .... mounting a Skil Saw blade on a weedeater is something you attempt just the once

Having a dabble at that nut and bolt art .

Making a Grim Reaper sort of dude riding a chopper , V8 motor , scythe , Midi Gun , Winchester etc .

What's turning your key at the moment ...?

How's Tauranga Girl ?

So what song do you want at the event. I went to a funeral recently and they played’ I did it my way’ , which was fitting given the messy personal life this person had. It got me thinking what I would like played at my funeral but I haven’t reached a decision yet.

What's turning my key is trying to fix a leaking roof - can I find the cause? Can I beggary. A bungalow with a number of upstairs adjustments/extensions with loads of channels and gutters. It's a wonder I haven't fallen off. (maybe that's her plan; she was going through all our documents including life insurances last week ) Then there's the various 'little jobs' that she wants doing before Christmas. Including retiling a bathroom (which doesn't have straight/flat walls). Then I "can relax" - apparently.

Beth is doing well thanks - into her first year as an acute/trauma consultant, and into her 34th year in a weeks' time. Loves her job despite some of the horror stories she tells; mind you, there's some funny stories too. The things that some people (mainly men it seems) get up to..........

What's turning my key is trying to fix a leaking roof - can I find the cause? Can I beggary. A bungalow with a number of upstairs adjustments/extensions with loads of channels and gutters. It's a wonder I haven't fallen off. (maybe that's her plan; she was going through all our documents including life insurances last week ) Then there's the various 'little jobs' that she wants doing before Christmas. Including retiling a bathroom (which doesn't have straight/flat walls). Then I "can relax" - apparently.

Beth is doing well thanks - into her first year as an acute/trauma consultant, and into her 34th year in a weeks' time. Loves her job despite some of the horror stories she tells; mind you, there's some funny stories too. The things that some people (mainly men it seems) get up to..........

the start of the end

https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/ ... l-28101044

Gone in the summer

I hate the Raya acquisition and fall out from it. I don’t think he’s as good a shot stopper distribution be damned, which I haven’t been wowed by either. It is maybe a slight upgrade, but cost us squad harmony, trust in Arteta - because he has basically spun a lie about rotating keepers - 30M in transfer fees plus extra wages. Not sure it’s really worth doing all that for a slight upgrade.

I think basically this was the “best” option available and the gk coach (who also recommend the AWFUL Runarsson) swung it.

The article is interesting because it hints we wanted Raya all along. I still don’t understand it if I’m honest. If we wanted to get him why not just get him on a free in 12 months or whatever but to prioritise that over other areas is weird.

Also his distribution is better but I think his overal game isn’t. He doesn’t cover his far post at all and that’s contributed to the goals at Newcastle and Chelsea. Also if im not mistaken the defence looks slightly more uneasy with him in the sticks, seems to instil a little more doubt in them. Just something I’ve picked up on

What I don’t understand is why he’s not rotating them a bit more. Play Ramsdale more in the midweek games so you can truly work out who is better. It’s like he doesn’t want to do that in case it undermines his decision

I think that’s a big part of it, If you take expensive “gambles” you naturally want and need them to work out. After some frankly brilliant recruitment, Havertz and not Raya himself but everything entailed in that decision, look like backward steps for this squad.

We have the same problem with our roof. Its just too flat so the water just doesn't drain if the wind is in the wrong quarter and then always gets though .

Mine latest self-inflicted wound is our water system. Our system was borehole to top tank, then down to our house. I decided to put another tank in between with filters between the two tanks. Took me the whole of my vacation.

But now the pressure is a) not enough to push the water through the filter and b)not enough to fire up the gas geyser

Back to the drawing boards.