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Offline Skipper_The_Eyechild

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11670 on: February 13, 2026, 12:54:51 AM »
I'd have fancied us to at least get 5 more points from Bournemouth, Brentford and Everton with them.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11671 on: February 13, 2026, 01:36:56 AM »
Keown having a good old whinge about jostling in the box, how incredibly rich.

He’s such a one eyed fucking bell end.

Online Hillbilly

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11672 on: February 13, 2026, 02:15:39 AM »
Anyone else think that if Kamara, Tielemans and McGinn had stayed fit we’d be top of the league right now
I did say to an Spurs supporting colleague that they had just handed Arsenal the league after that prick Paulinha crocked Kamara. He couldn't even remember who Kamara is.

Offline Ads

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11673 on: February 13, 2026, 07:19:07 AM »
It was interesting watching the new Stoke City of circa 2009 totally out Stoke hyper-expensive Stoke city second half.

Offline Baldy

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11674 on: February 13, 2026, 07:45:12 AM »
It was interesting watching the new Stoke City of circa 2009 totally out Stoke hyper-expensive Stoke city second half.

My thoughts exactly.

Rory Delap should set up a Stud Farm if this is the future of football.
« Last Edit: February 13, 2026, 07:50:53 AM by Baldy »

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11675 on: February 13, 2026, 08:53:42 AM »
It was interesting watching the new Stoke City of circa 2009 totally out Stoke hyper-expensive Stoke city second half.

My thoughts exactly.

Rory Delap should set up a Stud Farm if this is the future of football.

The existence of Liam suggests he might have had that idea 25 years ago!

Offline Dante Lavelli

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11676 on: February 13, 2026, 11:54:43 AM »
It was interesting watching the new Stoke City of circa 2009 totally out Stoke hyper-expensive Stoke city second half.

My thoughts exactly.

Rory Delap should set up a Stud Farm if this is the future of football.

The existence of Liam suggests he might have had that idea 25 years ago!

Isn't Liam Delap some sort of maths whizz too, so Rory could have done worse adopting Elon Musk's approach to pro-creation.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11677 on: February 13, 2026, 12:13:50 PM »
Isn't Liam Delap some sort of maths whizz too, so Rory could have done worse adopting Elon Musk's approach to pro-creation.

Just imagine if he had married Rachel Riley. The Riemann Hypothesis would already have been solved.

Offline Flamingo Lane

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11678 on: February 13, 2026, 01:24:46 PM »
The headline on the BBC football page right now is that Erling Halland is not 100% fit, with Man City going into their game tomorrow at home to Salford.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11679 on: February 13, 2026, 02:58:45 PM »
I think we need to get over this chip on the shoulder mentality. Quite often in the refereeing thread the vibe is "it was the correct decision but it wouldn't have been given against [insert big 6 team here]. I appreciate it is frustrating and unfair but I think we need to live in the reality of favoured teams and aspire to join them.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11680 on: February 13, 2026, 03:05:23 PM »
I think we need to get over this chip on the shoulder mentality. Quite often in the refereeing thread the vibe is "it was the correct decision but it wouldn't have been given against [insert big 6 team here]. I appreciate it is frustrating and unfair but I think we need to live in the reality of favoured teams and aspire to join them.

Not sure how the last sentence there is different from the sentiment in the first two. Unless I am missing something?

Online lovejoy

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11681 on: February 13, 2026, 03:25:51 PM »
Basically moaning about inequality of an elite doesn't get you anywhere, either accept it or aspire to join it. Either way lose the chip on the shoulder.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11682 on: February 13, 2026, 03:40:12 PM »
Basically moaning about inequality of an elite doesn't get you anywhere, either accept it or aspire to join it. Either way lose the chip on the shoulder.

When you suggest we should 'accept it', do you mean 'know our place'?

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11683 on: February 13, 2026, 07:07:27 PM »
Basically moaning about inequality of an elite doesn't get you anywhere, either accept it or aspire to join it. Either way lose the chip on the shoulder.

How about accepting it AND aspiring to join it?

Offline Mister E

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #11684 on: February 13, 2026, 07:33:44 PM »
Basically moaning about inequality of an elite doesn't get you anywhere, either accept it or aspire to join it. Either way lose the chip on the shoulder.

How about accepting it AND aspiring to join it?
Or, how about railing against it AND aspiring to joining it?

 


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