Couldn’t think.... part three

buffybegood

yoyo said:

Fair play

Woulda been much better if no-one knew about it though.

Cuz1

Think he offered that for some of our transfer targets too 😂

buffybegood

Cuz1 said:

Think he offered that for some of our transfer targets too 😂

He probably thought he was buying Marcus Rashford, what a bargain 😂😂😂

baracks_a_hammer

It will be paid in instalments over 10 years. By which point many of the children who need it will be adults. Instalments 2 to 10 will be dependent on Deccers being sold.

claretandbluesky

A very nice gesture, half a million pounds were it replicated throughout the premiership owners. I feel sure Marcus Rashford has had a great deal of support from the football world, most don't seek recognition so we may never know but I would imagine many players would have shown some support.

MrsGrey

Mesut Ozil reported to have been putting money into a local initiative for free school meals, I was just reading.

MrsGrey

buffybegood said:

yoyo said:

Fair play

Woulda been much better if no-one knew about it though.

Maybe. I'm in favour of not making a song and dance about your good deeds ... But if it helps put pressure on others to do the same, or sends a message to politicians that there's widespread or cross- party support for a particular cause then that's a good thing.

EXETERHAMMER

This has been a terrible error by the Government. The free meals vouchers had to be extended.

IronHerb

EXETERHAMMER said:

This has been a terrible error by the Government. The free meals vouchers had to be extended.

One of many.

Ace of Clubs

I think this sums it up perfectly.

buffybegood

Lockdown 2 looming? Boris holding a news conference at 4pm.

Lukerz

I see after the first 4 games where Ngakia played, & Watford only conceded 1 goal, he has been on the bench for the five games since.

Not the greatest move as it stands...

IronHerb

Thats probably 4 games more than he would have got for us.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Ngakia is a good prospect, but we had 3 top prospects in the same position, him, Johnson and Ashby

With Coufal in, he wouldn't have played

MrsGrey

Looking for a workable definition of virtue signalling.

Any sensible offers considered.

alderz

MrsGrey said:

Looking for a workable definition of virtue signalling.

Any sensible offers considered.

Whenever I have seen it used it is to mean “someone displaying a politically correct opinion that the respondent does not agree with”

MIAHammer

alderz said:

MrsGrey said:

Looking for a workable definition of virtue signalling.

Any sensible offers considered.

Whenever I have seen it used it is to mean “someone displaying a politically correct opinion that the respondent does not agree with”

I take it to mean self-aggrandization by words rather than deeds. Saying something to show yourself in a better light.

MIAHammer

Moyes now supporting 5 substitutes.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54840285

He is quoted as saying "I really didn't expect so many injuries.”

When have we not had injuries???

Kuchinghammer

Robert Jones, the new ref: 1. He's better than the other Jones; 2. He started well but made some odd decisions later on; 3. Is he Kier Starmer moonlighting? (See also 1 & 2)

yoyo

Manchester United have offered 1500 free tickets ( when crowds are allowed ) to the NHS as a thankyou for their hard work. The health Secretary has turned the offer down saying NHS staff have suffered enough.

claretandbluesky

The agent Eric Hall died today. One of his youngest clients !

alderz

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54984207

This is an interesting article that contains some cool analysis. We are 8 points up on comparative games from last year, which is the second biggest improvement in the league.

thornburyiron

Also shows we are a point down on the same stage last season but then we had all the big guys still to play.

Whitehorsehammer

And the Roberto effect to deal with.

alderz

I just looked at the league table from last year and applied the change in points from equivalent points this season, and, if every other result is the same as last year, we would finish joint 10th on 47 points with Burnley, Everton & Wilfried Zaha Crystal Palace.

Top four would be Liverpool (97pts), Man City (75), Chelsea (70), Leicester (68).

Obviously there are issues with this sort of thing, but it's definitely encouraging to know that we have improved across our games so far, and a lot of other teams have not been able to do the same.

claretandbluesky

We are clearly heading in the right direction. We are reliant on keeping key players fit, mainly Rice, Antonio and Sucek, but if we can do that this is a really good platform.

buffybegood

claretandbluesky said:

We are clearly heading in the right direction. We are reliant on keeping key players fit, mainly Rice, Antonio and Sucek, but if we can do that this is a really good platform.

Especially as we've got such a thin squad, 4 vacancies in a 25 man squad is criminal from our board.

OutcastLondoner

It's promising but also a warning. We were doing well at this point last season and an injury completely derailed things. At least we know Randolph is competent but we need to have contingency plans for how to get by with this thin squad - something I don't think Pellegrini had.

Hopefully the fixtures we have will mean we're better off but plenty of our dropped points last season weren't against the best teams.

yoyo

It's honesty humble pie time.... after the Newcastle game,the gutsy defeat at Arsenal and what I thought was a lack of urgency and imagination in the transfer market, I felt very negative, very much " glass half empty". I applaud Mr Moyes and the teams attitude so far. We're looking solid, organised and dangerous on the break. I've haven't felt so good about a set up in yonks. My negativity is so far unfounded and I feel good about the direction we're heading. Fingers crossed we have a good year, I actually think we will.

whupathman

yoyo said:

It's honesty humble pie time.... after the Newcastle game,the gutsy defeat at Arsenal and what I thought was a lack of urgency and imagination in the transfer market, I felt very negative, very much " glass half empty". I applaud Mr Moyes and the teams attitude so far. We're looking solid, organised and dangerous on the break. I've haven't felt so good about a set up in yonks. My negativity is so far unfounded and I feel good about the direction we're heading. Fingers crossed we have a good year, I actually think we will.

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