Pretty damn sweet manager though, so I think I'll settle for a few public outbursts (not that I think this fixture one is anymore than a trashy newspaper trying to develop some sort of rivally) from him while we canter to success thanks very much
It's ALL about the money unfortunately. If it wasn't he would have signed by now. He is taking his time (as he is entitled to do), and none of these rumours that are designed to up his worth, are going to have any affect on Bloom's and Brown's negotiating. Bloom is far too savvy to be forced...
Would you rather we beat more of the teams near the top and lost to the rubbish ones at the bottom of the league?
Agree with this, the Saints game at Withdean was poor, but we deserved to beat Huddersfield. If we still needed points in both those games I would have expected us to have at least...
Spot on.
Imagaine how long some players would have stayed down for if they had been cattered into like that.
But still, if you knock anyone over like that, then surely it is worth stopping for a second or two to see they are ok and help them up if need be, rather than jog slowly back in the...
Can't say Sandaza has ever looked like a World beater for us, but given a regular run of games he could score plenty IMO. A bit like Van Nistelrooy (in looks and type), will knock the ball in the net from close range on a regular basis but won't look too great in the build up play outside the box
True, we also ended up sitting back a lot more as Wood nor Barnes were able to hold the ball up front at all. Everything went pearshaped after that Davis tackle on him :(