I have no faith in Utd so just counting on the Toons beating Brentford and Bournemouth beating Chelsea. They'll sing about going on a European tour but we all know that deep down they consider the Conference League tinpot -- which will make it all the sweeter when some "small club" knocks them out.
Indeed re Veltman, it occurred to me yesterday that his goal at Newcastle might have been pyrrhic if his subsequent injury meant we could not beat or even force a draw with Chelsea. But who really knows what would have happened.
Exactly!
On the train back to Brighton, one of ours was telling one of theirs about our European away days -- disappointing as this Chelsea lad had just been chanting homophobic slurs so why the banter? When he mentioned Rome, the Chelsea lad brought up the stabbings and said: "Italians are...
Had a few on my train back to Brighton and a fellow Chelsea fan told them to cut it out as they were making the club look like dickheads. Just doubled down. Wish I’d filmed them doing it but not sure anything would be done about it.
Brentford too assuming they part with Toney and perhaps also Mbeumo? Reguilon also returning to Spurs. Could lose Frank too given all the media speculation regarding his future.
Yesterday was a case in point with Ederson coming off with a concussion and Ortega's save late in the match. More generally, Ortega has played quite a bit this season, over 1400 minutes across all competitions.