It was definitely a 3. Webster, Dunk and JPvH, with Hinsh and Milner pushing on. GAPING spaces in behind us, just waiting to be exploited. Neto just hung around near the halfway line, so as soon as our super slow-mo attacks broke down, a simple ball down the line and its a 1 on 1 with a...
It was Agilo who got the willies and called in a loan early that he'd taken out with them. He didn't have the readies, so Administration Mk2 duley followed.
We did go 3 at the back when Perv went off, and it could easily have cost us. Webster was left exposed, he got no help when Neto and friends started charging down our left at will. The subs we made tonight made us weaker, albeit I appreciate RDZ's hand may have been forced as Perv was labouring.
Left on 90, joined the train queue at 9.40, got back to Brighton Station at 10.15.
Then a quick mince down to Churchill Square, a 1 to Portslade, walked through the door at 10.52. An hour and ten then. Not great, but I've had far worse. And I'm dry.
The one positive is that we didn't lose - which we easily could've, given that 2nd half performance. Once Perv went off for Webster, we were in ALL KINDS of trouble down our left. Take the point and move on.
Oh, and pleasing to see Lamptey get half an hour in his legs, even if the whole team...
Its absolutely pointless playing a through-ball to Milner. Yes he was sometimes running into space, or had space to run into, but the reason he was left largely unmarked was because a blind turtle with 3 flippers could easily catch up with him anyway. See also Gross (who had a real stinker...
Since the start of December, only Liverpool have taken more PL points than Wolves. And West Ham were on a run of 1 defeat in 8 when we played them (with them having recently won away at Spurs and Arsenal). So I don't know in what world you believe us drawing those two games showed poor mentality...
We already know he's a cheat. He bought a VERY cheap penalty up there against us last season after blatantly backing into one of our defenders from a corner, then throwing his legs up and collapsing to the deck having not even been challenged.
Tonight, he's clearly backed himself to score.
Fun facts.
Deeney made his final appearance for Watford at the Amex as a sub in August 2021, in a 2-0 defeat for the Hornets.
Deeney appeared on Celebrity Mastermind last year, with his specialist subject - the Spiderman films of Sam Raimi. He scored 0 points.
Deeney has a tattoo of Jeremy Kyle...
Yup. He knows he'd get DOGS abuse every week here. The smattering of boos he got at Wembley would be multiplied tenfold at every away ground.
Shame. I'd have enjoyed that.
My thermal snoods. Absolute GAMECHANGERS for my winter walks, and when I'm sat in the WSU. Scarves are useless in comparison, and have been consigned to the back of my pants drawer.
Can't wait to see what the freebie snood for STH renewers will be like. Looks a bit thin, but may suffice when it...
Everton deserved their 10 point punishment and should suck it up, as should Forest if the independent commission deems the charges are correct and punishes them both accordingly.
BUT
It doesn't sit right that City stand accused of 115 charges, and have thus far got away scott-free because...
I haven't bought The Sun since I graduated from abject idiocy around 1987. However, I sometimes buy the Mail because I do like their sports section. Then I use the rest of it to line the bottom of the birdcage.
Quite often I'll save the Richard Littlejohn column for it. Generally the bird seems...