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That is incredibly sad, and poignant. I was so, so lucky in my childhood. Both my parents were amazing, neither of them ever raised a hand to me. OK I turned out a dickhead, but I couldn't have wished for a better upbringing. Unfortunately my wife wasn't as lucky in her childhood either.

I've clearly led a sheltered life. My parents were cat people. I've never had a dog, nor would I. At least not until I'm basically infirm and incontinent and can barely leave the house, ie when my life is pretty much over and I have no remaining ambitions of travelling anywhere or doing...

First trip was when my dad took an 11 year old me to the FA Cup Final replay (he'd gone with my mum in the posh seats for the first game). I remember him picking me up from primary school in the afternoon to get the coach from Conway Street. Walking out of class that day to go to Wembley for...

Oh heck, I'm not sure how I'll sleep tonight. Ah wait, I know. I'll stream that Palace documentary.

Err.... What ??

Holland coach Louis van Gaal was asked in his press conference what he thought of the World Cup being in Qatar: "Now, everybody knows that I find that ridiculous,” said Van Gaal, whose Dutch side have qualified for the finals after missing the 2018 tournament. “It’s ridiculous that we are going...

I don't really care about a breeds "reputation", whether deserved or not. Its still an animal, it still has powerful jaws, and it only has to turn ONCE to wreak absolute devastation. I'm confident we'll soon have the "it wouldn't hurt a fly" and "soppy thing, totally out of character"...

Indeed. Allan is decent but reckless. Gordon is skilful, but has clearly been taking diving-and-rolling-around lessons off Richarlison. And their main striker, when not laid up on a stretcher, likes dressing up as a 14 year old schoolgirl. WTF is FF supposed to do with that mob ?

Reminds me of a large office I used to work in back in the early 90's, which had a corner set aside with ceiling-to-floor glass panels for the smokers to go in and do their thing. Every now and then I'd have to poke my head round the door to say there's a call for so-and-so. My god, you couldn't...

Yup, as suspected. Gone to shite of late on both counts. We'll be ok. Its just really, really deflating after such a great first half of the season.

Agreed. And as far as Maupay's goals, its more often not even a cross, but just a good simple ball DECISIVELY played forward - see the finish v Watford at home, and the famous Palace 'why'd you let it bounce'. Sadly, we are not very good at those.

Well, yes and no. Obviously I celebrate every goal like an absolute LOON, because I know it'll likely be about a month before I see another one. But I don't think its 'manipulating' the stats at all. Our staggeringly paltry goal return in open play is indicative of how easy we are to defend...

"Definitely far from safe ??" We are in a shit run of form, but we are currently 150/1 to go down with the bookies. 3 (THREE) of those junk teams at the bottom would basically have to mount Champions League form, without us picking up another point to overhaul us. And they'll be taking points...

The PBGW ? (Peroxide Blonde Gravity Whore)

h6QptoHUcNI Classic Dean, to be fair.

Whatever. A handful of seats sticking out in front of a lounge doesn't constitute an actual 2nd tier in a football stadium to me. But if thats what you want to refer to it as, go for gold. Doesn't particularly matter, in the great scheme of things.

5 rows of chairs in front of a lounge isn't really a "tier" though, is it. We're not talking about an overhanging job that could hold a few thousand fans - its just a handful of posh seats similar to the ones in front of the 1901. I'd still be glad if it was built, don't get me wrong. The more...

I really liked Tomori, and felt we should've put a bid in for him after his loan spell. Despite that calamitous OG on his debut at Lincoln in the cup :facepalm:

:clap2: Fine work. I appreciate this type of analysis. Gooey isn't bad by any means, but he is indicative of the sad fact that England caps are dished out like comedy club flyers on the seafront these days. Keep a clean sheet against a profligate and comically misfiring City ? YOU'RE IN !

Indeed. How can you possibly announce this to your staff, completely out of the blue on a recorded Zoom, with the cheap foreign labour literally sitting in a van on the quayside waiting to take their jobs ? Its bonkers. You'd assume a business the size of P&O would have taken advice and know...