Tommy Cockles

Did anyone else think his “staring into his hands” thing before kick off looked weird? I know some players do that I assume to trigger focus etc, and the close up of it from the cameraman didn’t help, but I saw that and thought “oh hello”

That could have been so much worse. Man if they’d spawned a winner, could you imagine. A few form issues and the defence is grinding gears a bit but still, parity with our main challenger over the weekend, 6 points clear and a game in hand. Slot’s an intelligent guy he will have made some observations and learned some lessons today and I suspect a few players will be hearing about it this week.

Yeah as soon as I saw their Newcastle result I knew we wouldn’t beat them today. Just had that feel.

As always when we play them, thank goodness that’s over.

A mate of mine is driving Trent’s Mrs to the ground today. He has his orders. In the incredibly unlikely event that he does find anything out please be assured that you will be the only internet forum I communicate this to.

I think about this all the time. Well when I see a plane in the air anyway, as a minimum.

I’ve a story about Madrid 2019 that will make you feel physically sick but then well up with happiness but I need to set aside time to type it out.

I think his agent being here is hugely significant and likely points to one of 2 scenarios. 1. It’s basically done and Mo’s pronouncements are designed to wring the last drops he can get out of the club. 2. It really Is on the brink of collapse and his agent is here to discuss the options he has been receiving from elsewhere. I really don’t see him coming over just for the sake of it, something is afoot. FWIW I think Mo’s options to tick both his pay and his footballing boxes are very limited on the assumption he doesn’t go to another English club. FSG being FSG know this and are trying to exploit it, and ultimately I think they think they have the winning hand. And they are probably right but he wants some final concessions so we are probably seeing scenario 1 play out. As anyone who has paid attention to anything I’ve written on here these last 18 years knows though, I’m usually way off to the side.

Also: Air is for breathing.

East or West Midlands irritating?

So what I’ve learned is that knobheads and knobheadery get through the profanity filter, but k****ead (singular) does not. Noted.

I think his appointment is like all their other recruitment on and off the pitch. After all these things don’t just happen in isolation do they. Rather than assess their situation and needs, and find the best candidate for where they are, and what they need to do (admittedly that assumes they even know what those things are) it’s like they’ve just gone “right whose stock is the highest right now” and nothing else matters. For all FSGs many faults having clear plans isn’t one of them, and as a consequence neither is recruitment.

I think we must be getting close to the point where Wolves have a knock off version of his song. Probably just finalising how and where they reference West Brom.

Definitely. For all the obvious professionalism and straight batting etc it can’t be helpful to him at all.