Recent content by jeff_potato

As of last season we have spent more than half of the Premier League's existence as a club outside of it. Many other clubs will probably think we had our chance and now it's their turn.

There's no jeopardy, which must make it tricky to get worked up. We had people bored and staying away during a second UEFA cup run, so perhaps if Boro were onto a consecutive PL title it'd be the subs benches and two old fellas in the west stand whose legs have seized up sat watching us. 😉

I don't know about their finances, but it would be a shame if they did sell all three of those: Glasner has had a similar effect to Emery and there's no certainty that Chelsea and Tottenham will suddenly realise their potential any time soon. It would be good for the league for teams to be...

They only deal with managers who have worked in 40,000+ stadia. You could've won every trophy in world football, but that's nothing if it didn't have the crowd to match.

I don't think he's big enough for Sunderland and wouldn't be an upgrade on Howe for Newcastle. I would find it interesting if Chelsea replaced Pochettino with him. Probably less pressure than Bayern, who will be demanding that whoever comes in gets the Bundesliga back this season.

I seem to recall how Pulis often opined about money being tight, spent a lot on McNair and then we hardly saw him until Pulis left and we got to see a decent Championship player who had been in and out of the team. I was once asked by a football writer for the Times for my thoughts on Pulis in...

Just dodgy fencing, not a time portal tucked away in the trees!

There's a wildlife park near Kingussie where something escaped just this year, so you may have been absolutely correct...

It's not City who could ruin a league, but an administrative body who allow such charges to accrue for so many years before slipping into sloth mode to sort it out. On the playing side of things, football is eating itself with the amount of players absorbed into academy systems of the top teams...

Is this a case of the Emperor's New Clothes?

Luton needed a dodgy penalty to beat us at the business end of last season. I thought they'd be performing like Sheff Utd have, so well done to them on lasting until game 37 to give up hope. Burnley are the real surprise to me as they were imperious in this league. I really thought they'd gain...

I used to live near one called The Vulcan, not far from from an old forge. Not seen another one called that, but there is one in Wales too, according to Google.

I just want anyone with a hot drink themed name, purely for the commentary joy of Latte Lath coming off as a precautionary measure, but don't worry Boro fans: there's a Cappuccino on the way to keep you going.

If you don't watch Premier League football, seeing them for the first time would probably be quite astonishing. Then after a few games in a row you admire their consistency. It gets boring when they have to rotate, deal with injuries, but it doesn't pose them a challenge because they have a...

I started watching it but had to turn it off as it just frustrates me to hear of scum like that ruining people's lives. The same feeling of "Oh FFS" which you get when you drive past graffiti claiming someone is a grass. A lifestyle for people who never mentally progressed beyond 14.