12 Aug 2026 17:47:23
Evening all. ? Hope everyone is keeping well. YNWA
12 Aug 2026 18:12:50
Yup, the Barry fella!
12 Aug 2026 18:30:20
Evening, Barry. Sat in garden waiting for the eclipse. Killing time by ordering stuff off Amazon. Doing what I can to help buy our next super star.
12 Aug 2026 18:32:02
All good, Barry lad! You? YNWA.
12 Aug 2026 18:32:25
How's Chewy?
12 Aug 2026 18:41:22
Good evening LazyoverweightbaldcloggerinLouth.
Sorry I mean LazycuddlybaldcloggerinLouth
:-)
12 Aug 2026 18:49:45
You and Jeff in cahoots to take over the club, is it, Rome? ? All good here, Let'stalk. ? Seriously, can't wait to see the lads in action under AI. It's going to be a breath of fresh air watching them. Their fitness is chronic. It'll probably take them a season to get going, but I'll take that once The Goonie isn't in charge.
12 Aug 2026 18:55:23
What's up, Barry. I'm on vaycay and off to the Motherland tmrw with the fam.
What you up ton, brotha?
12 Aug 2026 19:09:38
It's all about the cuddly Zed. Waiting for this totally eclipse in the dark, my friend (RIP Bonnie).
12 Aug 2026 19:22:26
Great to read your positivity, Barry. I'm looking forward to season start, but, as things stand, I honestly don't know what to expect.
12 Aug 2026 19:30:23
I think at the very least we can expect better footy to watch this season, Rome.
12 Aug 2026 19:30:51
I don't know what to expect either, Rome, but it has to be a vast improvement on last season. ??
12 Aug 2026 19:39:27
I hope you're right, Taurus and Barry, and are confident you will be. However, like I've said on here, that won't be enough if we're mid table in October.
12 Aug 2026 19:51:19
If that first half against Monaco is anything to go by, it'll be an exciting season.
12 Aug 2026 20:43:38
I am very optimistic but we must be ready for the downs as well. Keep the faith, lads. YNWA.
12 Aug 2026 22:26:25
Very much looking forward to Iraola ball. Fitness still being an issue, I think we'll start games strong, look fantastic for the first 20 odd minutes and then fade a bit, maybe slip back into a little slot ball when things get tough. We'll come out the second half and repeat the pattern. I think Iraola will regularly look to inject some energy with plenty of second-half subs as an effort to keep the tempo up late on and manage the lack of endurance, even if the lads are doing well.
We've shown flashes of pressing effectively as a team, which gets me very excited, though I'm wary not to expect miracles.
It's going to be a huge adjustment for the lads given the fitness issues. So long as I see a marked improvement on endurance, aggression, defending set pieces, pressing as a unit, winning the ball back in the final third and a dash of heavy metal football, I'll be a very happy man.
If I see all that, I almost won't care where we finish, as I know we'll be headed in the right direction.