I feel a lot more confident about next year knowing that Hamer is going to command a pretty big fee. The question is whether Dean Austin is able to pull two or three rabbits out the hat like Badlan did - I really hope we don’t try to replace Vik and Gus with two ‘big’ signings, I just don’t see...
Yeah it was a nightmare - obviously I get why they changed it, but it was a lot better when you could just hang around outside with a load of cans. Ended up cramming into a Mexican restaurant and a Black Sheep Coffee (?!) just to get a beer ffs.
Robins disagrees, and I’m not sure why anyone would ever choose him over Doyle. That’s the kind of calibre player we have to be aiming to sign now, we can’t be settling for players like Panzo.
Worked well, being used by one of the best refereeing groups in the country, in the country’s most advanced and camera’d up stadium, to address some quite obvious fouls.
The pre-match atmosphere around Wembley itself left a lot to be desired - the fan zone looked dire and it was a nightmare getting a drink in most places.
Inside the stadium it’s the usual problem of getting the whole stand singing the same song (I assume it’s close to impossible) but it was...
Weird day - still a good day, but a weird one compared to the last two. Starting off by walking through three pubs worth of Luton fans on the way to Farringdon tube was probably a bad omen. The whole Wembley experience is a lot worse now you can’t just drink your own booze on the streets - made...
Obviously haven’t been there since then, but given how close to disaster the Euro 2020 final was, I doubt the police are messing around outside Wembley these days.