Pre-season 2026

Rather expensive but you've got to right.

Chris WOOT!
From the penalty spot after Netz is brought down. Buries it in the bottom corner.

Really good to get CW scoring before the season starts. Even though he apparently doesn't even have another 8 goals in him.

Brilliant goal!
What a move. CHO away down the left, squares it to Dominguez, a touch into the path of Netz who finishes it.

Netz, Moreira and Schlager doing everything they can to get in the squad.

I thought Moreira started well ... But then looked pretty average for the next 30 minutes and fucked up a couple of times right in front of OG.

After a first minute scare a thoroughly decent half. Shape and pressing has been good. CHO looks more like his old self. Great to see Netz - who played the initial pass - and Dominguez busting a gut to support CHO for the 2nd goal. Even Victor's kicking has been sound whilst Schlager emerges with the ball in ways that makes me tempted to call him Dan Un-doye.
The only negative is the co-commentator. Don't know who he is but he doesn't half witter on. He's a bit like the Fast Show character who calls everything brilliant. But at half the speed. And substituting fantastic for brilliant.

Julian Bennett, I think.

Oh. Please don't tell him I said so...

Half time farewell for Taiwo consisting of a guard of honour followed by the bumps.
I hope he's already passed his medical.

Are Brest playing a B team as well? If not, theyre fucked.

Were that 2nd half an aged pet it would've been put down around the 75 minute mark out of kindness.
Also hard to take a team seriously with players called La La and Mbopp.
Also a bit of a Jordan Smith lookalike in goal.

Eugen is sad.

Does anyone know of a guard of honour for a player before? Especially at half time.

That was truly touching... I mean, how can we replace a character like that?

Hopefully we give it a go (of course we will end up with cunt flaps Delap...).

Maybe Tammy and Delap are coming. Tammy is of course Ola's best mate.

Chicago: Good Spirited.

It was weird. He's played here for 4 years, has barely managed to justify his price tag, spent a disproportionate amount of time injured, and overall been a somewhat mediocre and irrelevant player for us bar a couple of goals. Is being a nice bloke so wildly uncommon in football that he deserves a level of treatment above pretty much any other player we've had in the last couple of decades?

Have you seen his smile?

But seriously, he's scored some really crucial goals. Everyone still talks about the Arsenal goal.