bluewomble I get the impression players with a reputation for not pushing themselves wouldn't get into MR's set up. Would be interesting to see what he could have done with someone like Parrett or Poleon. I think our current style of play would have suited those players far more - equally to have Hanson to mix & match with Palmer with Assal and Mebude running off them.

I listen to both our podcasts, 9yrs and womble Dream. The womble dream podcast guys have to be 100% correct of some of the stuff they say on there pod. I don't believe in rumours or theories myself, and that can cause problems down the line with the club/players, just my opinion

Blue, erm weren't you proposing we sign the ultimate journeyman Andy Carroll, the other day?

DO - Surely our lower tier support @ Arsenal was nearer two-thirds than half?

I'd rather have 70% academy players who actually care about the club instead of a bunch of journey men unless they have something to offer in the Woody, Palmer sense. Having these guys around will help the younger players

RK - where do you differ?

MAD - full strength I wouldn't have been bothered by that run of fixtures but looks tough now we're mentally and physically drained.

Whyte is a overhyped bum I meant

The overhyped bodybuilder will stay with mcracken. Whyte Is a overhyped but, chisora beat him but never got the respect from the judges. Fury will Bury him if they fight in December. It even though I'm a fury fan, he did lose to mcdermot who's even porkier than ruiz

I apologise Train, it was 8 days, not a week 😎

Ruiz is a proper boxer, hand speed, technique, decent punch and can take one - still think the worst thing Joshua did was the knockdown, you could see AR was just pissed off by it. Without that he might have settled for going the distance. (That might be his weakness, not driven enough). I think AR is tougher fight for Fury than AJ or DW.

Ruiz was fast I meant

Ruiz was fat

He does have strengths but he no longer plays to them. If Hearn wants to alter the outcome that team of AJ’s has to go.

My back of the envelope analysis had it just below £250k

Robbo said last week that he wants our team made up of 60/70% academy in the near future, I'm sure he will get us back in the 2nd tier, be patient wimbles. Plough Lane wasn't built in a day

"3 defeats in a week" is also a little bit harsh :)

Ruiz gave hope to us fat white blokes everywhere 😍

Arsenal gate share - £295k (assumptions: half crowd in lower, half in upper, 80% of crowd full price, 500 stewards at £100 each, £50k other matchday expenses, 45% of net to each club)

Not beyond the wit of a pro boxing team from 8 weeks out with a 10 year pro fighter to have him drilled into waking down, leaning on and ring cutting. He just stood their like a lemon.

Can't teach boxing in 8-12 weeks, joshua has only discovered chess whilst the likes of fury/lemechenko/usyk been at it from nappies. Eddie hearn and his perv dad( jefferey epsteins )mate all suck. Frank Warren rules

I don't think Joshua has the tools to beat someone like Usyk and I've got a suspicion that if Ruiz had turned up in the same shape as first fight, we'd never have seen Joshua v Usyk anyway. AJ is a lot better than Wilder but he's got the same problem, not sure you can change what he doesn't have. It's why I'd back Fury against him every time, he's got the tools and it comes down to something he can control - fitness and motivation.

Train I know your filter is a bit sharper than a ballers 😎

86, yet again you have to question Joshua’s ‘team’. Joshua can’t find solutions. He needs 8 weeks of pre program. So send him in light, un drilled in walking down a smaller opponent, not focusing on his jab, longer reach and heavier frame advantages not used. I agree: so he’ll get picked a bum by Eddie next up.

The FB mob are quick to criticize when we don't win. Its like we are following Arsenal the amount of crap being spouted on there.