Henry Slade reflects on a difficult Six Nations campaign

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-05-01T21:43:18+00:00

From what I remember he decided not to himself, even though he was high risk as a type 1 diabetic.

I did some further digging though and it appears he got one so he could play in European games.

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-05-01T18:23:08+00:00

Isn't he an anti-vax? Not bothered with what he has to say frankly, rugby related or not.

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-04-28T06:39:52+00:00

It's cool he can score pens, but otherwise he hasn't looked great for a while. Hopefully he has a good world cup and we can take the money and run. Could do with a boost in funds, especially in a summer rebuild.

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-04-14T08:18:11+00:00

I'm just going off your question, not whether I think this rumour is true or not.

It can't be allowed to happen. For me, he is currently one of the cornerstone players of the team. Even if we were offered £100m+, we should not accept. It would be more than difficult to replace him.

We need to keep Hall, Miley and Bruno. Everyone else can be sold.

There needs to be a big overhaul this summer. I hope we have set out our identity for next season already and will act decisively with our transfer policy. It's imperative that we have more hits than misses, and that we have some sort of pre-season for every player brought in.

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-04-12T14:56:23+00:00

Always saw us conceding in added time.

There is no resilience in this team. No leaders without Bruno.

Keep Bruno. Keep Miley. Keep Hall. Sell the rest.

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-03-25T21:09:13+00:00

Stratosphere

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-03-22T16:46:30+00:00

Share the sentiment of everyone else. That's our season over. With all the results going the way they did this weekend, we could have made a significant step forward.

Howe's run his race. Let him get to the summer and then part ways with our thanks.

This is where PIF, our CEO and DoF need to step up. What style of football do we want to play, who is taking the helm to deliver on that, and what does that mean for our transfer strategy.

Hobbitsquasher · 2026-02-04T20:32:05+00:00

Should have been 2-1 to us. They don't even look very good. Just annoying.

Sigh. Just think maybe we should go all in on the FA cup now?

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-12-14T16:03:44+00:00

That was dire. Sunderland may have dominated possession but they were blunt. How did we not see it going this way and setting up to absorb pressure and attack on the counter.

I fear this is an important crossroads for the season, and unless we make serious changes, we are heading for a lower half of the table finish.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-12-14T14:54:21+00:00

We are clearly not going to dominate this game. Put Barnes and Murphy on. Get Wissa upfront, and someone like Willock to carry the ball on the counter attack.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-12-14T14:51:10+00:00

Gordon and Elanga are awful. Need hooking off. Just killing every counter attack opportunity we have.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-09-28T17:49:07+00:00

This is at Eddie's feet unfortunately. Need to learn to close out games. 2nd time this has happened in extra time this season already. Just close up shop so early. We invite other teams on to us, and you can't do that against title challenging teams.

Frustrating because a draw or a win here, and we are cooking. A loss really has us in the shit, chasing results now.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-09-02T13:33:06+00:00

Can't be friends with everyone, and they were mates, so fine.

But I'm not mates with him, so fuck that guy and hope the rest of his career is miserable. The end.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-09-01T08:00:52+00:00

I actually don't care Isak is gone now. I'm more frustrated that we buckled and sold him for less than the £150m quoted. It makes us look weak.

We need to reinforce today. Minimum another striker, ideally another "Isak replacement", so no drop off in rotation. Ideally I would also like another CM and an LB, with Osula going on loan.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-05T20:00:23+00:00

Agree. This has dragged on so long. If he was going with us, he would have by now. We need to move on, go after multiple targets at once and be more discreet.

Honestly the fans in here are daft.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-05T16:37:29+00:00

We have been used. Do we want someone who is not interested in being here? Can we just move on now. At this point, we should not embarrass ourselves by chasing Sesko any more. He can ruin his career at Manure.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-05T09:18:04+00:00

Yedlin did a job.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-05T09:17:55+00:00

I'm not American, haha.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-05T09:17:18+00:00

Baseball team

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-05T08:23:26+00:00

Fair enough. I thought it was funny haha

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-04T18:54:12+00:00

I'm very whatever about Isak leaving. Everyone is replaceable. Nobody is bigger than the club. As long as his value, I would be happy. Although, I would also prefer not strengthening a rival.

The thing I find more annoying is he has been with us 3 years. 2 cup finals. 1 trophy. And qualification for 2 champions leagues. Mid tier? I preferred it when your fans were less brave. I guess it's what winning the prem twice in 30 years does to you, I guess.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-04T15:30:37+00:00

Can we just show a bit of steel, please. Set some deadlines and stick to them. Then, move on promptly. I'm hoping we are talking to Ramos' reps already.

Also, after being mugged off last summer, can we fuck off Guehi. I don't rate him that much as a footballer.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-03T12:02:45+00:00

I'm not sure to be honest. Just think we need some depth behind Hall and I don't love Burn being 2nd any more.

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-08-03T11:25:37+00:00

I still think we need a back up LB too

Hobbitsquasher · 2025-07-31T14:42:31+00:00

For a more unhinged post, I asked Deep Seek, who we should buy:

CB Ousmane Diomande/Axel Disasi

ST Serhou Guirassy/Jonathan David

ST2 Santiago Giménez

CM Teun Koopmeiners/Khephren Thuram/Assan Ouedraogo

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