23 Apr 2026 08:40:42.
Think we enjoyed an element of luck last night, (long overdue) but cannot praise the effort and togetherness enough against a very slick Bournemouth side to come away with a point is just fantastic.

Thought Struick had his best game of the season, Darlow again made a crucial fantastic save, agree Bogle and Bijol were not at their best, but think that was a combination of knocks and tiredness.



But our whole squad epitomised by Longstaff last night are always ready to support the cause.

Finally, big shout out to our manager last night, who I thought got everything right, and for myself demonstrated to me, he is now operating at a level I never thought possible, so I hold my hands up, I was wrong with regards to DF and all credit to him.

1.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 09:19:12
Well said, class. Us so called experts are sometimes quick with our expert take on how things should have been done, usually after the event. Have to admit I've not always been right about Farke. And, in the words of one such lucky, famous manager, "Good managers make good sides. There's no such thing as a side making a manager."

2.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 09:23:22
Largely agree, class, about your post.
Think we were lucky, but deservedly so because of attitude.
Think the manager and team have def improved since November. The defence and gk have very much improved.
But our goal was survival, which pretty much has been achieved.

I'm not sure this manager and team can do any better than that.
But a win on Sunday for us, and I'm predicting a weekend win for Wolves, and the end of the season has proved very enjoyable.

3.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 09:39:12
Agree with all of that, Class. Struijk, for me, was outstanding and MoM. His game is improving every game.

You're right about Bournemouth. They were very slick, they've bought some fantastic young players there and they didn't pay vast amounts for them. A lesson to money bags Chelsea on classy recruitment.
Only problem for Bournemouth is that they are losing the awesome conductor to their success.



Great performance from our boys, though. They never gave up and were rewarded for it.
Nmencha and Willy coming on just at the right time to save the game, and give us another massive point and huge momentum leading up to those Chelsea pretenders.

4.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 10:02:03
Special mentions for the Ref who ignored Bournemouth histrionics and got big decisions right and for Tyler Adams who was an a*******.

5.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 10:49:22
A few of our players played yesterday as though they had Sunday on their mind.
In view of the point gained, I'll view it as a positive that they are very up for that game!

6.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 10:53:06
Don't agree totally, Mez.

That Barca side made Pep. I think we can all agree on that.

7.) 23 Apr 2026
23 Apr 2026 11:11:56
Lots of teams have made managers look good. They just followed a poor manager.

8.) 24 Apr 2026
24 Apr 2026 08:36:51
Chris, I think Pep has proved he is a good manager with Munich and City. Not disputing Barcelona wasn't already a good team when he took over. Good managers get the best out of a group of players.