Mike Risley
mikerisley.bsky.social
Mike Risley
@mikerisley.bsky.social
I’m just here for the food.
Every pub. Napoli fans are mad they’re in 3rd. But when they were in 1st, they were still mad. It’s sports fandom. Never happy.
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I think Xavi is good. But not ready like Eze. Maybe there wasn’t a better option we could have found. 🤷‍♂️
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Maybe. Maybe it was Levy nickeling and diming that put him off. Maybe if we’d pushed and gotten this resolved sooner, even if he left for Arsenal we could have had time to find another option.
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I think Romero is better than good. When I think of who would maybe start for another Top 10 PL Team, I get Romero, Kudus, maybe Van de Ven and maybe Palhinha after his current run of games. But that’s it.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
We don’t. We also don’t know that a PL proven player wouldn’t have hit the ground running and proved he could handle this game. I thought Xavi did better than I expected.

I’m not trying to be a troll here. I just don’t understand the high expectations that don’t match our current player situation.
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hmmm… I thought not getting MGW and Eze were Levy’s fault. We aimed high and missed. Now we’re a little adrift. I still think Palhinha was an excellent choice to mitigate some of the obvious squad issues we currently have. Pragmatically working with what he had by patching the defense.
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Great question. The opening goal at the second half was probably misunderstanding due to the formation switch from pulling Danso for Xavi. His first? Not sure. His 3rd goal was losing the ball while the mid field had already started up the pitch. We didn’t have enough back to defend that.
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
What attacking and mid field progressing players do we currently have that are fit in order to play the attacking style football the fans want? Teams know if they triple team Kudus then they shut down the team. That’s not Frank’s fault. That’s a lack of players. He needs time and the right players.
November 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Maybe the fans have unrealistic expectations. We’re 9th playing the best team in the league. We’re a mid table team by salary with no stars and a bunch of good but not great players. With a new manager trying to reshape the team. We got in one really good player in the summer. We just need patience.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Nah. It was fine. Y’all played well. I think Vic did well in goal with lots of great stops, just those goals were amazing. I was pleasantly surprised by Xavi’s play in the second half. Richy’s goal was amazing. Good stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 7:03 PM
You keep using that word. Funny. I do not think it means what you think it means.
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Saw him here. It was amazing. He scored a hat trick.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
It’s like it was all a marketing ploy by Ring. What?
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM