| Give the travelling fans their money back? 21:40 - Feb 13 with 2443 views | Z765765 |
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:39 - Feb 13 with 528 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:39 - Feb 13 by Ryorry |
I was looking at the bigger picture, and disagree with you. |
Can you outline how you were looking at the bigger picture?
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:43 - Feb 13 with 509 views | Ryorry |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:39 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
Can you outline how you were looking at the bigger picture?
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I already did, see my (edit - second not first) post on this thread.
Night night. [Post edited 13 Feb 22:45]
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:45 - Feb 13 with 493 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:43 - Feb 13 by Ryorry |
I already did, see my (edit - second not first) post on this thread.
Night night. [Post edited 13 Feb 22:45]
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That wasn't the bigger picture but each to their own.
You've not once countered the points on fixture congestion but I'm not surprised given they are awkward points to address.
Goodnight.
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:45 - Feb 13 with 488 views | gtsb1966 |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:16 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
Have you considered that it went exactly how KM wanted?
Anyone travelling should have been prepared for that.
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Have you ever played football, I suspect not. Personally I'm glad we can now concentrate on the league as it sounds KM wants but if you are a professional footballer you cant just say I'll put in a s*** performance tonight. The performance of some is concerning. |  | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:49 - Feb 13 with 462 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:45 - Feb 13 by gtsb1966 |
Have you ever played football, I suspect not. Personally I'm glad we can now concentrate on the league as it sounds KM wants but if you are a professional footballer you cant just say I'll put in a s*** performance tonight. The performance of some is concerning. |
You've not really countered my points but thank you for your input.
The performance wasn't good but in relation to the bigger picture it's for the best. We already knew many of those squad players can't cut it.
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:49 - Feb 13 with 460 views | have_a_word_with_him |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:38 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
Have you looked into the congestion of fixtures it would have caused?
If we had won then great but it's really no bad thing we didn't.
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They play football for a living. That's all they do. We have arguably the strongest squad in the league, certainly according to money spent and lots of general consensus. We had multi-millions worth of players out there tonight.
But a few extra games is unbearable despite the joy it would bring fans and the spotlight on the club? I just don't get it but we will clearly not see eye to eye on this. |  | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:51 - Feb 13 with 451 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:49 - Feb 13 by have_a_word_with_him |
They play football for a living. That's all they do. We have arguably the strongest squad in the league, certainly according to money spent and lots of general consensus. We had multi-millions worth of players out there tonight.
But a few extra games is unbearable despite the joy it would bring fans and the spotlight on the club? I just don't get it but we will clearly not see eye to eye on this. |
It's not a few extra games though.
It would be an extra game for the squad players on a weekend but 3 or 4 very close together games for the actual 11. It wouldn't be great.
You're right though, we won't agree on this just like we won't agree on this being a "football only" website.
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:53 - Feb 13 with 429 views | gtsb1966 |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:49 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
You've not really countered my points but thank you for your input.
The performance wasn't good but in relation to the bigger picture it's for the best. We already knew many of those squad players can't cut it.
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If ever there was a post to say you've lost the argument. Stick to the subject and stop making yourself look silly. Now back to the subject, do you think players can turn it on and off just like that.? P.s...nicely edited. For those who didn't see it Stokie mentioned something to do with immigration and how i should stick to GB news. [Post edited 13 Feb 23:01]
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:55 - Feb 13 with 414 views | Ryorry |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:45 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
That wasn't the bigger picture but each to their own.
You've not once countered the points on fixture congestion but I'm not surprised given they are awkward points to address.
Goodnight.
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Fixture congestion is exactly one of the reasons we need to keep those ‘fringe’ (hate that word, but for want of a better one) players sharp.
Why not have the whole squad playing regularly & thereby keeping match sharp. | |
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:57 - Feb 13 with 398 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:55 - Feb 13 by Ryorry |
Fixture congestion is exactly one of the reasons we need to keep those ‘fringe’ (hate that word, but for want of a better one) players sharp.
Why not have the whole squad playing regularly & thereby keeping match sharp. |
Because 4 matches in 10 days or so isn't going to be great when going for promotion.
We want to play our strongest team and that isn't a lot of the players who played today.
We won't agree so there isn't really much point continuing. I do think you would complain about fixture congestion if we had 4 matches in 10 days and lost a few of them but at least now we will never know :).
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:01 - Feb 13 with 364 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:53 - Feb 13 by gtsb1966 |
If ever there was a post to say you've lost the argument. Stick to the subject and stop making yourself look silly. Now back to the subject, do you think players can turn it on and off just like that.? P.s...nicely edited. For those who didn't see it Stokie mentioned something to do with immigration and how i should stick to GB news. [Post edited 13 Feb 23:01]
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You haven't really made an argument against my point on fixture congestion.
The fringe players didn't play well but we know that players like Johnson are well away from the first team anyway.
As for making ones self look silly, you do it on a routine basis so you should know all about it.
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:01 - Feb 13 with 363 views | ClareBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:11 - Feb 13 by southnorfolkblue |
We haven't been interested in any of the Cups for years. Anyone turning up tonight would have to live under a rock if they didn't think we'd be putting a B team out tonight |
We knew that but why could the B team not be bothered. The whole idea of a B team is to give them an opportunity not for them to 'save themself'. The B team saved themselves to be B players for the rest of the season. Why? | | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:03 - Feb 13 with 344 views | gtsb1966 |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:01 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
You haven't really made an argument against my point on fixture congestion.
The fringe players didn't play well but we know that players like Johnson are well away from the first team anyway.
As for making ones self look silly, you do it on a routine basis so you should know all about it.
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So mentioning immigration and GB news in this thread doesn't make you look a bit silly then. | | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:07 - Feb 13 with 317 views | have_a_word_with_him |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:51 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
It's not a few extra games though.
It would be an extra game for the squad players on a weekend but 3 or 4 very close together games for the actual 11. It wouldn't be great.
You're right though, we won't agree on this just like we won't agree on this being a "football only" website.
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Just for random argument and based on google searching. Brentford have 10 players who have played 26 or more games so far this season, Newcastle have 14. We have 6. Correct me if that's not 100% correct, but I think it's in the ballpark. Just not buying this fatigue argument. | | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:08 - Feb 13 with 310 views | StokieBlue |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:07 - Feb 13 by have_a_word_with_him |
Just for random argument and based on google searching. Brentford have 10 players who have played 26 or more games so far this season, Newcastle have 14. We have 6. Correct me if that's not 100% correct, but I think it's in the ballpark. Just not buying this fatigue argument. |
We don't have the squad depth that they have.
I would prefer the best 14 didn't have to play a lot of games in a short space of time.
Promotion is the main aim.
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 00:02 - Feb 14 with 247 views | have_a_word_with_him |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:08 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
We don't have the squad depth that they have.
I would prefer the best 14 didn't have to play a lot of games in a short space of time.
Promotion is the main aim.
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We don't have the squad depth? When we paid £12m for a reserve reserve right winger. And £9m for a striker who we've now loaned to Derby. And £20m for a centre back who can't get in ahead of Kipre. Etc. I admire your ability to excuse this squad, but I can't agree with it. | | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 00:06 - Feb 14 with 247 views | The_Romford_Blue |
If you’re travelling to Wrexham away in the FA Cup 4th round, knowing McKenna is 1.01 to make 8+ changes, and that we play them in a weeks time anyway, then fair f**ks to you. Loyal isn’t even the word. But if you’re going there and expecting a refund for a 1-0 loss to a team 3 places below us in the league, you are also deranged.
No chance of a refund and rightly so. Fans knew what they were in for making that trip. I applaud them though. |  |
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 00:11 - Feb 14 with 231 views | benrhyddingblue |
Just got home. No refund for me thanks. Follow the Town up or down! Wasn’t great but didn’t expect it with that team. | | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 02:34 - Feb 14 with 199 views | berkstractorboy |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:43 - Feb 13 by Ryorry |
I already did, see my (edit - second not first) post on this thread.
Night night. [Post edited 13 Feb 22:45]
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Honestly you are looking at what would make YOU happy and have a nice weekend. The bigger picture is exactly what SB laid out. KMc tried to spell it out for you but you are ignoring him too.
We are not this winning machine this season, we have to prioritise the league this season. If we can get up and by some miracle stay up we can build a stronger cup capable of longer cup runs and winning PL games. | | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 02:44 - Feb 14 with 194 views | SitfcB |
Na.
People are stupid enough to go then they suffer the consequences 
I didn’t offer to pay more after winning at Derby last week. |  |
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 04:07 - Feb 14 with 182 views | Benters |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:37 - Feb 13 by have_a_word_with_him |
Completely agree. I want us to win, always. It's good for confidence and feeling about the club. I'm baffled by any town fan saying no I didn't want to win that one and I'm fine with it. |
This. |  |
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 04:52 - Feb 14 with 171 views | Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:37 - Feb 13 by StokieBlue |
I totally disagree.
Winning the match would have made our fixture congestion appalling with two league matches needing to be rearranged and barely anywhere to put them in the schedule. Probably would end up with us playing 3 league matches in less than a week and massively effecting our promotion push.
Sometimes one needs to look at the bigger picture. It's all good giving the squad matches but that wouldn't change the fact that matches need to be moved.
We all want to win but in this case it's probably for the best.
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God I’m agreeing with SB, what a time to be alive.
That result was a must quite frankly, thanks to Pompey and no set weekends scheduled from 5th round onwards. Not to mention the rest of the those around us being dumped out in the 3rd round. By my math there was a chance we could have had as many as 4 games in hand at some point in time before Easter if we won tonight. God knows what the gap could have been then. It would have likely added a lot more psychological pressure to a packed schedule.
Some people say awe have the squad to do it but that underestimates preparation in 3 game weeks. Massively disruptive and could have been a key difference makers in a tight promotion race. [Post edited 14 Feb 4:57]
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 05:12 - Feb 14 with 154 views | Benters |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 22:53 - Feb 13 by gtsb1966 |
If ever there was a post to say you've lost the argument. Stick to the subject and stop making yourself look silly. Now back to the subject, do you think players can turn it on and off just like that.? P.s...nicely edited. For those who didn't see it Stokie mentioned something to do with immigration and how i should stick to GB news. [Post edited 13 Feb 23:01]
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No mate you should stick to TalkTV 😚😂 | |
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| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 05:39 - Feb 14 with 139 views | witchdoctor |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 23:03 - Feb 13 by gtsb1966 |
So mentioning immigration and GB news in this thread doesn't make you look a bit silly then. |
still no explanation..suprise suprise… |  | | |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 05:52 - Feb 14 with 131 views | tonybied |
| Give the travelling fans their money back? on 04:52 - Feb 14 by Joey_Joe_Joe_Junior |
God I’m agreeing with SB, what a time to be alive.
That result was a must quite frankly, thanks to Pompey and no set weekends scheduled from 5th round onwards. Not to mention the rest of the those around us being dumped out in the 3rd round. By my math there was a chance we could have had as many as 4 games in hand at some point in time before Easter if we won tonight. God knows what the gap could have been then. It would have likely added a lot more psychological pressure to a packed schedule.
Some people say awe have the squad to do it but that underestimates preparation in 3 game weeks. Massively disruptive and could have been a key difference makers in a tight promotion race. [Post edited 14 Feb 4:57]
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People seemed to have forgotten how gassed Coventry were 2 seasons ago due to the fixture congestion they had from a cup run, and how much that helped us out in the run in, that year.
I'm never happy when we lose, but last night was the happiest I could be after a loss!
We really want to avoid the chance of having a 4 game week, if possible. It's no good for the team at all, and massively increases the chances of injuries. Last night's result is clearly the best result to give us a chance at promotion, which is what is most important to our club. Regardless of our squad size, the finishers of the match are the first-teamers, we would suffer fatigue and risk injury to important players. |  | | |
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