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Thread | Wes Burns
at 11:09 9 Aug 2025
When’s he back? I miss him. |
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Thread | Al Hamadi
at 10:40 9 Aug 2025
He's like an over-excited terrier. We know he wasn’t good enough for the Premier league. And there’s no guarantee he will be good enough for the championship even. And he may even be sold this window.
But while we have him as an option off the bench, he might just show something. There’s a player in there but for all his running, his last second decision making is so often awry. I can’t help but think McKenna could coach it out of him to be more decisive. If he does, there’s definitely something there. His energy and willingness to try and try and try ought to be commended. He came on yesterday and you could see him wanting to change the game.
If there’s any player this season I’d love to see go on a scoring run and gain confidence, it would be him. |
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Thread | Uppa f**king Towen
at 19:28 8 Aug 2025
Game 1 - Get into em early. Quiet the crowd. Establish our class. Keep the ball. Work hard, move the ball well and the chances will come.
Prediction 3-1 Towen |
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Thread | ITK Rommers
at 01:27 31 Jul 2025
Hackney medical is happening tomorrow (Thursday). Still hasn’t agreed yet but is getting there. Impressed by McKenna today and his ideas so I’m told.
Personal opinion (and from what I’ve heard today from my pal) is that he’s hoped an Everton or the like come in as he knows he’s good enough for Prem football right now. His stats have him as one of the best under 23 midfielders in the world. That said, if nobody comes in for him, playing for us as a likely top 2 team and playing for McKenna is still a huge step up. It’s not that he’d be rejecting us, but more that he’d be rejecting the championship. Which makes sense.
I think we get him. And he takes us to the prem which is what both parties want obviously. Would be some bloody signing. Uppa Towen.
Edit - And the other interesting bit I got about the transfer itself was that the reason they accepted 20m on the second bid as a package is because the outright original fee is a big chunk rather than instalments as is often the case. We’re giving them a proper lump which they (Middlesbrough) were apparently all for. Hackney pissing around and taking his time does us (in case someone else comes in) and Boro (as they want to spend the money on other plays) no favours whatsoever.
That’s all i’ve got folks for now [Post edited 31 Jul 1:36]
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Thread | Wouldn’t mind us going after Dewsbury Hall if Hutch goes
at 12:36 24 Jul 2025
Think we will need another two signings for the three behind the striker if Hutch goes plus a striker.
No idea if we’d be interested and haven’t heard anything suggesting so but I’d be quite pleased if we went for him. 15m ish should do it I’d think.
Edit - looks like Fulham are after him. Ahh well. [Post edited 24 Jul 12:37]
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Thread | The scum home game in October
at 14:21 17 Jul 2025
What do we reckon? Saturday or Sunday?
Trying to sort out time off around then and a holiday ending on the Saturday works out as possible but only if the footy is the Sunday. Anyone have an idea as to the likely date? |
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Thread | We’ve come a long way haven’t we
at 11:28 25 Jun 2025
When you think about it, O’Shea signing on the back of getting player of the year two consecutive seasons in a Premier League team is one hell of a coup for any championship side.
When you think just five years ago we were a mid table league 1 team, it’s one hell of a transformation.
100 points, 100 goals. ‘Morsy & Mckennas men.. we’re going up again’ |
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Thread | Horse fancy for Ascot 🐎
at 02:17 21 Jun 2025
2:30 Ascot - Treanmor
13/8 so not a huge price. But I’ve been talking about this lad for many many weeks. He’s my biggest bet of the entire flat season by quite a margin. Am on holiday in 2 weeks and after an amazing Tuesday and Wednesday, I’d guaranteed £1100 profit minimum for the week even if every bet from Thursday Friday and Saturday went down so upgraded us to the suite. A Treanmor win and I’d be tempted to see if we can go there first class. I’ve had a fair whack on at 13/8 when he was declared Thursday morning for this as expected .
For some reasoning for those wondering, he looked an absolute monster on debut at Newmarket. I’d already heard he was working like a proper one and the fact he opened at 8/13 on the show and got backed into 1/4 suggests they knew he was a certainty that day in his maiden. He skipped clear in the style of a proper good one. Ordinarily he’d be 4/6 or something for this but the form of the O’Brien stable and their record in this means their filly Moments of Joy is making the market abit. She’s currently 7/4 but I see her drifting. I’d make her 3/1 and our lad odds on. The Appleby yard isn’t flying as perhaps hoped but they’re still running ok so I’m not too concerned there. Frankly I just think this is a really really good horse and I’d be very doubtful anything here has the gears to go with him when they quicken. Am looking for Buick to sit just behind the leaders, get a nice tow into the race and then put the race to bed at the 2f pole with that potent turn of foot. If the response is as immediate as it was on debut at HQ, I don’t see anything having the speed to go with him and it’ll be all over before they’ve responded.
Might not be a price for everyone but I’ve lumped on (and had planned to for many weeks) and thought it may take some interest on here. Been an amazing week but hopefully one big finish. |
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Thread | Tunisia - anyone been 🇹🇳
at 04:08 30 May 2025
First things first, after my bad news I mentioned a week or two ago, we have spoke. I feel alot better about things. Thanks to everyone in that thread who gave such good advice. It was really comforting but at the time I was still in shock and didn’t know what to say in response. So apologies for not really getting back to everyone. It really did help though and I’m very grateful for all of the responses.
Anyway, as something that has come out of that conversation, I decided I wanted to do something nice for us both and have booked a week away for as early as we could both get off work (July 7th). So we’re off to Tunisia. And I thought I’d ask the good people of TWTD if there’s any specific things I ought to know. It’s all inclusive and it’s 5 stars with various swimming pools, bars, restaurants and water sports. Quite looking forward to trying my hand at wakeboarding and jetskiing. It’s the El Mouradi Palm Marina hotel. I’ve never been to that part of the world but £1500 for a week in the suite with all of that chucked in seemed pretty good value I thought. Anywhere hot with alcohol and not crazy expensive at such late notice being its four weeks away was pretty much all we wanted. But is there anything about the actual area/country I ought to know? Obviously there was the big terrorist attack on that beach 10 years ago but that’s all I really knew about Tunisia as a place before this.
One other question, how easy is it generally to play golf abroad? They’ve a course one mile away with a shuttle service. How much of a hassle is hiring clubs etc? If it’s not too difficult, I quite fancy spending a morning having a round while she drives the buggy.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions and/or advice. [Post edited 30 May 4:12]
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Thread | Pre transfer window season predictions
at 14:33 28 May 2025
Where we finishing? Just say the position and a quick line as to why.
1st - I think as much as we struggled in the Prem, we will still have a top championship team and the best manager in the league. Start well and I think we will go straight back up. |
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Thread | The cheese rolling 2025 event went well then
at 18:26 27 May 2025
Presumably he’s the guy airlifted to hospital. I’m amazed it hasn’t been banned yet tbh but what an odd yet fascinating concept and event [Post edited 27 May 18:27]
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Thread | 4 weeks tomorrow
at 19:54 25 May 2025
Fixture release day.
Going to feel like a very short summer this time around. Only 75 days til it starts |
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Thread | Can’t help but be relieved that’s all over
at 19:49 25 May 2025
Next year will be far more enjoyable hopefully.
And I hope McKenna leads us back up. Would be a shame if the era of ‘Morsy and McKennas men’ ended with a relegation after frankly the best times I can remember as a town fan.
We go again next year |
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Thread | We are favourites for the title next season
at 22:47 24 May 2025
9/2 Ipswich
11/2 Southampton
9/1 Sheff U
10/1 Coventry
10/1 Middlesbrough
10/1 Birmingham
12/1 Leicester
16/1 West Brom
16/1 Wrexham
16/1 Sister molesterers
20/1 Bristol city
33s bar |
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Thread | Life can really hurt sometimes can’t it
at 00:32 15 May 2025
This might not be a good idea. And I might have Phil delete it at some point. But I can’t speak to family and friends because they all know her. And she can’t know I know. My on/off missus of two years. Currently off albeit on Sunday night drunkenly on. But for the basis of this, let’s say just not together.
So I found out drunkenly by mistake (saw the hospital paperwork) on Sunday that in December 2023 she miscarried my baby. We’d been together 7/8 months at that point. She for some reason didn’t tell me. And instead dealt with it alone. And before you ask, yes I’m sure it was definitely mine. The fact she went through it alone hurts in itself. We split about a month later for a couple of months and I always thought the ‘row’ was never worth splitting over. As it turns out, presumably this played a big part.
Now I know I never knew about it til this weekend but it’s hit me like a ton of bricks. Just find myself crying about it. I think it’s just the idea that we’d have in another world be happy together with a 1 year old but instead she went through that. I feel like I’m grieving the situation now even though it’s something that I didn’t even know about and was 18 months ago. Been all over the place today and ended up on the wrong train to work for nearly an hour before I’d even realised.
I don’t know what I’m looking to achieve here tbh. I just wanted to put it somewhere else other than in ny head. And I didn’t want it to be to someone who knows her as that’s clearly not fair. I just feel like it hurts. A lot. |
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Thread | Horse today🐎
at 14:42 6 May 2025
Bonus Time (9/1) in the 5:08 at Cork.
First time out working very well [Post edited 6 May 15:04]
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Thread | Who do you want (realistic names only) us to sign for next season then?
at 13:46 22 Apr 2025
I hope and think (and actually I expect it happens) we get Flynn Downes back.
I’d also quite like us to go after Ward Prowse. Think both are realistic and we have definitely been interested in them both in recent windows.
Keeping Omari would feel like a big signing in itself.
Who do we want in the door? |
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Thread | A little game - Stay or go this summer
at 00:21 12 Apr 2025
McKenna? Delap? Davis? Hutchinson? Greaves? Burgess? Axel?
Who can get the most points. Double points if you predict them to leave and get the right team.
I’ll go:
McKenna - Stay (but gone back to the prem by January)
Delap - Go. Arsenal.
Davis - Go. Fulham. Robinsons replacement.
Hutchinson - Go. Bournemouth.
Greaves - Stay.
Burgess - Stay.
Axel - Stay. |
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