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Thread | KM and Samy - what a partnership
at 00:03 16 Jul 2025
Morsy on KM
"My first impressions of the manager were that he was thorough and really detailed. In his first statements and how he spoke at meetings, he said he wanted this club to be a big club again and explained what it would be like."
I think I knew instantly,” he says. “He said he wanted us to be a big club, the training and individual coaching were very good, so in week one you’re thinking: ‘OK, this is going to be good.’ I was 30 and you want to be enjoying your football, it can’t be a chore. We had a conversation, he told me what he thought, I said I feel good and I’m always looking to improve. He’s pushed me ever since.”
Km on Morsy
"I think we have an absolutely outstanding captain both on and off the pitch,” McKenna said of Morsy. "Someone who leads by example day to day on the training pitch and somebody who leads by example on the pitch in games. We couldn't ask for any more in terms of the leadership that we have."
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If it has to end, I hope the club do something to give Samy a real send off. Still think we should have offered the extension. |
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Thread | 7 days until OASIS
at 19:38 27 Jun 2025
Can't wait. Going to Wembley but that first moment on stage at Cardiff is going to be brilliant.
A much misunderstood band. Lots of middle class disdain and prejudice. At their best, one of the absolute greats.
Noel's sensitivity and melancholy/Irish sensibility with Liam's rage and energy = magic. [Post edited 27 Jun 19:39]
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Thread | Any other Adam Curtis fans?
at 13:20 18 Jun 2025
Shifty is absolutely brilliant. Dark, deeply unsettling and eerie but if you want to understand how we got here it's bang on the money.Very funny too in places!
All his stuff is so good. He's a genius.
On iPlayer. [Post edited 18 Jun 13:33]
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Thread | Big Cam linked to Valencia
at 10:45 12 Jun 2025
I'm desperate for him to stay but I have to say seeing this on TWTD made me smile.
He got written off every season but pretty much every season was the most consistent and best CB!
'Not good enough for the championship if we go up' 😁😁
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Thread | Relegation this season might be the best thing that's happened to us
at 18:43 11 Jun 2025
It might sound strange, but starting to see the relegation as a positive.
Even though there has been the predictable (and to an extent understandable) panic from us all at the Brentford situation as soon it was clear Frank might be going, I think most of us, in our heart of hearts, expect KM to stay.
I think the way that he spoke a month or so ago, with such clarity about his intentions was notable. He didn't need to be as effusive then as he was or as deliberate.
He's driven and ambitious. We know that and I think he was doing the right thing listening to various approaches from Palace last Feb through to Brighton, Chelsea etc last season and last summer. You'd be disappointed if he wasn't in a way. We have wanted a manager in demand for a long time.
But he's also got real integrity and for all his modern, scientific approach I think hes got a little bit of a footballing romantic in him too and is not averse to sentiment (just look at the number of players he gave minutes to against clubs that meant something to them). I wonder if he sees the backing and support he's had here, especially this season which was tough, and feels that he wants to repay it. He's a winner and whilst I think he still did a very good job this season in extremely difficult circumstances, he won't have liked not achieving the objective. Perhaps he sees it as his turn to repay our loyalty now and stick with the project and get us back up.
The relegation and him staying as I now feel he will binds us together even more and it's part of the story and the growth of him as a manager and us as a club again. It's very rare for people to stay anywhere for long now but KM will make it to 5 years next year here. It just feels like the Robson dynasty sort of thing is possible with KM in a way that seemed out of reach in most of modern football in recent times.
This season has allowed the club and KM to get a feel of the PL and the challenges and we are stronger now for it in so many ways. We've done well financially, the infrastructure continues to improve and we've got a strong squad. But perhaps the best thing is it may have solidified the (already strong) relationship between KM and the club. We've needed him and now he maybe needs us too a bit. Had we stayed up there's no doubt he'd have been in the frame for the biggest jobs.
I don't buy any of the scepticism about this season from some. I think he's a world class coach and the relegation and the build back from it could actually be a really striking part of his journey with us.
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Thread | Sound of the those scanner things
at 12:42 26 May 2025
I hope the scanning stops next season. Those things pinging off is (as well as the queues) are not very football atmospherey are they.
Bring back Megaphone man and no queues 'arrive at your seat at 3 on the dot' McCarthy ball.
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Thread | I think Jens will stay
at 20:22 25 May 2025
I'm basing this purely on how involved he was with Mass's send off at end which I know is mad but he had the look of someone who has found a home
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Thread | Goodbye Mass
at 13:55 23 May 2025
And thank you. The last piece of the jigsaw puzzle in 22/23 when he arrived.
Immense last season too.
I remember writing this after Forest Green at home in Feb 23.
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Thread | Palace dressing room after cup final win
at 21:29 20 May 2025
As someone puts brilliantly in the comments, Glasner and Joel Ward's words moving and stand out in a game that's become V commercial and superficial
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Thread | LEIF
at 17:21 20 May 2025
Really admire how honest he is in the latest interview. He's obviously had off the field stuff to deal with and it must be hard psychologically to deal with that and the pressures of PL football.
He's had a tough spell but he's also done well in some games this year and what a goal against Leicester - deserved to win the game.
He's still young and an excellent player. I love his enthusiasm and commitment. When he gets firing again it'll be like a new signing next year. |
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Thread | Goodison, the ghosts of a previous football and thoughts on Town performance
at 10:34 4 May 2025
Really enjoyed seeing Goodison yesterday. One of the great grounds in British football. The displays and atmosphere at the beginning was moving.
A slight shiver as you appreciated all that history being put to rest. The game's relentless 'modernisation' and vulnerability to the whims of huge investment/venture capital etc. has never been so stark. As these grounds go, we're losing the last things that connect us to a very different period of football. A more romantic and innocent period that has gone.
St Luke's church in sight behind the screen in the corner of the Gwladys Street end, the steep no nonsense stands which just aimed to pack a crowd in, not sell them an experience, the banners, the ground nestled in residential streets. But above all a reminder of a time when the ordinariness of football, it's part in a normal Saturday routine and working class experience, with little marketing or hype, was married with the possibility that your local team could do extraordinary things and build a dynasty and that this was more to do with timing, individual personalities and a collective will than simply the cold calculation of a spreadsheet of financial investment.
If a team like Everton, with all that proud history, can't realistically ever win the league or cups again , then what have we done to the game? Nowadays even colossal financial investment will probably only mean you're competitive in the horrible 'finish in the champions league places' context.
But Goodison reminded you of a time when anything was possible and communities could be proud of teams that built dynasties that represented them and were shaped by them.
It must have been so exciting in that pre Premier League era!
Can you imagine anyone building a new ground now right in the heart of a community that is part of it in the way Goodison is? The sight of the church from inside the ground was strangely affecting - something that would never happen now.
As for Town. Spirited! Deserved fightback and some really good signs. I thought Omari played well, Enciso goal incredible and great character and concentration shown by all.
But as many have said, my standout was Hirst again. What a player, what a worker. His hold up and link up play has been outstanding again this season. He's so unlucky not to have played more. Well taken goal too.
But the thing I most liked yesterday? The way he puts the team first.. Enciso is clearly an emotional character, must be tricky to manage sometimes. Did you notice how much time George put in geeing him up and supporting him? When he hit a shot well over, it was George who was straight over to give him a positive tap and encouragement. Happened several times. Tayls was the same when Enciso went down injured. The emotional intelligence of this group is yet another reflection of KM.
We are in very good shape.
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Thread | Smiling at St James
at 18:27 26 Apr 2025
Typing this out as I wait for the train to begin schlep back to Ipswich.
In the end, I was smiling today. Not because of the game (another very familiar plot played out and as ever spirited and promising before the red. I've not seen anything back yet but my feeling was the second yellow was a yellow sadly. If the dive wasn't a dive that's another matter) but because looking out across the city of Newcastle from the top of a fantastic stadium and another proper club, today felt like a good day to take stock of what has happened to us over the last few years.
There's Morsy, Woolfy, big Cam, then Chappers and Hirst. Players who we were watching at Morecambe and Cheltenham running themselves into the ground to finally get us out of the league one horror show.
Then there's Mass. Signed on a six month contract and not wanted by Wednesday or Boro. In many ways the final piece of the puzzle that year.
And Woolfy. The same Woolfy who was virtually in tears after we were beaten by Swindon at home and the club looked cut adrift. Now racking up appearances in the Premier League.
There's Kieran at the final whistle acknowledging us all. A fantastic manager and person who has led with intelligence, class and resolve.
And the team still working hard, still putting their all in when lesser sides would have just given up or phoned it in. Cam and Palmer having spirited exchange about tactics, everyone working hard.
There's Delap. Probably the most exciting young player in English football and we've had the pleasure of watching him this year.
And here they all are in one of the great grounds of this country playing a team who will be in the champions League again.
It's mad and funny when you think about it.
And all of this seemed to begin with that message from Greyhound confirming the takeover was back on.
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