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Reply | A minutes silence for the pope?
at 11:26 30 Apr 2025
I've got nothing against people paying respects , there are thousands of churches.
A football ground is not the right place imo |
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Reply | A minutes silence for the pope?
at 20:41 29 Apr 2025
This is not a Catholic country , and even if it was , what has pie in the sky religion of any kind got to do with sport ????? |
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Thread | The promised land turned out to be a bit of an illusion
at 09:04 27 Apr 2025
The riches on offer in the Premier league, the star players, the shine of new stadiums , all those things were there.
When the spot lights and fireworks had faded however, we were able to see what the Premier League is really about.
The bank balance of those routine relegation avoiders bulges by various amounts exceeding £150 million every season, making it more unlikely with each passing season that any club coming up from the championship will be able to gatecrash this party. Those clubs who find themselves regularly jostling for position in the Lower half of the league have now got the comfort of knowing the promoted clubs are highly unlikely to have the financial ability to compete with them, let alone being able to cope with the rest of the circus , which features the headline acts of referees dishing out decisive moments like clowns with buckets of water and the VAR ringmasters seemingly much more eager to see justice done for their regular customers on the Premier league fixture list , than the single season visitors from the championship.
Should the Town find themselves in a position this time next season to make another attempt at the elite, at least we will all have fresh memories of what can and more than likely, will be awaiting us in another ride through gold lined grounds of the Premier league.
It will never be a level playing field , however, and if we can actually survive a season with the odds stacked against us , it will be despite the decisions going against us on a regular basis rather than because we got a fair crack of the whip. |
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Thread | Yes, it was bad yesterday
at 08:18 21 Apr 2025
Anyone trying to see it any other way , is very much clutching at straws.
When the dust has settled though , it has to be seen in context, our players are in no doubt relegation is coming, Arsenal knew they had a team to over run us , and on the back of a major European win 4 days previous, confidence was sky high.
Davis getting red carded cemented those facts even further into the psyche of the game.
Next season , when the opposition isn't of the same quality, our own confidence will need to return, because at the moment it is shot to pieces , from playing it out of the back and getting the ball taken off us like school kids , to playing it out of our own half and rushing into the wrong pass or a snapshot which has no hope of finding the target.
Couple this with injured players returning to full fitness and hungry to do well, we have to hope that everything returns to the previous 2 seasons and confidence returns to the whole team and our way of playing.
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Reply | Based on the squad we have now...
at 08:29 15 Apr 2025
If we lose the central defence as well as just about entire midfield , it's going to be difficult whoever we bring in. |
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Reply | Based on the squad we have now...
at 09:44 14 Apr 2025
I dont think so. But if we lose Delap, the loan players and the out of contract players , I think we would be struggling to make top 6 without adding in at least 2 or 3 top signings. |
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Thread | Based on the squad we have now...
at 09:33 14 Apr 2025
We Finnish top of championship next season
How many players can we afford to lose before we start going down league places ? |
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Reply | The club will surely have known
at 14:38 10 Apr 2025
Oh yeah, I know , I come up with the two obvious names and you say, no they are stadium stewards ! |
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Reply | The club will surely have known
at 11:40 10 Apr 2025
Come on , you know as well as I do , that younger players have been bought in since they have been injured. So it depends whether they are going to fight for their place or go elsewhere to get first team football. |
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Reply | The club will surely have known
at 08:59 10 Apr 2025
I did say potentially. I think we may find morsy and taylor moving on at the end of the season , and Burns and Chaplin are by far certs to start with us next season.
Very much depends on if the manager is still here. If he isn't that potential for replacing half the squad will more than likely be realised. |
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Thread | The club will surely have known
at 19:44 9 Apr 2025
The chances of surviving this season were stacked against us. If they then went ahead and negotiated this contract for Delap, they have left us in a very precarious state for next season in the championship.
All we can do is watch this space.
But the potential is there already for the club to be faced with building at least 50% of the current squad. Never mind if we have the money or not. We are looking at bedding in alot of new faces yet again. |
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Reply | Listening to Gary Neville after the Manchester derby
at 11:05 7 Apr 2025
The further you go back the better the football and the more level in ability each team was. In the 70s under BR we were one of the top 5 teams in the country, so if you remember those days, of course things seemed vastly more exciting when we hardly ever lost at home. These days , the level field has disappeared, and with it alot of the excitement. |
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Reply | Listening to Gary Neville after the Manchester derby
at 08:43 7 Apr 2025
.. and you still go ? Before premier league I can remember many outstanding games at portman road which you couldn't take your eyes off. Maybe the nearest example in recent years was v southampton last season. |
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Reply | Listening to Gary Neville after the Manchester derby
at 08:19 7 Apr 2025
The Premier league is 80% boring. The 20% of highlights make it seem like one of the worlds greatest leagues , and maybe it is to those who can sit through the 80% of frustration |
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Reply | I'm so frustrated with McKenna
at 20:53 5 Apr 2025
I think KM , has to shoulder some blame , but in this league , the claim that most teams have better players and depth will always ring true.
That will not apply next season. So there simply has to be some vast improvements. |
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