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  1. Cmon make it happen. We even have ready made chant😂
  2. Ralph has done well keeping us in this league hamstrung by a poor previous owner and players not good enough on stupid contracts. Unfortunately, too many social media warriors want instant success and this club is never gonna deliver that. We will always, whilst being a non billionaires plaything, be a team that at best will punch above its weight. How many times is it said that we have to find a way of staying in this league by being clever/ doing something different etc. Of course results will ultimately dictate the managers fate but I hope that Ralph is given a chance under new ownership to show that he can get it right. If he doesn’t they will make the decision I’m sure. The sheer number of “bed wetting” comments right across social media really does show we have a lot of so called fans that really do not get how clubs are run, especially ours. Ye gods imagine if they were all “jump on the bandwagon” Manc fans…. The drought in the South would be over! The crowd at 2v1 on Saturday is how it should be….. I’m waiting for when Ralph says it as it is and uses his favourite word at the mo and calls out some of our “fans” for talking SHIT! (Mind you that prob would get him fired!)
  3. So When I started this thread I was keen to know whether the evening would be “scripted” …..after watching I don’t believe it was! Firstly kudos to the panel for turning up…..after Saturday I was starting to think the event would be cancelled😉I have to say a huge dose of realism from the panel (not unexpected to be fair) and a lot of our fan base just do not get the fact we cannot compete with the bigger boys and now even clubs our size or just above. It is not FIFA 23. We have to have a model that generates money. Like it or loathe it they have set out a way of trying to achieve that end. I too want more success on the pitch but the way the Premier league is we are finding it increasingly difficult to find players that will do that. Not an excuse for the club but we are where we are! I said to my “current “ season ticket holding mates that we are very close to being back in the competitiveness position that we were when we were still at The Dell. It was holding us back. We competed more then on the pitch I felt (remembered) as the majority of clubs did not have the quality of player that we are up against today! Oh and the fans played a part at times which of course helped massively. Doubling your support inevitably brings more of a casual fan that perhaps isn’t as hardcore! Is that a fair comment? And that is why we do not consistently sell out. As a club we are getting left behind again. All that was spoken about by Ralph re passion and effort is true but from a fans perspective that effort all to quickly collapses when things go against us. You can see from all of the disillusioned comments on various threads that it won’t take much for there to be a very downcast atmosphere at the ground. We still have a few weeks left in the window..let’s see what happens but there is every chance we will be struggling in the table…. on Saturday we will see a set of fans that get behind their team in a very vocal way…. I just wish our fans could, would be allowed to do the same! Ever the optimist……
  4. DJ Toast your comment may well have been tongue in cheek it may not but no need to ask that question, other than choice, as the following is a genuine response to a recent complaint (copied without permission but father in law won’t mind! 🤪)
  5. Is anybody from here going? If so is it a question on the night from the floor or do you have to submit your questions beforehand? Not sure of format…having never been able to attend one. With the general unease amongst fan base an ideal chance to ask some difficult questions….. there will be the usual ground expansion, move the away fans, horrible kits brigade but surely team selection, tactics, why haven’t we addressed the glaringly obvious CB issues will be more what the fans want to hear. Well ones on here….. If anybody on here is going and has had to send in a question show some balls, unlike our defence, and don’t ask it if it was a “nice” conformist question….. throw ‘em a curve ball and be controversial…. It’s what we want to hear!
  6. If that was the first choice eleven that’s played well recently I would have been disappointed more so than I am. To rip the spine of the team out, the players coming in not “match” acclimatised then it was going to be a big ask against a team that has shown some fight recently. We obviously set up not to go hung ho and pick our times to attack even if that didn’t make for a pretty game (but how many games with the big boys have you watched as a neutral when it’s been utter crap to sit through) To be fair to Ralph it nearly worked today. Unlucky with the Prowsey free kick and follow up, possible good shout for a pen....looked like VAR even showed the checking for a possible offside in the build up so I thought they were going to give it! It was Moss on duty and I dislike him big time o not surprised! and of course the two disallowed goals (both correct) Another point on the board and now on to a really tough one......onwards.
  7. I shall buy you a big wooden stick for Christmas😉
  8. Absolutely keep the current crest......didn’t mind too much when they updated the ball and I would like to see 1885 incorporated into the badge. Where would it go though? Maybe a subtle 1885 on one end of the scarf? Somewhere on the shield? .....always thought we should show how old we are as a club...... mind you I don’t fancy any Latin phrases!
  9. Perhaps if we are awarded half a goal for hitting the woodwork then a 4 1/2 to 3 win would look a little better?
  10. The injuries certainly helped Villa back into that game. We seemed to want to protect what we had. The four goals that we scored were superb......no arguing and anybody that hasn’t seen them will enjoy MOTD. I would have liked a longer look at that VAR decision for our “offside” goal as the lines just didn’t look right! Grealish went in with a high foot the same as Diallo and the ref, who I thought had a poor game, bought it.... The third for them stemmed from what I thought was a foul where the ref looked like he was going to give us free kick and then played Villa on........ a strange one but that seemed to sum him up. There were a few tackles that he could have carded on the Villa side and then as we know the players play differently. On that note well done to JWP as he got an early yellow but he just managed himself superbly. Watching Danny go down it appears that he caught his studs in the pitch and sort of sat down on his foot which stretched the knee.......an anxious wait I fear.
  11. Apparently we are in discussions with Leeds, Leicester, Aston Villa and Everton about joining a European Super League......oh the arrogance of these Top 6 clubs 😉😇🤪
  12. So yet again we have to endure commentators who fawn over the “big boys”, bring themselves to climax just by shouting out certain players names, not do their research on us and then subject us to the weekly ritual of us having to play “nine nil bingo” (I confess to having missed which minute it was brought up in this week! ) .........well we can but hope that after watching us completely dominate this game we actually get the credit that is so richly deserved. But alas as we all know it will be an Everton off day....... very simply fellow followers......ENJOY!
  13. Started brightly and then the quality that multi millions gets you took over. It felt like we could do a Spurs!!!! The fact we played ourselves back into that match (more shots on target!) was great to watch. The cheer that went up for the equaliser was like being at the ground 😂😂 Also, why was Werners handball not looked at by VAR?
  14. Tongue in cheek but I wonder what mess will need sorting out there?
  15. I think it’s a Saints fans thing where we are always thinking we will muck it up! As my father in law said at the 92 min mark......”I think we are good enough for at least the draw now!” 😂😂
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