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IMO allowing the club to bring in these charges without comment just encourages it to increase the fees and the prices going forward - if no one complains why wouldn't you increase them and bring new ones in? When the booking fee is £6 for everyone to buy each ticket will you care then? What about if the ticket prices are £40 next season, will you give a **** then? How about £1000 for a season ticket? As I have already said, the club makes money from away tickets. Why the **** then are they charging a booking fee to buy them over the phone or on the internet? The club benefits more the more fans go to away games, both in terms of support and commission. Charging a tax to buy away tickets certainly doesn't encourage me to buy one. Advertising things like free parking can only help to encourage fans to go to games, so why on earth would you try and charge for it? I hear the term `run well' a lot these days. But is annoying fans by charging them to park at the ground whilst they travel to an away game actually running the club well? If those fans slowly disappear, the long term future of the club is being put at risk for relatively short term gains. Instead of looking at how the ticket office can turn a profit perhaps the club should be looking at how it can provide THE best service for its supporters (club members). We won't win games all the time over the next 50 years so maybe it's worth treating current fans with the utmost respect, and if need be cut the wage bill a fraction rather than bleeding every last penny from its supporters. If football clubs in general don't wise up soon that fans are not cash cows, and that they need to feel like they are part of a club, a society, a group, all pulling together, then they are going to lose more of them until we have empty stadiums with no atmosphere. Who wants to be part of that club?

out of interest, what advertisements are you talking about?

"Someone mentioned the prospect of finishing above Brighton and Southampton and Liam Lawrence said that he is surprised at how well the south coast sides had started but expects them to "fizzle out" whilst Cotterill added that promoted teams do well for a couple of years before their good (but low paid) players are poached by bigger clubs and thus, those clubs are left with the players on big wages and struggle (paraphrased)." I don't know where to start with that paraphrased Cotterill comment.

not true, the club makes 5% of all away tickets sold (excluding VAT) as laid out by Football league rules. About £40,000 last year. So they make more than enough income from away fans already. But how do they encourage away support - they charge for parking if you get the coach, charge a tax to buy tickets and now attempt to charge for free parking vouchers. If true its disgusting.

he was football development manager at Hull University, went to Leeds poly to do the same and now coaches in Sweden I think.

I hope so, that's what football supporting is all about - having and displaying irrational hatred of a player that left Saints for their most bitter rivals and then spouting utter drivel about it.

I thought charlie only stayed in the system for a couple of days making it easy to avoid detection (unless a random drugs tester turns up at training) unlike hash which stays in the system for much longer.

pretty sure there is possibility of a big fine, but pleading ignorance might be good enough to get off if a copper is having a good day. Not sure about where you stand on your insurance though.

Liked the appointment at the time, hate it every time he speaks, but actions speak louder than words so I'm right behind him.

This is how I feel, plus he's a judas **** that joined the skates when we needed him most. I'd more than happy to see him stuck at cov for the rest of his poxy career. I have no issue with us signing ex skates, but signing a player that deserted us for `something better'? No thanks. **** im.

you're right, it was Spurs. Was it the relegation season?

that is the plan and I have to say at Leicester it worked a treat in the second half - we kept the ball continuously it allowed us dominate.

you're talking about Andy Reid right? He turned us down many years back for Charlton, better selection of pork pies I think was the reason.

you're right. I thought Kelvin had got control of himself, but every now and then he loses his head and makes a poor poor decision. What I would say though is fans need to get up to speed with the passing out from the back thing. At Leicester we passed it out no matter how little room there was. Both strikers pushed right up and wide, but we just passed out down the middle. At makes me nervous, but I much prefer it to the hit and hope we have had to watch for years and years. Every now and then we are going to get in trouble, but if Swansea can make it work we can to.

none really. There was a pen shout in the first half, but it was a perfectly timed tackle by Fox. There was one free kick given to us for a non existent foul by McGoaldrought as he challenged for a header late on, and then there was of course the pen decision right in front of them. But it was a dive, it looked like a dive, and the two officials both thought it was a dive. There may well have been contact, but he dived and made it look like a dive, so I'm not sure why they think we have the match officials to thank. We won fair and square. Its was tough on them, but that's the way it goes sometimes.

The game is about opinions. You could look at it that he should have scored the first, but didn't and luckily Ricky knocked it in. Is that instrumental? I have obviously mixed up Lallana and Connelly's roles for the second. I thought one crossed to the other. It matters not. He certainly helped set up that goal and acknowledged it, but I judge a players performance over the whole 90 minutes not one incident even a goal. IMO he just didn't do enough and tired quickly. I looked at his impact compared to Millers and he just did not cause the sort of problems that I'd like. I give 5 as its the mid mark. Not good, not bad. Just average. Its just an opinion.

is it me or does Cotterill say after almost every game that they were the better side and deserved to win? They must be the unluckiest side in history. Hope that luck doesn't change soon.

totally. If he wasn't injured then Schteve wants sacking.

Can't find any mention of an injury to Miller. He certainly didn't hobble off or go down the tunnel for any treatment. Just a terrible terrible decision by the wally that IMO won the game for us.

We should all say a big thank you to David Pleat for wasting £1.25m of their money on McGoaldrought allowing us to by Rickie. He scouted him and he recommended him when there was Surman and Lallana to buy instead.

absolutely spot on, I was miles away and even I could see it was a massive dive. He had actually dived a few minutes before as well trying to win a pen (from a free kick I think) although far less obvious.

The game went as I thought it might -lots of chances and attacks looking better than defences. Forest conceded four last time out at home to West Ham, but they could have scored 4 or 5 of their own. The same could be said here. I think the single most important incident in the whole game was McClaren taking off Miller. He was outstanding, running Fonte ragged and at the time of the substitution they were totally on top. Once McGoaldrought came on I knew we would win. What a crazy decision. I don't think we should be worried about anything that happened in the game. They won't come much tougher than Forest. Davis 6 One great save, kicking not his usual high standard, and some absolute madness that coudl easily have cost a goal. Got away with it. Cork 6 I don't blame him for the goals at all. They may have come from his side, but a Morgan error and Fonte not getting tight enough to Miller were the real reasons. The game passed him by though and he didn't run it like he did at Leicester. Game called out for him to move into the middle and a right backto come on. Hooiveld 7 won a lot in the air and very steady in posession. His inability to deal with one huge long punt towards the end of the game worries me - as that's his job - but other than thta a decent display. Seaborne has been better in recent weeks I might add, but happy we have him on that left side rather than the right footed Martin Fonte 6 Miller bossed him and for once Fonte wasn't crawling all over the striker - and that cost us for one of the goals - Miller had it far too easy and could play a good through ball that led to the goal. Once Miller left he bossed McGoaldrought as normal. Fox 6 The cross field balls might look nice, but was there any need and if you are going to do them get them right. He clearly is comfortable on the ball and classy in posession, but I thought he should have got a few more tackle in. He seemed reluctant to dive in, which is the opposite of what I was told he does. He got done in the second half but overall reasonably tight. Not sure he is a better defender than Dan but we'll see. Lallana 7 started very well and did some of his usual brilliance, once delightful run and cross in the second half begged for a striker to get in the six yard box but Connelly was too knackered/slow. When moved into the hole was totally ineffective, not seeing the ball at all. Morgan 5 Poor game by his standards. Just looked a little slow and gave the ball away a few times one of which led to a goal. He needs a good run in the side, but Cork is first choice right now. Guly 7 more good stuff than bad, one crucial tackle on Miller saved us in the second half, but equally some ball watching and then asking for offside when he should be making up for his error showed his bad side. Boy was he ****ed off when subbed. He is getting fed up of being the fall guy. Hammond 8 very strong running gave us some good options, usual solid passing game, just a five minute period when he and Morgan totally dissapeared Connelly 5 Started brightly and his link up play with Rickie is great, but in the cold light of day he offered little threat other than the flick on for the goal. His lack of pace and power mean we miss out. He had a great chance to score but went near post, he is usually leathal in those situations. In the second half I thought he was totally ineffective. Should have been subbed long before he was. I am a big fan, I love how he works with Ricky, but I see room for improvement in that position. Lambert 10 I'd of given him a 9 if he hadn't scored, but his all round game was outstanding. He was like a different player at times making sharp diagonal runs. He caused them all kinds of problems with his movement. That is not what he normally does. He did everything else - headers, link up play, but he also got in the box a bit more. Tremendous game, oh and he scored 3 lovely goals of course, the second was a brilliant team goal totally ruined on the TV coverage by only showing the end part. Chaplow 7 sensible and good energy, kept the ball well

Don't be fooled but the last result, Forest played pretty well in the West Ham game and created plenty of chances. It will be a very tough game.

given a long run in any Championship side and Bridger will be fit, pacey and the best left back in the league. At West Ham he looked off the pace, but who wouldn't against the best sides around and after sitting on the sidelines for years?

we've just got promoted. Losing to any established side should be seen as more than just a possibility, especially one that has made the play offs in the last two seasons an invested in new players in the summer