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Got in a few mins before 930. My son will be very excited for his first ever derby. And no complaints about the system!

Amazing. What a team!

Are members now able to buy home tickets ahead of season ticket holders being able to buy extra tickets - as a general rule? I recall it has been the other way around in past seasons. Or maybe it's just this way around for these opening games, to encourage membership sales.

His lack of learning, development and improvement stands out. Sort of thrown in when Van Dijk got injured in early 2017 and he was about 23, albeit had some experience on loan. It's now 8+ years later and my view is that those 8 years have not shown any improvement at all. That's the key thing. There are other factors such as the club's failings during this era. But there's no indication of him being able to change. And I honestly think he's too laid back to be the great example some say he is. No intense desire to improve (as far as I can see) and for others to follow that example.

Really good performance so far 70 minutes in. Had to win and been in control throughout.

I came for the Downs news and then saw this. I'm as surprised as most. If he had a year left then see how it looks at Christmas and offer an extension (not 3 years) if appropriate, and if not then he can leave like others have. That clearly didn't happen. I don't get it. Especially the length. Definitely not an on-field leader even without the stupid red cards. A leader doesn't regularly leave opponents unmarked through lack of focus and think this is acceptable. I had hoped we would move on after RM inflated his head with platitudes and the captaincy. I don't hate him, and there's a good 90 minutes now and then, but he's not the future I wanted.

It's not sold out is it? Got tickets earlier and now showing as unavailable even after I make sure I'm logged in (which isn't a smooth process on the site). I can only see Stoke on sale. Edit. Maybe showing unavailable as I personally no longer have access.... But I do like to monitor ticket sales progress so that's annoying!

I love how one of the selling points of membership is....EMAILS. They were definitely reaching for that 6th thing at that point.

This is truly the era of wankers moaning that they are no longer allowed to be as big a wanker as they are used to being. It's called (trying to) progress. In some ways I'm glad my Lowe opinion of back then is very much vindicated. I hope he doesn't read too many public sector job descriptions. He'd choke on his privilege.

Cheers! James Bree goal of the season then!

Did we score a goal from outside the penalty area this season? I don't know why it matters but I'd like to know. Maybe just to rubber stamp the awfulness of 24/25. I can't think of one.

Perestroika!

I'm from that neck of the woods so love a Charlton Saints game. That one though. Crikey. I borrowed a season ticket and had to be with the very happy Addicks. I think we won at home 3-1 in a crunch game late in the season and stayed up while they went down. I can't remember us winning at The Valley. I assume we must have. To conclude. Nathan Jones is unhinged. And good luck Charlton.

That's the one that came to mind. Nice goal. Just a bit of a shame it stands out so much when there were 30 something games left!

Well they sat back and were winning etc. But the last 20 were pretty good and I'll give us credit for not collapsing in the face of Everton wanting to sign off with more goals. I didn't see the very bad stuff that went before but can picture it given how bad we are. Robinson hasn't had the attacking guile coached out of him and looks really promising. I like the look of a getting fit Stewart. Archer even tried. Get this done and we can hope again.