Willo of Whiteley

We’ll have more of an answer by 22:00 on Tuesday, if we win and Ipswich don’t there is three points separating us with four games left. Never wrote it off until it looks more than unlikely. Momentum is with us, the other play off/auto teams have found the perfect time to shit the bed this season. We’re all but in the play offs now. Wrexham and Derby are the only challengers for the play off run in, and no way are they both winning their remaining four games.

Dibling kept the Everton bench warm for the 648,296,610 time this season. Excellent move for the bank balance, but not the player

Couldn’t have happened to a more entitled set of fans

I fancy us to win the play offs

May as well just write Man City will have three more points after they beat Arsenal next week. We can all see it happening 😂

I wouldn’t say Edozie has done anything to justify that, Fellows is a much better player, albeit he’s been underwhelming at times, still way better.

Operation “Shit The Bed” has begun at Arsenal - as timely as ever 😂

That team can’t be much better, if any better.

I’m more a fan of this 😉

I’m sure this’ll be merged in the ST thread soon, but let’s not gloss over this - Sport Republic have been a disaster. The headlines a simple: - 14th when they took over and a sustainable and desirable Premier League team. - Two relegations within three of their four full seasons. - The second worst Premier League finish in history, and the worst for us. But they’ve invested money! Let’s analyse that. - They spent recklessly in their first full season, Romeo Lavia was the only success. - They changed how they scout players from effectively scouts to a digital database that analyses them. This crop of intelligence scouted us gems such as Sekou Mara and Armel Bella-Kotchap. - The wastefulness of their spending has seen a squad change more times, almost as much as Watford change managers. Ah, the managers, there’s been some success there. Bollocks… Ralph Hassenhutl - excellent with Martin Semmens and his coaching team and not much money, good getting the best out of players. Probably not given any real say in transfers in SR first summer. Sacked, fail. Nathan Jones - clown from a Welsh mining village who married a nice girl, made more enemies in as short a space of time as a dictator would. Sacked, the first of the glorious “Black Box Data Driven Appointments”. Sacked, fail. Ruben Selles - damage limitation, appointed after a fluke win and subsequently led us downwards at the same time as Unai Emery was appointed by Villa. Sacked, fail. Russell Martin - good appointment, promotion, but boring football at times, stubbornness cost him, naivety in the transfer window, and should’ve done a lot better with the squad at his disposal. Sacked, but a pass. Ivan Juric - heavy metal football? Heavy metal bullshit. Who’d have thought bringing in a defensive manager when you’re bottom of the league would keep you up? SR did. Sacked. Fail. Will Still - Football Manager enthusiast, first big gig but stubbornness, lack of direction and leadership cost him massively. Big, big mistake from SR that will now potentially cost us promotion in what is a very weak Championship. Sacked, fail. Now Tonda Eckhart - we all had low expectations, but let’s not beat around the bush, he was brought in for the U21’s, not the first team, and fair play to him for working wonders with the resources he’s got. But surely SR have done well in other avenues? Ah, ffs… Goztepe, promotion holding their own and seemingly the only team benefitting from the glorious “multi-club model”. Albeit in the Turkish league they’ve done ok. Valenciennes, “baby are you down” as the song goes, because that’s the way they’re heading too, and have been since the takeover. Chopping and changing of managers. The ONLY positives I’ll give SR is the commercial side, so Level One, The Dell Bar, the matchday atmosphere outside the ground, all excellent. But that’s it. Let’s not gloss over all this, SR get little backing from me until we’re at least back where we started when they took over.

Scrappy 1-0 win

Bugger, was hoping for the Sunday

The only “rumours” I’ve seen are people positing it on here.

If we’re saying a higher police presence is needed for Chelsea v Leeds then it seems logical to do it on the day before the London Marathon, the Saturday - therefore meaning we play City on the Sunday? Just seems common sense if that’s the case.

Man City haven’t decided what is best for them yet 😉👀

Going to be a bloody long wait if the game is the day after 😂

Has a four way game of football ever happened? A year of firsts! 😉

If we win all our remaining games then it means Ipswich won’t win all theirs 😉 Ipswich have some tricky games coming up. Middlesbrough is a weird one, they’ve completely faltered in the last month. Millwall I see going for the aggression route for the play offs, I don’t think they’re a particularly good footballing side.

I have the same calendar updater thingy, but I’ve not had anything to say which day it’s in, and it hasn’t come up. Still hoping it’ll be a Sunday but who knows 🙏🏻

Excellent result, proper Hollywood stuff! I thought Edozie and Larin looked a bit out of it in the first half, second was much better. Nice to see even our smaller players like Matsuki getting shirty and stuck in. The referee was awful, couldn’t wait to rip off his kit to reveal the full Wrexham shirt underneath when they scored their winner - fortunately they didn’t! The commentary team on Sky Sports Plus sounded the most miserable and dejected pair I have heard for a long time, the sheer disappointment when Southampton scored was funny to listen to. I think second place is very much on, teams are starting to look over their shoulders at us, and some will panic. Decent performance for the most part, super result, and amazing support by the fans - didn’t hear Wrexham once. Was it compulsory for all Wrexham fans to sit in the stand with their arms folded, motionless like their manager? That was them to a tee. On to the next one! Give Tonda a new deal.

2-0 Saints, same as Oxford, game done early on.

Realistically we won’t finish second, I think the points dropped against Charlton and West Brom in recent times have kind of guaranteed that, not to mention the first third of the season wasted. All that said, clubs are fighting at the top and the bottom, points are going to be snatched by teams we didn’t expect, and there will be a few upsets. Probably best to keep dreaming until it’s no longer possible. I fancy us to beat Ipswich, I fancy us to do a job on anyone currently. I actually think our toughest remaining games will be Swansea and Preston (both away).

5-1 v Wrexham Thoughts on second?

Ref has just thrown his whistle at the ground and stormed off the pitch. Commentators sound even more dejected; and in denial: “it isn’t over it”. 😂

Fellows for pace. I’d have Bragg on over Jander. Wood for a bit of pace compared to Stephens. Many options for us.