Whitey Grandad

Five year plans were very popular in communist regimes and all the rage back in Stalin's day. What we really need is a Great Leap Forward.

:raised eyebrows thingy:

I might pop along to lend my moral support but that last affair convinced me that my arbitrating days are long gone. I still have all the gear and I can alway run the line, if you like. Well, walk the line more like it.

Johnny

I would hope that they all have.

I gave up when I found this and didn't check Birmingham. There was some European Minor cup in there somewhere, Interloopy or something

Spot on.

How much?

Edit: just me being too quick and not reading it properly

Bolton finished 6th in 2004/2005 and 8th in 2005/2006. Rahdi made 43 apearances and scored 8 goals in these two seasons.

1 goal in 6 team chances used to be the typical ratio.

Indeed it didn't. All the more reason to be careful in future. Once bitten, twice shy and all that.

So Dyer fooled you too Luckily the ref wasn't taken in by it.

I'd love to know what his teammates thought of it.

I know. Annoying innit

He wasn't the only one who played badly but if you watch his actions for their second goal you'll see him watch the shot, watch the save, watch the ball loop over his head and then watch Zaha score the goal. He needs to concentrate on where the opposition player is and not the ball. If he had stuck like glue to Zaha then he might have prevented the goal. But as I said, it wasn't just him. For their first goal Ward outraced all our defenders to get on the end of Puncheon's pass.

Oh really? You must be new to this football supporter thingy

Wanyama was not near the team because he's suspended for two games.

That rules him out instantly

They would never sell Sturridge if he weren't injury-prone.

Long did well to out-jump Virgil. It was practically the only header he didn't win all game.

In terms of payment terms, yes it is, but every time a player changes clubs there is a lot of 'leakage'. Of course, any player that we sell who has a sell-on clause will reduce our takings.

It wasn't a free header, Virgil challenged him for it and jumped right in front of him.

Why is nobody talking about Sam Vokes any more? I was just wondering why it had all gone quiet, not really putting his name forward.

Yes indeed, I'm still quietly seething about the first-half formation, and I'm struggling to see the point of the way we pass a short ball forward from the back to a midfielder coming short who can then only play it first-time back to the defenders. It gets us nowhere and anything mis-hit is liable to put us in trouble.