Barry the Badger

Tired of this. Bring on next season.

Personally I think fair play to Stockport for getting themselves to a position where they can take the 10 point hit and stay up. The whole 10 point penalty rule is ****e, but it is what it is.

There are definitely issues like the one you've pointed out. It's all a bit of a mess. If you use the logic of saying well Stockport haven't really been punished you could use the same logic for Bournemouth since they haven't gone down with the -17... The line has to be drawn somewhere. If we could have picked up enough points to be 10 clear of the bottom 3 we could have safely gone into admin too.

The rule is... Before the deadline it's this season no matter what. After the deadline it's held until the end of the season...Then if you finish bottom 3 it's carried over but if you don't it's applied in the current season. I think it was written like that to close the Leeds / Boston loophole.

The penalty always applies in the current season, unless you are going down anyway in which case it carries over.

Whatever I think of the Football League, they aren't that stupid.

He didn't vote.

I would welcome that. But he is not the man to have in charge of the first team in L1 in my opinion.

Did you get bored waiting for somebody else to join in Master Bates? Thats what normally happens to me at SMS.

I looked over Woolston and what did I see Coming for to carry me home?

Rubbish. We have plenty to be proud of. We were in the top flight for nearly 30 years with a 15'000 seater stadium. That makes me bloody proud. Also, most clubs will never even get to a cup final let alone win one. Head up.

Anybody who has played football to any level knows that if a team is constantly chopping and changing, if you're playing with different players alongside you each week, it is very hard to show your full quality. There is no understanding amongst team mates and it's very hard work. That is part of the reason that so many of our players have not lived up to expectation these last two years. Maybe they should have dealt better with it but the effect of the constant messing around with the team cannot be underestimated.

We weren't getting the coverage until administration hit.

It came from derry one or two pages back, although he was pretty cryptic about it, he seemed pretty certain that it was one of the options. I dunno, I'm just latching onto anything to stop me from going mad waiting, even though I know it's mostly guesswork. Our club is on the brink and all I can do is sit and read this thread and hope some of it might have an ounce of truth to it...

No, his critics have not "merely said he's been very poor this season". Many have said he's a waste of space and will not go on to achieve anything, they are wrong IMO.

Being a Saints fan is a funny thing. I'm genuinely excited about the prospect of Keegan coming in to save us even though my head is telling me he would be a terrible person to run a football club, I don't care.

Don't they know it's only Thursday?

If it's good enough for Man Utd...

Well that narrows it down then.

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My head hurts.

I will be getting a ST if I can convince my cousin to do the same.

Our recent history is littered with players who at some point were written off by the majority of fans only to go on and prove us all wrong. Kenwyne Jones James Beattie Kevin Davies Kelvin Davis Ricardo Fuller For me, Kevin Davies is the most obvious one. He was terrible here in his last couple of years and we all wanted rid, but in a different club with a different style of play and management style he has been brilliant for Bolton.

Sorry but I don't agree with that at all Gonzo. He was never content here, he was never comfortable, he was never interested. I was excited when we got him as I thought he would turn things around, but from the second he arrived it was apparent he wasn't interested. He is clearly a good manager but was never going to do well here when he couldn't be bothered. He's a complete ****. My view on him will not soften, he took us down and then ****ed up our best chance of getting back.

You will learn my friend.