CHAPEL END CHARLIE

Oh talking to myself would produce a hell of a lot more sense that any conversation with you. Why do you habitually find it "strange" when people dare to disagree with you? given your posting record I'd have thought you would have gotten used to it by now.

My view of Antonio was based entirely on watching the lad play and using my best judgment regarding his ultimate potential - numbers have nothing to do with it.

Not at all depressed, but thanks for your concern. Don't bother joining me - I prefer the company of the more astute type of fan.

A prime example of the misleading use of statistics - only if and when a player actually plays "46 games season" can you draw the conclusion you have.

You go to games but do you actually watch ? Guly is not really that pacy (but quicker than Lambert I suppose - is that what you mean?) and his first touch can be comical at times - as witnessed by the entire Chapel Stand at the last home game. Do try and pay attention.

He clearly needs a new club - if and when that happens I'm confident he'll do well. You obviously don't agree.

If you really want my opinion of Guly then it is that he is a moderate player who on occasion can produce rare moments of genuine inspiration - but these moments don't come along nearly often enough to make him worth a starting place even in this division. I have seen others on here state that he is either a "shocking excuse for a footballer" or alternatively at the other extreme of "Premier League" standard - neither view is correct. As for Puncheon - lets see just how long he holds down a place in the Premiership shell we ?

But rating the true potential of any player really is a hell of a lot more complicated than compiling a set of mere numbers - especially when the 'numbers' are not even accurately compiled and truly comparable in the first place. Even if you were to ignore his obvious 'bell end' tendencies JP is not all that special a player in my view - you don't have to spend very long on here to realise that I'm far from alone in holding that opinion. The more observant on here could see that long before he left this club that the relationship between JP and at least some of his teammates was problematic - judging from the body language Dan Harding ready to throttle him on more than one occasion.

So the answer is they've achieved next to nothing even with the invaluable assistance of your man then. The fact that Antonio can't really break into one of the best sides in the championship is a terrible waste of a good young player - he needs a move - here would be nice.

As a stat fan I'm sure you can tell us all just how many points Blackpool have acquired since the great JP arrived ?

I take it you didn't bother to go to the JPT final then? On the contrary I don't think Antonio or Papa Waigo could be described as 'gash' by any fair observer - but I'll let others draw their own conclusions as to whether you fall into that category. As it seems SFC entered into negotiations with Reading with a view to signing Michail Antonio permanently it would seem the club don't share your point of view either, perhaps they're wrong as well. It remains my view that had we managed to retain the services of Michail Antonio & Papa Waigo for this season then we might well have done even better than we have. Leaving your views to one side, as we are on the subject of wingers I see we now have all 3 of this forums most utterly tedious 'stooges' (Nick G/Turkish/Smirking) on here so perhaps these 3 esteemed 'members' might care to take this opportunity to reevaluate their enthusiastic championing of that wonderful footballing talent Jason Puncheon and what he was going to do for this football club. Last summer they were certainly vocal enough in their assurances that we could do without Antonio because we had the great Puncheon on our books - uncharacteristically they now appear to have gone surprisingly quiet on that question ........ Never mind, no one can be right all of the time, just try and be right every now and again boys.

No it really doesn't. A substitute appearance can last for 30 seconds or 89 minutes.

Now that is right.

Genuine laugh out loud moment - thanks !

This does little or nothing to answer the goals per minute question. Fair minded fans will also bare in mind that Antonio was a mere teenager while Guly is a experienced 28 year old processional in the prime of his career.

Potentially misleading. From memory Papa Waigo & Michail Antonio were (in the main) used as substitutes last season while Guly on the other hand has actually started plenty of games. A more telling stat than a crude tally of appearances would be the number of goals scored per minute played, or would that not fit your argument? As you have raised this matter the onus is on you to prove your case.

"Chipping away" is one way at looking at it, but I'd say that we'll have to play a hell of a lot better than we did today if we want to hold onto 2nd place. I expect no favors from the Posh or Huddersfield, nor do I think that teams that have little to play for are just going to roll over for us either. The 'moment of truth' is approaching.

I take it then that the cheap season ticket renewal I was relying on to balance the CEC books is looking distinctly less likely then? Never mind, I'll just have to go back to selling my body down the docks I suppose .......

This is very unfair, he was actually aiming at low flying aircraft but accidently shot a tad too low. I hope we are all quite clear on this matter now.

The half time entertainment was provided by this lad : And what a remarkably talented young man he surely is.

Robbie Williams - a face you just have to slap.

Just about as inconsistent as they come - gash one moment, borderline brilliant the next. On the whole I don't really think that he's good enough/often enough to be considered a real success. I rather wish we had managed to keep Papa Waigo from last season - a better player in my view.

Just how AWESOME was Adam Lallana today ? Any football fan almost has a 'right' to expect his players to give their all for the cause but it seems to me (a not even fully fit) Adam Lallana somehow managed to go way beyond what we might reasonably describe as the 'call of duty'. The whole team put in a wonderful shift today but for me Adam is simply in a different class to all the other players around him, not just because of his outstanding technical ability but because of the superb bloody effort he puts in for this club. My man of the match, my man of the season - that boys a diamond.

I'm on the horns of the same dilemma, I'd love to take my 4 year old godson to his first game (he's already annoying his MUFC supporting parents with constant talk of Ricky Lambert & Lee Barnard) but I dread having to publicly explain the intricacies of the 'off side' rule to him - possibly because I don't really understand it myself.

We do to other 3rd division outfits what Man Utd did to us in the FA Cup a few weeks ago - play only moderately well for long periods - give the opposition a chance - but ultimately beat them with that little bit of extra class we possess. Even yesterday despite a convincing final scoreline you couldn't really claim in all honesty we were the better team in the 1st half could you ? And that inconsistency is (as I see it) the story of our season. We are a good team that fully deserves its top 6 place, but one that remains rather less than the sum of its parts.