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crap - good point, thinking he was cup tied...but that's for sat. ok, perry out and fonte in.

shocking - heard it on the news earlier http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8502701.stm according to this, the guy who potentially did it has been arrested though.

but there are poor pitches, and then almost unplayable pitches. according to Tisdale, the match nearly didn't go ahead because of the state of it.

Davis Thomo - Jaidi - Perry - Harding Antonio - Morgan - James - Lallana Lambert - Papa imo...

leeds are in worse form than us FWIW - and norwich also lost a game...! teams have dips - we're having one at the moment. (not so much in results, more so in performances) if we were to have any chance this season, we could not have a single dip - we needed to motor on all year, but with a new team and a squad being built - the chances of that were always going to be slim.

you're spot on, i've enjoyed this season. People got carried away with that run in November, but the reality was we would have had to keep that form up to be within the pack now - that wasn't going to happen, we didn't have the depth of squad back then. I'm just enjoying this season because i know we will get better from here - and anyone who doesn't' see that is a bit silly. and i think it's something like 2 defeats in 26 games. shocking form, i agree

No offence alpine - but why do you moan about the stick you get? Some of it is OTT...I agree…but I can see why people react the way they do. You are prominent on every single thread if we drop points or lose a game. Some of your points are valid, granted - but people don't need to see it said over and over again. If we win and have a good run, you'll say well done etc - but that's it, you have no real input after that. Why? You seem to come to life when things are out there to moan about...yet sneak into the background when things are going well. I don't get it - and most other posters don't, which is why you sometimes get the stick you do.

apparently, everything in that article is an excuse. (according to some posters on here)

i agree about asking questions - i'm not happy with today tbh, and i'm not happy with Jaidi/Harding not being in the side for no apparent reason. the time to really judge pard's though will be next year, i'll just go with it this year and see where it takes us.

if you think pre-season is just about playing friendlies, you have alot to learn! but i wont go on about that, or the fact that we nearly went bust - because that's just an excuse isn't it.

i don't think anyone is ''happy'' with mid-table - but it's a case of having perspective and looking at the bigger picture, rather than quick snapshots of everything. i.e - we've won 2 games 3-1, we'll win the league. We've lost 2 games 1-0, we're getting relegated. i've accepted top half mid-table, i said it at the start of the season. That run we had in November/october raised the bar - but we're still not a bad team now, we just had too much to make up at the end of the day.

JPT or not - wembley is a great day out and it will be fantastic when () we make it. It's still going to be tricky though - MK Dons come into this game with nothing to lose, so expect them to attack for fun - we'll have to be at our best at the back (i expect harding and Jaidi will be back?) looking forward to it though - will be good to see a near on full house for a mid-week game!

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james and mills aren't poor players.

he was instrumental in our attacking quality, he was clever enough to pull defenders all over the shop and open up space for our other players. The sooner we get him back the better - i don't even know what's wrong with him.

good news then, exeter are relaying their pitch in the summer

- it won't happen.

great post, 100% my view on this season.

don't think he's like that. he's a very stubborn manager - he'll want to give it a shot either way. Hope it works out.

no one wants him sacked, but i think there are a few concerns about the direction we are heading atm. (as a team, not a club) we have an enormous squad and it seems that he doesn't know his best team. Jaidi and Harding just randomly dropped from the 11 isn't helping things IMO. (i don't think they're injured) I'll be judging him from next year though, if we're not in with a shout of the top 2 - he'll be gone.

i don't think the plan is to have AP for the 5 years though, in a wonderful world it would work like that - but i see us going through 1 or even 2 more managers before the end of those 5 years. It's the way of football these days. AP will not have an excuse next season - automatic or bust.

maybe, yeah, but everything was always up in the air this year. i'm not too fussed on missing out of the playoffs this year, all things considered, anything but a top 2 finish next year would be shocking though.

who do you think would be the right sort of manager?

+1 would have been nice to get into the playoffs, but i always saw them as a long shot and a complete bonus. Next season should be fun though.

Oh well, onto the cups! league season is over tbh, still will be content with a top 8 finish though (which i expect us to do) exeter aren't the best team in the world, but they will give anyone a tough game at their place - but seeing as we took the lead we really should have enough in our locker to see it out now. pretty disappointed tbh.