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is this re Scienza? The same bloke who tracked back about two-thirds the length of the pitch to make a tackle recently (Bristol City I think). Agree he hasn’t reached the same heights as last season but see a combination of being ‘found out’ to some degree and hacked by opposition as well. Think he’ll pick up again

Anyone seen any tweats, or bleats from Fat Cunt Corden since the match? Genuinely concerned for his welfare.

For those interested in stats. From our match today. Martin would be fucking furious

Excellent result where we weren’t really fancied for it. As someone else says just got to do it in the more mundane matches where teams just look to frustrate us. But no denying that Tonda does have a good knack of getting something extra from the players when needed.

Thought I’d have a gander at the Middlesbrough forum re our match and result today. Some balanced and fair comments, not dissimilar to the range of opinions onhere from time to time. Not sure “titanic” is an appropriate phrase! Perhaps we should petition someone about it being insensitive to our maritime history! No, but we know some who might Perhaps they can see the Tonda Effect (which is why many wanted him crucified). and… Personally I wasn’t bothered about Middlesbrough before this episode, and although a few hot heads have had their say (from both clubs) I’m pretty indifferent about them now. In many ways would rather we and they went up rather than say West Ham or Wolves

Using my MLG card : which clubs fall within the definition of being a “south coast club”? (Pretty sure this has been discussed at length on here before)

Did he ? Don’t recall reading anythIng about being a target man type of CF to hold the ball up or link up play as with Larin.

Reading away in FA Cup 3rd round, January 1996 was bitterly cold. It was questionable if the match would go ahead, the pitch seemed frozen when they kicked off and Souness was moaning about it after the game (which we lost). Some years before that Bristol City at Ashton Gate on the Friday night, something like 19th December. Terrace fairly empty so it was real Brass Monkey weather

Fair point. Although it’s not as if he was out of our price range, assuming we’d spent our funds wisely (on a CF).

But Lankshear it seems is able to regularly play 90minutes. Larin isn’t. Agree any player can suffer an injury. You can’t predict that, but the club should be able predict ‘fatigue’ on a player from their record and provide for that. Very remiss not to have done.

Larin played at Coventry. My recollection was a midfield three of Downes, Jander and Bragg behind them. Coventry fans very impressed by our mf that day. From the BBC site Larin was taken off at 67minutes (for Archer).

Think we’ve all seen this play out before though.

Possibly, although some of ours have previous form for similar actions (thinking Croydon 2011); https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/11/rioter-fire-reeves-furniture-jailed

And even there we'd have had a draw, but for THB's last act in a Saints shirt.

That doesn’t stack up to me. This would mean we overpay for Dobbin (being kind probably paying twice his value !), then struggle to eke out anywhere near our own expectation for THB. Even by SR standards that seems fuckwittery even beyond their standards. I don’t doubt there are some accounting ruses (and Villas trading with Chelsea, and a previous deal with Everton -possibly also involving Dobbin - raise questions) but this doesn’t seem one of them. Although also wonder if part of the THB deal might have involved writing off something on Archer. Agree he’s still “pony”. Over £20m on Archer and Dobbin. Would we have been better off donating it to charity for the tax relief ?