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same reason an orchestra needs a conductor, actors need a Director, musicians need a producer I would guess ! Its not cricket where a batsman knows his main aim is to not get out

Well when you are trying to come up with something different every season as it is now you have to look out for whatever comes your way and 20 years since leaving The Dell is it this time around I suppose.

To be honest when players are no longer on the bench for no apparent reason my first thought is Covid. There were 18 positives in the last set of figures released, if Ralph is self isolating then so might others.

I had a phone call just after lunch from the ticket office to "manually" refund my Man Utd and Sheff Utd money. Was done in 2 mins and money now in account so they must still be working on those games.

Exactly that. Although we haven't beaten West Ham at home (certainly this time of year) for a fair while, Antonio will probably be back, we havent won the last game of a calendar year for 9 seasons and the guy that gives them a bollicking when they need it wont be there.......it could look better 🤔

Yeah I think with Ings having been out with injuries a couple of times already this season we would have been stuffed without Theo especially with Redmond being out of form/injured as well.

Yeah you just know Antonio will play against us.

Oh Christ 😱

I really hope he doesn’t go with Stephens but think he will

There was an issue with my card they were refunding on apparently for the first two matches (there shouldnt have been , theres nothing wrong with it) so i gave them my bank account details and asked if changing them online would mean all future refunds would go there. Yes, was they reply, that should save any problems. So I did. Made no difference, refunds don't go into my bank account or onto my card, I had to phone for a refund for matches 3 and 4 and looks very much like I will have to do the same for matches 5 & 6.

With everyone heading for the shops (in areas where they are still all open) to do their Christmas shopping it’s no wonder numbers are going up. I expect some of the great unwashed down the road have hit the shops in West Quay as well.

Same

Absolutely. I think Redmond has been poor since the first "come back" games in June. He's regressed under Ralph's system whilst others have flourished. I too thought he would come on yesterday with a determined "i'll show you" attitude but he was crap, might as well have left Djenepo on.

Yes I assumed the reason he had played so many minutes recently was in an effort to shake off the rustiness but given his injury record as soon as there is an issue spotted then caution is needed. The way Ralph spoke had this game been against Sheffield Utd or Fulham etc he wouldnt have been risked.

I dont think its coincidence that Redmond has looked pretty poor, or average if I'm being kind, since games after lockdown back in June. As the team have become more and more what Ralph wants he has become more and more on the fringes. I would sell in January if anyone wants him. We have plenty of choices in his position and a couple of great crosses from Tella yesterday suggested if we had injuries etc he could provide cover out wide as well. My main concern is Bertrand. I have always loved him and still want him to sign a contract BUT going forward and playing in this system KWP has really shown what we are missing on that left side from an attacking full back. He is twice the danger going forward that Bertrand is and we look much more of a threat on the right than the left. So maybe it is time we went looking for a young left back who like KWP is down the pecking order at his club but has the potential. Sounds like Williams would only be cover on the left as he's right footed so probably not him.

Yeah I would rather he be fit to face Fulham and West Ham. Like you say hindsight is a wonderful thing though.

He really is a big team ref isn’t he? Absolutely shocking, the sooner the arrogant twat retires the better.

Have you been taking twat pills today or something? Your posts today have been ridiculous

Thought we were worth a point there to be honest. Great effort from the players. I will say however I can see why Redmond is limited to sub appearances at the moment.

I wonder if he might start Ings on the bench, bring Redmond or Djenepo in and put Theo through the middle then bring Danny on in the second half. It’s just his talk of “managing minutes” that makes me wonder. He may drop Armstrong to the bench as he’s mentioned before about being careful with him due to his injury record.

Remember that in reality its 1300 odd tickets go in the ballot after they've taken out corporate and the uber fans so if there are 10,000 season ticket holders those next three games you list will only take it up to about 7,000 succesfull in the ballot. You may have to wait until Villa.....or Wolves 🙁

I had exactly the same, email 25/11, tracking number bloody useless......mine turned up by Royal Mail yesterday 🙂

Oh bugger yeah of course 🤣

yeah i was wondering the same as it must be easier to park closer than a normal matchday

Just got our two tickets for Saturday by email 😀