Lighthouse

Yes, I know it's a reasonable viewpoint, that's MY opinion, not his.

😆 A week ago you had no idea this shirt even existed, let alone was available for retail. Now you're moaning about the cost of something you clearly have no intention of buying anyway. It doesn't matter what I agree with, people will buy it. If you have a problem, take it up with them.

Nobody is forcing you to buy it but many people will. I think £65 for a regular season jersey is ridiculous personally but the grandstands are full of them.

First part of a home double header. I'm hoping for something like: Peretz Jelert THB Quarshie Wely Downes Bragg Fellows Azaz Scienza Archer

Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight All three protagonists in Jaws, Robert Shaw in particular. Russell Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator Christopher Lee was basically the only redeeming feature in The Man with the Golden Gun Michael Caine in The Muppets Christmas Carol

They aren’t, our issues are derived from game management and tactics. You don’t concede two goals within 15 minutes of half time because the team is unfit.

That’s not illegal, it’s literally the reason everyone thought Baz was atrocious against West Brom.

I don't think we can really draw much of an opinion from that, given how little he has played and how poor the opposition were. Obviously that was the perfect fixture to get some combat experience with his new team mates, we'll have a better idea of what he's all about after the next two, against decent opponents, at SMS.

Well look happy you stupid b**tards! We won, didn’t we?

Who let Jeremy Kyle in?

Simple poll. Assuming you were to pick a back four and with Edwards having left, who would your CB pairing be? I’d have said THB and Quarshie, even before today’s match, as I think they are the best combination of cultured ball player and physical pace and power. They will need time and patience but, like children and garlic bread, I think it’s the future.

It’s alright, I’ve just put the kettle on.

You’d have to wonder if we’re going to cancel his contract by mutual agreement. He’s been here over two months now, has looked nowhere near capable and hasn’t even made the squad for a cup game against lower league opponents. Its sad but this doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

Need to sign a few more Camerons in January.

Goalage!

That looks dangerously close to a 4-2-3-1 to me. I think I’ve come over a bit funny.

I do. It's because he's not a particularly good player. I've no doubt at all that fans of the club which finished 15th last season thought he was one of their better players but that's not really where we're hoping to be. He's 23 in March, so not a kid any more, he needs to be out there playing first team football for someone and it's not going to be us.

My phone is whichever iphone came out in 2019, the 11 I think. I used to upgrade maybe every three years, when smartphones were evolving rapidly but now there's really not much of note to be excited about, apart from marginal gains in the cameras. I fork out a fair bit on a TV/sports package because I do watch a lot of football, F1, cricket and a bit of NFL. TNT I got free with my phone deal, so that's decent.

And yet nobody else was banging down the door to offer us more.

Best of luck to him. Can’t really use this as a stick to beat SR with. We signed a promising player for a low fee, he didn’t look like he was going to make the grade, so we sold him for a small profit.

I’m sure we’re looking at options. Whether anyone decent is available in this window, for a decent price or on loan, is a different matter.

I’d happily see him move on for a decent fee. He’d need to make a step up to fit into our mid-table Championship team, if we have ambitions of a PL return in the next couple of years, he’s a world away from that.

I'm not actually making it up though, am I.

I have no doubt at all that there are plenty of people back at Staplewood analysing our recent performances as I type this and looking at what can be improved and where we can exploit our next two or three opponents. I have no doubt either that the players who will be travelling up to Doncaster have been properly briefed and we may well know the starting XI already. This is not a key part of the season, that's why we've given them a break now. We have two weeks between league games, with no international games and only a cup tie up at Donny in the middle. It's about as good a time as you can get for a break, right in the middle of the season. Every club spends millions every year on sports science and the vast majority of them, going by many players social media, accommodate a short break mid-season. I'm sure if telling players, "don't be fatigued, you went to Ayia Napa in June," was a viable alternative that yielded better results, everyone would be doing that instead.

You tell me