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Steve Watts

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  1. They've split the message into three parts with the others to be released later today....I understand Rene will be in the foinal turd.
  2. Unlikely....I don't think he browses this forum! ?
  3. In what reality is this true? There's no doubt at all that LJ was a marmite player, and to argue the merits of him as a player is pointless as it could go on forever. Marv was a different player when he didn't have LJ alongside him and that's a fact. Another fact is that when LJ got injured we'd lost just 3 games in 21. After, we lost 5 in 8. You don't have to be a rocket scientist. Surely even you can acknowledge that fact. Arguably GJ probably did rush him back too early, which saw him miss most of April as a result, but he rushed him back because our form tanked.
  4. Age doesn't have anything to do with it. It's stubbornness. To acknowledge the point I made, he would have to accept that we were fine margins away from GJ taking us into the Prem. And there's no chance of that happening.
  5. In what way? LJ acted as a good foil for Marvs deficiency - i.e. his inability to make a pass of more than 5 yards. LJ got injured against Watford and the form after that is stark. All we needed was to hold on for the win against Stoke after leading at half time and we'd have finished 2nd. Or if we'd won just two of the matches we lost we'd be looking at the same. It was fine margins that season, but it derailed when LJ was out of the team.
  6. The same could be argued for GJ. If LJ hadn't picked up a bad injury we wouldn't have needed the play-offs to get promotion. As it was, as soon as LJ was out of the team, Marv was largely ineffective, so it was like losing two players at a crucial point of the season. (Unless time is playing silly bollocks on my memory and I'm getting the season wrong!) Won't we avoid sanctions if we lose our best players due to the money we receive in for them? Potentially far more than we need to be stable in terms of FFP and therefore allow us some wriggle room to strengthen? It's also a hope that Webster gets a big move, and possibly Brownhill too if Burnley go down. He's been getting rave reviews for his performances this season, hasn't he? Both being sold for a healthy sum would see us get a windfall.
  7. Just read that Chelsea have already sold a handful of tickets before the sanction was placed on them. Meaning the tickets were there to to buy and the fans simply....didn't! Many "big" clubs will sell out their allocation very quickly. The fact that Chelsea didn't says a lot more about there fanbase than anything else. "Play it behind closed doors because our fans can't be arsed!" Following that pattern, the Chelsea loving owner up the road could apply for all games at Milletts Memorial Stadium to be played behind closed doors!
  8. It shouldn't make any difference. Competition rules split the gate revenues 45/45/10 between the club and the FA. So whether Chelsea fans are there or if Boro sell out the entire ground just to themselves the same money would make it's way to Stamford Bridge....or whereever the FA decide it should go. The decision to not allow them to sell tickets makes it all very murky when cup competitions come into play.
  9. John, after some stunning photo's from Blackburn, could I make a special request for the Subbuteo goal replays to return? They are greatly missed!
  10. This is the key takeaway point for me this season. Setting ourselves up nicely for the future.
  11. Oh, absolutely. But I just figured mathematical possibility would have been and gone long before now. I'm not sure whether that's a reflection of how we've done or whether the overall quality in the Championship has been lower this year.
  12. I know we're clearly not going to make the playoffs, but to get to 37 games and not be out of the picture mathematically represents a much better season than probably any of us expected.
  13. How is that fair enough? If it was you in the dock for the same thing do you think the judge would delay the case for you because you were in the middle of a project? Not a chance. Him being a(n alleged) football manager shouldn't factor into the thinking in any way shape or form.
  14. Game's gone soft....
  15. The answer is doors, but it sparks a hell of a debate! Polo's and doughnuts do not count as wheels though! A wheel is something that is intended to be a wheel! Those other things are just round! BUT! Where does a cog in a machine fit in.....? It's purpose is to rotate..... Graaaaaaarghhhhh!!!! Think i might be joining you Pongo!
  16. You are either vehemently anti-Bristol Sport or have just outed yourself as a Sag in disguise. 15 players who, because there was no fee exchanged between Rovers and the club they were at previously, would have negotiated a higher signing on fee and wages. Rovers certainly weren't holding out there caps saying "please sir, can I have some more?"
  17. Yeah, but that's like saying that United are the biggest club in China! It's presumably based on location of club and not fanbase...I say presumably because the resolution on the picture makes it look like I'm watching it on Betamax with dodgy tracking!
  18. There's a reason for that....can you guess what it is....? Maybe I can help point you in the right direction. In my post (quoted below), the word "thread" is a hyperlink to the thread that you created. In that thread you also seemed to suggest that racial discrimination had only been going on for 2 years and only in America! I realise that's not what you meant, but it did highlight your apparent lack of understanding of what the gesture is actually about and why it has transcended borders.
  19. I agree with this sort of viewpoint really. Whilst I want us to be successful, I don't get any more or less joy out of beating Middlesboro than I do beating Northampton. Obviously in theory the higher up the ladder you go the matches should be more entertaining because of a higher technical skills level, but that doesn't always scan as we well know. I think more people than actually realise also hold this view though. I'm sure if someone offered us Championship next season with a guaranteed repeat of last season under Holden or relegation with a guaranteed repeat of 2015 that many people would take the latter. Millions of the buggers wanted to back them but all were locked out of their accounts......
  20. What do you base this on? Genuine question as I don't think I could name one player in their squad....not sure if Little and Large (Mark and Brett) are still there? I know so very little about the "quality" in their squad that I honestly couldn't say where they should be. What I would say though is that I think they're in with a massive chance of going up. They're hitting the play-off picture with momentum and we know all too well from 2008 what effect that can have. Hull were in a similar situation to them at Christmas. I'd have to grudgingly admit that if they win the play-offs they're probably the team that deserve it for the turnaround. I only hope that they've peaked too early and begin to drop off, but it's not looking that way at the moment.
  21. For pity's sake, you made yourself look a big enough tit on your thread in August where you made this same claim. That and some of the other utter tripe you posted in the thread. Give it up.
  22. And therein lies the problem.... What makes you think he even reads the forum?
  23. Another company that...erm...went down was in Greece... Voukefala in 2012 were sponsored by their local brothel!!
  24. It's worth anyone with an account to place their entire bankroll on a longshot for next year. Any unsettled bets come the end of the season will see the stake refunded, but any that ultimately win will still see the winnings paid out by way of a manual payment. Could essentially be a nice free bet!
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