Maltshoveller

Just had a quick look

Since the new year we have had over 96,000 watching our 4 games

It has taken the Gas 14 games to get that many fans to turn up at their dump

18 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Have they no shame?

It appears, at the behest of their new "Owner," they have resorted to selling "kids for a quid" and adults for a miserly £10.

I know they're desperate for money, but even for them, this is a step too far.

It seems doing anything immoral or illegal is okay with them.

So the Fewers/Rags/Squatters/Sags are now Traffickers as well.

Wonder what their next great (hopefully legal/moral) income-generating scheme will be?

"Hussain Al Seaweed and his team are prowed to announce our Back, Sack and Crack service, (delivered by the stunningly hirsute Irene and her team of toothless hags), our new Fungal Toenail pasty range, and our long-awaited verruca and acne-flavoured drinks (we guarentee they're out-of-date or your money back)"

 

 

 

Wow 

If any other club bar the Gas were doing £10 tickets and quid a kid

Posters on here would be up in arms slagging off our club and the Lansdowns for not doing the same

The gas give us more than enough to rip the sh#t out of them A bit harsh doing them for this

6 minutes ago, redkev said:

I’m sure someone could make some bullshit up and put it on a forum somewhere and everyone will believe it

We dont need to 

We are better than that

12 minutes ago, redkev said:

Sold out now , unless it’s a rovers type sell out

All we need to do now to be up there with the gas 

Is to get another 10k locked out the ground

All the stats thrown about on this thread show to me one thing

Be it Pearson in charge or Manning 

We are a bang average championship side Simple as that

We will win a few Lose a few

6 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Mickey Mouse is having a nasty divorce with Minnie Mouse.

Mickey spoke to the judge about the separation.

"I'm sorry Mickey, but I can't legally separate you two on the grounds that Minnie is mentally insane..."

Mickey replied,

"I didn't say she was mentally insane,

I said that she's F****** Goofy!"

I remember the joke as

I did not say she was sha###g Pluto - I said she was F#####g Goofy

For the first 140 odd years of the FA Cup that was a great tackle

Season 2023/24 FA Cup wit VAR it is a red card 

I have to say imo the first 140 years got it right 

Thank duck there is no VAR

3 minutes ago, TommyD68 said:

This fan base is so fickle at times we wouldn’t have West Ham to look forward to on Tuesday if it wasn’t for O’Leary, kept us in the game with some fantastic saves prior to our equaliser. He made a mistake just like other world class keepers do, own it, learn from it and move on. 

Just like other WORLD CLASS keepers do!!!!!

That makes it sound you think he is world class Please tell me that is not the case

8 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

Need to see him against Bivol this year, please. Rumoured for Saudi 

IMO Bivol wins that fight

Just hope it happens

1 hour ago, Super said:

Another nonsense VAR decision. 

No they got it right He was off side

Should not take 3min 40 secs to get to the decision though

38 minutes ago, Natchfever said:

Every 5 minutes singing their anthem    " Come on Eileen"

That was classic football presenting

Forget the fact it could be the Gas

WHY would a TV company think a top prem side playing a lower league side at home would have any national interest 

If the lower league side were at home then may be

7 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

That aside, Bournemouth are the ones that get me a bit..the fact they aren't even on the radar is a bit of a surprise all things considered.

Didnt they get done a few years back when they first went up to the prem

blew FFP out of the water. Made man city look like saints and got a joke of a fine for it (£4m i think)

20 minutes ago, Norn Iron said:

JPR.

I can never tire of this...

 

The try JPR scored in the same game is also well worth a look

1 hour ago, Barrs Court Red said:

The 1st problem with the FA Cup is that the “reward” is well below what clubs (Prem) can get in the league. So it’s of little surprise it’s not really a priority. 
 

Had winning it guaranteed a Champions League place then it would have cemented the competition at the top of the table (I am right in saying the Champions League is an amalgamation of the European and Cup winners cup?). 
 

The 2nd issue is being stuck on terrestrial TV, having ITV show it is the worst of all worlds - The top clubs guarantee an audience, so we end up with the glam tie of Spurs Vs Burnley rather than seeing the real prospect of a giant killing, such as Gills vs Blades (The BBC was also guilty of this, but not to the same extent). 
 

Im not saying Sky would be any better to the scheduling, but an open competition for the rights might raise the revenue and value of the competition- directly benefiting all clubs if win bonuses and appearance fees go up. 
 

One radical change I would make, is to schedule the mens and women’s finals to happen on the same weekend.

Agree 100% about giving the winners a champions League spot

I would also give one the the League cup winners

Award WINNERS not 3rd and 4th place teams

1 hour ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

But that's an issue with how VAR is used and not a problem with VAR in itself. 

And in this case the ref took a second look and decided that he had made a mistake and that it was a red card offence. So therefore it meets the criteria. 

But he spent over 50 seconds looking at the monitor before deciding 

Which shows it was not a clear mistake in the first place 

So VAR should not have got involved 

7 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Whilst I kinda agree with this on a fairness basis, if VAR wasn't used at a ground that has VAR and an incident occurred then people would be outraged that VAR wasn't used. 

Not as outraged as they are with VAR

You can put up with a ref getting something wrong when he has a split second to see it and make up his mind

VAR takes an age They see things over and over in real team and slow mo Yet they still get loads wrong 

That is what people can't put up with

What I don't get

It is the 3rd round of the FA Cup

Some games will have VAR some won't That is not right

Should be ALL games or None

14 hours ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

He's clearly gone in with his studs showing which is clearly endangering an opponent. 

If he had snapped the fellas leg then every one would be saying red. The contact etc is irrelevant. The key word is endanger. 

You should be part of VAR

They also slow everything down to find the one picture where it looks bad 

What does my head in is that VAR pick and choose what they want to review

CP defender has arms around Everton players waist for 4-5 seconds (unsure on how long you can hold a player Depends on the team i guess)

Why dont they ask the ref to look at it?

5 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

In the modern game , red every day , foot off floor , studs first 

No intent but dangerous / reckless

Why did it take the ref 50 seconds looking at the monitor to change his mind

If it was a clear mistake it take a few seconds max

On 02/01/2024 at 19:35, Maesknoll Red said:

Only just catching up on this.

Chip the potatoes, not too thin,  put them in a bowl of water for an 30-45 minutes to remove starch.  Drain and rinse.  Boil until soft, but not at the point of breaking up, put in the freezer of fridge until cold.  Heat oil to 130°C and cook the chips until they start to go golden.  Remove from oil, drain on kitchen paper, chill again, when you need them heat oil to 190°C and cook agin until the perfect colour and crispy, drain in kitchen paper and serve straight away.

This will give you a lovely, fluffy, crispy chip, you’ll never achieve the same by frying a raw potato just the once.

Some people don't like to start cooking their tea straight after finishing breakfast 

Pet hate of mine is

Upside down Union Jack's

Got no problem with people flying flags in their garden 

Just hang it the right way up for ducks sake

I reckon 1/3rd of Union flags are upside down

19 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Wycombe down to ten, there`s a surprise.

3 down to ten men

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17 minutes ago, phantom said:

Are you talking currently or when he sacked the manager a few weeks ago? 

Few weeks back

but still very toxic