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Sky all over Ipswich already!

Charlie Austin in the studio. Was it him jumping up and down in front of Section 28 a couple of years ago?

To be fair I'm more worried when otib likes the team selection!

Didn't we have a 6 - 0 loss to Ipswich some years ago?

On the plus side Sheffield United have been punished for on field misdemeanours they regularly got away with in the championship. Back to normal next season.

3 minutes ago, DolmanGaz said:

removing FFP, or whatever it's called, is the only way so address this isn't it? 

That and reducing parachute payments. 

16 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

I hate the arty farty ads that do their best not to tell you what the **** the're advertising !

I just despair how much they must have paid the agencies to make some of the adverts! Particularly the 15 second ones to be played before and in every break in a film.

53 minutes ago, redsquirrel said:

is this him or tinnion asking him to do it.

I'd say that it's more likely that Manning will take the blame for it.

Is it "character" building to coach every player to head for the most congested areas of the pitch rather than look up and see the left or right areas which have acres of space to run into?  This might explain why Mehmeti runs two yards then tries to run through half the opposing players.

He did seem selective for some of the tackles/fouls. There were a few of them falling over in the second half where he stopped play but didn't allow extra time for. Also their goalkeeper was allowed "ample" time to take goal/free kicks. I'm sure that our goalkeepers have been booked for that in the past.

1 hour ago, italian dave said:

I thought that throughout the game he struggled with the concept that ‘being vaguely near the ball’ and ‘making an attempt to play the ball’ are two different things. I lost count of the number of times he allowed Wednesday players to push, shove, and simply run into our players to knock them off the ball.

And that incident near the end when McCrorie was barged off the ball - that wasn’t a shoulder to shoulder challenge, it was a shoulder barge on a player running with the ball. 

Was that where he awarded a thrown in to them?

Referee very lenient with their goalkeeper, we could have had another 5 minutes added on for his "time management "!

Bannan due another red card? 

1 hour ago, downendcity said:

They had that with grey kit.

They wore grey at Southampton and were getting battered in the first half and IIRC they came out in different kit for the second half. Post match Fergie said that players Found it difficult to pick out teammates because of the colour.

Wonder what he would have said if the other team had done this?

Why wasn't Bashir picked for the last match after doing well on his debut?

29 minutes ago, Red from afar said:

@Jerseybean You missed out Joe Cocker, The Arctic Monkeys, Def Leppard and The Human League! 

Worth a pint at The Sheffield Tap if you're coming in on the train, good selection of ales.

And Robert Palmer.

On 20/02/2024 at 11:49, OliOTIB said:

Watching this, makes me and others so jealous of clubs that have a proper club anthem.

Fantastic from Forest.

YNWA, Mull of Kintyre, KRO, MOT, even sunderland and hull now singing Wise men say, Hi Ho Sheffield Wednesday, Pitbag at Boro, Blue moon

How hard would it be for the club to play Drink Up Thy Zider before kickoff, with the whole stadium singing it word for word and slowly to the music, just like after full time (when we win) 

Think that alone would really improve the atmosphere.

At what point did they think that a football club in the east Midlands was the obvious place to sing "Mull of Kintyre"?

Whatever happened to their old song " Robin Hood, Robin Hood riding through the glen?

1 hour ago, Dave L said:

It's the trumpet fanfare from the William Tell Overture which I introduced in 2008 when I was asked to revamp our pre match routine. You're right in saying that Giacomo Rossini had no connections with City, but he did know how to write a rousing tune. I think it still works well as a signal that kick off isn't far away.  We tried a few different bits of music over the years but nothing has really stuck. I'd be all in favour of Drink Up Thy Zider or Unfinished Sympathy. Whatever is played, you have to stick with it until it becomes an accepted part of pre match.

Thank you. I don't get to too many matches now so I thought it was more recent than 2008!

What's with the hunting/post horn when then teams come out, is that the EFL musical branding? Surely nothing to do with City!

Couldn't they supply knee pads so that players don't have to pull their socks up over their knees?

1 minute ago, Super said:

How on earth was that originally given as a yellow? 

Didn't Oliver Norwood do that last season without even a booking?

3 minutes ago, Nugget said:

Tony Thorpe’s commentary spot on, dreadful! Kept passing back to the cb’s, try the left, nope, go back, try the right, nope, go back… etc 

He was fine until he said that we were beaten by Man Utd after we had beaten Leeds!

3 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

******* awful,where are the smart asses who have a dig after a city win

They've swapped places with the ones who have a dig after a city loss?

Another fine display by the match officials!

4 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Guess I picked the wrong time to give up Mateus Rose. 

If only you hadn't sold him to Bournemouth!