LilRascal

Were the players stoned? Trying to think of a reason for their performance today

Out of the 8 teams still at risk of going down with Rotherham my preference would be for Millwall & Stoke to go down, horrible teams, horrible fans. Followed by Birmingham.

Huddersfield, Blackburn & QPR I'm pretty neutral about, but I do kind of like Plymouth and Wednesday fans - good bunch, especially Wednesday. Liked their flag that said something like "Sheff Wednesday: ending other team's bad runs since 1867". Always travel in numbers, without being nobs about it (unlike Leeds).

8,814 today against one of the bigger clubs in their division - they really do need a bigger stadium, don't they?

Is this still a thing? 

Patriotic football fans the length and breadth of England would never alter flag colours, would they? 

14 minutes ago, George Rs said:

what’s happened to tanner? 

Noticed there’s a Tanner on the bench for Cardiff. Maybe the transfer window in Wales is different 

15 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said:

The people of Bolton will tell you they are in Lancashire. In fact; they are in the metropolitan area of Greater Manchester.

I do agree that Lancashire’s biggest club currently is Burnley

I still reckon Manchester is in Lancashire!  

Biggest club in Lancashire is really tricky - if you look at titles then it's  Blackburn (3 top tier titles, 6 fa cups), followed by Preston (2 top tier titles, 5 fa cups), Burnley (2 top tier titles, 1 fa cup), Bolton (4 fa cups) and Blackpool (1 fa cup). But as Burnley are currently in the top flight, and had highest attendances last season when 4 of them were in the same division, you could argue biggest club (at the moment) is Burnley. Think all 5 have the potential to be the most successful in any given era, but all can and have gone through phases of very low attendances. (Blackburn averaging just 15,250 this season, for example!)

2 hours ago, petehinton said:

 

To be fair, they need to charge £100 to cover the energy bill of the pasty oven 

14 minutes ago, 22A said:

As both teams can forget League success this season, I suggest this could well be the last meaningful game for the losers, so hopefully, we'll see two teams both going for it.

haven’t Forest got a possible relegation scrap to worry about? That might be higher on their priority list than the cup..

2 hours ago, Dan11 said:

I know you guys don't like Ashton but I find the dislike for us a bit odd to be honest.

I don't think there is any animosity or dislike towards Ipswich or your fans - it's purely Ashton. Think most admire your history - over achieving with Ramsey and Robson, winning proper trophies, and now we're envious of your current season (McKenna has done a phenomenal job with you) which reminds us of the 2007-2008 when we had just been promoted and almost got into the Prem. Does look a bit like Ashton is overspending and gambling everything to get there though - like he did with us. Hope for your sake it doesn't go tits up. But honestly, as a club we neither dislike or like Ipswich, as far as I know. 

So, this Kuwait thing...  umm - where are the facilities and the pitch?? According to the map on their website it's here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4mRbeBSLBRFf2w1D6 (screen grab from the website attached). Umm - I can see a Gas Depot (of course) and a burger place... umm.. but a professional football academy??? WTAF?!

Oddschecker.com is currently reporting odds of 66-1 for Rovers to get relegated (Bet365, 888sport, Unibet) - worth a quid or two before they shorten over the next few weeks! (hopefully!)  

5 hours ago, bert tann said:

7468  ( 512 )

South Stand 62%

Isn't Rovers vs Exeter considered the be a bit of a west country derby? (in the same way City vs Plymouth is) I know you have a stronger rivalry against Oxford, Swindon and Newport (and Wycombe, is it?) - but surely a west country derby against Exeter should get a lot more than that!! Fair play to the 512 from Exeter though.

Was there any reaction on here when Adriano Basso signed from Woking? Now, that was a signing! 

We do tend to do better against teams who are set up to attack and get the 3 points, as opposed to teams who are defensive and happy for a draw (Millwall, for example). So we could nick a few points. Does look like a scary run of games though!

Glad to see Henderson has realised how shite this league is and moved to Ajax. Hopefully more will follow him back to properly competitive clubs with decent crowds. 

25 minutes ago, Rob said:

Very easily pleased: from their forum thread:

 

To me it looks like a back of a cow shed.  They even have the cow control gates in there.

I do hope they hire out this space for conferences and trade shows - very impressive! 

Just thought I'd leave these screen grabs here - compare and contrast.

I actually really like the stadium getting lit up in red lights for our matches, and then blue for the Bears matches. Looks really smart. But agree that it would be nice to have large, high quality, badges as branding on the exterior of the stands. 

6 6 6 - always knew they were evil!

4 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

You'll need a sick bucket after viewing some of these.....https://www.shortlist.com/news/50-worst-football-kits-ever

That tiger stripe Hull City kit 

Isn’t it universally agreed that Coventry’s chocolate brown away kit from the early 80’s is the best kit of all time? (Apart from our own purple and lime kit, obviously)

Emad Meteb, Eddie Nketiah and Andre Gray - never quite fulfilled their potential in a City shirt, despite all the excitement that surrounded them. 

3 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

So far:

                 GK

 RB Caulker Coles LB

 RM CM Noble Tins

            Peacock Jacki

Tommy D can fill in that CM role! 

Jacki is the playmaker - heart of the team