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I’m amazed someone owns 3 pairs Phil ? , but there’s you going for a bumper pack of five !l

Agreed , and agreed Dave It didn’t help our illustrious ‘Football savvy’ Chairman making the comments he did either - if he doesn’t get it knowing the extent of the problems , I guess you can’t be surprised that some of our fan base didn’t ! ! !

Because it’s 113 years later and ‘They’ wear blue Can you imagine them having a red away kit ? Even they arn’t that stupid * Others May disagree but a massive no for me

Depends on your understanding of what he was up against and your trust in him as a package , I suppose It wasn’t a ship that was going to be turned around quickly

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If Tommy Conway is Roy Race is Antoine ‘Hot shot Hamish ‘

No ,no ,no Nothing blue no no no And op - don’t give Jon Lansdown any stupid ideas , he’s more than capable of his own

No wonder there’s a supply crisis with food and numerous products The swamp dwellers have bought the western worlds stock of shipping containers

Only they can answer that but it has appeared , since he came here that some / many have gauged our current situation by performance and result without actually grasping what a s**t show he (And Richard Gould) inherited besides the real financial crisis , players who hid at HPC to duck training , players who couldn’t be arsed , and zero squad team / culture. i was really pleased with his appointment and my one reservation / worry was that his no nonsense , straight talking approach might be met with real resistance by ‘modern players’ and it would crash. its a real testament to him that entering a crap ‘culture’ he’s managed to get rid of those not prepared to fall in , whilst keeping the majority of the players , at the very least ‘on board’ It’s ironic that this ‘dinosaur’ has had not just an impact on international and ex Prem , Andi Weimann, But probably more so, those who have the biggest difference in age , in Scott , Semenyo , Conway etc I can understand people being dissapointed with performances , late goals and results , but I think many others understood, as you highlighted , that it was small steps Quote who they believed might come in and perform some sort of miracle , quicker and better , im not sure. It would have been interesting say halfway through last season , to see what age groups were behind and confident in Pearson at that time My gut instinct was it would have been mainly the middle and older groups , rather than younger , (And I could get that a bit more ie frustration / discontent ) but I may be wrong

It does make me chuckle how quickly some (Not Just Ian) have changed their views That’s good , but such a swing about 3 weeks ? For the best part of 18 months , and as recently as mid August , he needs sacking ,......... then within 3 weeks , everything’s bloody wonderful ! ? A bad run in September and ...... ?

It’s actually nice , to , again , have some players that are coveted by other Clubs !!!!

Yes , sorry , of course, you’re correct about assists They seem to be the two numbers that everyone (Media , pundits) obsesses about. IIRC his assist numbers for last season were good and I’m sure will continue to be so For all the modern data analysis , I still think Clubs get starry eyed , probably understandably , over goals return !!!

They do a free version for the Sags at the Memorial Swamp Encampment pre match Its done, in a traditional teepee method , by smoke signals

I think the biggest factor in eventual fee for Antoine will be goals Of course clubs will look at every stat , and be impressed , or otherwise by ‘numbers’ in all sorts of aspects , but I still think that keeping his upward trending goal return will be the single biggest factor in an eventual fee. We all know , and other clubs will see , what he can add without goals but goals = ££££

I would Mr P , Tye benefits of turning down any bid in the window just closed is i) We get the benefit on the pitch of Antoine , Scott etc , at least until January ii) Assuming we get our belief re any ongoing / future transfer value Correct , I would hope the extra fee we eventually receive anyone subject of a unsatisfactory / derisory bid in the window just gone , will more than compensate for a small amount of points A point deduction could, of course , in theory push out of a play off place , but , if I’m honest I’m not sure we are yet looking serious play off contenders , if we continue recent results , that may change. And , it would be difficult to quantify but I’d suggest that keeping those players subject of interest , will see us acquire more points by being involved , than we would lose by any points deduction The good thing is , and credit to them , and something that allows us to make easier decisions, is the conduct and attitude of Scott , Semenyo etc who appear, for now at least , to keep their heads down and play Either could have made life more difficult by making it clear they wanted a move , and they put the Boly’s , Fofana’s Ronaldo’s , of the world , and their conduct , completely to shame On the FFP situation , if we were tight or just over , I know the Nathan Baker retirement won’t see us get any FFP‘allowance’ because of it , but I’d suggest it would be pretty good mitigation regarding any possible penalty.

Or , more simply put The era of missed opportunity

Had a ‘woeful’ first 18 months here ? What the extremely difficult task of sanitising a car crash of a squad , attitude and culture , whilst halving the wage bill Rebuilding the base foundations Realism

With the five subs rule these days , we could actually keep Chris Martin for the next 10 years , have him permanently on the bench , to be brought on each time (????) we get a penalty

An excellent and often overlooked point (Across all clubs) IMHO Pearson has said since he came he wanted a smaller squad It comes with some risk , but has definite benefits I do wonder how happy (a fair few of) Forests new ‘squad’ will be in a few months

there’s a good argument to be had that even if we were now likely to pick up a small points deduction , keeping Antoine & Co will ensure that we come out in good profit points wise , on the decision to reject any bids

No idea but I’d go with probably not

It’s not as simple as that though is it Central midfield is IMHO possible the hardest place to operate , in the middle of a 360 degree sphere of play Receiving it in central midfield he’s going to be facing his own goal , or at best on the half turn , and far more likely to have someone breathing down his neck as he does so He has the individual skill to cope , but his options to get his head up and thread passes likely to be more limited , and his ability to ping a long diagonal ball. Playing with the whole game in front of him maximises his opportunity to play a range of passes I know you’ve said on numerous , numerous , occasions he should be moved , but he was acquired for a specific purpose(s)

Said , after watching him for U23s in his return from Newport , he hits the ball with power you rarely see At that time he was trying (IMHO) the ball too hard and his shots were flying , a bit wild , generally high , but like rockets Said at the time that he hits a ball so naturally , that he needed to not try and hit it too hard , but concentrate in hitting the target , ideally picking his spot / area , and his natural power would bring him goals It looks to me , that’s what he’s done , he certainly hits the target far more often than he did when he was still raw Thunder feet

I understood what you meant Maybe. ‘in and out of possession’ would satisfy any pedants !

Looking at the Huddersfield Forum Ska, mixed views but a number of comments that it was one of their better performances this season Not sure if you get many comfortable games at his level to be fair , most sides are going to have a spell on top or threaten in games