REDOXO

I was brought up in Guildford so know the Rec well. City games were always their biggest draw unless they were in the same division as Reading. Right fiesty affairs as the home and away support were separated by a fence and three fat blokes with yellow bins on. My old man got hit by a shoe one season and whisky bottle the next. :laugh:! was there for Shutts scissors kick. Screamer!

So how far do you need to be offside if you play for Leeds.

It, of course, is not VAR per se. However application of it can be extremely iffy! I said somewhere, there was one nailed on Peno. No doubt!! There were two that could have gone either way. The handball reminded me of ours V Huddersfield! Some say yes some say no! The first shout the same. Some say yes some say no! However the one where he’s gone through the player from behind and not touched the ball is deeply concerning! I wouldn’t go along with the VAR ref is a cheat, BUT there can be covert bias! The onfield ref needed help and it didn’t come! Forest have a right to be furious on that count! On a slightly different subject the Coventry offside goal is an example of how VAR has got everyone in a hole. To go that long in a game of that magnitude to say someone is offside by less than a centimeter is hardly clear and obvious (unlike the penalty shout at Everton) My thought is that VAR operators have got it right more than wrong but the laws have to be tightened and the appearance of any impropriety be taken seriously. Billions are spent on sports betting with careers and clubs futures on the line in some big games. If rules are not clear and operated effectively we might as well go back to not having it! In the meantime someone will have to explain publicly how that was possibly not a penalty and Forest will get shafted for publicly pointing it out

How do you turn the fans favorite boo boy Zac Vyner into a good footballer How did you turn a bit part perpetual loanee like Cam Pring into a premier League target How did you turn Antoine Semenyo into a premier league striker from an 80 page thread saying he wasn’t a championship striker as he couldn’t score goals. What did you do to ensure Alex Scott becomes a superstar Did you ever tell Max OLeary to get a proper shave

I’m not so sure about presses and formations, however we look more confident and tellingly Mr Manning sounds more confident. So something symbiotic is going on. I would not be surprised if some kind of come to Jesus meeting was had that obviously altered our approach! I like you don’t expect to hit the heights every game, however when we are off it we are awful. A few less of those eye gouging performances would help my blood pressure!

There are some nut jobs on here. Luckily I have most on ignore, but when other posters quote them it’s like a train wreck you can’t take your eyes off. As for Mr Manning. I am all over the upturn and glad that we are not heading to Stoke looking for something. An upturn in form in a mid table end of season snooze fest is good and I’m a good with that. However we were utter toss against a Huddersfield team that got tonked 4/0 at home yesterday, with a 50/50 Peno (I would have given it) papering over how shit we were and keeping an unbeaten run going. My position is I will wait for now with season tickets, see what happens over the next two games and in the closed season. I am hopeful for Mr Manning but remain unconvinced!

I thoroughly enjoyed that afternoon. Who cares how we were getting on at Crawley. Mansfield even had their shirts on! I still think we should sign Colin Daniel!

All that celebrating at Plymouth when they beat Leicester and they are still right in the thick of it!

Oh dear. We live in hope! Giving one to Bristol City is a rather permanent course of action! Besides we know they have a few, more often than not left ones, as has been revealed.

He’s done well recently that is for sure! Good luck to the lad. That will be some competition for places next season if they can maintain the form. Personally on a not completely unrelated note, offers/strong enquiries for Pring Knight and Conway are inevitable. I suspect he may have a big season coming up with at least one maybe two of his Derby mates.

I still have not renewed mine and my nephews. I may before day one, but I have logistical constraints that often leave them empty. However I often give them to family and I know I always have two for cup ties or play offs For my sins I can watch every game (without a VPN) through BCTV for a fee and increasingly on ESPN+ which I pay again for. I bought a shirt (the latest one every body complained about) and a black jacket (I was wearing when I ran into members of the board of Wycombe Wanderers in a Chicago hotel…They were big Mehmeti fans) As most can imagine air fare, hotels, car rental, beer and often hospitality take their toll. However I am dyed in the wool! But I also think I have more than earned my right to have a say. The football we now play that I watched 45 times out of 46 league games @redsquirreland some cup ties is often soul crushing. I have decided to hold off buying a season ticket until I have seen what the club looks like come the beginning of August and what Manning does with his resources in the post season. I guess as I specifically don’t read anything about season ticket sales and how wonderful they are going I’m not the only one. I am unconvinced with Mr Manning, but I don’t see him as the policy maker. I am totally unconvinced by JL BT and the financial bloke as a team that is anyway qualified to make decisions at our club. The point!!! I’ll give it the entire closed season to allow those in power to convince me they are capable of at least giving us some hope of something, rather than relying on the blind loyalty of our supporters.

I’m not sure I would give any bollock at anytime for any reason to Bristol City. I buy a season ticket and a shirt occasionally mind you!

You may well be right. Leaving the Premier Leagues joined leading scorer (from midfield) at home would be very England. They left Atyeo at home in 58 after he scored the goal that got them there. That worked out well!

Palmer is going unless he gets injured between now and the end of the season. Who knows what will happen with the other midfielders…fate can be fickle. What a player this kid is! No nonsense Pickford should be worried mind you!

I would rather have OLeary!

Poor old Dave. But he is used to being drowned out! City Women bless them look doomed. What are their attendances like?

Thats The Dolman sorted. The south Stand will just go straight to The Wurzles gig!

That bus was FULL!

Exactly! I think it was a pen some don’t! Either way if all that time wasting up to the point the penalty was awarded hadn’t had Happened there would not have been that chance. on top of that I keep reading about all the added time but some of that was trying to get in Wells head. Without going back to look at it, there was time added at the end of the game three minutes of which was takeN up by time wasting. The amount added after the award (and subsequent scoring) of the pen is a bit irrelevant. I suspect those with a sad life/time on their hands can count out from 90 what was added and how much was wasted add it back before the handball.

Just watched the ‘highlights’ of yesterday’s game. I have three main thoughts 1 They reiterated what utter tosh we were. It was 90% of yellow shirts hanging around our penalty area and winning the ball in midfield 2 The commentator on our website highlights was obviously the chairman of the Huddersfield Town supporters club 3 It was a definite handball despite the aforementioned chairman’s continued protestations it hit the sub (love the irony) on the back.

The referees view is as good as any view they are going to get from open play. It was a good decision. Can someone post that video on the Huddersfield forum? They would still probably deny it.

I do see some signs of progress with the Manning way…Sometimes. However yesterday was rubbish and I do share your misgivings about Blackburn. They were utter nonsense all over the park. Yes we pressured them but honestly they were so garbage their manager hooked four off at ht. Everything you need to know right there. Where we have real signs of progress is consistent clean sheets. However is that progress from the beginning of the Manning era or across the season? Mr Manning is facing his first proper injury crisis, however the week Lansdown junior and Tinnion sacked Pearson we had seven (7) U18/U21s in the squad. I’ll take a point at home against second bottom if I have to but I’m not down wiv the cult of Liam quite yet. Hopefully will be one day!

Sometimes I feel like OLearys number one fan! If thee boy doesn’t get in the next Irish squad then there is no justice! As for someone coming in, I think it’s inevitable he’s on the radar of ‘bigger’ clubs. Whether that amounts to a bid/bids who knows, but what I know is he has earned the respect of the players in front of him!

What was Holden, Pearson and Mannings (so far) spend?

How many were LJ/MA/SL Buys?