Northern Red

Yep. Conversely, if you say those things during a bad run it starts to look like excuses.

Be interesting to see how that works. They do already play a lot of games on Fridays but it's usually where there isn't much travel involved. The league was very heavily concentrated around the north of the country a few years back but with the demise of the likes of Rhyl, Bangor and Prestatyn it's now more evenly spread.

Likes giving a penalty as well, 15 across those 34 games. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/charles-breakspear/profil/schiedsrichter/5887

Sammie Szmodics...

If you'd offered them 3rd and a cup at the start of the season they'd probably have taken it given that they did a lot of rebuilding in the summer, but the way it's unravelled from a position of strength a few weeks ago makes it seem worse. And it happening at Old Trafford and Goodison given how bad United and Everton have been will really sting.

Dan Bentley.

Ah, sorry, misread it. Yes it was Wrexham. I think they also had more loanees than were allowed to be included in a matchday squad at the time (this was pre-Hollywood investment) and he was always one to miss out.

That was Hinds. Now seems to be working as a recruitment consultant and last known to be playing for Royston Town.

He'll be in non league in 2/3 years tops at this rate. And he should be so much better than that.

Especially as they were putting numbers out for renewals for the rugby after they'd been on sale for a day, obviously they were meeting the targets.

Hutton, Knight-Lebel and Rose with our goals. Casa-Grande was sent off towards the end for handling the ball outside his area.

Dunno if you saw/heard the interview that Dean Holden and his son Joey did with the BBC a few months ago, he'd just turned 16 and was playing for Oldham's youth team. Dean made the point that the academy system works for certain players, but definitely not for everyone, and they deliberately didn't put Joey into one because he wasn't physically ready at the time and the danger was that he'd have got lost in the system, not developed and be let go at 16 having lost his love for the game, as he'd seen happen to other kids in his time. Whereas he was able to carry on playing for local sides, socialise with his mates, concentrate properly on his education and be a normal teenager, and now he's making his way at Oldham.

That's poor.

It was about as comprehensive a 1-0 as you'll see.

Are you okay?

Think Huddersfield need to beat Brum next week or they're gone.

Essex

People were trying to make excuses to downplay a 5-0 win last week, so doing it after a draw isn't surprise.

U21s:

Apparently only a couple of the existing squad are under contract for next season so he'll have the opportunity to completely rebuild it. Best thing they could do.

Can only assume anyone saying this is the most boring football they've ever seen didn't experience the Pulis tenure, or was so bored that they spent most of it asleep and therefore have no recollection of it.

Looks like he isn't bowling yet.

I knew the elder one did and was with Lancs, the younger one can only be 16/17.