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Leveller

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  1. Yes, BBC now showing the result, but for most of the match showed it as Abandoned, as did some others.
  2. Odd. A couple of websites showing Taunton’s match as “abandoned” but the club’s Twitter is providing comments on the action!
  3. That was my thought. They looked too young and innocent to be doing anything deliberately bad.
  4. His post match comments seemed to indicate that, in view of the recent results, he wanted to get to half time “still in the game” so started with a cautious lineup.
  5. Did any of them rate their manager? Their forums seem to feel they were as bad as us today and think he’s a mistake.
  6. Meanwhile I’ve just been reading comments on a Swansea forum, praising Manning for doing a job on them and wishing they’d appointed him!
  7. I didn’t want Pearson to go, but the season was pretty poor under him too. I’m not sure we’re any worse under Manning - leaving aside “recency bias”. Purely because change for change’s sake is rarely a good idea, I’d stick ftb.
  8. I’m not sure why you consider O’Dowda dislikeable. Certainly ineffectual, but seemed a lovely lad. To me, at first sight he seemed to have it all - ability on the ball, strong, floated over the ground. But then the courage to use his skill seemed to disappear. I always wanted him to run at players, surge through the middle with the ball - but he didn’t. I don’t know if he lacked courage, or simply had risk taking coached out of him. I suspect the latter. Modern coaches want to retain possession rather than lose it, even if it is the risk takers that create chances. Callum just seemed endlessly to receive the ball wide, then turn and lay it backwards. But surely we see a lot of that in many players today as well?
  9. Isn’t Szmodics top scorer in the Championship, or thereabouts? Nothing wrong with buying him - if only we’d used him properly!
  10. To be fair, if you’re from Millwall (the area, on the Isle of Dogs, where the football club originated) then you are a cockney. But not if you’re from Bermondsey where the club moved about 1910.
  11. Free pass? He’s been taken to court, prosecuted and pleaded guilty, leading to fine & costs of £260, plus a ban by the club and attending a course to get that reduced. Now has a criminal record. Not exactly free. Seems commensurate.
  12. I’m sure there’ll always be a place for him at Eastenders.
  13. I think you’ve got our demographic wrong there! I’m pretty sure 75% of those sitting near me were born before 1974.
  14. 72-0 with a Duckett half century already. Fun to watch. will it last though?
  15. Because, arguably, at this point we are nowhere near ready to cope with the PL and are unlikely to reach that point in one close season. Getting close this season and getting automatic next season might be better. That’s all.
  16. Not such a strange post, since you’ve virtually replicated my OP thoughts.
  17. Yet there have been plenty of posts in the past from fans who don’t want to play in the Prem. At all. Let alone too early.
  18. So, at this moment, where do you actually WANT us to finish this season? The recent performances and wins have prompted renewed debates about whether we could, even now, scrape into the playoffs. There’s clearly an assumption this is desirable. But what do you actually want? As far as I remember, before the season I predicted we’d be in the middle third (ie 9th to 16th) with the hope that we’d be in the top half of that (ie 9th to 12th). As it stands, we’re on course for that. What are the possible outcomes from here? I’d suggest – 1 – have a great run in, make the playoffs, and by some miracle, win them and get promoted 2 – as 1 but disappoint in the playoffs and carry on in the Championship next year 3 – carry on with the current good form, but fall a bit short in 7th or 8th 4 – continue fairly well and end up 9th to 12th (top half finish) 5 – return to inconsistency (or worse) and end up back in the bottom half I’ll assume no City fan actually wants option 5. What about the others? For me:- 1 – much as I want to reach the top flight, I’m not sure I’d actually want it this season. If we went up now, would we crash and burn more spectacularly than any team has before? It’s possible. But no doubt some will argue that we might do a Brentford, or at least start a beneficial yo-yo era. 2 – making the playoffs but failing could be the worst disappointment of all! It’s the hope that kills you. To get to 6th would require a fantastic run. To lose the playoff matches then would really hurt. 3 – might be the best result. 7th would represent a great improvement on last season and on the early part of this. It wouldn’t be a disappointment unless we reached 6th then fell back again. It ought to provide great platform for next season. 4 – like 3, but not quite as good. I wouldn’t be devastated if we achieved a top half finish and no better. 5 – God forbid. A return to inconsistency and finishing, say, 14th would be a real disappointment now. So – I hope we win every match I watch, but I’m not sure if I want the EPL yet, or defeat in the playoffs! What about you? PS – please don’t take my views TOO seriously. By the time you read them, I will have changed my mind.
  19. I had family visitors with me - Arsenal fans- and they remarked how brilliant the pitch was, considering rugby is played on it.
  20. Why is the season over?? A third of the season is left, we are three points off 10th, four points off 7th and six points off sixth. We have been very inconsistent but our good games have been fine. With fifteen games left, a reasonable run of good performances would easily see your expectations achieved.
  21. From the reactions, presumably nobody can see any similarities!
  22. Reminds me of Akinbiye. That would do nicely, if true. Big, strong, fast.
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