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Are United the most unlikeable team in English football?

17 hours ago, petehinton said:

Bath secure a play off place despite losing today. 
 

Great achievement but the Play-Offs at that level are an absolute minefield to win though, so still a long old way to go yet. 

Unfortunately all the potential games are miles away as well. 6 hour round trip on a Tuesday night anyone?

Was sat in home end today (don't ask) right next to the City fans. Home support was dire for such a big match. City fans got praise from the home fans 'much better than Ipswich' etc.

General consensus that we're a decent team and probably edged it.

Norwich is a VERY friendly away game, despite the away ban of fans and it being a big match for them fans happily mixed in the Coach and Horses near the ground with no issues.

Nice to see fans getting on. I may want to mix them but I want that to be my decision. Use a sausage as a breakwater. But I'm nit-picking, on the whole, a very good effort - 7 on 10. Let's make love.

12 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

I see Norwich as the benchmark for BCFC, a decent ground, big catchment area and decent owners.

Owners that attend nearly every match and are proper fans apparently. Though speaking to their fans the owners are very careful with money which stops them properly pushing on.

Seems to be nonsense about the away pubs thing. Plenty of City fans in the Coach and Horses.

26 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

Do Norwich have a lot to play for? It's pretty unlikely that Hull catch them even with a game in hand.

Of course they do, if they lose tomorrow and Hull win their game and their game in hand they're level on points...

Seven Stars, very old, historic pub so worth a visit.

2 hours ago, mozo said:

The big winners I would say are Tanner, Roberts, O'Leary, Mehmeti and Dickie, whose status has all got stronger as the season wore on.

A difficult season for Conway, Wells, Bell and Cornick, with injuries, bench time, poor service and inconsistent form.

I expected more Pring and Sykes if I'm honest. They've just looked a bit average when I expect exceptional. 

Everyone else has pretty much done their job.

Would agree with that. Bell had a good spell but tailed off, Pring good in spells but overall not hit the levels expected, not sure he will be on as many shopping lists this summer as last.

17 hours ago, redkev said:

Tony Powell , Bristol lad from Lawrence Weston if I remember correctly , lived couple of doors away from my Nan 

That's right, yep. I met him recently and he said he always wanted to play for City as he was a fan, but City never came in for him. Probably could have used him back then?

14 hours ago, FNQ said:

Correct.. went to school there with his sister Denise.

My mother in law!

This match will also be involved in a documentary that is being made about one of their former players, Tony Powell. If you're attending you could immortalised in film.

Looked harsh on the TV but we didn't get any good angles.

Surprised so many people are moaning about their time wasting! The win was crucial for them and the two points dropped could see them relegated.

The beard and the potato farmer hat is a wonderful look though...

Hurry up and blow the final whistle so I can go and watch some paint dry.

As I write that we win a pen 

I'm delighted by the recent form but reluctant to get ahead of myself. Leicester and Sunderland missed some absolute sitters and on another day we could have lost both of those games comfortably. 4 of our goals today were the result of comically bad defending, Sunday league stuff. 

Cautiously moving in the right direction for me, keep this up and we can look forward to next season with a solid foundation. 

Leif Davis for England?

7 minutes ago, Simon bristol said:

Twine in at number 10 with knight in midfield has to be making a difference 

Would argue James has made as much if not more difference? James, Knight and Twine is a nice midfield 3.

Hopefully we can put a solid run now till the end of the season. Sunderland an absolute shambles today and Blackburn who spanked them up as a next two.

10 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

One thing to look for today is that I think - if I've got my maths correct - it's mathematically possible for Rotherham to be relegated today.

Their maximum points total right now is 41. If they draw today it's only 39.

Three teams above them already have 39, and none of them are playing each other today.

Rotherham have one game left against one of those three teams - Birmingham.

So, if Sheff Wed or Huddersfield beat Rotherham's result today, then Rotherham are down.

I think.

They're down regardless if they lose, max points they can get currently is 21, lose and it becomes 18 meaning even if everyone above them loses they're still down.

Intriguing for me is that Blackburn could go down, awful form and toughest run in. Would be pleased if Blackburn and Birmingham go down.

13 minutes ago, Clutton Caveman said:

Our trendy set have moved to Rugger where they can take their beer to their seat compare tweed caps and Barbour jackets with your mate and feel that you are just a bit better than those football people.

Sounds quite pleasant actually...

2-2 now, Bath could really use a win.

28 minutes ago, Harry said:

I’d note that in most of those clips it features Jack Moylan and Joe Taylor. 
Two very good players for that level. 
Sometimes it’s just all about the players and their own capabilities / desire 

Sounds like you're doing him a disservice a bit. They've scored 5, 6 and 5 goals in their last 3 games (including against the Gas), the manager must be doing something right!

No, it's not an interview with Liam Manning.

Henrik Rydstrom has rejected the idea of positional play and embraced a more anarchic structure - winning the Swedish title with Malmo. 

Quite an interesting read about a rarely utilised way of playing, probably only Malmo and Fluminense doing it currently and having considerable success.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11096/13097969/henrik-rydstrom-interview-how-malmo-boss-rejected-positional-play-to-become-europes-most-innovative-coach

1 minute ago, Gazred said:

If Dykes can keep getting called up, there is surely hope for Tommy. Not exactly blessed with talent in that area of the pitch are they.

Forwards: Che Adams (Southampton), Lyndon Dykes (QPR), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts).

He suits their one up top style much better than Conway though.

Jacob Brown and Kevin Nisbet also ahead of Conway. He's some way down the pecking order and not pulling up any trees this season in our new system so can't see it happening unfortunately.

1 minute ago, AshtonGreat said:

We'd probably be 14th

But playing better football, more youngsters broken through and the fans on-side