Today’s games (Sat)

[Lanterne Rouge]

Brum 1 - 0 Blackpool

Andy Carroll goes off injured after going down off the ball. Walked off though.

[David Brent]

1 hour ago, GrahamC said:

Paterson now has 8 goals in the league this season, that’s 6 fewer than Palmer has scored in his entire career.

But he’s a “one good game in 10” player, isn’t he?

Imagine signing Palmer and Szmodics and sending Paterson away 

[CodeRed]

Gaschat all saying pen was given for foul just outside the box!  Hopefully JB will kick off at FT and lamp the ref

[Lanterne Rouge]

1 minute ago, CodeRed said:

Gaschat all saying pen was given for foul just outside the box!  Hopefully JB will kick off at FT and lamp the ref

Oh well, never mind.

[Midred]

Distracted by other events?

[ralphindevon]

6 minutes ago, David Brent said:

Imagine signing Palmer and Szmodics and sending Paterson away 

I think it was a matter of somebody had to go, not sure there was a long queue for Palmer, certainly Swansea wouldn’t want him. So Pato it was.

[Lanterne Rouge]

Late winner for Cotts looks like v Charlton. Good result if they hang on.

[Port Said Red]

Another late comeback by Coventry, where have I heard that before>

[cityexile]

Not really a great set of results, although if Peterborough v Barnsley finishes 0-0 it’s ok (ten minutes delayed because of flood light failure).

[Jerseybean]

All those below us who played today won except Barnsley v Posh which is currently all square 

[steviestevieneville]

3 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

I think it was a matter of somebody had to go, not sure there was a long queue for Palmer, certainly Swansea wouldn’t want him. So Pato it was.

Question is why did we sign Palmer just after we signed szmodics plus having pato on the books. Pato ended up being the patsy because of our shambles of a recruitment policy. That’s if there was one. 
Three number 10’s when we didn’t play with a number ten. We’re reaping that shit now 

[Numero Uno]

Just now, steviestevieneville said:

Question is why did we sign Palmer just after we signed szmodics plus having pato on the books. Pato ended up being the patsy because of our shambles of a recruitment policy. That’s if there was one. 
Three number 10’s when we didn’t play with a number ten. We’re reaping that shit now 

Absolutely. We had to get rid of Paterson because of finances - i.e. we had waste of space Palmer on the books. Palmer, who has had enough chances to impress Pearson and doesn't seem to give a **** whether he plays or not. Another wonderful example of hoarding "clubs in the bag".

[ralphindevon]

Just now, steviestevieneville said:

Question is why did we sign Palmer just after we signed szmodics plus having pato on the books. Pato ended up being the patsy because of our shambles of a recruitment policy. That’s if there was one. 
Three number 10’s when we didn’t play with a number ten. We’re reaping that shit now 

We’ll it certainly wasn’t on my recommendation.

Right from the start of his loan spell you could see he was a player that was unlikely to give you too many solid 90 minute games and so it’s proved. 

[Davefevs]

16 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Oh well, never mind.

Summoning up my inner Windsor Davies

[Roger Red Hat]

7 minutes ago, Port Said Red said:

Another late comeback by Coventry, where have I heard that before>

But this time it was the other way round Coventry had 11 players, B'muff 10.

[steviestevieneville]

4 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Absolutely. We had to get rid of Paterson because of finances - i.e. we had waste of space Palmer on the books. Palmer, who has had enough chances to impress Pearson and doesn't seem to give a **** whether he plays or not. Another wonderful example of hoarding "clubs in the bag".

And we’re in the state we’re in now because of it. Which pisses me off. Don’t want to get into the debate again we’ve done it to death but it grates big time. 

[DaveInSA]

43 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Swansea didn’t want Palmer though, did they? Just 2 starts in his loan spell there.

We were the only mugs to buy him after a loan spell, I still can’t fathom why.

You remember that bloke Ashton. And our ‘amazing’ relationship with Chelski.

it was only amazing cos we shelled out about 15 million on three players. Two of whom aren’t even playing.

amazing for them. Not so good for us.

 

[David Brent]

16 minutes ago, ralphindevon said:

I think it was a matter of somebody had to go, not sure there was a long queue for Palmer, certainly Swansea wouldn’t want him. So Pato it was.

We signed Palmer and Szmodics in the same window, when we really didn’t need to. 

That recklessness looks to have gone with Ashton / Johnson thankfully.

[Bristol Oil Services]

22 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Question is why did we sign Palmer just after we signed szmodics plus having pato on the books. 

Geoff can't put this to Ashton now, but he might care to quiz SL on Ashton and all that, next time Steve's over and fancies a grilling

[Bizyer]

28 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

All those below us who played today won except Barnsley v Posh which is currently all square 

And most above lost so.......glass half full (looking up) or glass half empty (looking down)?

[ExiledAjax]

A win tomorrow is great, but even a draw restores a 3 point gap to Hull and Cardiff below us.

[22A]

 

II was amazed by the difference in the two lunch time games.

In the Prem Arsenal played a sterile game v Newcastle and strolled to a win.

Meanwhile, in the Champs, Fulham went to Preston and fought out a keenly contested draw with robust tackles & challenges and both sides making chances at goal etc. It was far more entertaining.

 

 

[Lanterne Rouge]

5 minutes ago, Bizyer said:

And most above lost so.......glass half full (looking up) or glass half empty (looking down)?

Yep, win tomorrow (I know, I know!) and we`re up to 14th, six points off the top six, ten above the bottom three.

[Bizyer]

Just now, Lanterne Rouge said:

Yep, win tomorrow (I know, I know!) and we`re up to 14th, six points off the top six, ten above the bottom three.

That's the spirit!

But, as someone on here often says......it's the hope that kills you

[steviestevieneville]

14 minutes ago, Moments of Pleasure said:

Geoff can't put this to Ashton now, but he might care to quiz SL on Ashton and all that, next time Steve's over and fancies a grilling

I’d like to ask him why he thought it a good idea to employ him a second time after he royally ****** up in a recruitment consultancy role in 2012/13

[Lanterne Rouge]

15k plus at Plymouth today, only Wednesday had a bigger crowd.

[Harry]

3 hours ago, billywedlock said:

Watch out for Michael Duff. He’s looking like a real talent . Amazing what he is doing with Cheltenham on a minimal budget . 

I’ve been watching him for a while. 
Doing a fantastic job and has a great team atmosphere. 
Recruited well. Loaned well. Has a smattering of academy kids in the squad. 
I’ve been up to the ‘Johnny Rocks Stadium’ 3 times this season and I’ve been impressed. Especially as all 3 games were against vastly superior opposition in MK, Oxford & Rotherham. 
Duff deffo seems to have something about him. 

[Major Isewater]

8 minutes ago, Harry said:

I’ve been watching him for a while. 
Doing a fantastic job and has a great team atmosphere. 
Recruited well. Loaned well. Has a smattering of academy kids in the squad. 
I’ve been up to the ‘Johnny Rocks Stadium’ 3 times this season and I’ve been impressed. Especially as all 3 games were against vastly superior opposition in MK, Oxford & Rotherham. 
Duff deffo seems to have something about him. 

Up the Duff. 

[Midred]

1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said:

A win tomorrow is great, but even a draw restores a 3 point gap to Hull and Cardiff below us.

It'd be good to reduce the goals against figure too.

[Harry]

23 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Up the Duff. 

Not sure he’d ever work here though. I can’t imagine Cotterill, one of his best mates in football, recommending working under Lansdown. 
But that’s a whole other argument.