Steve Watts

Definitely not the case. The only reason it's free is because Brighton didn't offer him a new and improved deal by whatever the deadline was. Just like us with Liam Rosenior. It could prove to be a decision they regret in the future regardless of where he ends up.

New regs introduced for next season, including the reintroduction of multi ball and the banning of towels.... https://www.efl.com/news/2023/june/efl-statement-regulation-changes--summer-2023

The only thing Spurs have in their favour is Scott's support. The new guy is wholly untried at a top level. Winning a one horse race at a canter in the pub league is not an indicator of anything really. The move I'm hoping for that would be best for everyone would be Newcastle. Money to burn, but also the sort of manager who would be perfect for his development in my opinion.

Not even I'm biting on that one! Luton are fine with the upgrades....Mrs Begum of number 87 is upgrading to Sky Sports UHD.

You make fair points, however I would still sit on the side of not plateauing, but more improving in different ways/speed. You can split the players I mentioned into different parts of the season. Early on it was Tommy and Zak. A little later came Cams improvement and Max's introduction, whilst the second half of the season saw Sammy and George. We ended up in the same place, but I still see that as continued progression. It's likely that our perceived improvement speed probably differs in that you have seen maybe a sharper increase to where we are now, whereas my viewpoint is more of a steady climb. Either way I think we're both on the same page that the future is exciting to see where this group can really go when complimented by new arrivals and greater strength in depth.

You could say that a square wheel would certainly fit the description of an odd one, so taking inspiration from Jon's effort for our third kit, I found this on the first page of google images for you. FC Odd Wheel You're welcome!

I personally think this is a really harsh assessment of a season that saw the emergence of Cam Pring, Tommy Conway, Sam Bell, Zak Vyner, George Tanner and Max O'Leary, all into Championship level players, whilst continuing to increase the value of quite probably the most talented player this club has ever produced, and massively reducing our wage bill. Progress has different perspectives and league position is not the only marker for this. I in no way see last season as a plateau.

£20 at 14/1? If my maths is right then that means that come May you'll be down £20!

OOOooooh.... I don't know....it's bloody awful and tinpot but it might be rivalled by hashtags for second place.... But surely the worst thing we've ever had on our shirt has got to be the name "DIONY"....?

Or my own personal favourite of You Say It Best When You Shut The Hell Up Say Nothing At All.

Oh my days.....Mrs Browns Boys is hilarious and Fools and Horses a big steaming pile of dogs mess..... you're messing with us now aren't you?!? Edit: Nothing new about RM other than he's fit to play tomorrow having missed the weekends game.

Straying into the 80's and not mentioning Fools & Horses....?

I'm clearly low on sleep....I read that as we ran on the pitch at Northampton 12 months before the game kicked off. Must've read it about 5 times before I realised what you actually meant! (That's wholly on me, not you!)

May I present the following evidence. Exhibit A: Matty James Exhibit B: Andi Weimann Exhibit C : Nakhi Wells Exhibit D: Andy King (before anyone argues this one, ask the academy kids coming through this season what they think...) The defence rests its case your honour

Given he was here when we beat United then yes....yes there was. ?

He's a modern day Matty Hill or Tommy Doherty. Springs in their boots. And just typing the above and seeing that those players can be used in a "modern day version of.." comparison makes me fell very, very old!

Nope. Rugby evolved from football and became a game in its own right when the FA was formed and set out rules including one that outlawed the carrying of the ball. Some schools, such as one in Rugby decided against following the new rules and continued in their own way, thus introducing Rugby Football. (This is understood to be the truer version of the one where a kid picked up the ball during a football match and ran it into the goal, prompting the ref to say that doesn't count, but it was a good try) This is also a fact that seems to get forgotten by refs, pundits and fans alike when it comes to the "last man". If a player is brought down by a defender when through on goal he's often sent off for being the last man. If a player is brought down by the keeper but a defender was behind him and could have blocked any shot this often seems to be deemed a yellow card offence for the keeper as a defender was covering. As for why grassroots is struggling for refs, then you only need to look at parents, coaches and players. Twice this season (under 11's) we've had 14 year old daughters of the coaches refereeing their first matches, and both times they were being harangued by players or parents (strangely though, these same parents aren't willing to pick up a flag and help out running the line, and one of them was also shouting instructions to his son to push up and play his opponent offside.....they were both the other side of the halfway line at the time!) Some coaches are just as bad with constantly on the backs of the referees, many of whom are just starting out. I certainly wouldn't want to take up refereeing.

What foot did Gordon Owen favour......?

I did feel sorry for March. I was willing so many before him to miss because of those stupid arsed run ups players do nowadays. March stepped up and just took the thing. Having said that he's the only one who missed so maybe they have a point!?

I'm not sure how this helps....!

Well I've been introduced as your assistant coach before.... That in itself was quite harrowing....!

My assumption is that under the terms of the contract with Hummell we're prohibited from selling non-Hummel replica kit before the season ends. Yes, they have probably breached the contract by not supplying the kits, but Ashton would have had to make sure there was a get out clause there in that event. A few training items have started to land in the shop though. That's my suspicion as well, but moreso in the badge area. I can't help but think they're essentially gauging the opinion of the fans, but haven't worked out the best way to do that is to actually engage with them! If it's the same suppliers as the one I got for this seasons shirt I wouldn't put too much on the colour as mine was completely the wrong red!

Why would it be in the Bears FAQ's - Is there a group of Bears fans that want to move nearer away fans? Galley.....No need of the capitalisation there. You make it sound like this has been explained umpteen times to anyone on any post about atmosphere....Oh wait....as you were.....

This thread has so much passive aggression running through it it's unreal! And then there are posts like this one which just leave me utterly dumbfounded. I challenge you to run through our squad and pick out those that aren't playing to a higher level of performance than when they made their debuts.

In fairness the bar is set pretty low in this regard!