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Red-Robbo

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  1. I think thry'll have just about enough in them to survive this season. They'd be nowhere near relegation without the point deduction. Taunton Town however, I'm not so sure. It doesn’t help that they have to play home games away.
  2. Both David Wilkinson (chairman) and Paul Ballantyne (director) are multimillionaires. There's not a billionaire owner there though and they probably have the poorest board in the PL.
  3. With hindsight, he should've been given more time to develop. I got to hold my hands up and admit that I didn't see him adapting to the Championship at the time. He looked lost.
  4. Not sure that was the complaint. He always looked like he added something to the squad, but in his first full games for us he struggled to score and seemed lacking in confidence to shoot. Some thought he might make a midfielder but not a striker, others that it was a confidence thing and he'd come good. Which proved correct. Oh what we'd give for a robust frontman able to hold off defenders, now.
  5. False beard and wig to avoid embarrassment.
  6. Players all develop at different rates - and some that look world-beaters at 17 look like panel beaters at 20. (and vice versa of course). Let's remember Vardy might've been off form against us, but he's been a top pro yet in his early 20s he got turned down by Rotherham and Crewe whilst playing non-league. Equally guys who looked like they'd set the world on fire ended up with damp squibs of careers. Best player (unplayable!) at my school never got beyond the Gas under -20s. It happens. As a scout, you shouldn't get caught up in the hype of young prospects. You need to cooly assess.
  7. Red-Robbo

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    I'd go as far as to say he was interested - in scoring. As tbf he always is.
  8. Hopefully the Rotherham players will already be mentally on holiday when we meet them. Would like to see us take advantage.
  9. This is it. And it may well be harder playing clubs fighting for their lives at this stage of the season than it is to play clubs thinking about promotion but nervous as to whether they will atain it.
  10. Janners are ways claiming the Mayflower set off from Plymouth, but its home port and the beginning of the voyage was actually Southampton, it merely restocked in Plymouth and it also stopped in the Azores before leaving European territory. Top men - much admired by Geoff Twentyman
  11. "I think the current owner and management of Bristol City is great!" signed Stan Leavesdown.
  12. Maybe the Leicester fans who were booing their side and angrily gesturing towards the manager and players for the sin of only being in second place in the league might qualify as more fickle?
  13. I don't think Stroud is that bad generally. He had one atrocious match officiating at AG and supporters seem to remember him from that. His more recent efforts were decent. It seems a bit of a coincidence that both Kitchen and Kettle are poor however. If we get a ref called Toaster coming here, watch out!
  14. I was happy that he was able to take the ball into their final third at a time when Leicester were upping the pressure on us. If he was a natural goal scorer he'd play up front rather than where he does.
  15. Unsurpriding really as their number 10 and 18 threw themselves to the turf as soon as they felt the slightest contact. The ref wasn't great but at least he waved away their theatrics.
  16. We were lucky to get away with the one thst was intercepted by Vardy. That was a gift he'd bury 8 times out of 10. Tbh if they'd scored then Max would've gone from hero to zero. But my view is - hey - if every aspect of his game was perfect he'd not be playing in the Championship. He had a generally very good game.
  17. Apparently Mr Kitchen is aware of the obscure FA rule that says Hamza Choudhury is allowed to come flying in two footed from behind on any player, but if anyone in a red shirt does the same it's a foul.
  18. Yes a much improved McCrorie performance from his damp squib appearances recently. Makes me think he's back fully fit again and ready to contribute.
  19. I'd keep Conway. He's destined to score more goals than Sam. However the decision is out of our hands.
  20. Well spotted. I did agree with you, once you changed your posts from saying "flag defacement is a hate crime" to "flag defacement can be a hate crime". But as for the second bit of your response, the law isn't there to protect the delicate sensibilities of snowflakes hurt because a near invisible and non-traditional feature of one particular football kit has changed colour. It not only is not near the threshold of behaviour likely to cause a breach of the peace, it isn't in the same county, the same country or even the same frigging continent as that threshold. Not sure how a tribute to the training colours of the England 1966 kit can be insulting, but then I'm not a led-by-the-nose to be offended by whatever culture war bullshit is being peddled by right-wing media sort of guy. I don't give a shit if Nike keep it, change it back, or drop the flag altogether in a tribute to all England kits pre-2002. I'm more offended by the shirt's price and I don't generally like Nike sportswear anyway.
  21. There was also the Danny Simpson Range The Nicky Hunt Collection Plus the Gerard Lavin Line
  22. Not the first of defender at the club to bring out his own clothing line. There was the Louis Carey range...
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