Silvio Dante

I noticed this on the first page of the frankly amateur website…

And 2-1 down. Always liked Swindon.

Scott’s also been called up for England U19s - I’d imagine he must be ok or the club would have asked he be left out of the squad.

He was playing at 44 so no shock. He was at Bournemouth just before the Russian cash and had to turn out as they had so little players - played a lot of stiffs games and against Rovers in the LDV

Fair play to Biff, he’s done very well in the back room side of the game since his spell managing Southend.

It’s a very good discussion. Starting in the late 80s/early 90s there was Martin Scott Darren Barnard Jim Brennan Mickey Bell All within a decade. I’d have had Brennan top had he played for longer and realised his potential with us but he played a great run of left footed right back games and ended up going to Forest before he played that much. Lot of respect for Barnard as well - signed a new deal which meant we got a fee, when it was clear he was in the way prior to signing. You then obviously had the cheap Bell. And this is before we get into Bryan, DaSilva and Mark Humphries. But I’m probably with you on Scott

Damn good footballer but think he’s retired mate ?

Yep, agree, he’s definitely 6th in the queue for me. And that probably says he’s not got a long term future here as it’s not like he’s not had opportunity

I think you have to remember Niges view - just because they have a squad number, it doesn’t mean they’re part of the first team squad. And they’re not - none of the three of them. Dropping Weimann is just nuts, and although I agree Martin needs a rest, the only alternate in those three that won’t lead to a ball coming back at us is Britton - and I trust NPs opinion that he’s a way off currently.

I think with Ty, there’s a pattern. I’ve said it before - you look at his loan spells, starts like a train, gets complacent, gets bombed out. Did the same with us last season, and the worry now is the gap between good performance and complacent is getting smaller, not larger…

You know I said on Saturday how the squad leave everything on the pitch? I’d like to exclude Ty from that…

Wouldn’t matter if double jabbed. Only have to isolate if positive test or unvaccinated. The bit I found odd was the no close contact since QPR (Fulham would have made sense). But it’s to our benefit if nobody else effected!

I shall put my tinfoil away!

On a slight conspiracy theory note, it seems very unlikely that he’s not had close contact with anyone in the squad since QPR. We also know a large proportion of footballers aren’t double jabbed. We also know someone had an unexpected Hamstring injury at the weekend which would keep them out for approximately 10 days, and our main attacking sub had a mystery knock on Saturday. It’s not credible for him to have had no contact, and he’s likely had contact with an unjabbed person. It’s even more likely players if they get it have had contact with an unjabbed player. Of course, it’s just possible he’s had no contact with unjabbed players and no jabbed players have tested positive….

It is if they’re not double jabbed (cough) Wells (cough)

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/arsenal-legend-fears-job-prospects-5980463 Per the above, Campbell applied for our job at one stage - got to assume it was when Holden was appointed. Mind you, also applied for Rovers so it feels like someone applying to both be the trolley collector and CEO at Tesco. Probably couldn’t have been worse than Dean, but would have been a colossally disappointing hire in view of the lack of track record.

Just Charlton, Hurst and Cohen left now. RIP

“Sources say that it was a difficult labour are wide of the mark, and it is believed McGregor is in the market for a further child to strengthen his care in retirement”

Not the only game to be off for this reason, but considering the teams aren’t that far apart geographically really shows the extent of shortages. So, are you stocked up for Millwall and Peterborough? If not, get to the pumps. PANIC! (Deliberately kept politically free. There’s a thread for that)

Fixed that for you.

“Let me be clear. An opportunity arose that was good for my nuts, and I’ll always put the interests of these gonads first. My clangers have now got exactly what they’ve needed and asked for, and it’s up to them to perform”

U23s are away at Ipswich this afternoon. Wonder if Ashtons ready to go all “David Pleat” should they sneak a late equaliser

It doesn’t matter - Wyclef Jean and The Rock