Rob k

I think the crowds are down as the casual race goer won’t pay the prices, of my own group only 4 of us are now attending and that used to be 10 plus. The cost of tickets and the price of beers has made it a day that they don’t think is worth the money. I was in best mate and to be fair it sounded a lot easier to get a beer over there than it did in other parts of the course. For me, they are going to have to do something about the races so the best horses cant avoid each other, I want to see Lossiemouth for an example in the champion hurdle rather than being able to divert to the mares and race an easier race. Both the champion hurdle and Mares were boring races as the 2 winners literally just had to get round. I know CH pulling out was a pain but I’d still like to have seen a race where the 3 best were in it. It’s also getting harder and harder to have an Ante Post bet due to having no idea where the horses will be running. They have some issues and need to take them seriously to ensure Cheltenham is still the premier event of the calendar (which it will remain imo), especially as the DRF, Aintree etc are both gaining in popularity.

Max got to do better there for the goal

Andy Johnson

The issue is the racing is not even competitive so it’s been boring, the majority of G1s have been a procession. It’s no different in Ireland either, it’s not Irish dominance, it’s Willie Mullins dominance, i can’t remember exact figures, but over the G1s at DRF and chelt, Mullins has won something like 12/14 of them.

He’s got the summer for me. I’d rather the people above him were gone before him.

But you know as well as i do that what we were told is bullshit, everyone knows this squad wasn’t good enough so you shouldn’t have an issue with Manning about that. Blame Tinnion

Not surprised when they are playing shots like this in the 2nd over

Not in camp until the end of March, gives him 6 or 7 weeks then to be ready

I’ve never once stepped foot in a ring so fair enough, take the cash and crack on. Listening to AJ, i find him hard to really like

How can the likes of Fury and AJ get up for fighting in Saudi after fighting in packed out stadiums with loads of atmosphere.

I’ve not watched any of this test - was it down to bazball and brainless test cricket or good bowling?

City played well tonight - our subs impacted the game and theirs did too. We missed a sitter, so did they. I think they were much stronger last 15 but plenty of positives to take out of that outside of the result.

Exactly - when do the board wonder if it’s the managers they keep getting wrong or the set up they are working within?

They won’t be his players completely though, that’s not how it works. It will be a combination of Tinnion and the analysts players who will feed them in to Manning.

Stan Collymore was saying this last night, he basically said that Burnley, Sheff etc should play a 4-5-1 with 3 rat like central midfielders, 2 flying wingers and a quick striker rather than trying to compete with the Arsenals, Man City’s etc.

Made a sub after 16 mins too - Sheff utd are terrible heads are going too

He played 3 times for us

Don’t agree one bit about Pack - his legs hadn’t gone, he was fine. It was a weird decision to sell him when we did and was a mistake

It will always amaze me this one, and it’s not hindsight either, those who know me will know I’ve moaned about this for a long time

Yep - get as much as you can for him now

Would have probably needed a further 100 runs in the second innings to make it interesting.

It will go down as a missed opportunity this game

Who? Must have missed that then so will take your word for it

Not a single Chelsea player appealed, that tells you everything

That’s a joke