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Most in the championship I think - or at least it was before his injury meant a few games out

I still think removing the free shirt unless you are in the Family Area would have been a good option.

He's looking to buy more than one I suspect

Nah, his brother

I certainly appreciate them, don't always have time to sit and watch the videos so reading a summary is very useful.

We are a top half of the table club (just) and finishing the season strongly. Promotion is possible next season, not probable, but certainly possible.

It feels to me that the amount of money in football these days has given all the advantages to the players. Any player that feels he is good enough to have clubs wanting his services is going to be better off letting his contract run down every single time. The only ones that will sign new contracts whilst still in one are going to be the mediocre ones!

If he has one year left on his contract would it not be in his own personal interest to let the contract run down and be a much more attractive proposition for clubs when there is no transfer fee required for him?

You just select it at checkout I think

I would agree that there have been some turgid displays under Manning, we are frustratingly inconsistent because when it is good, it is very good. It just confuses me a little that people say we should never have sacked Pearson because we were great, and it has become much duller under Manning, yet complain when a player suggests we have reverted to a more Pearson style. I get that people think we shouldn't have sacked Pearson, and I can agree to an extent as he did a fine job getting us through a very difficult patch and he should maybe have had a bit more time but it did feel like our progression had stalled under him a little. Whether Manning was the right replacement is also a topic for debate, and as yet I am on the fence but feel we have seen enough bright spots to think he will come good in the end. I also don't particularly like the constant references to 'Manningball' (usually used in a derogatory sense) as though the football he plays is somehow different to a lot of teams out there. And once again, we have already seen that when it is good it is very good. We just need to find some consistency is all.

I didn't read it, that's why I asked. If we have reverted to how we were playing under Pearson, why are people complaining about the dullness of the football? Reading this forum you would imagine that everything was whizzbangs and fireworks under Pearson, and the club is now on a deliberate campaign to find the most boring form of football possible and to inflict it on us for no purpose.

I presume this is something to do with you finding the football under Manning boring and that it is somehow a deliberate tactic? What did Sykes say to confirm that?

I have no stats or specifics Dave, I merely go along and watch the games and base my opinions on how I think it went. I just know that I was bored with the back end of the Johnson reign and all of Holden's. As for Nige, the beginnings of this season just didn't much feel like we were progressing, though that is very much with the benefit of hindsight as well. I am by nature optimistic, so am always going to see better things ahead, whether that is a rational feeling or not.

OK, more than a couple, but I do still feel we are moving in the right direction now whilst things were beginning to stagnate under NP. We are inconsistent and that needs sorting, but when we are good we are better than anything from the past 5-6 seasons. edit - I've been more active in the football forum than normal this morning, looking forward to my stalker coming along soon to facepalm every single bloody post!