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Glued to the screen. Hence, I could even watch the replays and half time discussions .

Did you actually watch the game?

Presumably, given his size now, he wasn't the ballboy that Lee Lohnson swung around when Korey Smith scored .

They have certainly been known to headbutt a minibus! https://www.facebook.com/EFLBantz/videos/bristol-rovers-lad-head-butted-a-mini-bus-full-of-oldham-fans/2200794286809729/

What was the context and lyrics?

Actually, I was going to ask. I saw TC stumble, but was there actually contact or did he just lose his footing?

Who was the commentator? . From GasChat. It’s been an entire football match of the lead commentator gushing over his s**thead childhood memories. How on earth is this allowed.

Was it perhaps against Southend then, with Freddy Eastwood? I just remember sitting in The Williams Stand, freezing cold, snowing and City conceding a late goal to go 4 or 5 down - I can't even remember if we actually scored or not. My friend wanted to go, neither of us were particularly enjoying it but we stuck it out bravely for the last 5 minutes or so.

I thought it was Arsenal, although that might have been Eric Morecambe, or even Ernie Wise. And before anybody mentions it, Eric Morecambe supported and was Vice President of Luton. Eric often told the story how once, when Luton were 2-0 down at half time, supporters chanted, “What do you think of it so far?” to which he replied, “Rubbish”.

Memory fades, but I don’t recall any really bad language. There was obviously a lot of racism and sexism, I really don’t think of the series as being riddled with swearing.

I am pretty sure there was an even more recent game against Wednesday, Saturday afternoon in the snow, when we lost 4 or 5-1?

So it was you. And I never did get to thank you. I see I am not the only one with a childish sense of humour.

Alf Garnett was certainly a West Ham fan, but, in real life, Warren Mitchell was actually a Tottenham Hotspurs fan. I used to love that programme, and remember nearly being punished in my Junior School as a result. Mind you, it probably wasn't the best idea to call my miserable English teacher a silly moo.

´One Bed and Breakfast, there’s only one Bed and Breakfast’. And wasn’t there also some announcement that the train from TM was going to leave earlier than scheduled? To be fair to their fans, though, and I have always liked them, most stayed until the final whistle.

That is probably when we would be negotiating to sign him on a permanent deal.

Of course Manning has already managed him, but that was not in The Championship, a huge step up from League One, as you well know. Whilst, presumably/hopefully, Manning will be confident he can carry on as before, albeit at a higher level, this has yet to be proven (it was certainly not demonstrated at Burnley - injuries noted - nor strikingly at Hull), so a loan with a (reasonable) option to buy would seem the ideal solution (for us). I agree a full loan would be pointless (and expensive), were we to agree a loan on terms similar to TG-H, where the amount of his loan fee is deducted from any final transfer fee, then why not? Provided the transfer fee is not £5M!

And, surely, that is the crux of the problem. Firstly, at £5M he would be far too expensive, and even if he was ‘only’ £4M, what would it solve? I don’t believe one additional player is going to guide us to the playoffs, so why not wait until the summer or, if need be, take him on a ‘loan to buy, but, even then, surely not at more than £3M at most.

I know a lot on here like to refer to Gerry Gow as a 'Hard Man', but he was also a very good player technically. Just after he broke in to Alan Dicks' First Eleven, having starred in the youth team alongside several of his teammates, he was often criticised for just 'passing the ball in to empty space'. I well remember my late father saying something very similar to yours.

And, of course, he has now caught up with the pre-season training he missed whilst he was out of contract.

Perhaps I just have a warped sense of humour, but I couldn’t help noticing the name of Bolton’s stadium. How awful when a spectator collapsed and themself in a possibly life threatening situation. Toughsheet Stadium. How unfortunate.

So basically, in your opinion, we are currently in the SH1T. I must say, when NP was dismissed (and replaced by LM) I felt any chance of a playoff position this season went with him. My only hope for this season now rests with a victory on Tuesday and, hopefully, a relatively successful FA Cup run.

Similarly to Twine, Swift is one I would have liked here a few years ago, when he was with Reading.

Does anybody really know what the cause of his injury was and how it really happened? I mean, did it really occur on a dry ski slope?

A very balanced and well written post.