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25 minutes ago, shelts said:

Where else might they be ?

Falling down the stairs of the Dolman stand 

59 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

At the ft whistle, noticed that Martin went straight down the tunnel - no handshakes, no applause to supporters, just straight off.  Looked strange but may be nothing. 

Took a lot of a abuse on Saturday and has had his fair share whilst being here. Also think he gets frustrated by a lack of playing time as he’s done this a few times this season. Probably the least he’s played in his career?

What’s always surprised me is a few players in the squad referring to Martin as ‘biggest moaner’ when asked in tedious social media/YouTube videos. Not a suggestion on his professionalism just surprising. 

Sounds like Bajic is under serious consideration

19 minutes ago, maxjak said:

Meh..........can't help the human condition?   What are you trying to express?..........Cos' I don't get it.

Football is a job. Some people love their job and put in maximum effort and some people do the opposite. Life. Human condition. No point getting upset about it. 

7 minutes ago, maxjak said:

When you read about poor Enock Mwepu having to retire from the game he loves, and having to give up the enjoyment   and the financial security he experienced doing something he had worked so hard to achieve..........it makes you realise how privileged footballers are to have the opportunity to enjoy a job that thousands would do anything to experience?

It then makes me even more angry and annoyed when you see some players not making the most of their talents and their chance to improve themselves, by not staying fit  and committed to a wonderful career, and instead squandering the talents they have been gifted,  by not working hard enough, and making the most of what talent they have been so fortunate to have?  Good Luck to you Enock in your future.

If it seems inappropriate then i apologise in advance, but it echoes with me even more, when i see 2,200 fans spend a fortune in commitment, travel and tickets, to then see certain individual  footballers not being bothered to do their job?   For I am certain Mr Mwepu would have given everything he  had to be out on a football pitch once more?

Meh. Can’t help the human condition. It is what it is. Down to the clubs not to award these types with contracts. 

Sad for Enock. Hopefully he finds peace.

You can see him squeezing back the anger with all he’s got in these interviews sometimes. Think he’s learnt from past mistakes and ‘saying too much’ when the emotion is high as he alludes to there. He certainly regretted his ‘strange club’ Peterborough interview last season and probably regrets throwing players under the bus publically but you can’t blame him at times. 

I am not an overly reactionary fan but can understand people’s anger today. That was as bad as anything since Pearson walked through the door, on the back of no win in 4 and 3 losses. No cohesion whatsoever.

No one wants to endure another meaningless languish in the lower half of the table and we have less points than last season which was widely viewed as a painful slog. How do you expect people to react? 

2 minutes ago, Banjo Red said:

We can't have a big squad, as nige doesn't like them and we can't afford it.

A few injuries here and there and here we are.

Long season a head.

Injuries maybe but that’s doesn’t cause the players we do have to jog around like mercenaries. Non-committal lethargy today, really disappointing

What’s weimann done to deserve escaping one of four substitutions? A game or two out the side is exactly what he needs and we can all see that.

3 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said:

Very similar pattern to last season if I remember

Decent start threatening play offs after the first 6/7/8 and then start dropping in Autumn to our position of lower mid table for the rest of the season

We had more points this time last season 

Jesus wept. 3 of them going for one ball 

16 minutes ago, Dolman_Stand said:

My guess is that his Mrs was taking them and its got into his system somehow, both sides have confirmed it was a trace finding so could have been cross contamination rather than him taking it directly. All other samples have been clear as well.

As for discussing with Eubank having a say I can only assume Conor wanted to explain how it happened with him which if my theory is close then it would be a reasonable conversation to have with someone....maybe Eubank negotiated a bit of leeway in the rehydration clause as a result?

Of course it’s going to be a trace finding. They are professional athletes with doctors who know how to mask this stuff. It’s always a trace. There are no excuses, he’s been caught and he’s a cheat. 

‘Eubank Jr still wants the fight to go ahead’. Since when did the opposing fighter get to make a decision like that? Of course they’re going to want to fight but it’s ******* dangerous! 

Why is it only ever Matchroom opponents that get pulled out if they fail a test, and never their own fighters? Any money they might have been getting from me for this one they can forget.

Btw, this is a PED that allows for post cycle recovery, stops you from growing man boobs and means tests shouldn’t detect anything adversary. Essentially meaning he’s been juiced up to the gills on god knows what else. *** shouldn’t be allowed near a ring ever again let alone a drastically weight drained fighter. 

When teams set up in a way that reduces our main threats (the cat is out the bag regarding our attack) we have to find different patterns of play and alternative ways of grinding out goals, not just buckets of hopeful crosses. That’s 3 of the last 4 sides who have seemingly worked us out.

Complimentary in some ways that teams are almost stifling themselves to cope with us but we have to give them more to think about with Plan B’s and C’s. 

Unpopular decisions may have to be taken for that to happen. Martin playing in a side with proper shape (not 4/5 striker mayhem) who are consistently delivering crosses is bound to get on the end of some of them in a way that other strikers won’t. Weimann is now (in an attacking sense) a passenger and his threat vanishes when we play like that, Pearson may need to view him as liable to a substitution once in a while. Maybe we also need to think about Wilson’s crossing ability which has always been very good and would create more opportunities than the average deliveries of Sykes and JD, but he’s going to have to start getting minutes as he looks miles off the pace right now. 

This is where managers earn their corn, we’re still keeping hold of the ball and that remains big step forward. There are now however some tactical tweaks to be made before early season confidence starts to drain. If the goals dry up where does that leave us? 

40 minutes ago, The Coach said:

I think some managers catch lightening in a bottle and cannot sustain that elsewhere. Paul Lambert being a prime example.

Think Wilder will be the same. 

Pearson at Leicester…

I agree. Just as we were finding rhythm and confidence again in the game we go  for the shapeless gung ho. I can understand the last 10 minutes but at 60 when we’re finding our way back into the game I believe it to be poor management. 

The new CL format is the Super League in everything but name! To be honest I couldn’t give a **** if the EFL cup becomes more winnable. Might even breathe new life into the competition. 
 

12 hours ago, mightyreds89 said:

Why? 
They’ve got bigger but as far as I know they haven’t changed the recipe?! 

Recipe changed with the design alterations on cans (more filled out with artificial stuff and sugars). Also it isn’t necessarily the ‘recipe’ changing which can reduce a ciders quality but the process becoming increasingly commercialised and hurried to meet demand.

Bigger it has got the shitter it has got. Can barely stomach one these days. Always the way.

Common pain in the arse for I when buying mates tickets 

Gamblin’ Gareth and his fast paced attacking football are going to take Qatar by storm. Can’t ******* wait! 

For all the warranted melodrama and negativity, in the likely scenario that England win their fortunately drawn group games and build confidence going into knockout territory will anyone be talking about or caring these glorified friendlies?

Can see him going to Cardiff 

Is Webster injured? The back 3 are crying out for a quality ball carrier. Crazy he hasn’t been selected if available 

Joyce clearly has no respect for the bums he has been fed and a lot of the mockery comes from taking clean right over hands from binmen, whenever he’s in there with a live opponent he goes up levels 

Mind you, uppercut in the 9th? would have put most to sleep