swanker

12 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

A shame you didn't get into refereeing.

"The referee's swanker"

I actually do some work for Roger Milford and he said the crowd used to sing that to him. 

Although I had a foul mouth as a young man I no longer swear because it’s not clever. 

Great read and let’s everyone know where we are at the moment. No need to panic we’re going in the right direction and the team will hopefully improve. 

Pearson knows what he doing

On 18/10/2022 at 12:43, And Its Smith said:

Hopefully the wake up call Massengo needs. Won’t be nice feeling playing for the under 21s today. 

He’s only playing for them because he’s not really that good. He needs to up his game!

27 minutes ago, tin said:

The jury’s still out for me, but he did well at the Hawthorns. 

It’s all about consistency. There’s hundreds of players in the lower leagues that can have a good game every now and again. 
 

I’ve still got my five a side court and about 10 teams. Mrs always threatening to throw them out!

Traveled to a few away games on his coaches years ago. Birmingham away back in the 1st Div days always springs to mind. 
Sad news indeed. RIP

Work up at the training ground once a month. Pearson often comes out when he sees us and asks how we are doing. 

Seems like a really decent bloke. 

However good he is, he can’t keep giving the ball away and costing us goals. 
Its becoming embarrassing for the bloke!

30 minutes ago, Bristol Rob said:

I would expect Scott to command a higher transfer fee than Semenyo.

Makes you wonder what they’re both worth? I should imagine their value is climbing all the time. 

I fancy us to get something from every game at the moment  

I think both Norwich and Burnley will be more worried about us than we are about them. 

21 minutes ago, Judda said:

Perfect!

It is

11 minutes ago, joe jordans teeth said:

Spot on,bloke down road has had a bad toe for about 20 years,doesn’t stop him walking down the pub and doing home improvements but it does stop him working 

I bet he can’t walk Pizza Hut, he most probably gets them delivered. 

2 hours ago, IAmNick said:

People are trying to do their best I agree, in a system that isn't fair and doesn't reward them appropriately.

In 2017 (so before COVID etc.) The welfare budget was £264 billion. Of that, £2.2 billion went for jobseekers allowance, so less than 1%.

Is that a lot of money? Sure - But I think your anger is misplaced. The Tories gave dodgy COVID contracts out to their mates worth many more times than that for example.

It's an incredibly small minority who'd choose to struggle on the dole (and it is a struggle). In my opinion the solution is to improve working conditions, and give people help, support, and a route to work if they're able. Not to just abandon them and leave them even further behind. They aren't hurting you.

I’m not angry with people who milk the system, just saying it all very unfair. 

I totally agree with you on the fact that the system doesn’t work. It’s broken, but I don’t think many people realise just how broken. 
From my point of view the future looks exciting. 
We haven’t seen anything yet

Also, I really appreciate you putting the away goals on here. I always look out for them. 
 

On 08/09/2022 at 12:35, IAmNick said:

Yeah you're spot on in your first line, I have nothing against him personally and it's broadly not his fault for living in the system we have, although how much you choose to exploit that is another question. It does make it hard for me to care when he gets more than most of us will earn in a lifetime (or ten lifetimes) wiped off his net worth though.

I think personally it's an intentionally perpetuated lie though that you benefit the rewards from how hard you work - many people work incredibly hard and barely benefit, while others benefit hugely from other people's hard work. If people believe it's just hard work to get to the top rather than the system being broken then that benefits those in the system.

The fact is though we all have to exist together somehow, so short of going to live in a hole on Dartmoor (or at the Mem) eating mud we all participate in these systems, and that shouldn't preclude us from criticising them or wanting them to change. I think we can and should strive as a society to do better regardless of what other countries are doing (i.e. not just try to be the 2nd worst) and a huge part of that will be to tackle this wealth inequality somehow.

I'm not quite going to go all "The workers must seize the means of production!" but there will be a shift one day, hopefully to a middle ground that's fairer for us all.

People shouldn't have to put up with this. Great change has been made in the past to pull people out of deeply unfair systems, there's no reason it can't or won't happen again.

The real question is what's more likely to happen first - Steve L somehow funding us into the premier league, or social turmoil and the evolution of a complete system change?

Of course, and broadly it's those who have most to lose from the system changing (i.e. those at the top) who ensure that things stay the same or enable them even more, because they're the ones with the power to do so.

It's not his individual responsibility no, and he probably is inspirational to many! There's nothing wrong with that.

I don't find it inspirational, because it perpetuates the myth that it's just hard work to get to the top. Examples of wealth inequality don't inspire me at all. Are you a billionaire? Do you not work hard? What about your friends/family? Hmm.

As I said above, it's the system I disagree with - and that's why I find it hard to care when some tens of millions are wiped off his net worth.

Most people are doing their best, that’s all you can do. 
What hurts is all the dole busters lapping it up on the backs of the working people. 
social housing and all that. My daughter has to work hard for her home while her neighbour smokes up the weed and gets all the handouts.  
 

5 hours ago, RedLionLad said:

Danny Wilson’s downfall…

Not playing Leroy Lita!

On 03/09/2022 at 19:21, And Its Smith said:

28 days ago there were a lot of noises about relegation battle. It is amazing how quickly it can change in football 

And that Pearson has had enough time and that he wasn’t the answer. 

16 hours ago, cidered abroad said:

Depends on the quality of your red wine?

I do like my red wine.  It was an okay bottle and went down as sweet as a nut. My wine rack is full at the moment so I’m looking forward to having another one next Saturday night. 

3 points and a bottle of wine, you can’t knock it

16 hours ago, And Its Smith said:

We can learn not to always listen to other teams fans as well. Every Oxford fan opinion I saw on it said he is never a wing back 

Pearson obviously saw something in him. Was really impressed with him on Tuesday as well, looked every bit a championship standard player. 

17 hours ago, Fordy62 said:

Proud to have never had doubts.  

Absolutely, and having met him, I can tell you he’s a top bloke as well. What a season we’re going to have. 

2 minutes ago, BCFCGav said:

Given you’ve posted this in the transfer forum and referred to your next tipple as ‘red wide’, I’d maybe call it a might mate

Cheers for pointing that out. What effect football and alcohol can have on you!

It’s Saturday night, I’ve already had a couple of beers and I’ve just opened a bottle of red wine

A big thanks to big Nige. A top bloke and a great manager. 

let’s all enjoy ourselves and look forward to a great season. 
COYR

8 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Bizarrely I don’t feel like that. I feel much more nervous about ******* up a good position than I do getting relegated. 

Nige will iron the mistakes out. We’re in a good place and I’m sure we’ll get better. 

16 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Out of interest, does anyone count Tommy Conway’s header at Wigan for example as costing us 2 points (1-1 at the time).  Or Chris Martin’s miss v Sunderland?

 

If we hadn’t lost at Hull I think the Sunderland result would have been different. 
That ref cost more than a win.