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And please don't bother if it's 2.59pm ?

I think 13th/14th so much the same as last year. Not sure why people are so positive considering we still have Pearson.

Never mind. I can see mine has changed as well!

Are we home or away? Brum isn't too far for me

I think you need to upgrade to a12 year old.

Bollocks ?

Why didn't you offer him a bet at £400? He saves £100 and you gain £400. Everyone's a winner. ?

So, the summary is "Euston, we have a problem!" But we should land in Watford ok.

Ooh,a bit of politics. Mods, can we have @davefevs banned until we agree the policy on blocked shots?

You've obviously not been to Bradford ?

Why is he following Robert Plant? Sounds a bit creepy. Perhaps he's got anger issues?

I loved when Chappers said "some great draws there" as he desperately scanned down the list for the all premiership draw... then preceded to read them all out as there is only one great draw.

Might this be Scott's first game back at Ashton Gate? #TheyNeedToStopHimSomehow

Well, got that wrong. Feel like a complete plonker now.

What you have to appreciate is that LJ kept throwing double-six, time after time. But he was always lucky with the roll of the dice....

Those are different quality of falling over. ?

I didn't watch the whole game live but have seen the short highlights. Bell's goal is top class. I especially like that he didn't panic even though he had plenty of time in the penalty box to start panicking! He also set up Skyes with a quality through ball. Having said that, I'll not change my opinion on the basis of two football highlights. Bell comes across as a boy in a man's game. Do you disagree? Did you watch the whole game? Did he fall over a lot?

Or as we say when playing Birmingham, "I like the smell of pyro at 4.45pm. It smells like victory"

I hope opportunity doesn't knock too hard as he will fall over. Unbelievable the amount of times he falls over. Really comes across as a boy in a man's game.

May I point out to the club, who no doubt read this, that @Harry is an absolute wind-up artist and he doesn't mean this at all. And it's not going to happen. You can stand down Jon.

We get an easy 4th Round game against Chesterfield...

Who is going to explain the ghost goal for him? He looks a good appointment but overseeing a club going twice into administration does suggest he shouldn't be in charge of the balance book spreadsheet.

You've got a lot of positive reaction to this so perhaps your life approach is working. However, it helps to be positive in the real world.... Where are these "commanding, leader types" that you hope Pearson will recruit? If they are in a successful League 1 team, will they come to a struggling (second-rate) Championship team? Do we want another Lge 2 player? We need results NOW. This is what will happen. Pearson will recruit yet-another Leicester-era midfielder who will be injured and/or played at centre-back after two games. Pearson will recruit a Lge 1 player who @Harry or @Davefevs will say "He's good, I've watched him for a few years" and the rest of us will say "Who?". He will be playing for the U21s after two games as Pearson goes back to the players "he trusts" (namely playing King on crutches). Pearson will be sacked in February. If you want positivity, consider your point about the spine of the team. We already have that spine!!! Although, I disagree about "tough, big centre forward" as I think that is a bit old-fashioned. Consider: Bentley. Klose (and Kalas), Scott / Williams, and Weimann. I'm taking a punt on Williams but I think he could be a good captain. That is a hell of a spine for a team. We are not far away from that spine. We just need to sack Pearson. Think positive!

"I played a midfielder at centre back which tells you what I thought" - I really do paraphrase but it was a quote like that when Klose was taken off at half time during Lincoln. A game, btw, where Klose did nothing wrong, and Pearson made about 6 mistakes before the game started... How people are defending Pearson is beyond me. Ps Also, Bentley frozen out. O'Leary didn't get dropped and come back better. He was average to poor the last time Pearson blamed Bentley for something. And eventually was so poor that even Pearson couldn't persist with him. This season O'Leary has been poor to even poorer but Pearson is a "great man-manager" so has decided to continue with him...