Bedred31

Can’t have a ‘yes/no’ response to a question that contains two alternatives! But I appreciate the sentiment.

Think we’re pretty much at the ‘give him the next 4/5 as it will only confirm what we all know’ stage. Clearly, he’s got to go, but I wouldn’t want the new guy (presumably it’s the turn of ‘experienced older head to dig us out of the Sh*t’) to be undermined by the last 4/5 of a meaningless season. Absolute key for me now is ensuring he doesn’t have the close/pre- season.

Saw England play Wales at Cardiff in about 82? Home international. Quite an experience!

Either side will nick this- hope to God it’s us. 97th minutes fine by me.

Drive past the old R&D ground regularly. It’s a real shocker. Was a small but tidy stadium- bit like a smaller version of Brentford’s new ground. Now completely levelled waste ground.

The old Wembley was rubbish really- until Euro 96 when they removed the fences and it was a completely different place. Forgot to mention the old Shrewsbury ground (wife from there and got married at Meole Brace), with the chap in a boat picking the ball out of the Severn.

Daughter went to uni in Leicester. Moving in day a temporary car park was set up on a piece of waste ground. Lugging a box into the hall of residence I saw a tiny road sign saying Filbert St. Car park guy confirmed it was the site of the old ground. Showed me a bit of turnstile left in a blackberry bush. Really weird- and looking around, I could literally see the ghosts of that FA cup win.

Live the dream and move to Bournemouth’s bench.

I’ve sat in the front row of the upper tier at Wembley and it was bloody terrifying. Surprised this doesn’t happen more often. Hope the lads ok and wish him a full recovery.

Are they prepared to subsidise losses of £20m pa at a pretty average mid-table Championship club?

I was at the game at the Gate when he was injured and the ambulance drove onto the pitch. Seems like yesterday. Astonishing player- sad news. Rest in peace, Stan.

He’s Bristol footballs Steve Borthwick. God, what a depressing day.

Promotion would decide all their futures, as none of this bunch are really good enough for the prem. Which seems something of a disincentive for a mid table + squad.

‘Surrender’- Cheap Trick

Manning’s obviously got something about him- the Southampton performance wasn’t an accident- but I’m struggling to lose the sense that he’s a very good League 1 manager whose building a good League 1 side by recruiting solid/promising League 1 players. He’s clearly adjusting to the Championship but may run out of runway before we get airborne.

Now 30/70. How do you lead on goals, shots and corners on 30% possession!

Penalty shootout’s never going to favour a side that never gets awarded a penalty.

I parked at County for Forest years ago. Looks next door but there’s a gert river in the way, and I seem to recall a longish walk to get to a bridge? Seemed quite a bit longer than the advertised 5-10 mins walk?

Fairly ambivalent about promotion to the prem, to be honest, particularly if it comes via a late push to 6th and success via the playoffs. I can’t think of a single member of the current squad that you could say with any real confidence would be a solid top flight player. Doing a Florist and buying 45 new players in the close season doesn’t really appeal.(In that great 1976 game at Arsenal that another poster mentioned, City started with the same 11 that had one promotion. And yes, we had to strengthen and certainly it was a struggle, but it was a happier experience than now). Sure, if we got auto with a solid spine and high confidence, but Burnley did that last year and have been rank this season. As an older man, wins/good football makes me happy, while defeats/bad football makes me miserable at 5pm on a Saturday. After the last 3-4 years, my main ambition is simply to experience more of the former than the latter.

And wasn’t that bit of the Clock End for Arsenal fans? Maybe mistaken, but seem to recall that City fans were everywhere at Highbury that afternoon.

Seeing Cauley Woodrow scoring for Luton last week and Smodics smashing it at Blackburn suggests that the ‘standards’ problem is sometimes with our club and not the player.

Dire ITV from Anfield. Relentlessly disrespectful to Norwich. Just replayed both Liverpool goals while referring to a Norwich goal ‘sandwiched between’ ( ie an equaliser). While telling us all that the only ball we’re interested in during the draw is Maidstone’s. Frankly sick of this tabloid style- look for the story and plug nothing else style of coverage.

Still can’t believe I missed the Final in 1986. Student at Leeds University- last finals exam on Friday 23rd- ticket and coach booked. 21st birthday Sunday 25th. Then someone noticed that ‘the computer’ had scheduled the ‘Modern Jewish History’ final for 1030 on Saturday 24th. There followed a protracted bru ha, as, not surprisingly, most students of Jewish history were actually Jewish, settled by the simple expedient of rescheduling, by swapping my Friday paper with the Saturday exam. It seemed unwise to protest and that was that. Did, of course, make the 87 final v Mansfield, which we naturally buggered up.

Used to live on Britain’s first and only Red Route- the bit of the A1 in N London at the Archway/ Holloway Rd. About as far removed from the road in the photo as it’s possible to imagine. And shouldn’t there be red double yellow lines on the carriageway?

Wish they’d stop banging on about Conway- at least until the window closes.