Midred

Joey Barton ?

2 hours ago, Ska Junkie said:

We've had the camp nou, their version is the 'blocked view'.

They should be pillar-ied for such a disaster.

I think they misunderstood our 'five pillars' strategy!

Pring being rested after reaching his yellow card limit? Do we have many other players close to being rested?

Sags 2 - 1 down!

As  always the beeb are in a different time zone, how many minutes left?

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

TGH winning a lot of ball in midfield, good to see

Is the option to buy a fixed price or is he getting more expensive? 

Did it rebound off his head like a previous "own goal" where it bounced off his body?

2 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Great Scott ! 

Good to see.

Isn't he cheering on Bournemouth at the Blades?

Just noticed on beeb website that "Rooney's Blues" are playing Sheffield Wednesday!

Just now, Dollymarie said:

Some things never change though, Downsy just announced that Man City beat Liverpool earlier. . .

Hopefully he just announced that Middlesborough are 2-0 up?

1 hour ago, Davefevs said:

Although Nige left the club having been relieved of his duties, and Jason and Dave left too, followed by Curtis…I can only deduce they were all sacked.

Personally I doubt it was a stand of solidarity, ie “if Nige goes, I’m going too”, or the other way around, ie “if you’re sacking Dave you’ll have to sack me too”.

For me, when you hear JL and Tins talk about things like “on the grass coach” and “deconditioned” and “not trained for how we want to play” it’s pretty clear (to me) they were sacked along with Nige.

Although I’d rather they hadn’t sacked them, they have, but the interviews they gave giving their reasons were very poor, and put a lot of unnecessary pressure on Manning and his set-up.  Another example where they’ve not engaged their brain properly.

What, they engaged their brains?

4 hours ago, Port Said Red said:

A good excuse to air the lyrics of HMHB's - The Referees Alphabet.

I have highlighted some of the bits I feel are most relevant to the discussion.

The A is for my authority which many players seem to question, thinking they're somehow going to make me change my mind

B is for babies which a lot of managers cry like after a decision has not gone their way

C is for the continual criticism I receive from the touchline... get back in your technical area!

D is for the dunderheads who seem to think we have a conspiracy against their particular team

E is for the eery silence that echoes around the ground after I've booked the home teams player and its obvious to everyone that he deserved it

F is the farce into which most games would descend if we weren't there

The G is for the gnarled face of someone who's on £90, 000 a week and reckoned he should have had a throw in

H is for handball which has to be intentional and very rarely is if only people would study the rules more

I is for innocence, pleaded by many a doe-eyed defender after they've just scythed down that tricky winger

J is for ju-jitsu, which i quite intend to display given a dark alley and some of the narky blerts I've encountered

K is for the kissing of the badge how ridiculous that looks 6 months later when they're at another club

L is for lip reading, at which you don't need to be an expert to see how odious some people are

M is for the mistakes we sometimes make surely a bit of controversy is part of the games appeal

The N, the N is for the numbskull who during the boxing day game asks me what else i got for christmas besides my whistle..... an afternoon with your wife mate

The O is for offside which many forwards tell me they simply could not have been

The P is for the penalty shootout great drama and no pressure on me

Q is the quiet word i sometimes need to have with some of the more fiery participants i usually choose the word 'pleat'

R is for running backwards a difficult skill which the pundits never seem to appreciate

S is for the suggestion that i should have awarded a card of some sort to a player who's just been awarded a free kick. Sorry i got all that wrong the S again.

Okay the S, the S is the suggestion that i should show a card to an opponent by a player whos been awarded a free kick he himself is more in danger of getting one for that

T is for the 21 man brawl which is basically an embarrassing scene of pushing and shoving

U is for the umpire which i sometimes wish id been instead you never hear a cricket crowd shouting whos the bastard in the hat

The V is for vitriol vilification vendetta and volley of verbal abuse

some good bird noises there by the way

W is for Walter Pidgeon who's Mr Griffiths in 'How Green was my Valley' i  may have started to sound like during this song

'where was the light i thought to see in your eye?'

he says that to a young Huw played by Roddy McDowall

The X

The X represents the sarcastic kiss planted on my forehead by the swarthy Portuguese center half who i just dismissed

The Y is for Yate, the kind of town referees come from

And the Z

Well the Z could be for Zidane, Zico, Zola, Zubizaretta, Zoff

Even Zondervan

but is in fact for the zest with which we approach our work

without this zest for the game we wouldn't become refs

and without refs, well zero

See also Zatopek, Zeus

and Zeal Monachorum

I have a caravan there

static naturally

Wouldn't it be fun if the gave the ref a gun

The P is taking the P rather than awarding a penalty at AG?

How many grounds have Rovers been based at?

Rob Key blaming their poor performance on concentrating on the test matches. Nothing to do with the 100 or T20 competitions!

Just now, robinforlife2 said:

Sky bloke, "Goalkeepers have been brilliant "...... What match has he been watching! No keeper has had a save to make!

QPR keeper had one.

Millwall 3 - 0 up with their new coach.

Any chance the two match day threads could be merged?

No match preview from Manning?

19 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

There was talk of the EFL (EFL clubs vote on regs) vehemently opposing certain matters but that seems to have gone quieter sadly.

Lower clubs will back it because they can be a bit hand to mouth, clubs at our level might as you say because they will cut to cut the spending gap.

FFP loopholes have been closed significantly but that is for another thread.

FA have a Golden Share so dunno whether that is likely tbh.

The PL,  being the monster created by the FA seem to tell the FA what to do now due to the amount of money they bring in. That's the only reason that the EFL still invite the PL clubs to win their competition.

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1 hour ago, YGBjammy said:

Davefevs snubbed yet again for an analyst role smh

Too expensive!

They got a reputation throughout that season of causing damage and trouble wherever they went. By the end most clubs were relieved to see them go back up.

Just watched the short interview, is the streamed press conference not available now. Surely they would have recorded it?

1 minute ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

If it's overturned does that suspect it was a suspect call or is it all subjective?

Either way it is the first suspect big call that we have been given in our favour in a very long time. One down, many more to go?

Looking at the other thread they appear to agree that it was a clear scoring chance but only due a yellow?

3 hours ago, Rocky said:

 

So they've agreed with the referee, are they saying that it should have just been a yellow?

Why do "mitigating" factors never work for us?

1 hour ago, Dan11 said:

Much like McKenna, he will avoid all talk about formations and instead talk about 'principles' and moving players about within games and in/out of possession. At MK, he was very fluid between 4-2-3-1, 3-5-2, 3-4-3.

I've flicked through this thread with interest and surprised by the negativity! He would be a great appointment for you. Us Ipswich fans were worried he might end up at Norwich. 

The way Norwich are performing, there's still time!