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Would also be a good opportunity to go on tour to some warmer countries and play some games for team building etc like we saw in Gambia before the double winning season

Not a cheerful memory by any means, the athletic have a very powerful article which isn’t behind a paywall and tells the story from a group that tends to be forgotten….the survivors https://theathletic.com/3236654/2022/04/15/life-after-hillsborough-told-by-the-men-and-women-who-survived/?source=user_shared_article

Todays performance and the meltdown since both on here and on twitter have reminded me of a point Joe Royle made on his recent conversation with podcast. ‘The most important point of a football managers job isn’t coaching its recruitment’ and we’re seeing the results of that now. Frankly we could have Guardiola in charge and the players we have would still make poor decisions in and out of possession and until we get better players or more players will a different attitude we’re going remain being we are where we are We can blame Ashton all we want it’s not going to change anything the man’s left the building. In the meantime we’re asking Pearson to pull a rabbit out of the hat and then getting frustrated when it doesn’t always come off. It’s bizarre that we’re having the sort of season everyone expected but are then getting frustrated and calling for Pearsons head when that’s how it turns out. We’ve shown glimpses of looking gals decent which in itself is an improvement on last season

I dare say Derby wouldn’t be in the position they are if he hadn’t clashed with Mel

At times today he reminded me of a kid i used to play football with back in the day and kept going in circles

Vyner looks like he’s on at right back so Scott must now be in midfield

Birmingham if it’s good enough for a Chinese takeaway it’s good enough for me

Leeds

You just know if Everton go down we’ll get them away on a Tuesday night

Not easy viewing by any means but Netflix have dropped a compelling jimmy savile documentary showing how he was able to hide in plain sight Obviously it’s different watching it with the benefit of hindsight but it seems amazing how creepy the man was whilst on tv and being interviewed and seeming to imply things about his behaviour and yet people amusing he was joking and laughed. I’ve seen comments on twitter from those watching from overseas asking how people didn’t realise and that’s the fascinating part as it’s almost as if he groomed the nation including those at the top of the British establishment Definitely worth a watch

Watch them now try and take a 15 point penalty this season instead of next

It appears after agreeing a price to buy Preston Kirchner twice came back with lower bids. That should ring a few alarm bells and it’s beginning to look like Portsmouth did when they were in trouble and i wouldn’t be surprised to see them back in administration again assuming they come out of it this time

Lesson seems to be don’t max out FFP obliterate it instead

Some of these examples there’s only been a token appeal on the pitch whereas other teams would’ve done more than throwing their arms in the air and then accept it. There was no real appeal from Dasilva or any of the team at Fulham and the same could be said of the ones at home to forest and qpr. On Saturday other than Martin and Weimann nobody appealed. If the referee is swayed by player reaction that gives the impression that those two are appealing more out of hope than expectation

Having been to both the Fulham and Bournemouth away games it’s fairly clear why Fulham are going to win the league. They have that killer instinct which in both games against us Bournemouth didn’t have. Bournemouth let us back into a game they should’ve been out of sight of and suspect they’ll struggle next season

One good thing if you can call it that SLO Jerry was a couple of rows behind me and it’s fair to say he didn’t look impressed and i didn’t see him again after the flare was let off. What power he actually has remains to be seen

In fairness it was wave after wave of attacks as we had no midfield until Massengo came on so is pretty fair imo

One thing i noticed from the penalty appeal was it was almost a halfhearted appeal. Only really Martin and Weimann made any sort of appeal and we need to make it more difficult for the referee like pretty much every other team does You're right about the stewarding outside the ground but inside it was very socially distanced and did nothing to move our idiots who were blocking virtually all the exits.

So he’s reffed us twice this season and missed what should’ve been a penalty in both games..

It is worth pointing out that Solanke cost Bournemouth £20 million which is more than our starting eleven combined but then again basics like keeping the ball and actually finding your teammate do give you a chance One observation from today, i didn’t realise just how plastic Bournemouth has become, they’re only the second club after Fulham I’ve seen give out clappers to try and generate an atmosphere

Southwest london seems quite dull now ?

It’s yours if you want, dm me your address and I’ll get it posted to you

Received mine through the post today but already have one as went corporate for the Boro game. If there’s any non season ticket holder holder who’d like a copy I’ll happily post it to you. First come first served

Because they don’t have international breaks?

Was Andy Davies wasn’t it?