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21 minutes ago, Shaun Taylor said:

A good turn out considering it's 90 miles away and only against a league 2 club

What you trying to say about L2 clubs?

3 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Come to think of it their Administrators said a few weeks ago that they would be signing players in January so perhaps they could take Palmer off our hands?

Grease our Palmers, Mr Mel

1500 × 30 = Kasey's wages for this fortnight. Cheers Derby. 

Just now, Davefevs said:

He only needs Alt C, Alt V and “submit reply”.  Can do that no-handed.

Not if goes back the scenic route; the M4/A34/M27 maybe ....

35 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

No posts from Hampshire Red this evening then.

10 points from our last 4 home games

Give him a chance. We can't all cycle home in ten minutes 

1 hour ago, Shaun Taylor said:

Swindon win 2-1 away at Wallsall and 2000+ fans celebrating

Good win. On yer Big Day Out.

9 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

We ground it out which is all we will ever do at the moment. Gotta be happy this evening.

I'm happy this evening 

12 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Why oh why can we not make games safe when in the lead ?

4 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

 

Always believe

1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

Favourite food : Steak and chips

Favourite holiday destination : Marbella

Car : Ford Cortina

Pet hate : Being injured

What do you like to do outside of football : Spend time with my family

Every bloody player in the league!

Pet hate : "ignorant people" is the one I always remember. 

On 02/12/2021 at 11:51, Robin101 said:

I’d actually dispute this, having lived in Liverpool for a few years. Won’t go into your ‘anger and bitterness’ comment re Scousers in general but safe to say I disagree.

On the footballing front, in the city Everton and Liverpool are equals. And there’s a lot of respect between the two sets of fans and the clubs in general - a lot due to Hillsbrough. Yeah, they’re rivals. And yeah, I’m sure there’s some idiots. But because allegiances go across families and friends, in general it’s quite a friendly rivalry. 

You wouldn’t find many who attest to genuinely hating the other side in the way that some on here feel about Rovers.

It's not about that, it's nothing to do with fighting, or idiots, it's nothing to do with Hillsbrough and the togetherness from that, it's about being usurped on the field and no longer being what your club used to be, and not being able to let go of the idea that Everton are best, nothing but the best, and not being able or prepared to see their club for what they are now even while they're spending hundreds of millions, which is some way short of "equal." And the peculiar bitterness that stems from this.

Everton fans, I don't doubt, impressed upon you how "equal" they are. Like I say, they still cannot accept the reality - a reality that repeats year upon year. They think they should be doing much better than they are. But why?

They don't even get near Liverpool in derby games never mind over a full season - it’s one of the more lopsided cross city derbies in the country. We're more likely to struggle v Rovers than Liverpool v Everton. 

Everton fans might not be the angriest but they are the angriest/bitterest. An angry bitterness that consumes them like no other fanbase. Because of how far they've fallen whilst Liverpool simultaneously have soared. As Merrick was saying.

Everton are now mediocre PL fodder, having been English football royalty. While Liverpool are global giants. This is a unique about-turn in cross-city fortunes and a unique bitterness is the result. 

I've got an original copy of "Foul: the book of football 72-75" a 'best of' of the first football fanzine or "alternative paper" from the early to mid 70s, produced by some Cambridge uni clever clogs.   They had to snip a part of one page out of every copy to avoid being sued by the Sunday People.

Cynical chaps, they called their magazine "Foul" as opposed to things like "Shoot!" or "Goal!" or "Box-entry!" because they thought the game was going downhill from the BestLawCharlton ideal of the 1960s and all the greats before that. They were not impressed by teams like Leeds, or the increasingly "professional" and increasingly coached game with fewer goals.

Britain's angriest support. Angry and bitter. Bitter beyond words.

30 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

You do me a disservice Mr. H, I have had numerous g4s work for me over the years & trust me, I have been scrupulously fair with (nearly) all of them.

Incredibly many are totally unfamiliar with the work of Swindon’s answer to Brian Wilson, but let’s face it, that’s their loss..

I doubt Mr. Pulis would do any such thing, as he’s far too busy with his selfless charity work that he occasionally remembers to mention in his interviews..

"Numerous" g4s? You sure??

41 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Thanks for sharing.

6 minutes ago, pl00peh91 said:

You would make an excellent therapist

But if the "client" was g4s? Or something to do with Preston/Cardiff? Or unfamiliar with the work of Andy Partridge? Or an iffy Championship ref/lino recently abused at Ashton Gate struggling with his feelings??

What if Tony Pulis himself approached GrahamC, therapist, with some traumatic difficulty seeking empathy and containment?

Anyone on here make it to Hull in 90/91? I think meself and @77 punk did. The snow and ice lay roundabout that day, deep and crisp and Stephen Lansdown as I recall. Took some getting to that one. And standing in an icy, uncovered and treachorous away end, with locals - such as there were at Hull in them days - chucking balls of snow and ice at us (probably). We were "super fans" back then, of course, me and @77 punk. Not so much nowadays, though. The ravages of middle age have put paid to that.

Oh to be fit young fellas like @Never to the dark side and that Ole and @RedM again, taking off around the country to follow the boys in red. Sigh....

On 28/11/2021 at 15:34, marmite said:

This club lost its momentum when Cotts left.  Yes LJ did ok up until the Man Utd game when he thought he had become Jurgen Klopp.  

I disagree with you there, mate. At the Man Utd game it was clear to me that LJ thought he was Christopher Dean, whereas in fact he struck me more as Jane Torvill

On 28/11/2021 at 15:34, marmite said:

 We've been sliding backwards since then 

Steve Lansdown? Or a shell-suited, false-breasted Gazza doing "Fog On The Tyne, Like" ? I know which I care to wallow in, today ....

1 minute ago, glynriley said:

I did indeed, very good it was unall.

My only criticism of it would be that they might've given more critical attention to Gazza's 1990 re-working of "Fog on the Tyne, like" especially the video, which I love to this day. Imagine Alan Hull in a 90s shiny shellsuit (suckin sickly sausage rolls) ..... 

1 hour ago, glynriley said:

Did you see the Lindisfarne /Alan Hull documentary Friday night? Don't know if it was a repeat but I'd not seen it before. Enjoyed it. And we need some of that, at the moment.....

26 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said:

They don`t do irony really do they?

Not knowingly, no.

10 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Ruff.

Miaow!

22 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Question is why did we sign Palmer just after we signed szmodics plus having pato on the books. 

Geoff can't put this to Ashton now, but he might care to quiz SL on Ashton and all that, next time Steve's over and fancies a grilling

1 minute ago, Banjo Red said:

That is the quote to end all quotes.

I much preferred your "he needs to get his finger out 'is ass" the other week about SL, but each to their own

9 minutes ago, AppyDAZE said:

And they call US the shit.

It's what's known as ireny

1 hour ago, Clevedon Red said:

What’s he done for you to draw this conclusion?

Give us a minute while I go back through the old threads, and I'll get back to you on that ....