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6 hours ago, Sheltons Army said:

About 7 / 7.5k , albeit our max allocation

Thanks. I was 10 back then and on my first away trip. Great night.

8 hours ago, Blagdon red said:

Today will have undoubtedly been the highest in the fully ticketed / all-seater era.

Not sure about that. We took around 10k to Anfield nearly 30 years ago. 

And how many did we have at the Etihad a few years ago? We had both tiers that night, so must’ve been around 8k at a guess?

7 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Well I thought he was pretty good today, too..

Outstanding assist for the goal. I love a drilled, accurate pass like that. 

He took his goal like a PL striker today. Great first touch; precise finish. That’s what the PL clubs pay the money for. 

1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

Doesn't always work like that though, players develop at different speeds, luck can play a role too.

No magic formula etc..

No magic formula, but I think it’s accurate to say Harry recommended Twine to the club when he left Swindon and was on a free. That was ignored and now Tinnion might be willing to spend millions to get him? 

My first pair were Mizunos and I bloody loved them. Suited my feet better than the Predators. 

6 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Think that’s super optimistic.

Brownhill is linked with a move every transfer window & never does.

Not sure how this would Benefit Burnley in any way.

Have a feeling that if Hull are bringing in Benson then it is because they expect Twine to be elsewhere by next month, could be us, could be someone else.

And that will be a hell of a signing for them. I’d pick Benson over Twine if we had a choice. The time to have got Twine was went he left Swindon. It would be classic City to overpay for him now when he has little scope for development. 

TGH is the midfielder with the best technique in the squad currently, capable of taking decent set pieces and happy to shoot from outside the box. At 22, he should have growth in him too.

That said, I don’t see the rush to sign him now if everything is already agreed to make it a perm in June. Assess it then and see where we are IMO, but give him opportunities in centre mid until that time (unless we sign better this month). 

Watford away under Holden was about as low as it gets in modern times

1 hour ago, The Original OTIB said:

They did not "sit in" second half.

Totally agree; by “sides” I wasn’t solely referring to Millwall today - and thought that was pretty clear to be fair

13 minutes ago, bearded_red said:

Will this new period in our history include a shot on target?

True. It’s like stepping back in time to the Holden era, rather than any bright new dawn. Zero quality (and no tactical nous today) to break down sides that sit in against us. 

2 minutes ago, rednotblue said:

Disagree

Mehmeti had two golden chances aginst Brum

And didn’t get a single one of them on target.

Birmingham was dross, this is more of the same. 

Least the Gas are 3-0 down.

This is rubbish, again. Millwall much better after the break, but one shot on target from 170 minutes (and counting) shows that we caught Watford on an off day IMO. 

1 hour ago, Wanderingred said:

They did a job on us. The sort of performance you’d expect from an away side.

Not sure they “did a job on us” when we didn’t have a single shot on target. Possession doesn’t win games; what you do with it does. 

Positive performance and an even better result today. No doubting that. But it’s still very early days for Manning and while the recent results have been positive, he will be judged on a wider set of results than today. One thing’s for sure, the squad is an honest, hardworking one and they deserve a bit of luck.

On 24/12/2023 at 17:29, Robbored said:

I posted earlier that I vividly remember Brennan bombing up the right overlapping in front of the old Williams Stand. Glad someone else remembered as well.

Benny blooded him RB a handful of times and I certainly don’t recall him “bombing up and the right”.

He was a pensive RB often looking to cut back onto his left, but he was a LB, LWB, LM by trade. That’s what earned him his move to Forest.

7 hours ago, GrahamC said:

How have they “propelled the club forward” under Les Kew & Jimmy Lumsden (with Jordan’s team) we finished 9th.

They have only bettered this twice.

The ground is far better, the training ground is far better, but nothing else is.

They employ their mates & sycophants & have learned nothing about the football industry the whole time they have been in it.

I’m not going to mention Pearson but who in their right mind replaces Phil Alexander with a barely literate ex footballer?

You asked what we want, I want them to sell up.

 

Nail on the head. 

For Steve, he’s had more than a quarter of a century involved with the club and appears to have learnt nothing. In fact, he’s become more insular since moving to Guernsey and surrounding himself with people who won’t challenge him. That sort of culture will never achieve success. 

I always remember Danny Wilson being asked “if you had £1m to spend, how would you spend it?” His response was “a new training ground”. That was in 2002, so why did it take 19 years for that to come to fruition? Crazy IMO and the irony is there’s little about it that’s high performance. 

I’d add statements like “it’s my club and I’ll do what I want” and “judge me on Tinnion”, plus a series of woeful managerial decisions starting with the influence in appointing Pulis when Moyes was flying in from a family holiday in Florida to take the job. That extended to Fawthrop, Tinnion, Coppell, Millen, McInnes, LJ (IMO) and Holden. 

The nepotism, the arrogance, the lack of accountability, the cock up with the kit supplier and the robin splat. Buying the bullshit of Ashton and LJ, allowing costs to spiral out of control. The lack of communication and treating supporters with contempt. The constant talk of PL or being the new FCB! Delusional. 

I come back to my original point: SL has been involved with BCFC for 26 years now and what have we got to show for it? A training ground and revamped gate, both of which should’ve been done years ago, and a loss-making club that doesn’t own its ground. All I want for Christmas, is the Lansdowns out!

18 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

I replied “**** off you daft lying *** and take Sid with you”………..do you reckon he will receive it?

Hope so, I also replied! 

4 minutes ago, GrahamC said:

Every time we lose someone posts on here that he’s back to his old form but he’s essential to us, his pace bails out his colleagues time after time.

Good player.

I’ve been one of his critics over the years, but he’s another late developer and the fact is we’re stronger at the back and a better side when he’s in it. Fair play to him.

Just now, redkev said:

And only drew , just saying like

We didn’t get a nailed on pen up there that night, or a gift from their keeper. Just saying, like, but I’ll take it

9 minutes ago, petehinton said:

They’re so, so much better than us 

And yet back in August, we dominated them under Nige at their place. Oh how times change.

The levels of nepotism at this club in an operational capacity are the sole reason for the club’s malaise, and that stems from Steve. I’ve said it before and will say it again: we will never achieve anything under the Lansdowns. They don’t learn, think they are beyond reproach and double down on their own failed methods and appointments when the world around them is constantly changing. The fact Jon is heading this up is a joke. He’s a lying, arrogant, deluded c***, pure and simple.

4 hours ago, GrahamC said:

Plus the opportunity to have a much bigger budget.

Tough for Argyle, they keep finding excellent managers & having them poached due to their location.

Be very interesting to see who gets it, brilliant opportunity but you have to buy in to how far away it is from everything.

Stoke are reportedly willing to quadruple Schumacher’s wages, from around £5k per week currently to around £20k. That, and the fact he’s a scouser moving close to home, makes it a no-brainer for Stoke. Could be a good appointment for them. 

I don’t think he’s been a great signing but if the board only made £300k available for a striker, I very much doubt we’d have got anyone else in with a better record at this level than Cornick. 

The board set the budget, the recruitment team IDs those within budget, the manager chose from the options put in front of him. Shame it isn’t working out, but that’s football (and our penny-pinching board).

Today reminded me a bit of our win at Cardiff under Holden a few years ago. Outplayed for 70-80 minutes, our keeper (Bentley back then, Max today) has a blinder, and we ride our luck to see it out. A welcome three points but far from convincing IMO.