italian dave

I don’t disagree, Pete, but at the end of the day ‘performance’ has to include sticking the ball in the net to be really good. And we’re consistently failing to do that. That’s my only worry.

It depends who’s playing that final ball, I guess. And part of the problem is that our front three of recent weeks don’t have that understanding or just that knack that, say, Wells and Conway have of finding each other just where they expect to be found. Earlier in the season, when those two were playing up front, we often looked less convincing in our approach play but would still get goals out of nowhere.

Any time is good for me! But seriously, yes, it’s become a bit of a habit past few weeks.

It’s what Max does…he was moaning at everyone else after the second goal on Saturday ???

Barry Bannan

No. Played a week apart.

Stuff like this always worries me…..! Unless we’re 3 up!

Plus commission…..?

I Heard Love is Blind……..Amy Winehouse

Nessun Dorma……..Giacomo Puccini

(Not a personal one, you understand, ? but……) Robert De Niro’s Waiting………Bananarama

Another opportunity, @Fordy62…………………….

The Unicorn……The Irish Rovers

Hindsight, I know, but I’m just glad it was only 15 minutes. I don’t think Bell was running at him: round him, past him, between him and his CB, making the clever runs Bell does. And as you say giving him a nightmare. Mehmeti wanted the ball first and then to run at him, and he got nowhere. Agree with you on Conway though. My feeling is we need to get back to a front two of Wells and Conway.

Watford announcer just welcomed back NP and their fans gave him a round of applause. Assume they do that every home game?!

Hindsight is a great thing….but what would 4 be? ??

That’s sounds familiar…l.!

I think the problem is that it’s not binary: it’s far more nuanced than that. It depends often on context and on intent. Lots of things that are funny the first time cease to be funny when they’re sung/said for the umpteenth time. Things are often funny precisely because they are close to the edge. But when they’re repeated endlessly and/or in a different context they no longer have that spontaneity, by definition they’re no longer ‘edgy’, and they’re usually being repeated because there’s an intent behind them which is the wrong side of that edge. ’Get your tits out…..’ probably was funny the first time, and there’s still occasionally a context where it’s funny (a couple of years ago City fans started singing it at an away game, directed at a very large male home fan with very obvious man boobs). But when it’s just sung at any randomly passing female steward etc then it’s not funny and it’s misogynist. So, it’s not so much about what you’re ‘allowed’ to think. More about thinking about the intent and the consequence and making your own judgement. Just my view, anyway.

I'm surprised it took half a page before his name came up.....

Look what you've started @Nogbad the Bad ?

Would we have got any insurance for Baker?

A lot more than that....especially at this stage of the season.

Ah, OK, get you! I don't know why. Maybe the issue of 'members' complicates it. There are already a fair number of existing commitments in terms of home games: season ticket holders, members, hospitality etc etc. I can see that away games are more straightforward. But I also take your point, especially in relation to 'exiled' fans.

They've done it before...several times.