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Great deadline day for the Gas with the main addition being a loanee from Holby City.

Because you're a useless meathead manual manipulator. Happy to help.

I'm on the fence...

Oh you're preaching to the converted here; Wael and Barton especially are classic narcissist's. Mind you, when we have the dopey narcissist running Her Game Too quite close to the club, he's in good company. (Funny how they don't mention him battering his Mrs, isn't it? Almost like they gain something out of it...). As for our forum, if I'm honest I've been on there as much as I've been on here in the last two years or so, it's full of absolute morons who lap up the crap that Barton and Wael spout without challenging it. Wael says the club has no debt...the club has no debt. Never mind the fact its hidden behind Jersey company reporting which is less transparent than mud.

As if he needed any help in that regard...

He could get us promoted to the Premier League and playing Champions League football but he'd still be a total ****. And that's a fact. The sooner he's gone, the better. Rather be playing Braintree again in the Conference with Darrell Clarke than be succeeding with this scumbag in charge.

Yep. We had him on a short term contract last season. He was ok, nothing special but probably decent for the squad. Offered him a renewal in the summer and he declined saying he didn't want to play any more and he wasn't keen on travelling. Fast forward a few weeks and he's a player/coach as a compromise and good old Joey's squad building is so good he's starting several games in a row. Oh, all while his wife has a whinge on Twitter that 'you don't use Glenn's picture when you win, only when you lose'. (Yes, seriously).

The bloke is an absolute tool and if he told you it was raining you'd look out the window to check... It's ok though, he is following a couple of negligent managers but built a squad last season with two ageing crocks as the only striker options and this season is having to play a player coach who doesn't even want to be here. Its ruining my day already talking about him if I'm honest

Appreciate the kind offer FNQ but I'm afraid I can't do it ? I did laugh at a long time Rovers fan (who incidentally was very vocally 'not a penny more' when that knob was appointed but now goes every week) tweeted 'mind the gap' after two games. We could be in the Championship and above you, and it would still be an absolute chasm...!

Sadly, I can't disagree with this. Even seeing 'Manager: Joey Barton' on the programme must make literally any opposition fans think we are a disgrace.

100%. I know it's true that all clubs have their morons but when we have a manager with a rap sheet longer than your arm what do you expect. Sad to see some people trying to dismiss it as 'banter' too. The same people sang songs a few weeks back about Matt Taylor dying. Shocking.

Logged back on for the first time in a while to comment on the Baker retirement thread but might as well pop back in here. I don't have much to say though in all honesty as I vowed never to go back to the Mem until Barton was gone, and I haven't. Have watched the odd game on IPTV but can't even be arsed with that now. Not the club I recognise with some absolute ***** in charge and some deluded mugs on the terrace. Thankfully as an Arsenal 'follower' it's not been a bad time to keep more of an eye on them. Hope everyone is still ok, have enjoyed interacting with many of you fine people over the years, hope you are all well, healthy and happy. Much love x

Hello chaps (and chappesses), long time no post. Wanted to pop in though to say it's a damn shame when anyone is forced to retire through injury and this lad is one of the last old school defenders who I have huge respect for. Wishing him all the best in retirement . Hope you are all well, much love, FP x

Definitely agree with that...

You forgot; Genuine billionaire owner? Win for the Cherries on this one, sadly.

To be fair this whole thing IS embarrassing, however our last trip to Portman Rd was in 2012. There are enough things to embarrass us about without making up stuff! ?

That bottom one looks like an episode of Fake Taxi. Erm, so I'm told...!

? Never boring being a Rovers fan! Wrong thread for this I appreciate but, I had a work meeting in Bedminster last week and drove past the Gate...looks mighty impressive these days, I have to say. Hope you're all well, and enjoying the latest episode of our sitcom!

2012 League Cup. 3-1 to Ipswich at Portman Road. HTH.

Something still doesn't seem right about this whole story, but ultimately if UKAD have now come out and formally cleared Dillian then the right thing to do is reinstate him as number 1 challenger. Likely not until Feb 2021 though given the contractual fights between Fury and Wilder in 2020, I have a feeling Whyte might get a title shot elsewhere before that though, with a Joshua fight. He is in limbo a bit at present too as once this initial tranche of mandatory challengers is sorted (ordered to face Pulev by the IBF and Usyk by the WBO), he will have to pick voluntaries until the WBC situation is clear, so a Whyte rematch makes sense late next year. I think he fights Pulev in March/April; drops the WBO so Usyk can fight another contender for the vacant belt and keep it in the Matchroom/DAZN stable, then AJ v Whyte in Quarter 4 of 2020.

Thought it was a brilliant performance from AJ last night. Proved a lot of people - including me - wrong, who felt Ruiz had his number and Joshua wouldn't have the discipline to fight that way for 12 rounds, but it was brilliantly disciplined and he boxed to his strengths superbly. Hands up, got that one wrong. Ruiz was a disgrace with his conditioning but was still dangerous and showed a tremendous chin throughout. Whyte was absolute turd in his fight and clearly hadn't spent a lot of time training with the drug test stuff hanging over his head.

Completely agree with this. Joshua would have to completely restyle his boxing ability to counteract the issues he had against Ruiz last time out. The Bunce and Costello podcast last week was interesting though, AJ appeared to hint there was something that happened in the build up to the first fight that he has corrected, but wouldn't say what. Looking forward to this fight; intriguing.

Mate, the very fact that it's Sheffield Utd, Coventry and Charlton fans rather than Braintree, Gateshead and Eastleigh fans is good enough for me for now!

Tend to agree, it was one of the few good things he did for the club! Possible, I grant you. Difference now though, however, is that we have no debt, as the majority of this was to the previous shareholders, so it makes it more viable even we get screwed over in this sort of way. Fair play, looks nice. I mean, the seats are the wrong colour, but it is impressive. Like a midget love child of Anfield and the City Ground.