The Bard

She's not the first to do that. Look at the clown she's going to replace

17,000 on Friday night. That should be enough

Birmingham probably. Closest to Coventry. They played there before. Birmingham need the money.

Which wasn't my point.

Anyone notice that they were a mixture of Heddlu and the Met? If you were in any doubt about how stretched Avon & Somerset Police are then you shouldn't be anymore. Literally at crisis point, but nothing in the Evening Post obviously. Beat teams get tanked for the summer to cover the Response teams who can barely cope let alone Police a football match...

....And you're right. Without having seen it, I bet for the 2nd goal, Sykes is completely out of the game on the far side from the throw in. He should be in connection with Vyner to enable him to help deal with the exact sort of issue that transpired. If a wide CB takes a throw, the WB on the other side needs to tuck in as a FB would. I know this coaching my under 16s team - not sure why we're taking such obvious risks.

Not true. Scott's the one with 3 years left on his contract and a full season in the EFL. He's worth at least the same amount . It will be interesting to see who is watching the Wigan game on Saturday..

Agree with that. As I said somewhere else, I'd have Sykes in the centre. If we're playing a 3, one of them has to be able to break forward quickly both with and without the ball. If he's one of 3 then he's got cover whereas at WB he exposes those behind him. From what I saw of the FGR friendly, he was particularly effective in that role but got moved wide, I guess to accommodate Scott, Williams and James in the same team. I see Sykes as an option at WB, maybe if we're chasing the game. If Wilson isn't 100% play Tanner. He's a good player.

He's very unlikely to go to Southampton or Bournemouth. Why would he want to join a club that rejected him, that is in real danger of relegation and where he'll likely get limited gametime. Could end up back in tbe Championship in a year. If we sell, it should be to a higher up side and where we keep him here on loan for the rest of the season.

As last season showed , he needs a number 9 next to him or in front of him to do his best work. LJ was too bothered trying to shoehorn lesser players into the team so moved him wide.

To me we looked more cohesive as any attacking side. The way we play was clearer. This time last season we were just belting long balls at Martin whereas now we're able to mix it up. The worry for me was off the ball. CM was a mess - we clearly missed James' positional intelligence. This improved once Scott dropped into his best position and began knitting things together. Scott has to start CM from now on. I'd also move Sykes into CAM as he is not good enough defensively at WB. People like Dasilva but for me his crossing is mediocre and he couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo - he really should've scored but missed by a mile from a great position. Sykes was excellent going forward but caught out of position a lot. Wilson looks like he needs time to adapt. If we want to tighten up, we need to play our defensively stronger WBs which means Tanner and Pring. Clearly Klose needs to be in defence. We defended well with him, Atkinson and Cundy last season. BEntley Klose Naismith Atkinson Tanner Scott Williams/James Pring Sykes Weimann Martin

Are you taking the piss?

70s? Should see the pitches at Ashton Park school or in GSP now

That's playable isn't it? Looks a bit shit but you can safely play football on it. Everyone on here who has played 11 a side has played on worse...

I watched a bit of that. The pitch looked fine.

A mate of mine went to Gloucester Art College. His mate knew one of the West's kids and they were kind enough to let them leave their bikes round 25 Cromwell Street. Nice bloke apparently. Only heard good things about him from people that knew him.

No.

Well, why are you bothering commenting with what is, let's be honest, a boring and low quality post?

5) Something about vouchers.

It's inevitable. Look at this country's leadership, at the ownership of clubs and the people in leading positions of governance.

The ref showed all the signs in the first half that he had at least one whopping error up his sleeves and so it proved...

He clears it and we stand and watch. That was the problem

Has to be said that klose wins the ball inside the 6 yard box and is then the one closing down Seri and it deflects off him. No one else reacted.

And if my auntie had a cock she'd be my uncle. We did not get what we deserved we were cheated by a combination of their player (as expected) and an incompetent / corrupt ref (not acceptable).

Lookoing forward to Nige's interview already. Fine incoming