ilkleyram

I recall - but this may be an older brain fade - that we tried enhancing the crowd noise through speakers at the BBG one year. It didn’t last long because the authorities said it was against the rules. I think you’re only allowed to broadcast after goals are scored, when subs are made (ie information) and in emergency.

It wasn’t because there were always numbers left over

You’ve only persuaded Mrs W once in 13 years to get into bed? In all honesty that’s a Connor Salmon strike rate

Someone tell @angieram that her cover’s blown

On the ‘Warne breaks players’ topic Sportscene on Radio Derby was interesting last night listing many clubs across the leagues (including Orient) with high numbers of injuries this season. Perhaps it’s nothing to do with our training methods If you look at the way he dealt with TJJ for example - a very careful reintroduction that unfortunately went wrong - or Rooney’s freak injury or Ward’s or Collo’s - then maybe there’s other factors at play.

Chipolata?

That if you stepped on the cracks in the pavement (especially where the pavements were flags) bears would get you. To this day I still find myself subconsciously walking in the centre of pavement flags.

McGoldrick is the current holder…….though your general point is right that you then have to go back to Vydra and then Rob Hulse and Steve Howard. We have given the award to a lot of defenders over the years, liberally sprinkled with midfielders. Perhaps we just like good defenders in our club - Roy Mac was the first recipient and Dave and Toddy came soon after - but John O’Hare got it the second time so I’m not sure what that tells you 🤣

Not necessarily wholly true - except the MM bit - if the investor(s)/owners sell the club to someone else for more than they put in then they do get a financial return. I would imagine, for example, that Mike Ashley made money on the Newcastle deal, that the Glazers have benefitted from Man U. So it is possible. Would also imagine that DC might find it hard to get his money back from buying us given what he had to cover, never mind the running costs.

Around this time - 10am - as nervous as sin thinking we might struggle and that they’d do us over. Ah well.

Why would any punishment of Leicester have to be retrospective? They could be deducted points the next time they’re in the PL. There’s no chance any punishment will be this season anyway. There’s only six weeks to go. It’ll take that long to appoint a barrister never mind brief them.

Is a padeo someone who plays that paddle tennis game like Dwight?

It's probably the principle that if those things have been photoshopped then maybe the whole photo has been photoshopped, which then ties in with the conspiracy theories no doubt circulating widely on twittergram that she's actually dead/an alien/never going to walk again following her operation/been abducted by Meegan and Hal (fill in your own favourite theory here) The fact that no photo used by any of the media at any time hasn't been manipulated in some way, whether that's simply cropped to size or more sinister, seems to have passed everyone by. Whether it's actually of any importance probably depends on whether you think the Royal Family and their health issues are important. Some do, some don't. It does say two things of interest - that whoever did the photoshopping isn't very good at it and needs some training and, secondly, that our media are now so paranoid (perhaps with good reason) about being manipulated that they check and are worried about even the most innocent of photos, even allowing for the fact that most of them, including the BBC, published it before they checked it.

Shaun picked Barkhuizen for motm.

November 19th is our turn apparently.

But we should do - compare DC and MM that is - because they are both in exactly the same position financially, albeit that the actual amounts are different. When push comes to shove our outgoings exceed our incomings. We therefore need DC to find ways of filling in the monetary gap, for all his talk of sustainability. Exactly the same with MM. The difference, at the moment, is that DC is (unlike MM latterly) showing every sign of trying to control our outgoings and is prepared to fill the financial gap. It was MM refusing to continue to fill the financial gap that led to administration. There’s nothing, other than our current confidence in a new owner, that says that that situation cannot repeat itself. That same concern applies, or should do, to the vast majority of football clubs in this country, Premier league or Efl, which is one of the reasons that the epl and efl are belatedly challenging the financial performances of a number of clubs. DC saved my, our, football club. He’s clearly a fan; he’s clearly brought about a degree of financial control that was lacking; he’s clearly prepared to, for the time being at least, fill in the financial gaps. But for all we might not want to believe it now, that could change. It’s a situation that absolutely demands a large degree of patience from us when we cannot afford a young, dynamic striker/defender/midfielder that’s effectively a short term financial gamble however much we fans might want him.

What I found most interesting - and worrying in a way - was his apparent powerlessness about the possible transfer: ‘you realise you have no control over it (the transfer)’; ‘it’s all above my head’ I probably changed jobs about 12 times in my career. On 3 occasions I was headhunted. Every time I moved it was because I decided it was right for me and my family, and when I had a family they were always involved in the decision. Cash always seems to me to be someone with his head screwed on and I would hate to think that the decision wasn’t his to make, that he didn’t have control over his future and his career, just as when he decided to extend his contract. Perhaps football is just different; perhaps players still don’t have quite as much power as we think despite Bosman and agents. I don’t want him to leave but I do hope that if and when he does it is his choice and no one elses even if clubs and agents are part of the process.

5 of us now 😀😀

I do like how, at the end of the game, all the Gateshead squad shook hands with and thanked every one of their supporters for coming to the match. I know there were only a 100 or so but even so that was a good gesture.

And I thought I was the only one to have only missed the Newcastle home game that season. Thank you @Mick Harford and @Alty_Ram. Join the club.

Well just so long as you didn’t skip home along the cycle path outside Costco. That would have been very annoying to the hundreds of bell ringers that use it.

If you enjoyed that you might like When the dust settles by Lucy Easthorpe - a really enjoyable read by someone involved (seemingly) in every disaster’s aftermath for the last 40 years. I know it doesn’t sound interesting but it was! I’ve just started Essex Dogs by Dan Jones which is historical fiction - well written and researched - and just finished Ryan Conway’s Pride before the fall - well written but nothing of too much note given all the NDAs in place. What was most interesting was the number of people who wouldn’t talk to him, far more than just Stephen Pearce.

Me and young Ilkley will renew sometime in April. I’m obviously the only one. I’m enjoying this season - goals (some very, very good ones), mean defence, second in the league with a chance of going up automatically or the thrill of the playoffs, but challenging at the very least. So sometimes we misplace passes, sometimes we make mistakes, sometimes we lose games we should win - welcome to human beings playing in the third division. Exactly the same when Arthur was our manager playing an effective style that scraped us up due to a dodgy penalty. I enjoyed that season too. And we have a club, a team to support. Not so long ago I thought I was going to our last ever match. Can’t get that feeling out of my mind. Anything, anything is better than that and worth a season ticket

He’ll be 39 in a couple of weeks time.

Hopefully Mrs Badger the second lurks on this forum and will recognise your description and take the hint. 🤞🏻🤞🏻