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1 hour ago, Eoghan1884 said:

Being a newly promoted side with the type of player we have trying to play possession based football would be a thankless task. Our squad has been constructed to defend, set pressing traps and move forward at pace. It can actually be quite fun to watch when executed with the correct personnel. For example watching Luton in the premier league (I know they’ll be relegated) or Coventry who aren’t a possession based side and also set up with 5 at the back. 

I think if Warne had his way and everything fell into place, we’d be the Leicester title winning sides if 13/14 and 15/16

They weren’t a counter-attacking side, they would just overwhelm you with pace and energy

It’s a bit of false truth that they won the Premier League in 15/16 by playing on the break, they blew teams away for the first half of the season. It was only after the New Year Ranieri realised ‘s***, we can actually do this’ and made them a bit more rigid.

Sibley’s contract was signed as an 18 year-old goal scoring #10 in The Championship.

His current role in the squad is to fill in at left-back. He’s done so in League One.

It would pain the romanticist in me but… unless he agree to a drop in wages I’d let him go

Didn’t the account for 22/23 show our wage bill as being £17,000,000? 

1 hour ago, jono said:

It fascinates me that the gamble is the thing in the championship.  MM was the extreme example but so many owners are rolling the dice rather than building from foundations. I admit that I am a steady Eddy but that doesn’t mean risk averse, just that risks need to be calculated and have a back system if they go pear shaped. 

I suppose the counter argument to that is our spell under Clough

We did everything right, we built slowly, we developed the academy, we spent what we made in sales, we had a bottom third budget in the division*… we were still losing £7,000,000 a year.

*just for comparison, the QPR Final team’s wage bill was less than half of last season’s

When we had Clough he had us fit, with loads of good footballers, played nice football but were dog defensively and couldn’t defend a set piece for s****.

Warne will have us fit, loads of battlers, set us up we’ll, battle hard and be god from set-pieces at both ends.

I feel as though he’ll end up setting up the next manager for success, as Clough did.

Just a thought, we’ll have had a week longer break, teams will have lost players to the Euros, we’ll have promotion momentum… 

If fixtures go our way… we could get the ball rolling 👀

On 02/05/2024 at 09:43, Animal is a Ram said:

We were the only team Mitrovic didn't score against that season, if memory serves?

Don’t know if this has been replied not already but no, the Rowett season was 17/18.

It was 21/22 you’re thinking of.

On 02/05/2024 at 09:00, RadioactiveWaste said:

This also resulted in Smith playing some of his best football with us.

Yeah, thought he was quietly immense in the run in

I didn’t particularly rate him when he first came. He provided balance and was immense as a screen but gave the ball away more than he actually won it.

But as soon as Smith came back in it changed.

Smith was the one sitting a little deeper, picking passes from deep and keeping things tidy.

This allowed Adams to start rampaging forward. He was still the steel of the midfield but he was using his energy to get forward as well as just putting his foot in.

Just something I noticed.

When he first broke through he was this tidy midfielder who would keep the ball, keep things ticking.

He’s sort of lost that ball retention and turned into this energetic midfield runner.

Maybe the style of football won’t allow it (not a dig) but if he can knit it together you’ve basically got another Bryson. Just without the goal threat, thus far.

One from this season that’ll be one of those “f****** hell, remember that” matches

Taking 5,000 to Meadow Lane, outselling them and outselling our home attendance from the previous group game 😂

1 hour ago, Sean said:

Don't think I've seen it mentioned but beating Bournemouth 3-2 in the admin season just after our second points deduction. Think we went straight back to 0 points but for some reason that was when it felt like we could really go for an unbelievable escape that season. Not to be of course... But a great feeling at that game.

And then backing it up with a point away to a Fulham team who were smashing everybody!

Which then reminds me… beating Fulham at home on Good Friday that season to postpone relegation

Considering how monumental it was, beating Forest in The FA Cup replay in 2009 isn’t spoken about anywhere near enough as it should be.

Two down inside fourteen minutes. Win 3-2.

First win at The City Ground in 37 years.

Commons scoring the winner on his first return back.

I’ll even add Savage’s scarf nonsense.

2 hours ago, CocuBarmyArmy said:

Bit of an outside shout but I'll always remember beating Hull away in (I think) the 15/16 season. Butterfield brace - really thought we were going up that night...

Friday night, day before my 20th birthday

A pub had gotten a buffet ready for our coach but a lorry had shed its load on the M1 so we never made it and they slammed the phone when we let them know 😂

Mad the rubbish you remember because of football

4 hours ago, cannable said:

My head hurts

Update: Sambuca is flowing

Not to be that guy but the pitch invasion was a disgrace. There were still two minutes of play left.

Why was there such a clamour to do one? Mainly by 19 year old virgins who thought it was cool. 

Nobheads on the pitch even before that.

My head hurts

I know it’s probably blasphemy… but some of these ‘funny’ anecdotes about Clough just make him sound like a nob. 

11 hours ago, RoyMac5 said:

Quick get him in the first team! 😄

Kaide has an appearance for us! Didn’t stop them!

2 hours ago, StaffsRam said:

Agree. 

I get the fixture congestion line that's always trotted out with this kind of thing, but there are far better solutions than this. Why not increase the Premier League squad lists from 25 to say, 30, and make them actually play some of the vast amounts of talent that the Premier League clubs hoover up from the lower leagues?

As a point of reference, re fixtures - Man City played 61 games in total last year. Winning the treble. In 71-72 we won the league, and neither the FA Cup, or League Cup, and had no European impediments, and we played 60 games. 

Peterborough will have played 64 games this season if they win the play-offs.

f*** City and f*** their treble.

If we get promoted automatically we’ll have played 54 games this season. 
 

Arsenal can only play 52. 

12 minutes ago, Gary Teale said:

No goals in 10 and not producing at the moment, he has been woeful the last few games, yet been our attacking spark all season. 
I wouldn’t have a clue if to play him or drop him 

I can’t tell if he’s struggling with that hamstring or if he’s trying too hard. Maybe both.

What was he doing when he just needed to knock it down the right-wing and cross but instead cut inside and shot on his weak foot? 

The attempted diagonal that went behind Wilson and gave them a throw? 

He’s not beating players either. 

On 06/04/2024 at 17:53, Crewton said:

Another player who made a mint out of Derby but couldn't rustle up a modicum of empathy when we were in Administration.

F*** him.

Conversely… another the fans decided they didn’t like with very little reason then moaned when he gave it back*
 

*See Chris Baird, Cyrus Christie etcetera 

Van Der Laan winner in ‘96, Oakley Man of the match in ‘07.

Gotta be Hourihane with one final magic swish of his left foot, surely? His legs have gone but he’s still a genius in the final third.

My account wasn’t made early enough… let me know please if you DID make yours early enough 😂