Tamworthram

There are some fish that seem to do OK. 😀

Is he likely to be on £40k a game? Like others, I doubt it. Also, Gayle’s isn’t going to cost us £40k per game (or whatever the figure is) due to injury. The fact that he’s injured isn’t costing the club anymore - it’s just that we’re not getting any return for whatever we’re paying him. If anything, it’s the injuries to Washington, Waghorn and Collins that has cost us money (because we’ve had to bring in Gayle).

Robbins took over at Coventry in March 2017. It took him 2 seasons to get them promoted out of league one and in his first year in the Championship Coventry finished 16th (12th the following season). If you insist on doing a comparison then it's probably better to see how we do next season (assuming we get promoted this year) as the managers trajectories with their current clubs will be a bit more comparable: Similar sized clubs, both clubs recovering from financial difficulties, both clubs promoted from league one after two seasons (hopefully).

Every empire that has ever existed would like to differ. Why single out the British empire?

Wow. Better quality football seen in a game between two highly ranked international teams than in a game between two league one teams. A truly startling revelation.

You’re 100% right. No, actually, I think there are some on this forum that still wouldn’t be happy (with PW in charge) even if we were top. I think the reason a lot of us are anxious/nervous/glum etc is because it feels like watching a film that you’ve seen before so you know how it ends. How many times have we been in a good position going into the last few games but failed? last season obviously, then there was the year we only needed a draw at home v lowly Reading in the final game but we lost immediately spring to mind. Add to that the injury list and the fact that we’re not playing particularly well, even when we win more often than not, and the feelings of uncertainty are understandable. BUT, this isn’t a film - it doesn’t have to end the same way, teams in the chasing pack have had their wobbles and most still have some stiff games ahead of them. Four (or more) points from the next two games and I think it’s game on still. (I can see us nicking a point at Pompey) Two points or less (I can see the Blackpool game being a tricky one) then I think we’re no longer favourites for the auto’s (obviously dependent on what the other do).

I watched “Ukraine: Enemy in the woods” last night (on BBC and available on IPlayer). It was a hard watch as it gave a small inkling as to what war must be like on the front line. It must be even worse for the Russian soldiers a lot of whom probably don’t want to be there and whose chances of survival are no doubt much lower than the Ukrainians.

Ain't likely to make it to 5+ then I reckon. 😞

Please don’t get one. That leaves one more for us to fight over in the 5+ category. 😀

I’m still in the PW in camp (just about) but sadly the good 3:0 wins are far outweighed by the poor defeats and the less than convincing wins. I also think the point you’ve made about new signings in the summer suiting Warne’s style is what is worrying a lot of people. Like I said, I think many of us are prepared the stomach the often less than entertaining football in order to get us out of this league but maybe don’t relish the prospect of the same next season. I also enjoy (most of the time) being at the top end of the league regardless of some (many I would suggest) bad performances but let’s be realistic, if we get promoted, we’re unlikely to have the luxury of being in the top six or so next season to compensate for the quality of football. I think the higher number of posts when we lose compared to when we win is reflective of the above rather than people not wanting us to get promoted. For me, I obviously want us to get promoted. Playing great football in the process would be ideal but not essential now that we’ve got so few games to go. If we fall short, I’ll just accept it and we go again next season with PW in charge.(I’ll still be renewing my season ticket next season). If we go up I’ll be hopeful of surviving comfortably (again with PW in charge) and seeing some decent football. I’m certainly not assuming the football will be c**p and we’ll struggle.

How many people, if any, on this forum have said they don’t want promotion? I suspect the majority would love to see us playing entertaining football AND getting promoted but are prepared to go without the former this season provided we go up. At this stage in the season, I for one am prepared to accept us winning ugly. If we park the bus at Pompey and hold on for a point, that’s OK. If we scrape a win in all of three remaining home games, I can live with that now we’re at the sharp end of the season (although I’d obviously rather we won handsomely and avoided a nerve wrecking final few minutes). BUT, what surely concerns most of us is the type of football we’re likely to see next season if we go up and if we’ll struggle to survive or not. Despite PW’s record at Championship level, I for one am prepared to defer any opinion until we see what he delivers for us.

It is a remarkable coincidence but, according to our website, that's the same number Cambridge gave us last year.

They can’t have done. I just checked on their site and you can still select tickets.

Can't disagree with any of that, a pretty fair assessment. The only comment I'd make is that yes, Wilson did handball it on one occasion. It wasn't deliberate but his arm was in an unnatural position so it probably should have been given. However, it wasn't a significant incident. As you say, no one was around him and it wasn't in a particularly dangerous part of the pitch. So, it doesn't really cancel out the freekick that should have been given leading up to the goal (I don't know if that's what you're implying given you mention the two incidents in the same paragraph). Having said that, we still had enough to time to deal with your attack that led to the goal so I'm not sure it can be attributed solely to this referee error.

Nearly but not quite. They're only 3 points outside of the playoffs with 7 game to play and a relatively easy run in. I'm sure they will be going for the win but I'd imagine they'd be reasonably happy with a draw.

It should have been a foul but we still had enough time (and players back) to deal with the situation. Bradley was very soft with his tackle and Cashin was in no man’s land. We can’t blame our defeat solely on a single incident that should have been dealt with. Also we still had well over an hour to make amends.

Maybe it’s true maybe it’s not. We’ll probably really never know but it’s quite convenient for Russia if this individual is claiming he was offered money by someone connected to Ukraine (if that’s part of the claim). If I was in custody in Russia it wouldn’t take much for me to agree to say what they wanted me to. It isn’t how ISIS operate but it would also be a massive PR failure by Ukraine if they were behind the attack. Why would they want to kill innocent civilians and do anything that might strengthen the resolve of the Russian people resulting in more support for Putin? I guess the argument could be that they wanted to bring the conflict closer to home for the Russian population and cause more of them to call for an end but I don’t see it personally.

Where is all this money we are supposed to have spent that they couldn't afford.

Once again, travesty is probably the wrong word. It implies we were hard done by which we weren't.

It must have been a significant amount of money in order tempt someone to commit an act of terrorism in a country like Russia where the chances of getting out alive and escaping would have been close to zero. They would also have known that, even if they got away from the scene of the attack, the fate that would await them if they got caught would be somewhat less than pleasant.

I’m not sure you’ve got the definition of “supporters” quite right there.

Perhaps you need to set some new, negative, objectives for the Blackpool game and the team/manager might fail all of those as well. 😀

The only way that would work is if clubs were only allowed to make up for any shortfall in net profit by way of a non-repayable (except as a result of a sale of the club) investment by the owners. Isn’t that essentially how P&S rules work in leagues 1 and 2? Certain types of owner injection of funds can be included in revenue? You can’t have rich owners boosting the revenue of a club by way of a loan for which repayment can be demanded. In fact, isn’t the amount each club is allowed to lose each year already limited by the fact that a large proportion needs to be covered by a “secure” injection of funds from the owner? FFP rules may not prevent clubs getting into financial trouble simply because they literally allow them to make significant losses each year.

The player I think is the most one footed (not literally of course) is Nyambe. If the opposition manager does his home work it can cause a problem. Having a player that is equally comfortable with either foot is a rare luxury.

You mean like the 21 he has scored in his career? Perhaps age is catching up with him but I think I’d trust him from the penalty spot.