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Do you think Barnsley looked that good that it would take such an investment? 😅

Exactly. The home game was so long ago that I don’t think it’s particularly relevant but, they weren’t a great deal better than us today. We were poor but they still didn’t play us off the park.

We can beat anybody. Unfortunately, we can lose to anyone as well.

Only partly to blame now then? That's more like it.

Here we go again. PW obviously told them to play poorly in the second half then?

Apart from scoring do you mean? Awful second half though.

18 games is a bit different to throwing a newbie into the first team but, as I said, I'm not sure he's that "afraid".

Perhaps @Ghost of Clough should have said “proven” youngsters. Bird and Cashin were so established in the first team when PW arrived that it doesn’t quite feel right to describe them as “youngsters” even though they technically are. Having said that, I’m not entirely convinced PW is afraid to play unproven youngsters. It could just be that he doesn’t see them good enough (at the moment) to make that breakthrough. It’s always a risk playing unproven youngsters in the first team and it’s perhaps a risk PW should have taken earlier in the season but now we’re at the sharp end of the season, maybe it’s more important to stick with experience.

That’s pretty much how I see it panning out. We do need to contain them in the first half.

It’s a reasonable concern for some but, don’t forget, if we do get promoted we certainly won’t be a big fish in a small pond anymore.

I’ll be in cosmopolitan Higham in the morning before the game visiting relatives. That’s enough excitement for me. 😅

Trump accepts Bitcoin? Just the sort of endorsement you need. 😅

Simply no longer part of the ST deal and haven’t been for a long time.

I seem to have stumbled across a band from Japan called Love bites. The latest YouTube clip I’ve seen is a live recording of “Lost in the garden”. Amazing musicians.

Just make sure you have a good moan if there are any first day gremlins. 😀

I remember years ago, loads of us piling into the back of a transit van and travelling all over the place. No seat belts or anything. You couldn't (shouldn't) do that now. Health and Safety gone mad. 😀

I'll be renewing but there's no hurry (just don't spend the money on something else in the meantime 😀). Before you know it, some people will be moaning: 1) I haven't had my personalised letter/email yet 2) renewals aren't working properly on the website.

Early days still but there aint a lot of "bitching" on this site. If you look at places like X then you should expect it.

Absolutely. The increase will of course be painful for some (as all price increases are) but we have to be realistic in our expectations.

If I remember correctly, they were on top for the first 15 - 20 at PP but once we’d weathered the early storm we took over. I wonder if it will be similar pattern tomorrow? Early Barnsley pressure but we hold firm (no goals conceded and not a plethora of yellow cards) and then begin to assert ourselves (hopefully). COYR.

Of course it’s a shame they have gone up (about £60 for me) but I don’t feel like moaning about it. I think it was inevitable given they haven’t risen for so long. The cost of living has gone up for everyone and, sadly, DCFC are not immune from increased costs. How palatable the increase is is, of course, influenced by what league we’ll be playing in next season but I don’t think it was feasible to wait until that has been determined. No brainer for me, I’ll renew without hesitation. Some consolation for me 1) it’s less than I’ve budgeted for and 2) I’ll be in the seniors bracket the season after next.

You probably should have removed the Bristol Rovers badge to make the joke work. 😅

Possible but very unlikely I would have thought. I can’t imagine Mel being bothered enough to put any such condition in the contract and risk it not going through.

Damn it. Another barrier to me buying a Tesla. 😀

I'm not sure you could describe the chants as "official"😀 I'm not entirely comfortable with his appointment for this game but I don't think there are any real grounds to suspect he is biased especially if, as you have, you separate out the Barnsley apprentice factor. The EFL don't appoint referees per se. Do we know it's actually them that select the referees for specific games? I'm not convinced they do but happy to be proved wrong. Whoever did select him though has made a bold decision that should perhaps, by applying a bit of common sense, have been avoided.