Tamworthram

Just finished watching the Netflix mini series “Painkiller”. A drama based on the true story surrounding the abusive prescribing of the opioid drug Oxycotin. A disturbing yet excellent watch. Highly recommended.

I don't care too much about "watching Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal". I only Match of The Day (fast forwarding through the the pundits bits of course) for something to watch. I yearn for the day when the "big clubs" disappear off to some mega bucks super league.

I don't think these stats are correct. Not much better but both the BBC and Sky have higher numbers all round.

But it's not instructive if you don't know was said. Also, as @Returning ram says, football is an emotional game and players will, from time to time, disagree and have a bit of a rant at the coaching staff and their fellow players. One alleged in game fall out between Sibley and Warne isn't necessarily an indication of their ongoing relationship. I'm not sure what the comment about the fourth official has got to do with this mini debate.

They might prefer an “easier” tie at home against lower league team in order to progress to the next round and meet a WSL team later in the tournament. Pros and cons for both.

I think he is skating on thin ice and could easily upset or cause offence if his poor attempts at adding a bit of humour weren’t so clearly signposted as I believe they were on this occasion meaning, this time I doubt very much Sibley would be bothered by what he said.

And there was me thinking it’s because you’re finding it a little more difficult to criticise at the moment after 5 consecutive league wins. 😀 Surely you’re not denying Warne is a bit of a joker? Whether his attempts at funny comments are very funny or not is a different matter. I don’t think they are most of the time. I don’t see it as a cheap shot (what exactly is a cheap shot?) just my thoughts on why you might say certain things.

Yes. IMO. Barker doesn’t think he’s funny and neither do many of us I suspect (myself included) a lot of the time but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t trying to make a bit of joke. He also said Barks scored a screamer when clearly he didn’t. Generally speaking, my default opinion (although not always the case) is that PW is making a bad attempt at making a bit of a joke. Your’s seems to be to try and spot any small comment and to interpret it in such a way that you can criticise him (even after we’ve just won 3:0 and won our last five games). I guess we’ll have to leave it to others to determine which of is most accurate.

That is a typical @RoyMac5 comment. Ignoring the positive things PW was saying about Sibley and cherry picking (and then misinterpreting IMO) one comment part of which was clearly a tad tongue in cheek. I’ve just listened to the interview and he said “I’m glad he scored otherwise he would have been in deep….. as he could have put Birdy in”. Note he said could not should and. Had he not scored, I’m sure we would all have been screaming “why didn’t he pass to Bird?” We didn’t scream it because Sibley did score but we all know PW likes to try and add a bit of humour to his interviews. We’ll never know but I reckon Sibley will realise that as well and will not be thinking “FFS, I score and he’s still not happy”.

Looks like GBH to be. Absolutely disgusting. Even if he and Collins had been tussling all game, there is no justification for such an assault.

I agree that Sibley can’t be criticised for taking the shot on mainly because he scored of course but also because he didn’t have the benefit of slo mo and freeze frame. However, I disagree with your opinion of Bird’s position or the likelihood of scoring. IF Sibley had got the pass right (just in front of Bird for him to run on to) and played it early enough then Bird would have been through with just the keeper to beat. The defender was too far out and would not have closed the gap if the pass had been played early enough. Also, if Bird had “bombed forward” then he would either have been offside or it would have been difficult for Sibley to play it in front of him, and get it around their number 5, without it being too close to the keeper. All if’s but’s and maybe’s. The important thing is the outcome was a good one.

Surely anyone talking about the team not playing for Warne now realise they are talking rubbish. I wasn’t at the game but the amount of players sprinting forward for that final effort was remarkable considering we were already 3:0 up.

I don’t think the EFL ask for details of future plans from prospective buyers do they?

I agree that for the vast majority of players, football is just a job and they are only doing it for the money (not a criticism of the players by the way. Clubs are not only employing them to do a job and will, more often than not, discard them once they are no longer required). However, they are all human beings and would have to be incredibly thick skinned to be able to simply ignore some of the abuse they sometimes receive from a small minority their own fans. On the other hand, I’m sure that whilst quite possibly hurt by some of the unacceptable comments seen on social media, they will understand these people are just attention seeking idiots, not truly representative of the clubs fan base and are present at every club.

Assuming that to be true then both the player in question and the friend strike me as a little naive to think a) the fans that had tweaked the friend necessary represent the majority of fans and b) the fans of the club in question are really any different to the vast majority of fans of all clubs. I feel confident that every club in the country/world have their fair share of trolls and keyboard warriors.

I'm sure DC will be very grateful for your advice. How have you calculated our likelihood of us staying in this league at 60%?

A little unfair on the few that attended. I don’t know if they were standing/sitting near the microphone but I thought they made a commendable attempt to create and maintain an atmosphere. Heck, I even heard the bounce at least once which must have looked a little bizarre.

That’s OK then. If/when we get back into the Championship I reckon the team will look a tad different.

So you’ve called out two things he’s got wrong and ignored all the decent/good stuff he’s done? Is he the only player to have given the ball away and miss a challenge tonight or in any game come to think of it? I think he had a decent game but I guess some people just need a player to pick on.

What a weird post.

At least Scotland women have finally read the script even if the Fleetwood players haven’t.

Nowt to do with our dislike of the EFL. I would imagine this attendance won’t be very much different to the other ties (apart from any local derbies). As others have said, there won’t be any shortage of takers if we reach the final.

Not always he isn’t. Hasn’t quite got his range and direction right tonight though yet.

To be fair, it must be genuine given he had to go off.