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I wouldn't say I was posh or snobby in any way. Butlins/Skeggy was a regular holiday when I was a kid and I thought it was fine. Went 15years ago for a cheap weekend and it looked clean, chalets were modern-ish. Was pleasantly surprised .. my mate was right....she went regularly and raved about it. Over the course of the next 24hours I realised I was no longer the child I had been. The caravan and chalets sat in a semi concrete environment that felt depressing. The pool was cold....I mean really cold. The people were rough. I'm sorry they were. At around 6pm there were tons of women in pj's n slippers, smoking and walking round with wine and fags. They then all headed over to the club which consisted of really terrible cabaret acts and everyone getting smashed and swearing at their out of control kids. We stayed 1 night and went home never to return.

What a brilliant interview. Anyone who has been negative must admit he's a class act here. Get the f*** in.

Can I ask that if we don't lose today, regardless of friendlies.. @Comrade 86starts the thread on the first day next season?

Warne's philosophy has been to stay calm, not get too high/low, keep believing in a steady process. He actually means it and the players seem to follow it. So it would be a massive deviation if he started making wholesale changes, sticking players on the bench to give a grand farewell etc. Would send a dangerous message. I expect no changes unless injury forces it. Sibley and Wilson, Adams, Smith and Thompson. NML out of position. Plenty of attacking options off the bench.

Me and Mrs Chester are 6 episodes in. Its definitely very deliberately paced, shot, acted....the dialogue is very stilted and Scott himself answers everything minimally. Mrs Chester keeps saying 'why would he do that' or 'that doesn't make sense', and the choices that he makes are sometimes inexplicable for me too. It's definitely a series you could recommend to someone and they really don't like it. I'm in the middle ground. It's slightly too slow for me and whilst I don't mind it not being too accessible I don't really understand his motivations /rationale at times. The other characters are quite flimsy at times too so I don't really care what happens to anyone. Maybe a 7 out of 10 for me, something different but not completely sure there isn't a bit of style over substance at times and without the book/film for context I might have given it a pass.

This time tomorrow I will wake up and we will be a Championship club with nothing to worry about but who we are/aren't signing. Feels good... just get over the line today.

Nowadays the players would be suing him for bullying .and their agents would be feeding stories to the press about them getting counselling for the damage to their mental health (fragile ego). Don't think Ben White would be signing for him anytime soon.

I can see Bolton absolutely busting a gut to get an early goal. They can go for it til halftime and try and go a goal or two up and put the pressure on us. Going steady doesn't work as if our game is still goaless they need to play a full strength team for 90mins, potentially to no avail. They may as well throw caution to the wind and play a ton of strikers and if they concede so be it, at least then they know they can rest players 2nd half. Also psychologically if they lose there is no ill-effect, they know they didn't play their typical game. It makes it dangerous for us as they have nothing to lose, they are high odds so they may as well roll the dice for the big pay off. An early goal for Bolton will send a few nervous waves around the crowd. Possibly Peterborough knowing they are already out of it means they are less likely to blow up... they know they are there just to keep ticking over. I'd be sending them out to keep it tight and hit Bolton on the break. .I anticipate Derby keeping the ball for periods. Relatively conservative and run Carlisle ragged and bring on the subs regularly if we can't score. Would love to see us coming smashing out the gates but can't see it. I think Bolton will give us a scare but concede and we will eventually win a tight game.

Fair few goodbye substitutions by the look of that lot...

Anything spread that far, he's definitely going through...

The Championship table is quite daunting. An awful lot of teams with Premier League experience and cash. Plenty of big clubs with lofty ambitions. I'd take midtable, decent crowds, better football, stability and some younger players coming through.

Summer: Curtis Nelson: 10 Mr Consistent. Callum Elder: 6 Fair few injuries, hot and cold when he plays. Joe Ward 6.5 couple of really dodgy tackles and lots of injuries, but been a real asset in a few games. Sonny Bradley 6 terrible start, loses his composure, but srill a decent option at times. Josh Vickers: 6 decent back up Kane Wilson: 8 gets you on your feet, crucial goals and versatile. Martyn Waghorn : 4 great start, then been a passenger Conor Washington : 3 injury prone and less effective when playing than I'd hoped Tyrese Fornah : 4 couple of good games, then disappeared, bit odd. Elliot Embleton : 0. Ryan Nyambe : 7 looked great defensively, and part of our good run..but we've coped without him. Tyreece John-Jules : 3 bit part at best. Winter: Ebou Adams : 10/10 without him, no promotion. Dwight Gayle : 6 haven't been as massively impressed as other's seem to have been, but he was definitely needed. Corey Blackett-Taylor : 2 hopes abound for next season, but for this season I'm really underwhelmed. Max Bird : 5 - couple of great games on his return, then faded/injured.

With 'only' 9 years on the forum I'm a relative newbie... However it has struck me this would be my first promotion as a DCFCfan member. Nigh on a decade of posting with jack-all to celebrate is quite impressive. Hopefully the whole forum can be buzzing tomorrow as we all experience an actual proper 'thing' tomorrow for the first time!!!!

He seemed to be making reasonable points to me .... poor arithmetic aside.

The goals against column is unbelievable. Most new managers concentrate on getting the defence right first and he's definitely done that. An upgrade on Bradley, Niambe fit and we look decent. Add more bite in midfield (Adams-esque), more youth/pace on the wings, a creative number 10 and a front line striker .... Not gonna be cheap.

Adams, Niambe, Nelson, Ward, Wilson, CBT, NML, Fornah .. he definitely favours an 'athletic' footballer. Generally strong, or at least tenacious....with pace preferably, especially up front. What I struggle with is why he persisted so much with Hourihane? It was clearly where we struggled (in the middle) and yet he kept picking someone in that crucial role who doesn't really seem to be his kind of player. Cashin and Nelson have got a bit of everything, surely the best defensive partnership in the league. Collins has been an absolute warrior this season... just think we need an upgrade there most urgently.

I like him as a person. He's good at this level, if pretty pragmatic and favouring percentage football. He deserves a chance to have a crack at it next season. IF we struggle and with the opposition much better if we see many repeats of our worst football from this season, then I expect him to be under pressure and I understand why.

Is there a Warne-confessional thread where the more vitriolic anti-Warne posters can bare their souls, recant their heretic views and thereby claim absolution and become a true believer with immunity from any 'I told you so' comments? Then we can all walk hand-in-hand into a better world, where grounds are like small cities, where the players have names you have heard of and it doesn't feel like a really weird coincidence if you happen to know someone who supports the opposition?

The Warne-iest of Warne performances today. The better team first half and a great breakaway goal. 2nd half we turned over possession constantly, Wildsmith at crosses and his kicking both poor again today. Lots of bodies blocking shots, lots of effort but little quality. Back 3 looked immense and we just about did enough. No way are we losing by more than 1 next week regardless, so Bolton will be on the front foot. Think we could take a point with minimal effort- so will be interesting how he goes... probably same again.

Almost impossible to catch us, with a game in midweek and another on Sat... quickly followed by the play offs. I'm thinking they will rest players regardless. An early goal for Bolton, and Derby looking toothless....every Carlisle attack is going to be stressful.

Didn't Graham Richards constantly refer to it as the BBG?

I'd go for Hourihane's...love a piledriver that ends up top corner.

Really enjoyed Fallout in the end. Great visually for me. Love the 50s vibe, mixed in with different eras of technology (is it almost 'steampunk'?). Has an awful lot of ways it could go. Jumps back and forth ...in time, over/under ground, different storylines. Just has that opportunity to really follow different threads. One of my favourites of the year definitely and I know very little of the game except what the kids have said before.

Definitely better than Kin for me. Found Kin slightly monotous...(especially the lead woman's voice!). Seemed more and more unrealistic as it went on but with no humour or distraction. Love/Hate has more varied characters and feels like it has different tones and the vibe moves around more.