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3 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

I've given that a laughing reaction... but only because I like you.

If I ever see you... or anyone else... use that grotesque term again, I will personally seek you out and pull out all your toenails with my teeth, so help us both, Dear God!  

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.

13 hours ago, ramsbottom said:

In that case I’ll add it to the ol’ watchlist 👍🏻

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.

8 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said:

Bolton with the trophy earned for a L1 second place/auto promotion to The Championship in 20

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39682808

 

 

Yep...as noted before 'tinpot'.. 🤣

1 minute ago, Mucker1884 said:

A/  They also have a website, X Accounts, and access to media to advise BEFOREHAND, not to do it in the first place, and yet there are enough hints on the internet to suggest it's highly likely to be ignored.  What makes you think their pleas would be heeded second time around, when emotions are running so much higher? 🤷‍♂️

B/  I never knew that, and stand corrected.  🍻

Parading a promotion trophy sounds like the basis for a lot of p*ss-taking...

I don't get it. Even when I was younger I didnt ..eg at the Southampton semi. 

What's the point,  you can't see anything and all the players scatter. Just stay near your seats or congregate near the front of the stand and clap the players and staff ie those who have done it. Getting on the pitch seems a weird desire.

Just head into town and civilly get p*ssed with your mates. Seems a bit entitled... 'why can't I run on the pitch and sorta intimidate the opposition'. Generally starts off fairly good natured but has a good chance of going south in some way.

Mainly though, the players can't celebrate properly together or with their families etc because fans want to swamp the pitch.  Do it after the celebratory lap and the players have gone if it matters that much to you.

I'm obviously in a minority of 1.

I think its a sensible suggestion. 

It's the cup...its random.  1 match and it goes straight to penalties after 90mins. Only increases the amount of shocks really... draws mean a replay where the bigger team win.

Personally I'd prefer going to a FA Cup game knowing I'm definitely getting a result. Extra-Time, replays are for wimps!

55 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

I wouldn’t quite describe it as “exemplary”. Our performances against Northampton and Wycombe (in my book, by and large, the management and players take joint responsibility for the poor performances and credit for the good ones) in particular are enough of blot to make such an accolade unjustified. Even most of the wins have been less than convincing but, I agree with your other sentiments. 
 

whether he is the right man to rebuild and go again is uncertain (I do understand certain posters concerns) but I do think he’s got us close enough not to be sacked.

Again, I get the concerns voiced by some others if we go up but he will have earned the right to give it a go.

As one - of what felt a relatively small minority at times - who urged patience earlier in the season,  I'm obviously glad we were, and that the outcome justifies it.  I aleo don't subscribe to the 'with the squad we have it was the least we should expect/we should be walking this league' mentality either.

However,  we have been slightly fortunate that other teams have stumbled so much and/,or that 3 good teams went up last year that would possibly have finished above us again this year. It doesn’t feel like a particularly strong League 1 - the Championship looks ridiculously strong though.

All irrelevant, we go up and we deserve it. Warne deserves a crack at the Championship. 

But it's inevitable if we continue the style of play when we are bad that he will come under pressure. This year the mantra is 'he's done it 3 times' and that calm experience looks key now. Even the way we accepted a (vital) point at Wycombe whereas Peterborough have taken a couple of hidings in amongst their wins.

Next season all previous experience is relatively negative so it won't be long before the pressure is on. Bottom half there will be a lot of groans, near bottom 3 close to Xmas and I expect he'd be close to gone.

I can't imagine many teams go up with such a divided fan base around the manager but almost everyone will agree he's done his job this year and so understand why he's going to be given the chance again. How long that patience last is going to variable!!

The Bolton result was massive, we had no room for error before then.

Now, even worst case scenario and we lose and Bolton win. We still play the bottom of the table at home, needing to win and improve our goal difference. And a draw keeps it totally in our hands.

It's almost a free hit tomorrow,  which for our stress levels and their mentality is massive. No early goal or even a goal against us tomorrow isn't panic stations, as a draw is still 'fine'.

I just can't see us not winning at least one of those 2 games and that will be enough I think regardless. 

We can go out confident but not desperate, gradually put the squeeze on them (they would take a draw I'm sure), don't give them any chances and go for the win but with an eye on not conceding. 

Can't see us changing much. 

Back 3 worked, Sibley and Wilson give us an outlet. Also gives us the option of 3 in the middle. Can't see us throwing Bird straight in, Hourihane is being edged out. Adams and Smith have been great. Thompson gives us energy, why change it.  Collins starts...

NML hasn't been as good as he can be and ends up out of position,  but Collins and Washington looked dreadful the other week...so we go again and can change style with CBT coming on wide with NML, Barks can come anywhere along the line and Washington or Waghorn give us more goal threat if needed or a more obvious 2 up top.

Can't see any reason anything can go wrong.....

On 17/04/2024 at 10:16, maxjam said:

I've watched it... 

If you're a gamer you'll probably enjoy the show, it captures the feel of the games and has loads of easter eggs.  If you've never heard of Fallout, its still been getting good reviews and Season 1 sets up the world and story nicely for the future.

I found it to be kinda 'meh' however - although I guess despite being a huge gamer I've never really enjoyed the Fallout/Bethesda games, so maybe its just me.  Reading other reviews it does seem that I am in a minority. 

You can easily watch it in a couple of evenings though, which is a positive for me!  So at least there isn't too much of a time investment - my missus wants me to watch Breaking Bad cos apparently its the 'best thing ever' but I see how many episodes there are and 'nah...' 

Ta.

Watched Episode 1 (of 'Fallout') now. Not a gamer but am aware of it through my kids.

Visually it looks great, feels big budget, plenty of storyline!

Will stick with it for now.

6 hours ago, loweman2 said:

keep an eye out for a bit of history !! im zipping up my boots !!

Zipping not lacing...... the mind boggles!

13 minutes ago, ap04 said:

If you -or anyone else- think so I strongly suggest you read something like this (not dismiss it, try and understand it)

I don't want to...or need to. It adds nothing to my enjoyment or the end result.

Plus there are too many unknowns. You score an early offside goal in a match, you then choose to sit deep, soak up pressure and you give up a few chances but ultimately you win. The stats are totally driven by what happened in that initial incident.

If the goal had been disallowed,  the whole game would have been played in a totally different way. So all the stats are pretty meaningless to me.

You disagree...but I don't see the point or merit in your view anyway as its a lot of thinking about stuff that is impossible to know anyway.

3 hours ago, ap04 said:

Not sure what your evidence is but I hope you trust mine as I've worked a bit on this.

After 46 games the average percentage of lucky/unlucky games net for a team is precisely 9%. The maximum is over 20% -hard to believe I know. This is based on the standard +2 clear chances aggregate worthy of a win.

The average discrepancy to the chances/goal average is 0.35, the maximum over 1. These can all be positive or negative.

You understand what the above mean in terms of points, goals and league positions at the end of a season.

Do you not think you're driving yourself insane here?

The fact is the league is the result of 48 games,  lasting 90mins over the course of nearly a year,  playing home and away, with the same rules every time.

As part of a sample that's quite comprehensive.

If it comes to the last day and the second placed team hit the post and also are denied a clear penalty,  meaning they only get 1 point. And you in third are given a goal which is offside and grab all 3 points, then that feels a massive swing of luck and/or deserved success.

So, over the course of the season you attempt to chart/categorise these... and I don't think you can. Because there are too many intangibles, too many 'possible chances', possible mistakes, too many occasions someone 'could' have been sent off...or are given a corner they shouldn't or a free kick that was debatable. Or played good teams when they had lots of injuries or had a new manager or lots of games in a short space of time or or or...

It's endless. So why try to compute it. There is a long enough sample time,  and at the end of it someone gets promoted and everyone knows the rules at the start of it. The 2 with the most points go up.

Think there was a slight danger on Sat if we'd known we needed to win we could over-commit, panic a bit if we didn't score early...and then get hit with a sucker punch, like Bolton did.

Now we can take our time,  build pressure... and even take a draw if needs be, and I think we will inevitably score. 

5 hours ago, downsouth said:

Thank you for the gracious comments.  I'm a bit *ahem* tired and emotional - it's been a relatively long wait for us to get back in to the second tier.  I'm rooting for you to get over the line and other results this evening appear to have been in your favour.  Good luck and raising a glass to B4.

I'm guessing if we were headed into the play offs there would be less gracious comments 😀

You did us a massive favour last week and potentially took the stuffing out of Bolton who ultimately knew they were on the back foot yesterday already.

Hopefully our paths cross again very soon!!

13 hours ago, eddielewis said:

Can't forget the one piece Cameroon kit. 

There's a relatively small amount of people who can wear that...

Fortunately I'm one 😉

On 14/04/2024 at 22:50, Mr. P said:

Just started watching Fallout on Prime. Based on the excellent but buggy video game. 

The show depicts the aftermath of the Great War of 2077, an apocalyptic nuclear exchange in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after WWII led to the emergence of a retrofuturistic society and a subsequent resource war. Many survivors took refuge in fallout bunkers known as Vaults.

...and......?

Feels like a trailer rather than a review 😀 

I plan to watch it....How's it going?

On 09/04/2024 at 16:19, Comrade 86 said:

Knox Goes Away - wasn't really sure what to expect of this movie as I watched it on a whim and without knowing anything about it. Michael Keaton directs and stars as a hitman whose doctor initially misdiagnoses Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder, as Alzheimer's. Upon learning that he has only weeks remaining, rather than months or years, he sets about completing a last contract, then 'cleaning house' before the inevitable, but not all goes go according to plan.

It's leisurely paced and perhaps a little short on the 'action' normally associated with films of this ilk, being a little more melancholy and cerebral in its approach, but I really liked it. Keaton, in particular, is very good in the lead role and handles the direction deftly too and delivers a decent twist without telegraphing it.

Don't be put off by the Saban Films link. It's not a Saban film, they just bought the distribution rights.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20115766/

You can buy "Knox Goes Away" on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu as download or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Vudu, Spectrum On Demand online.

Paul Peschisolido / 10

Forgot you reviewed this and watched it with the kids on Fri.

Very fair review. Interesting,  reasonably slow, thought provoking.. thought the ending was slightly telegraphed but a decent and engaging film.

9 minutes ago, Ellafella said:

To be fair, very few Derby fans could see goals in that line up and they were correct. Not to be churlish about a 3-0 win but we didn’t score from open play although we could’ve had 3 had chances gone in. But credit to the management team who saw the weakness in Orient’s back line. 

I commented this at half time.  We were really in charge, played aggressively and looked dominate. 

However, we actually created little from open play. Without the corner routines would we have not scored and the game become another stalemate? I honestly don't know. We played better than we have other weeks, the formation worked better... but may the same worries have resurfaced (and more to the point - could they this weekend)?

It didn't matter,  I'm not being churlish... or negative. 

It's not a black or white opinion. When things go right from the beginning we look really strong and like we will never concede a goal. When they don't we can't seem to adapt on the field and we can look particularly clueless.

One more good performance next weekend and it should be an open goal even we can't f*** up.

2 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

The poster is just trying to cover his backside after making a crass comment when the team was announced.

Today he was impeccable all round.

I think for the future, Cashin and Nelson look better players. Plus Niambe and Forsyth have been great too... and all 4 are big strong lads who you can rely on. But as a group they aren't blessed with pace and/or age.. for that reason I'm not sure Bradley is what we need.

But Warne's recruitment has generally been decent imo so hopefully he can find someone over the summer.

5 hours ago, Millenniumram said:

That celebration irks me. You had a good game today Sonny and the fans were right behind you. Doesn’t change the fact you got yourself stupidly sent of 3 games ago, potentially jeopardising our promotion push. Fans had every right to be annoyed.

What celebration?

Just watched his goals again and for the first he runs off and celebrates wildly with the other players.  The 2nd he briefly stands with his arms out accepting the applause and then celebrates with other players and then claps the fans...

Another year older in a League above....I'm not sure he's the answer ...but he had a great day today and that's all that matters for now.

Defence was as rock solid as ever.

Nelson was quiet really as Cashin attacked the ball defensively and Bradley offensively.

Sibley worked his backside off and was his best game in a long while. Wilson was up and down like an animal and so strong. They made it a back 5 and a back 3 as and when needed.

Smith,  Adams and Thompson all-action,  scrapping,  ratting and running the game.

Collins won a lot of headers and NML without looking especially likely to score or assist (and missed a good chance) was full of beans again.

No poor performances. Got the goals,  dictated the game.

Another Warne masterclass when we score early.

Even looked like we may create a goal from open play 2nd half.

We went from a 2/10 performance to a 9/10 in 4 days.

One last big performance next weekend and hopefully we can watch a procession on the last day. 

Mr Hyde turned back into Dr Jekyll during the week again!

Second half we cruised home and I was even able to watch most of the last 15mins of the stomach-churning Bolton v Pompey game. Both were going for it.

If Carlsberg did Saturday's then this was a great one. 

Back in our hands. Can even have a sneaky watch of the Bolton game with no stress.

2 games for glory. We have stumbled and corrected ourselves again....one last push and its our's!!!