Chester40

Rebus (2024)
Never watched the original few series..... and as I've said before I'm dubious of domestic series such as Happy Valley/Line of Duty/Bodyguard that people rave about.
Actually really impressed. Gritty, good dialogue, well acted... just very watchable in a Sweeney type, 'police aren't all black and white good/bad' kinda way.

I had to try to ignore that I'd read the books but still found myself thinking, 'He wouldn't do that' and, 'there's no way he would say that'.
I was a bit irritated by it overall.

Bradley did well in the tail end of games, but inherently I just don’t trust him to be consistent. His heading is his forte but even then after Xmas there were a few games where we let in sloppy goals that he just didn’t mark or jumped under the header. Should be bread and butter stuff for him. And as people say, that was league one. Like many, I’d thank him for his role but be pleased to see him move on, especially as I’m sure his wages would be heftier. Even if it’s a younger understudy, I agree we’re lacking pace in that department and need to address. I think a prospect would do well with Nelson to talk them through and cash as an example.

And the reason we had one fullback?

Not sure how Australia use Souttar but he’s scored 11 goals in 29 caps. A 6 foot 7 goal scoring centre back that lives in the East Midlands, sounds like Warne made him in a lab. 

Yep loved it. Didn't take itself too seriously and was great fun. Gangs of London was adolescent nonsense. Not a single copper in view as they blew up half of London and heads blowing up left right and centre. Awful.

I would have thought Prem teams would want to see what Cashin can do in the Championship before they spend over £5 mill. I was at Lincoln when quick players made him look like he was running in treacle. I was also at Northampton when his marking was terrible . Let’s all hope he can make the step up .

Rebus (2024)
Never watched the original few series..... and as I've said before I'm dubious of domestic series such as Happy Valley/Line of Duty/Bodyguard that people rave about.
Actually really impressed. Gritty, good dialogue, well acted... just very watchable in a Sweeney type, 'police aren't all black and white good/bad' kinda way.

Without giving too much away, S02 is much broader in its scope. I am wondering now whether it's teeing upa a 3rd season though, whereas I'd hoped it would all be tied up in thi series. I think the premise can carry a couple of seasons, but I'm not sure if a 3rd would necessarily add anything. It still has my attention though!

Apologies Alf, I took the wording and tone of your initial post as implying we were somehow being financially outmuscled by Rotherham, I was just looking to suggest it may be down to choice on our part rather than spending power. 
 
EDIT - taking your car auction analogy, we’re both looking at the same car, I bid £1000 as that’s what I believe it is worth but could go higher if I wanted to, you bid £1100 and I think “it’s not fair value so I’ll take my money elsewhere”, not that I couldn’t bid further but I chose not to.

We’re bidding outbid on wages for a particular player, there is a difference. Warne and club obviously have an idea of what sibley is worth salary wise. Rotherham seemingly value him higher.
sibley isn’t a keep at all costs player is he, is a player we’ve moulded into a wing back but otherwise struggled to force his way into team regularly.

Well there you go then...that more than befits the multimillion investment of his entire fortune to revive the club.

But it's symbolic.
The "Welcome to my stadium".  The link to ye olde BBG.  The transition.  The deliberate lack of pretentiousness.  Grand without the grandeur! 
Come on... open your eyes... This is so very Lionel.
 
 
 
*I'm guessing... I never met the bloke in person!    👀

Well there you go then...that more than befits the multimillion investment of his entire fortune to revive the club.

Keogh is a club legend. Much more so than Curtis Davies.

Chris Martin was a selfish player, lazy, always diving, no work rate, slow as a cart horse and everything went through him.  With a better striker we wouid have gone up.

Keogh is a club legend. Much more so than Curtis Davies.

Chris Martin was a selfish player, lazy, always diving, no work rate, slow as a cart horse and everything went through him.  With a better striker we wouid have gone up.

Agreed maybe but not done.

Is swopping the same as swapping?

Obviously you haven't been to the cinema recently...  because the answer would be 'no'!

Catterall's style is ugly. I can see judges not scoring him in close fights because it's that jack in the box style. He leads with his head a lot, he always looks vulnerable (but isn't particularly). It's just not flattering him and I think he was perhaps scored more generously this time because of the last fight. 
Although I had him winning both. It's just not a style many people can enjoy. At least Taylor is an upright fighter who doesn't smother his work. 
Catterall just sets traps and it looks like we could do this fight another 10 times and Taylor wouldn't win. He just can't figure out how to consistently apply pressure. It's like watching sticking your nose in a snake pit. 
Not easy fights to score. I do hate it when people say fighters are finished after a defeat but Taylor looks like he's hit his peak?

It was an interesting fight stylistically.  
Taylor was doing all the pressing,  was working the body and looked fitter and stronger for periods. 
Catterall had an awkward stance, bobbed and ducked continously and Taylor just couldn't work him out. It almost felt unfair as he desperately poured forward looking for the gap/angle to catch Catterall and walked onto another explosive left to the side of his face. Catterall also used his head a lot and frequently almost barged him back with his shoulder to create the gap he needed to keep evading any of Taylor's power shots.
Felt to me like if it was a good old fight in a park with a load of school kids watching, that Taylor would have won but in the ring he just couldn't work out how to stop Catterall backing off and drawing him in before crunching him in the face.

By ‘down there’ do you mean the south west, or do you mean bottom of the league. 

Obviously you haven't been to the cinema recently...  because the answer would be 'no'!