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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.

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.

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.
 
 

Well in my opinion thats a very selfish view.dosnt matter about the thousands in the stands then who have spent thousands over the years for season tickets.

No.  I've only watched live RamsTV when Mel lobbed it in as a freebie during covid.
... But to help you out though, I have been done for breach of the peace (aka football hooliganism) many years ago (1981? v Watford) and have racked up 9 speeding points, albeit not all at the same time, so I'm clearly no saint. Why, I even have a French speeding fine on record... and even an eviction from a Sheffield football stadium, due to my half time behaviour in their toilets (True story, bro!)
I've even had a WPC approach me at the back of the away terrace at Stamford Bridge to ask me to refrain from exposing my genitalia out of the bottom of my shorts... but that's such a long and boring story and not at all embarrassing*, so I won't bore you all with the details!

Would you prefer I backed out of the debate, now my past misdemeanours have been publicly aired and shamed me for eternity?  Or can I crack on wumming this thread, as it's my all time favourite to date!  🤷‍♂️
 
 
 
*Not embarrassing for me, but it clearly was for the WPC, who had obviously drew the short straw, as her 3 male colleagues looked on in raptures!  Poor lass!  
 

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.

I understand that but I wouldn’t want to waste a place on the bench for someone not remotely match fit. We have enough players, that may be called upon, to fill our substitutes allocation. Also, how much of a psychological boost would it be to be seen to be picking a player in that condition?
I’m not convinced it would have that much effect or is even required. I would think, and hope, the players and fans will be going into the game full of confidence (but not complacency) already. 
I’d love to see Gayle available and on the bench but only if fit to play.

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.

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!!!!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Invading the pitch would spoil the celebrations of many fans sat above ground level access to the pitch. Why can’t people wait and let the players /staff do their lap of honour so everyone can see, join in and applaud the efforts made during the season. 
 
to my mind it is a selfish act to invade the pitch.

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!!!!

Curtis Nelson 10/10
Callum Elder 4/10
Joe Ward 8/10
Sonny Bradley 7/10
Josh Vickers 7/10
Kane Wilson 8/10
Martyn Waghorn 2/10
Conor Washington 3/10
Tyrese Fornah 2/10
Elliot Embleton 1/10
Ryan Nyambe 8/10
Tyreece John-Jules 5/10
Winter:
Ebou Adams 10/10
Dwight Gayle 9/10
Corey Blackett-Taylor 6/10
Max Bird* 7/10
Based on this season only, not potential going forward. Injured players suffered a rating drop which Gayle avoids due to the impact in the short space of time was pivotal to keeping us in the race.

Summer window:
Curtis Nelson - 10 - absolute rock, so consistent.
Callum Elder - 6 - flashes of good once he had a run in the team, but a stop-start season
Joe Ward - 7 - so dangerous and important in that recent run of games, but again, a stop-start season
Sonny Bradley - 7 - sticky start but has put some excellent performances in 
Josh Vickers - 6.5  - solid enough in the games played, especially after a tough personal loss
Kane Wilson - 7.5 - love watching him on the ball, a bit prone to trying to do too much
Martyn Waghorn - 6 -  a useful stop gap, excellent hat-trick
Conor Washington - 5 - too much time out with injuries, but still scored some important goals
Tyrese Fornah - 5 - not terribly effective, but has time on his side
Elliot Embleton - 1 - waste of a loan space after a season-ending injury, no contributions
Ryan Nyambe - 7.5 - looked unbeatable defensively at times, but can't help the feeling he throttled us going forward
Tyreece John-Jules - 5.5 - too much time out, a real shame, but a critical goal at Port Vale
Winter:
Ebou Adams - 10 - the missing piece, completed the midfield
Dwight Gayle - 7 - another useful stop-gap, typical that he picked up an injury when in form
Corey Blackett-Taylor - 6 - took a while to get going, hope to see more from him next season
Max Bird - 8 - keeping him to the end of the season was essential, for me
Extensions:
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing - 8 - our main threat going forward for most of the season
Eiran Cashin - 10 - telepathic understanding with Nelson, future money security
Jake Rooney - 7 - looked good early in the season, hope he comes back stronger after his injury

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!!!!

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!!!!

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!!!!

If we go with 352 then you’ve essentially signed CBT and given NML a new contract for no reason? 
 
I hope he goes for 343 if he wants to continue with 3 at the back - meaning we’d need 2 very athletic central midfielders to do what Ebou does to allow the rest of the team to do their jobs. 

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

He deserves his chance with us next season, the squad will be rebuilt through necessity.
I imagine we'll be recruiting better, younger versions of some of the older and departing members of the squad.
I don't think we'll play a radically different style, we'll just be playing it better with better players, but, also, against better quality of teams.
I think a lot of folks aren't really appreciating we're going to go from a big fish in a small pond to a medium sized fish in a much bigger pond.
PWs style partly drives some mad in league 1 because we're supposed to be dominating a lot of games and winning a lot of them a lot more comfortably than we have been. Making top end championship teams look like top end championship teams as we pinch wins is a lot more forgivable than making middling league 1 teams look like top end championship teams as we pinch a win. But we've got the results needed by doing it.

Neither. It's your grammar 😛