DavesaRam

Not a bad day at the office!

That’ll do nicely!

Looks like we are trying to put that right - we’ve dropped right off in the last few minutes and Leyton are coming back into it.

No

My sentiments already, by the way the ref responded to Hourihane after Wildsmith had been walloped.

Their man stuck his back into Collins, more obstruction than anything else. That’s the ref paying back for doing nothing about the elbow on Wildsmith.

Judging by the way the ref interacted with Hourihane, our captain needs to be careful - he’s already on a yellow. He is right to protest though, their man led with an elbow to the face.

On the bench next match it is then!

YYYEEESSS!!! Our mate Sibbo!

The difference between the teams at the moment is that when Leyton intercept a ball they get it to one of their own players, whereas we just head it or kick it somewhere. Otherwise its fairly even.

Did you see me getting off the plane at the Amsterdam stop?

@Carl Sagan?

The edge of contention - now there’s a great movie title!

Yes. Most opposition teams park their bus just outside their penalty area.

Correct. We weren’t done for breaking FFP by signing players, the accusation was over the amortisation method we had used to depreciate players’ values. The method broke no accountancy rules and was widely used in the real world, and the EFL only specified in their rules which method should be used some 3 years later. The EFL themselves were guilty of breaking their own, already existing rules when they directed Steve Gibson and Middlesbrough to sue us when it isn’t allowed. Why we haven’t pursued this and a number of other rule breaches I don’t know, because it cost us a fortune.

It would be classed as cheating if the rules actually existed when the alleged breaking of them occurred.

o that's £260,005 plus shared gate receipts, then.

We ought to be delighted with a 3 - 0 win, but “ho hum probably sums it up better. It is a great result, and we were considerably the better team. We should have been out of sight by half time, but despite RD blathering on about us only being one goal ahead, Fleetwood didn’t really threaten, even including Marriott’s miss. However, especially second half we took our foot off the gas, with hardly anyone being bothered to get forward and into the box when we attacked, so pretty much nothing happened for much of the second half. Collins got MOM because that’s how it works, although I would have rather it went to Wilson because he was superb tonight, slightly ahead of Bird. He just about got the better of his full back, but got in loads of tackles, interceptions and broke up loads of Fleetwood’s play, and covered virtually the entire pitch. Well done that lad! He is probably our best ball player, although what JJ might have is yet to be seen. Ward is quite an asset as well, and NMH had quite an impact as well. The noticeable improvement in recent matches has coincided with us playing more football on the grass, which might be because of certain players becoming available after injury, or because Paul Warne sussed why the fans were angry a few matches ago. It is probably a bit of both, but long may the improvement continue. My main concern is that we manage to keep hold of John Jules, who looks like type if the striker we haven’t had for years. If we do, we are on for something good.

Not so much “could have, more “Should have”.

Apart from the fact that this match has actually taken place, it is a total non-event.

Wilson and Bird are on a different level!

Building up a head of steam. Cue the “stifle the pressure” injury.

He’s got to. He isn’t allowed to play youngsters until we are at least 3 - 0 ahead. IIRC we start at 0 - 0, so this team it has to be.

Yes, but if the police and stewards hadn’t sent thousands too many people into an enclosed area, the central tunnel wouldn’t gave such an issue.

The only real safety problem with safe standing is when there us unsafe policing, a la Hillsborough, which is why we ended up with enforced all-seater stadiums in the first place.