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I went to a midnight auction with a friend, because we couldn't sleep, and I bought Ronnie Barker's duvet for £5. My mate then bought Ronnie Corbett's for £3, so it was a good night for me and a good night for him.

He wasn't the worst deadline deal day of all time, he wasn't even the worst deadline day deal of that day

He's only eighteen months younger than Chris Martin.....
 

He's only eighteen months younger than Chris Martin.....
 

He's only eighteen months younger than Chris Martin.....
 

I want to be clear I am not suggesting any connection at all.....

No, no, no. He was a pretty decent player, but he has not been on his game for 5 years. We have Washington and Waghorn supposedly back soon. That would be 3 average journeymen strikers, waiting for one above average journeyman striker to not be available. We missed out getting someone we needed. Gayle would just be a case of badly papering over cracks with expensive wallpaper.

He's only eighteen months younger than Chris Martin.....
 

He's only eighteen months younger than Chris Martin.....
 

Nailed on post of the year.

And has a tattoo that looks like Jesus offering you a fist bump

Replaced by Vic Moorland, not his fault, by that manager that shall not be named - entirely his fault.
Shudder. I won't sleep now.

The only way I see this happeneing is if we do a straight swap with Fornah, with them having enough time in to get loan cover in for CF.
Unrelated, but I didn't realise how small their squad was. Outside of their first 11, they have Clarke-Harris who has played a bit part role this season, a winger who comes on when Mason-Clarke or Poku need a breather, and a backup kepper. They also have a CB who hasn't started since September (following 7 goals being conceded in 2 games). The rest of their squad has played a total of 622 minutes between them. If they don't suffer from fatigue in the 2nd half of the season, they'll surely pick up a couple of injuries with results dropping off.

He wasn't the worst deadline deal day of all time, he wasn't even the worst deadline day deal of that day

Hopefully a Gambial that will pay off

Ah, I thought you meant a different type of Coach - that would have been interesting

Well thanks a million for bringing that memory back - that's Monday ruined.

Ah, I thought you meant a different type of Coach - that would have been interesting

I just think that Villa team was better than our best XI, no matter what it was. I have no doubt what we started with was not able to win the game, I'm also certain in my own mind any other combination wouldn't have been either.
Many could argue we won the last ten minutes as soon as Marriott came on, we did. But I still think over the full ninety even that line up would have come up short.

This one comes up again and again, it just feels like it has become the written history.
To remind:
- If you don't like the team Lampard picked on that day you don't like the team he picked in the SF (a) game (give or take - Marriott on the bench being the point I am making) vs Leeds. Given what happened there he'd have been equally slaughtered if he'd changed it.
- That Villa team was a whole hill of beans better than us, objectively. They had Grealish, McGinn, Abraham, Mings and a couple more (inc. Hourihane back when he could influence a game), it was about as good a Championship team as I can recall - I know we had Tomori, Wilson and Mount but still we had a few players who were well beyond their last hurrah (Huddlestone, Cole, Johnson).
If we played that game the other way round, a half dozen times over, I'd reckon we'd lose more times than we won (let's not forget they had beaten us 7-0 on aggregate in the league that season). Yes, it all went up a gear when Marriott came on but those rear view mirrors are great things that football managers do not possess in real time.
Not to say I didn't have my issues with Lampard but it is lazy memory (imho) to think it was all about the starting line up. We went in as heavy underdogs and we lost, as we were expected to.

A recommendation from Mrs C from a recent flight "Empire of Light", a 2022 Sam Mendes film starring Olivia Coleman as the manager of a seaside cinema in the 1980s struggling with her mental health. She described it as "sweet and touching" which is odd because she usually describes such films as "soppy", so maybe it isn't too sugary. I'll try to catch it myself somewhere to see if I agree.
Possibly Leon Osman/Morten Bisgaard
 

Bradley Johnson did a Q&A in the hospitality pre-Cheltenham. 
It interested me to hear that Lampard regretted his lineup in the final. He was trying to pick a team that would nullify McGinn and Grealish, hence Huddlestone's inclusion - instead of just leaving the team that finished the semi-final at Elland Road.

This one comes up again and again, it just feels like it has become the written history.
To remind:
- If you don't like the team Lampard picked on that day you don't like the team he picked in the SF (a) game (give or take - Marriott on the bench being the point I am making) vs Leeds. Given what happened there he'd have been equally slaughtered if he'd changed it.
- That Villa team was a whole hill of beans better than us, objectively. They had Grealish, McGinn, Abraham, Mings and a couple more (inc. Hourihane back when he could influence a game), it was about as good a Championship team as I can recall - I know we had Tomori, Wilson and Mount but still we had a few players who were well beyond their last hurrah (Huddlestone, Cole, Johnson).
If we played that game the other way round, a half dozen times over, I'd reckon we'd lose more times than we won (let's not forget they had beaten us 7-0 on aggregate in the league that season). Yes, it all went up a gear when Marriott came on but those rear view mirrors are great things that football managers do not possess in real time.
Not to say I didn't have my issues with Lampard but it is lazy memory (imho) to think it was all about the starting line up. We went in as heavy underdogs and we lost, as we were expected to.

Well thanks a million for bringing that memory back - that's Monday ruined.