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Forget Christ the redeemer statue in Rio, work starts first thing in the morning on the Collins the Redeemer statue on Thorpe Cloud. 

Overall not a terrible result with the way the first half happened. We could have easily been down to 10 with Hourihane's challenge or a double yellow. 
There's going to be some crazy movement and results in the top half of the table with 4 more games in 16 days hopefully we come out unbeaten and healthy

Stupid ref, enforcing the rules of the game. Who does she think she is.
1 min added. They've taken 2 minutes every time they've had a set piece. That's her worse decision yet.

This ref needs to get in the bin .  Fookin woeful.  A midfield and attack who daren't challenge for a ball now .  Lose this it's on her. Absolute horrendous.

Just need another 4 for a good offer

Just need another 4 for a good offer

For those who care about this cup or love a good cup draw it's on Friday on Sky Sports News at 6.30
It's still a North/South split so we could get:
Blackpool
Doncaster
Bradford
Accrington/Lincoln
Bolton
Burton
Wigan/Stockport
Matches played around week commencing Jan 4th
Who do we want then? 
It will be interesting to see if teams fully put out their best XI from now on let's say if we draw Bolton or Blackpool

For those who care about this cup or love a good cup draw it's on Friday on Sky Sports News at 6.30
It's still a North/South split so we could get:
Blackpool
Doncaster
Bradford
Accrington/Lincoln
Bolton
Burton
Wigan/Stockport
Matches played around week commencing Jan 4th
Who do we want then? 
It will be interesting to see if teams fully put out their best XI from now on let's say if we draw Bolton or Blackpool

Blame Trevor Birch for that! 😂 I found the info off the EFL site https://www.efl.com/news/2023/december/05/bristol-street-motors-trophy-round-of-16-draw/ 
From what it looks like if we go on to win the entire thing the club accumulates £260k in winnings + I guess half the Wembley gate receipts
 

For those who care about this cup or love a good cup draw it's on Friday on Sky Sports News at 6.30
It's still a North/South split so we could get:
Blackpool
Doncaster
Bradford
Accrington/Lincoln
Bolton
Burton
Wigan/Stockport
Matches played around week commencing Jan 4th
Who do we want then? 
It will be interesting to see if teams fully put out their best XI from now on let's say if we draw Bolton or Blackpool

No he didn't try to make them first team regulars, he was forced to play them because of injuries. Without the misfortune for the other players, Thompson and Rooney wouldn't have had a sniff of a game. It was the same last season when Warne oversaw a long unbeaten run, but the reality is that he was forced to change the formation, because of injuries. He had been trying to play 3 at the back, and it was proving disastrous, but was forced to go 4 or 5 at the back, and the good run resulted from that exact circumstance. But as soon as he got the chance he leapt back to 3 at the back, curiously at the same time that the good run came to an end. Funny, that!
It is no surprise that there are loads of questions being asked of Warne, because there are loads of questions that need to be asked.

Knowing how difficult it is to sign players in the January window will the criticism carry much weight if Warne does not address any of the short term needs in this upcoming window? Didn't Warne quite some time ago (can't remember if it was this summer or last Jan window) say along the lines of 'the Jan window is only for those who failed in the summer' yet with him recently publicly saying he wants more players it just feels that the he's setting himself up for another fall soon. 
Also it's a bit worrying that we haven't really started to address any of the 14 out of contract players because even though collectively they not pulling up any trees at the moment do we really expect to challenge for promotion next year with another huge turnover of playing staff? 

Knowing how difficult it is to sign players in the January window will the criticism carry much weight if Warne does not address any of the short term needs in this upcoming window? Didn't Warne quite some time ago (can't remember if it was this summer or last Jan window) say along the lines of 'the Jan window is only for those who failed in the summer' yet with him recently publicly saying he wants more players it just feels that the he's setting himself up for another fall soon. 
Also it's a bit worrying that we haven't really started to address any of the 14 out of contract players because even though collectively they not pulling up any trees at the moment do we really expect to challenge for promotion next year with another huge turnover of playing staff? 

Here’s the problem, we have a good number of players out of contract in the summer, but who trusts Warne with a major squad rebuild at this point? I don’t.

Can't believe he outlasted her. Genuinely.

Well it's pretty f****** obvious that it's Paul Warne who is Mel's inside man.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-and-derby-county-keeping-tabs-on-midfielder/
Adam Murphy - Centre mid plays as a 8/10  St Patricks Athletic - 18 years old played through all the youth ranks of ROI so far
Report says he could be as cheap as £200k but quite a few clubs inc Man City are looking at him.
We do have a good reputation with young irish players and as the report suggests probably an easier pathway.

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/southampton-and-derby-county-keeping-tabs-on-midfielder/
Adam Murphy - Centre mid plays as a 8/10  St Patricks Athletic - 18 years old played through all the youth ranks of ROI so far
Report says he could be as cheap as £200k but quite a few clubs inc Man City are looking at him.
We do have a good reputation with young irish players and as the report suggests probably an easier pathway.

Which game was he watching?

Warne making sure there's no additional cup prize or TV money that could help Clowes sack him

The thought of him getting another go in the upcoming transfer window is frightening.