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When you look at it like this, I realise that for the most past, I’m only desperate for promotion so we keep hold of players (including potentially Maghoma), and for the additional funds that playing in the Championship brings. While the standard down here is bad and you get too many teams spoiling games, it’s great being one of the bigger boys. Stockport, Mansfield and Wrexham all promoted. I’d do all of them aways. Few more that still need ticking off too. 15.5k season ticket holders tells you the fanbase is enjoying Evatt’s tenure. And I still hope we keep hold of him as long as possible.

Took my lads Manchester United-supporting mate with us today. His dad takes him to Old Trafford a couple of times a season, but he's going to ask if he can have a season ticket at the ToughSheet when he gets home. 😁

Run their course!! FFS! Turned club round completely, record ST sales, upgrading hotel, put in fanzone, got the town on side brought in Swiss investors, invested in good players, got us promoted, could be promoted again this season… who you think gonna come in and do better… you’re away with the fairies.

Seems like the final average attendance for this season was 21080. Second best in the league behind Derby. From memory it was just shy of 19,000 last season. It's bloody impressive stuff. For most of my BWFC supporting life I'd never have dreamt we'd average that in a third tier season.

No coach at any level coaches to leave players unmarked on the edge of the penalty areas from corners. It’s lack of communication from the playing group and nothing to do with Evatt or coaches. Seems a stick to beat Evatt with, especially for those who’ve wanted him out for months… utterly ridiculous, he’s got his faults but the positives outweigh the negatives.

People get too obsessed with the “ he’s not English he’s Turkish “ or whatever. that’s not the point, he’s a saint , the Patron saint of England ,it’s a religious day so the day is celebrated in England , and should be . Jesus wasnt English but there’s loads worship him in England religious festivals don’t hold the same party style celebrations in Protestant cultures generally historically due to idolatry, so would be more refined service rather than marching around with statues etc and wild parties , probably why St George’s day traditionally a bit low key along with the fact England and the English nationality had never really been under threat or the under dog so the need to demonstrate who they are was never felt required as it was with other nations , Ireland and st Patrick’s day is a good example of the difference there being the exact opposite. ( though the pubs used to be closed on st Patrick’s day and it was the diaspora gathering started the drinking reputation for the day) maybe people feel their culture is being taken away more these days, whether that be immigrants, “ wokeism” or whatever and want to demonstrate they are still English maybe people want to show there still an England even if the England they are celebrating never really existed anyway , more one they want to exist , who knows National days are usually independence days too, which England has never had nor needed to celebrate. end of the day, people being patriotic, having a few beers and celebrating what they perceive as good about England , no matter what they’re dressed in is no harm , as with everything it’s the line between being proud of where you are from and hating anyone not from where you are from that get blurred with some .

Give over. Another negative swipe at our players. Peterborough paid £1m plus add-ons for Szmodics before selling him to Blackburn at a profit. We paid just over £300k for Charles, nobody was expecting him to be Szmodics-standard. Fuck all wrong with what we got for £300k.

Does that mean that you and Spider will now refrain from commenting on Biden and Trump? Seeing as neither of you are Yanks. I would hate to think that either the orange one or the senile one are living rent free in your heads.

Correct. Let's not forget how long it took Pompey, Sheff Weds etc to get out of this division. We've suffered a perfect storm as to why we probably won't go up in the autos this season. A horrific set of injuries at crucial times mixed with some in game nievety from the manager, a collection of absolute howlers and things just simply not going for us. It's football, sometimes things just don't happen.

if they cant set a time for a play off final at wembley a month ahead, its all a bit shit

And im british But not proud to be british, equally, not embarrassed or ashamed Just an accident of birth I do think there was a time id have been very impressed with this country Not so much these days

I was thinking of flying to the southern tip of Spain to dress as a crusader for some reason.

Agreed. Type of shit that gets put on teams dressing room walls. If folk can't Google something themselves then fuck em.

I must say Maghoma has been very good these last few weeks his bang average performances over mid winter a thing of the past… well done young man. 👏👏👏

Every team outside the prem should boycott it next season. If the FA have so little regard for lower league clubs so as not to even consult them, let them see how their precious competition fairs without them.

It’s important in this debate to understand the injury point isn’t somebody off twitter saying a one liner as that’s the only reason we didn’t go up automatically . But you clearly can’t dismiss it as one of the reasons when it has affected us so badly. The other one I missed out in earlier discussions is George Johnston, massive miss this season. Those stats at first glance leave you bewildered as to why we are not in the top two; goals scored, ratio of shots to goals etc etc. But they are skewed as others have pointed out by some convincing home wins. So IMO there are definite improvements to be made in areas such as; specific game preparation, in-game management from players and manager and I would like to see IE be a little more flexible with tactics/formation/recruitment and less process driven at times. But I’ve said on numerous occasions, he’s a young, passionate, educated and dedicated manager who is improving as the team/squad is year on year I’m with @Horwich you can’t deny the improvement. Might not feel like it at the moment this year, but goals, wins, points and position will all improve. And as the season comes to a conclusion we are still in with a very good chance of going up, much better prospects than previous seasons.

And Soton even though we lost. Astonishing turnout.

It would be an eclectic mix, with summat for everyone. MickyD gets a pop inspired highlight While Casino's is darker and takes the audience down a different route but to finish off Gonzo provides a tearjerker (not sure where he's "going back to"? Chippy near Preston? North Stand Upper? Wembley?). And who are the other WWers accompanying him.

Sad times.. some of my greatest football memories were cup replays… Newcastle trilogy being the pinnacle, anyone who hasn’t experienced the FA cup and replays before the FA ruined it has missed something very, very special.

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Every year they introduce something that damages the game that little bit more Death by a thousand cuts. Just fuck off

If we would have won every game of the season we would have gone up I reckon. 'We drop points against the top 6' -we dropped to many points against the bottom 10' 'Wigan beat us again, we list at blackpool' I honestly think some folk expected us to win every single league game - this is football, it doesn't happen.

Can we not save all this bullshit for when the season has actually finished?

From the BBC website...... In the original video clip shot at the march, the police officer said: "You are quite openly Jewish, this is a pro-Palestinian march. "I'm not accusing you of anything but I'm worried about the reaction to your presence." Seems sensible enough to me. Trying to keep the peace and protect this guy from possible harm.

Not sure the bloke would let a lad in a Millwall shirt go and join a big mob of West Ham either. What a fuss about fuck all.

It's terrible, they can see some of the game.

I don't think he's physical enough for this league TBH, in general play, but obviously his goal record makes up for that, certainly away from home and against the lesser sides. But what I would say if we were playing better sides and playing more on the break, like we've seen in cup games v Villa, Boro and Luton and arguably at Wembley v Plymouth, he has that ability to find the space that can give him a tap in. He scored in all 4 of those games with virtually identical goals from close range, they aren't the goals we generally see in home league games where the opposition defend en masse. So I could see a role for Charles in the championship (more so than Vic), but clearly we'd need to recruit as well.

Exactly where I'm at. Promotion, mid table, Play off, play off, Most fans in the league would love to have a manager achieve that!

Police officers having to make snap decisions in the moment and being recorded and scrutinised every moment. It's not footballers who have 90 mins a week to get it spot on, its 40+ hours a week. Lets him past and it all kicks off, he's at fault. Tries to stop them, uses the wrong word, no idea what he might have said instead "Sorry Sir you are clearly Jewish and heading over there might invite trouble at this particular time". Going to end up with no coppers left, because the level of accountability in public service has gone barmy.

Quite pathetic isn't it. Usual hypocritical, holier than thou bullshit. Concept of a discussion forum is lost at times.

Jerome peaking

Imagine being Oxford, Blackpool, Lincoln, Barnsley a.n. others and drawing Bolton in the playoffs. We're the best team in places 3-6 and we'll prove it. Could do without the 500 note layout on a Wembley day out though. COYWM bring it home

Throws loads of bath bombs through the window then get the fire brigade to hose it down. Stinky fuckin dossers need a shoeing after a soaking

I've really enjoyed this season Paul. Ok, it looks like we are coming up just short again, but we've had some great crowds with fantastic atmospheres, seen the good the bad and the ugly of our Whites 🤣. All in all, not that bad. Season ticket sales suggest we'll be getting great crowds again next season, whatever division we're in.

Which game are you watching.

Hoping so mate ! 😊

I don't think us playing Blackpool in the play offs would be good for you at all, on a physical, human or spiritual level 😂

@Trafpointed out plod had a duty to prevent disorder Imo, yon jewish chap wanted disorder for his video

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I'm certainly not in the panic camp like what seems like 90% of our fanbase. Is what it is. If we aren't ready we aren't ready. It's big fuck off hysterical hound out and everything going sour I can't be arsed with.

Today, I stand with Tranmere. (But only today!) Hopefully other non-Premier League clubs (and maybe some Prem clubs as well) will also call the FA out on this.

Maybe Portsmouth have won the league because they practice attacking headers, unlike us.

Baxter, Santos, Sheehan, Victor All these were starters in the team that got hammered 4-0 at home by Wigan Bolton haven't failed to win automatic promotion due to injuries,They have failed because the strongest team wasn't good enough and there are better managers in the 3rd Division

That’s lovely just lovely…. Especially with the slight amend.

Tonight puts an end to Rogs mob trying to sneak into Champions League through fifth place

Yes He’s stood outside in a fedora trying to tempt tourists into an Alan Bennett review he’s organised

But we don’t know what the players are coached to do and at corners it’s always the same 11 players in the box that as to be on IE and I am convinced the players are told to stick to the system no matter what.

The above quote is not the first comment to say this, but the absence of Santos was nowhere near the biggest of our problems tonight. The first Shrewsbury goal was almost a carbon copy of the Portsmouth goal on Saturday … when Santos played. The second goal came from a focus on defending our penalty area with all 11 players and ignoring everything outside the box … which is what we do for every corner, with or without Santos. He’d have been involved in the push and shove around the six yard box that all three defenders were tied up with. Nothing would have changed. By far the biggest problem, on the pitch, was the midfield setup and, specifically, Thomason’s woeful attempt to play the Sheehan role. Morley has been unfairly criticised for not being up to Sheehan’s standard, when he’s deputising. In my opinion, Morley in the role, is light years ahead of what we saw from Thomason, tonight. However, the overall biggest problem was off the pitch: Ian Evatt. The midfield problem (I don’t want to call it the Thomason problem; it was a tactical mistake) was evident within the first quarter of a hour. I was willing it to be changed by half an hour, and it had to be changed at half time. But it never changed. Was Morley injured, as well? If so, the formation could have been changed. But Evatt did nothing. The second major issue was the final substitutions. I far prefer Ogbeta to Williams, but I’m going to pass over Williams’ minimal contribution when he came on. This was always a 40-60 call, to try something different. The most unbelievable decision was to replace Dempsey with Nlundulu. First of all, Dempsey was almost the last player I thought should have been replaced. Admittedly, he didn’t have a great first half; Jerome, aside, who did? But in the second half, we saw a lot of the old Dempsey and, for me, he was behind or involved in most of our creative stuff. However, Nlundulu was never going to offer anything. In his loan last season, he offered nothing, and I was amazed (and annoyed) when we then paid significant money for him. in the first half of the season he showed nothing to change my (very low) opinion, before injuring himself in a bizarre and inept attempt to score a penalty. Why would be any different after his absence? He wasn’t, though all the front line weren’t helped by the loss of Dempsey from the midfield. ian Evatt: tonight and previous poor performances are on you.