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No I didn't Where has this idea come from?

The Great Culture War of the Early 2020s

So you're against it then?

Stoke and Brum all day long for me But Stoke look safe So Sheff Weds and Brum realistically

Looking at their fixtures I only really see the next two fixtures being problematic for Derby If they lose to Pompey and don't beat Wycombe it's game on We'd have to win all our games but the next 4 shouldn't pose too many issues for us either

It's not, or, at least it's being able say what you what you want but understand there are consequences You can't just go online and abuse folk and expect to get away with it in the same way you couldn't stand in the street and expect to get away with it No problem with the bill in theory, will be in interesting to see how it's applied

I don't think there are rifts or problems within the camps Not sure about the tongue in cheek comment either I just think he leaves himself open to criticism with what he says, whether that's by our fans or the opposition Just recently I've seen maybe signs of his personality that are reminiscent of how the team play, as in, fragile when up against it He's no Rioch or Alladyce, but we won 5-2 so right now I don't care Like with our approach to games when things aren't going out way, it's something he needs to work on to make himself a better manager and us a better team And I say that because I want him to do well for us And I won't criticise him as such, I'll just call it out and at worse take the piss or have a dig because he's done my head in

Remember it well Big win that after a bad run at the start of the season Lunch time kick off on a Sunday, watched down the pub, a result that restored confidence and gave me the courage to do some top level Sunday afternoon boozing without concern for the consequences

Not sure it was needed though, we scored 5 last time out at home, and we've fluffed it away from home enough times with Charles up top He's shown a few times recently that it's getting to him, it's not a good look, and one I find frustrating It's definitely something he needs to work on for me, what to say and when to say it, whether he's on the touchline or being interviewed Proper rollercoaster at the moment this season, but he's coming across more Keegan than Ferguson, saw Paul Warne the other day saying how much he was enjoying it Anyway, Pompey win tonight and it's back on, again

I'll think you find the one doubting him the most publicly and vocally was the one who signed him

Fair play to arsenal, they'd have normally bottled it by now Liverpool for the title Arsenal for the CL Be happy with that

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Bod and Collins on the bench CJ up top with Dempsey supporting Fuck the water pistols when you've got a spud gun

Evatt bemoaning his luck all the time Hart going on about how hard it is running the club recently The board meetings must be a right miserable affair

Depressing If only we hadn't spent 750k in Jan on a new water pistol

What we need are rousing words from the manager to get the players and fans up for the run in

I think one way or another we will go up this season We best fucking had If not, gets one more chance for me Though I just can't see Sharon sacking him and he's under contract till 2026 So two more chances

He doesn't need to, these guys are happy to jump in themselves

Aye IE is on a learning curve which has got very steep when promotion is expected Seems to me he has a way he wants to play, has convinced himself and the squad it's what will get us promoted / make us the best team in the league See Oxford But when it comes up short they don't know what else to do so keep on trying the same thing, and it gets them nowhere and heads and confidence drop See most of 2024

A fascist regime

So you might understand how they've ended up doing what they are doing? The guys an extremist and wants to fight for an extremist "Do your own research" means go and find a point of view that backs up your own and is what all the cranks say who also say things like "MSM"

I thought that was a managers job? Certainly IE has spoke in the past of that being what Holloway did at Blackpool Ian Holloway, who I played under at both QPR and Blackpool, really rammed home how important mentality and belief is for footballers. Olly built a group of players at Blackpool who believed in themselves more than any other I’ve experienced. He created something magical there; promotion to the Premier League with a £3m budget is completely unheard of, and that was down to him and the mentality of that team. We just completely believed we were going to succeed." AND "It's been crazy, really. The gaffer came in during pre-season and picked the boys up straightaway. "When he told us how he wanted to employ a more expansive style of play we looked at him like he was an alien. "I didn't think we were capable of playing 4-3-3 but things just clicked and I've never seen a team improve so much, right from pre-season to end of the season. "The gaffer has to take a lot of the credit for that because the boys have responded to him so well. "He's always been an enthusiastic person and I played under him at QPR. "Players are only human beings, we have off days. "Sometimes you come into training not feeling great but you see the gaffer and he just picks you up straightaway. "He loves his job and he loves us as players. "We've done the best we can to repay the faith he has shown in us.".

Good link that without six senior players through injury and suspension at Vale Park. *But I don't believe there's another squad in League One that could deal with the magnitude of injuries that we've dealt with over this period." So in other words, let's stop blaming injuries for our current run, don't forget, the same squad smashed oxford Also, no receipts kept here back then "They (the supporters) always back their team incredibly well and we need to go and show that we can deal with that and deal with adversity if it comes and perform to our highest level." “And if we can do that, like we saw on Tuesday and other games this season, we are a tough team to stop."