TM Trotter

Even turning up in an Arsenal kit won't make us more of a threat at set pieces!

Saved me a small fortune on a potential Wembley game that I, and I'm sure many, were not arsed with. I didn't want to do the Tinpot Trophy again at the best of times, let alone right now. Timing couldn't be much worse. But, besides knowing Taylor is light years from the first team squad, are we in that much a worse position than 6pm? That said, performances like that - I don't see how Schumacher rescues this from here, especially with Wigan on the horizon. Heaven forbid we go 1 down early there; it will be as toxic as Rotherham away, roughly 12 months ago. Shit or bust, Steve.

4 games in what, 10 days? Seeing as much of what we do is based on being fitter than the opposition (so many late goals for tells its own story), I'm not shocked. Add in SS's disappointment/fury with the Mansfield result, plus our failures away from home generally, and this makes sense. I don't see it as any "bingo machine" bollocks, just astute management of the team over a busy period. I could be wrong and Doncaster might blow this side away 3-0. But I've got faith from my settee. Enjoy it, if you've gone!

Bench doesn't necessarily mean "back up" or "reserve" like it used to though. With 5 subs in the modern game, there's valid reasons to have someone like Gale on the bench, coming on against a full back who has had to defend Cissoko's stepovers (who won't, like we do, necessarily know that his final ball is poor!) Would Gale have looked as fantastic yesterday if he had had to run at his man for 90 minutes?

Can't fault his decision making on fouls at all. Just his want to 'let the game flow' bordered on ridiculous with his/his 4th official's timekeeping.

Felt like kicking a wall or two... that was poor. But honestly, could not give a shiny shite. Big 3 points, all that matters. Happy days!

Quite a few on here who need to invest £60 a year with a faceless gentleman from Little Hulton. What picture loss? 😇

There's nothing about him that is an improvement on Vic. Bitterly disappointing signing.

Massive point under the circumstances. I dont know what Wilshere changed after our goal but it worked, we barely had a sniff the rest of the game.

Wow. Well, going off this thread, up the piss-boiling Jocks! Interesting, that as supporters of a club who have prided ourselves on bloodying the noses of more illustrious teams for decades, many of our fanbase seemingly can't let the Scots have their moment in the sun. Fucking good on them, I'm delighted for them. Well done to Josh Sheehan too. (As an aside, the English anthem is wank. Imaginary deity save the unelected landowner, indeed.)

Gutted for the stalwarts who have been fucked over at such short notice. Selfishly, if it's a weeknight, I might be able to wangle a little work day at head office in Hitchin and treat myself to a cold, wet December 0-0 in Stev... erm, maybe i'll fire the box up instead 🙃

Are they? Is that the little spur off the roundabout near Hitachi, that takes you to a public footpath? Sounds interesting, but not sure if there's room there, as is... I do wonder if there's anything planned connecting to the new Loco Works estate? Short term "fix" could be opening the fire engine bollards for match day exit only on Napier Drive, but then... I suppose that just moves the bottleneck onto Chorley New.

Great result, yet another lovely finish late on. He's a magician at this level. I'm almost more pleased with the defence - barring one free header in the first half, Cardiff didnt really ever look like scoring. Well done lads, back to back wins, what a week!

I loved those 3 minutes so much (and the replays on loop since!) I'm 33 and my ticker can't take that every week, never mind the blood pressure of the erm, more experienced parts of our fanbase!! Really though, it's unsustainable to leave it so late. I dream of an away win where it's wrapped up before the hour!!

Not sure if this one has been posted yet. Got some lovely tenor voices in our fanbase 😁 https://x.com/1877BC/status/1978961251846783351?s=19

That was fucking superb. I've got no voice left, and my pal will have a cracking shiner tomorrow after I got rather limby after that second. Sorry 🫠 To whoever returned their ticket after Burton and let me jump in last minute, right behind the goal, thank you. 3 of the best minutes I've ever had at a game. And I do think we deserved it - one way traffic for much of it, chance after chance. Please, from now on, let's just take them a bit earlier!!! Must say, credit to our support too. Plenty of noise in that second half - a privilege to be part of it, and see it translate on the pitch. As a side note, that was my first away of the season, and actually, my first since Wigan last season...! Not that I'm usually superstitious, but it now looks like I need to go to Stevenage 😁 Enjoy it, chaps. That was brilliant.

Showing more movement than Morley did for 75 minutes, credit to them.

Bipolar Ways in full force. Piss poor to a man, yes. Are we really getting the knives out on SS? Come off it.

Pretty much what I was gonna type. Northampton have had a couple of decent chances too, these are definitely in "no mugs these lot" territory.

Absolutely not. I sit in WSL to hide from the sun 😉

I'm early 30s and I always had our main rivals as Blackburn, then Wigan. The whole Tranmere thing passed me by, and Burnley didn't register til we pinched Coyle off them. But, what confirmed it for me was on my stag, when the lads put me in a (very tight) Rovers kit. While they got the bite they wanted, I realised I'd have been absolutely fucking fuming if they put me in a stripey monstrosity with that ridiculous tree/crown logo. Cannot stand them. Oh go on then...

I love being wrong sometimes. Have a bit of that, you tinpot cunts! Leagues apart, from start to finish. I think we all needed that - enjoy the Sunday hangovers, gents! 🙂

I didn't sleep well. Proper derby this, for me. No patronising talk of them being tinpot - not today at least. We know what we'll get from them; hopefully SS will have the lads physically up for this fixture in a way that his predecessor simply couldn't. Come on you shithousing Whites!

Far too many sloppy passes today (from both sides actually). Some odd decisions around the box. And a poor defensive lapse yet again puts us under... "scoreboard pressure"(!) But again, we've found a way to NOT lose. Wonder strike maybe, not fussed - we've gone 7 unbeaten. I'm still positive, the season is long. It's building nicely.

SS walked into a club stacked full of weak-as-piss luxury players falling off a cliff after their leader's shed went. That this is *still* being discussed boggles the mind. Ancelotti wouldn't have took us up coming into that shit show, let alone Schumacher. That's gone. We're in capable hands - a manager that sees what 18000 fans see and has the tactical nous to adapt, not someone who has disappeared up their own arse because they once took possession football to south Cumbria. Fuck me.