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13 minutes ago, gonzo said:

And for his information I gave up spice for lent.

I used some in a curry on Saturday. 

I'll try shrooms next week! 🙂

4 hours ago, desperado said:

But it’s early days and despite my pre-match comments of having little time to find our feet, to pick up points to keep us near the top of this division, keeping at 2 points per game is a good start. We don’t want to be slipping away from that anytime soon. Rightly or wrongly, @Johnnyrotten , us keeping near the top of the division with a 2 point per game average is definitely going to be an indicator of success/progress/acceptance that the manager/squad are good enough to get it right.  

Agreed, I'll take 2 points per game all day long, if we manage that to Christmas that will be outstanding.  But re "we'll see after 10 games" comments, last year most judgements after Carlisle were no doubt negative, as we'd also had the defeats v Wigan & Reading all 3 by early Oct.  Then 2 months of winning virtually every game, lots of positivity and optimism for months before the you-know-who defeats, and it all changes again, never to fully recover.  10 games won't tell us what 20 or 30 will look like.  I'd make an exception if we're either bottom half or 7 points clear, until that happens its just week to week ups and downs whatever formations or personnel are used and we'll know in April/May if its been good enough.

28 minutes ago, Lostock Whites said:

Regarding the pre match build up. 

I got quite a big feeling of pride as a Wanderers fan, seeing that expertly crafted video of all our history along with the different songs that have followed us over time.

Then seeing the LED banners light up all our trophies and triumphs in front of 26,000 supporters. It was truly a moment to soak in.

Result aside, one thing it did show to those travelling from Wales was how a truly big and historical club looks like.

Proud to be a wanderer, but time to get out of this division now. 

i wasn't overly impressed with

2007, 13 in premier league or whatever

17 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Agreed, I'll take 2 points per game all day long, if we manage that to Christmas that will be outstanding.  But re "we'll see after 10 games" comments, last year most judgements after Carlisle were no doubt negative, as we'd also had the defeats v Wigan & Reading all 3 by early Oct.  Then 2 months of winning virtually every game, lots of positivity and optimism for months before the you-know-who defeats, and it all changes again, never to fully recover.  10 games won't tell us what 20 or 30 will look like.  I'd make an exception if we're either bottom half or 7 points clear, until that happens its just week to week ups and downs whatever formations or personnel are used and we'll know in April/May if its been good enough.

I know we discussed this at length last year.

But I think the 10/20 game benchmarks etc aren’t to be taken too literally and over analysed in terms of who we’ve played, who we are still to play etc.

Just simply that a table after 10 games tells us more than a table after 2/3 games, and then a table after 20, if you are still up there and on or near to 2 PPP, tells you you’ve stayed the pace over a longer period of time.

Neither tell you you are going to get promotion/relegation. But failure to be challenging the promotion places at any reasonable benchmark (over 10 games IMO) will put Evatt and the squad under scrutiny. 

It was always going to happen after the various shit shows and let downs last season but it's like the few weeks after a major kick off with the Mrs when you've been caught texting another lass.

Every single little thing is being scrutinised to death. All the good stuff gets forgotten about in a jiffy and all the focus is on the negative side.

I know it's hard but people need to move on from last season. It was never going to be an overnight fix.

We will be up there punching make no mistake.

3 hours ago, Casino said:

smart arse answer, he hasnt got a club and looks like ending up in iceland

Am I missing something. Not sure what bit of that makes me a smart arse? 

I don't really care where he has or hasn't ended up. He was player that when brought on used to significantly alter the way we used the ball up front. 

It's irrelevant now anyway - but hopefully one of these new lads can be equally as effective as the season goes on. 

3 hours ago, Cheese said:

Aye. Never heard it that loud before though. Somebody fucked up.

So loud it detracted from the video & made us look tinpot almost as though we were trying to drown out their crowd chanting.

4 minutes ago, Take Hunt Off said:

So loud it detracted from the video & made us look tinpot almost as though we were trying to drown out their crowd chanting.

Yeah - the tunes weren't exactly the most skillfully mixed either were they? 😁

New seat yesterday,   2 older blokes sat behind me,  moaned and moaned from about minute 3.    Then the ref didn't give a yellow card for a challenge in the first half,  one bloke then decided to look up the ref - found his email address and said there's his email address if you want to send him a message!     

If any of you are the said 2 then turn it in ffs

1 hour ago, kent_white said:

Am I missing something. Not sure what bit of that makes me a smart arse? 

I don't really care where he has or hasn't ended up. He was player that when brought on used to significantly alter the way we used the ball up front. 

It's irrelevant now anyway - but hopefully one of these new lads can be equally as effective as the season goes on. 

I assumed he’s giving you the smart arse answer

11 minutes ago, tomski said:

I assumed he’s giving you the smart arse answer

That’s not like casino 

On my bête noir, McClean ... I thought he played a quiet but solid game and reacted to the boos, which he must be pretty used to by now, with a quiet humour. 

I wanted him to be beserking around the place and getting booked & even sent off. He was very professional damn him.

He did a little balaclava gesture in the 2nd half that went under the radar.

Fair play.

Edited August 19, 20241 yr by gonzo

It’s amusing he gets excited for us. Love our fan base for this stuff

41 minutes ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

On my bête noir, McClean ... I thought he played a quiet but solid game and reacted to the boos, which he must be pretty used to by now, with a quiet humour. 

I wanted him to be beserking around the place and getting booked & even sent off. He was very professional damn him.

Every pass he made was backwards 

11 hours ago, nantwichwhite said:

Who is better in the squad and also in the division. It is definitely not Sheehan but will listen to suggestions from other teams.

This has got to be satire. There's better footballing midfielders playing in the Northwest Counties than Thomason.

1 minute ago, meanderson93 said:

This has got to be satire. There's better footballing midfielders playing in the Northwest Counties than Thomason.

No, there aren't.

4 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

No, there aren't.

There definitely are. I don't know why fans insist on claiming he's more than he is.

He works hard and shows a bit of passion, but he is a very very limited footballer. That's not really even subjective, he just isn't very good.

13 minutes ago, meanderson93 said:

This has got to be satire. There's better footballing midfielders playing in the Northwest Counties than Thomason.

Why haven’t we signed them?

7 minutes ago, meanderson93 said:

There definitely are. I don't know why fans insist on claiming he's more than he is.

He works hard and shows a bit of passion, but he is a very very limited footballer. That's not really even subjective, he just isn't very good.

It's really is subjective.

In fact it's probably the most subjective thing in the history of subjectiveness.

2 minutes ago, gonzo said:

It's really is subjective.

In fact it's probably the most subjective thing in the history of subjectiveness.

That’s what I was thinking, subjectively.

6 minutes ago, Alf Hartigan said:

Why haven’t we signed them?

Wondered that. 

But, apparently GT is poor, which I suppose he could be in a parallel universe, but for most of us, he's pretty decent.

Not sure folk say "he's more than he is", but even if that was the case, then it wouldn't necessarily mean there were better players much lower down the leagues.

At least 46 managers must be worrying about getting the sack for not spotting these players.

8 minutes ago, gonzo said:

It's really is subjective.

In fact it's probably the most subjective thing in the history of subjectiveness.

Perhaps.

But I objectively said it wasn't subjective, so that's that I suppose.

1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Wondered that. 

But, apparently GT is poor, which I suppose he could be in a parallel universe, but for most of us, he's pretty decent.

Not sure folk say "he's more than he is", but even if that was the case, then it wouldn't necessarily mean there were better players much lower down the leagues.

At least 46 managers must be worrying about getting the sack for not spotting these players.

We did sign one, and now he's bumbling about our midfield giving the ball away constantly. 

At least he gets double digit bookings a season though, at least he's got that going for him.

38 minutes ago, meanderson93 said:

We did sign one, and now he's bumbling about our midfield giving the ball away constantly. 

At least he gets double digit bookings a season though, at least he's got that going for him.

Think morleys a better player myself but the beauty of football is that its all on what the individual sees. Morley just seemed to lose focus last season.