Lol don't need to be rich for one of those! Mind you, they're only comfy until you've laid in them too long, then they get bent out of shape and it's hard to settle, then you realise it may not have been a good choice after all...maybe that's a metaphor for young Ash's pending career too!

In fairness, his assist return is perfectly fine. 5 in the league, 8 in all comps. Wharton only has 3 (on both counts), although he does of course play deeper. Our top assists-maker last season was Sorba Thomas (including his time at Hudds of course) with 8. After that, it was Dolan with 6. Moran is actually our top assists-maker this season in the league, and sits joint-12th in the league assists table.

Christ, if he was 'great' at all that, he'd be doing a lot better than he is. 1 league goal for someone with a 'great shot and an eye for goal'? You make him sound like a world class player from that description, and maybe he has a high ceiling, but at present he's just about getting into a lower midtable Championship side, probably due to injuries at times, and has a 1 in 22 goal record in the second tier.

Thanks, I was going to ask about this myself. I don't think Garrett was said to be going out on loan the following day, just that he was looking likely to go on loan in general. Leonard though, they definitely said the following day and nowt has happened or been reported yet.

Perhaps we wouldn't have been able to afford Sigurdsson without it.

I don't think we should get offended that a lot of Wrexham fans are disappointed in the draw they got. I think it's a lot more to do with them wanting to get one of the Big Six for the excitement of putting themselves up against one of the best sides in the country, and of course the bumper pay day which can really help in League Two. They know they won't win the FA Cup, so the pinnacle of what they can do in it is to play a game like that. What they've ended up with is a midtable Championship side, who they know are odds-on to win the game and send them out the cup, but won't give them a big payday as our league crowds are only about 50% bigger than theirs, and early round cup games tend to bring in less. They also already had this sort of experience last season when they played Coventry and Sheff United, so it's not as novel for them this year. After the initial disappointment they seem to be warming up to the idea that it'll still be much more exciting than their normal league games, they can take a massive away following for a great day out to a ground almost none of them have been to, and they even have a bit of a chance due to our poor form and their recent record of stepping it up against Championship sides. That said, a couple of comments on their forum about it are a bit cringe. Then again, so are one or two of the ones on here...

Comments I've seen in the academy thread about him from regular watchers don't seem sold on him making it here. Still has time though I suppose and seemingly has impressed on occasion. Definitely not a solution for now though.

From both your posts, it sounds like your playing style is anathema to ours, so you're in luck! Bullying, physical teams who excel at set pieces are basically our kryptonite. We have no Plan B either when teams play like this against us, and simply keep trying to play our normal game and formation. However, what encourages me (aside from being two leagues above you and having home advantage...although that said, our home record is a bit weak and if you fill out a stand with away fans, who are always in better voice than home fans whatever stadium you look at, it could feel more like your home game) is that you say you struggle against teams who are good at pressing. We will work hard and press you, and we're good at it, although a couple of the players who are best at it (Dolan and Gallagher) have been injured for a while and are unlikely to be back in time. Those are also two of our quicker players (although Dolan is only quick over short distances). We also tend to run out of steam at around 70 minutes from pressing most of the game, and with too thin a squad right now to bring quality fresh legs on. You're probably playing us at a very good time (pending how transfers and form go in the next couple of weeks). It should be an entertaining game with plenty of goals. I'd say the more you actually come at us, the more likely you end up on the end of a hammering (keep in mind we drubbed another team in your league in the FA Cup, Harrogate, 8-0 at their own ground this season, with three goals from fresh Academy players). But if you play solid and uncompromising at the back, let us play outside your box, then hit us with counters when we overcommit, and make the most of set pieces, you could definitely take a scalp. Whether Szmodics plays could also be key. I'm gonna predict it'll be 3-2 to somebody.

Look at the map (you'll probably need to open the full version in Twitter to see it). For some reason they (the Wrexham documentary I think) have plonked us up near Hadrian's Wall! There are a few other oddities on there too, such as QPR on the border with Wales, Newcastle United in the northwest, Everton in the northwest of Wales, etc.

I had 16 of them with 6 minutes left...then only managed another 2! There's only one I'm annoyed I didn't get though, as all the others were from before my time. When the answers popped up, I knew the names but I'd never have got them on my own if I'd been trying to guess it all night. From 1991-92 onwards though, I did pretty well! You only need to type the surname btw for it to register, that might explain the issue you were having with one...I couldn't get our most recent one to show until I used only their surname.

Personally I think that's overdue. Even if it's just as a Plan B, since we currently don't have one at all.

I don't need a video to tell me the answer is 'Rovers' 😉 Fairly interesting to see the changes mapped out over the years though. I enjoyed how by the time Burnley won their first trophy, we had already won more than they've won in their entire history, and we've also won more since then! I don't get the modern-day obsession with attendances, they barely matter at all when considering who's bigger etc IMO, but I did find some of the changes interesting and made me reflect on what demographic or other changes were spurring them. There are some major fluctuations there considering it's the same two towns throughout. It could have done with an overall average league position and average attendance at the end of each of those bits, to give full historical context.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24035012.blackburn-rovers-boss-chrisene-deal-batty-plans/ JDT says Batty may go on loan now. Also seems to confirm Chrisene is seen as a midfield option as well as LB.

Is this a friendly? Can't find anything about it online and they're not in our league.

If we are including Dolan as a striker, which isn't his real role, we have to include Szmodics, who I'm quite sure has played there more times and is smashing this league.

I could be mistaken, but I don't think that's got anything to do with EFL favouritism. I've noticed from looking for our highlights, we never post extended highlights, but some clubs do it routinely. We only have extended ones when our opponents post them through their own club account, and then we still don't post anything beyond the basic 2 mins version. I suspect clubs might have to pay a bit extra to post the extended ones, and that's why we (and most other clubs it seems, tbf) don't.

Let's be fair, in our present state, we are a much better example of everything wrong with modern football, unfortunately. (Our academy aside...and even then, the way we have had academy players poached rankles somewhat)

Good for him. A full career in football, built the right way, would probably have earned him a lot more in the long run though.

Sure, my point though was he might not even have known that clause existed. Anyway he has wasted 6 months of his career warming Spuds' bench or playing in their ressies, and now he's playing at a shitter side than us, if he breaks into their team. Ah well!

Hardly seems fair to call it bollocks. I already said he can fuck off and I don't want him here back on loan. Sorry for adding some perspective to the matter! Why do people have to adopt extreme positions on everything these days or someone will have a go? Incidentally, yes Bellingham did everything right. He was also a Birmingham fan though, Phillips isn't. Some players have done worse by us than him, that's for sure. But he can still fuck off.

I mean, I'm certainly still bitter about it and that's part of why I say I don't want him back on loan. But in fairness, it's been pointed out before that he could have just not signed that contract and gone for far less. So at least he didn't go full BBD with it. And tbf, a 17 yr old kid isn't going to get involved in the negotiations too much or try to tell his agent what to do, he'll go with the flow. The agent will have wanted that putting in. But he can still fuck off 🤣 for buggering off before his pubes have finished growing! And I think we spent enough time developing him for Spurs as it is.

Just seen an interview with Rory Finneran about his debut, and you can definitely tell from that he's just a kid 🤣 Interesting that he has no trace of an Irish accent and sounds like he's from here, but he has been with us since he was about 8. Anybody know where he was born?

I wouldn't want him back here on loan.

Yeh tbf it did occur to me whilst posting that last time I commented on him I was saying he was something like the 12th top scorer. Although with 4 other players tied in 7th, he's essentially joint 11th too. The numbers don't impress me at all for playing at this level, but it's one of those where if he signed you'd just have to trust the scouts. I know he's been linked with other Championship clubs so probably better than he looks on paper.

Steady on, we're very much a proper club...just highly improperly ran.