all you need is duff

The thing that has frustrated me the most about his management is the way he has handled the strikers, whether by choice or because Rudy and Pasha have told him to. Leonard banished to the U21s, Gueuye not picked in squads, Tyjon not picked in squads. Instead we had Dlamini and Henriksson up front yesterday. The most baffling thing is Tyjon has suddenly been picked in the last two squads but he has zero intention of giving him any minutes. It reminds me a little of when Kean wouldn't play the likes of Salgado, Nelsen and Emerton but wouldn't really be honest about the reasons why

I entered the ballot as I thought I only had to decide if I wanted one or not if successful. I have since decided I definitely don’t want one but was successful in the ballot. I wonder if anyone was not successful?

Yeah here it is. I saw some people with it on the home shirt yesterday and it is put higher up on that like where the players have it

I got to the ground at 11:10 today. This is much earlier than i usually do as I wanted the 150th thing on the green shirt I bought in the summer. This is something that looks quite good but surely should have been on the shirts originally instead of an afterthought. After queuing up for 25mins I was told there were too many shirts waiting for printing so I needed to come back after the game. I asked can I leave it with them and pick up after the game. I was told no as it might get “mixed up with others.” I then went in the jack waker upper to have my pre match pie but they had no meat and potato. I left the legends game when they announced injury time to again try and get the badge that should have been there originally placed on my shirt. Eventually after another 30min wait I had the badge which does look quite good. I also haven’t had a wedding anniversary present off my wife this year despite us getting married in August as she gave me an IOU for the anniversary shirt. I did enjoy seeing the legends + squad fillers but the general organisation at the club seems to get worse every year

I agree that if the only options are give us the win or a full replay then it has to be a full replay. Giving us the win can’t be justified. I don’t think a middle option exists in this country

I see a lot of mentions of us not being able to drain into the river when it is full being the main reason for us not being able to cope with heavy downpours. Does anyone have a photo of the river at 16:30 today as I would have expected it to be at record low levels a week ago? I know there has been a lot of rain since but I still wouldn’t expect it to have been ready to burst at 16:30

Sorry if this has already been answered but is Bradford the only time Lewis Miller has played centre back in a back four in his professional career? My trawl through transfermarkt and Footmob seems to suggest so

Is there a half decent centre back who is a free agent? If so, signing him may be the only way we stay up

The weird contradiction is that we “made mistakes” in the past by not renewing contracts. However JRC, Buckley and Pears seem to have been frozen out because they have (or had in JRC’s case) long term contracts on a decent wages

This was the team sheet. Everyone got on at some point. It was Decania who partnered Grady-Macken at the beginning of the second half before Max Davies came on and Grady-Macken moved to centre mid

Olsen, Duru, Trialist off at half time. Houghton as gone right back, Grady-Macken playing centre back (!), Edmondson centre mid, someone I don’t know centre back with Grady-Macken

This is him with the Venkys sponsorship instead of WR. David Dunn is in the crowd

That looks about right apart from Wood is definitely on the right so Dlamini probably centre mid. “Trialist” has Venkys as his shirt sponsor

I’m there and I’m not 100% sure who is playing for us. Couldn’t see anywhere to get a team sheet. For some reason we’re wearing last year’s away kit. Duru has looked a class above so far. Barrett, Dunn, Powell, Wood, Olsen the others I know in the starting lineup. I think it’s Boggan up front who has hit the post and looked sharp

Is this the only U21 fixture that has been released (and we haven’t even released it). I normally enjoy a trip to a local non league ground mid July to watch them (Clitheroe 2023, Macclesfield 2024)