RevidgeBlue

Coming back on?

Im aware of the drainage problem and the fact that the only long term solution is to completely overhaul the system but I refuse to believe it wouldnt make a big difference in most cases if the majority of the water could be kept off the pitch until just before kick off and and there was only a couple of hours precipitation to worry about!

Steady rain but not torrential at the moment - really will be a poor do if we can't get the game on somehow or other. Do we cover the pitch?

3 successive home defeats to start the season off.

Not comparable at all. But Im sure you know that. 🙂 For starters, Eustaces's job was to avoid relegation and keep us in the Championship - he succeeded. Ismail's job was to maintain our position in the play offs - he failed. And he did so in spectacular fashion - basically took him his first game plus eight minutes of the second. Not seen much this season either to suggest anything will be any different either. Im not having him at all, happy to be in a job and go along with the Club of jettisoning the higher earners imo. We'll see where it all ends, I suspect not well.

Glad you enjoyed the day out. 1n he wider scheme of things if you "enjoy" bobbing along between 15th and 21st - that's your (and Parson's) prerogative. As such knowledgeable and seasoned observers I can't understand why you both seem to be so content for us to be poor.

Don't think either Birmingham or Wrexham will hang onto their managers if results dont pick up. They're in it to be successful not to be sentimental. It was obvious from the Birmingham documentary that Wagner and Brady think the world of Chris Davies, but, they are focused on getting to the Premier League and if they dont think he's the man for it, they'll probably drop him without a second thought. Parkinson- if results dont improve - why would anyone keep him? He's no track record at this level.

It's six points from five games. I'd say relief was more appropriate than enjoyment yesterday. We bloody needed that.

Boom Boom! Yes we did. Fair play, I definitely wasn't expecting that. Glad to hear Wharton apparently played well, I've always had him down as our best CB when fit. Keeping him and Carter fit and Gudjonssen being half decent will be crucial to our season Id say.

Im pleased for Weimann. Couldn't really care less how Derby do either way.

Yet it's only 0-0.

Or right back.

We'll see how good he is this season in Travis's absence. Im not expecting a great deal, probably a repeat of the last time Travis was absent 2 seasons ago. At best.

Bayes is probably not aware of the latest hearing would be my guess. Think Wilesden has summarised it as the need to provide a guarantee when sending funds over has been removed and the maximum they can be fined is £7.7m No doubt he'll correct me if Im wrong.

Those are quite simply horrific.

I thought my comment was fairly obviously slightly tongue in cheek. As for your second paragraph - agree that's fairly unlikely, the atmosphere around the Club isn't convivial enough for a civil conversation let alone that according to most accounts.

Yep. Push on to "mid table" next season. One after that should be looking at "top half" One after that should be looking at being "in play off contention" At best nothing whatsoever will happen, and the protagonists sail off into the sunset with their pockets stuffed full of cash. Rip it up, start again on another "project" or "process" - rinse and repeat.

Very good last night, as good as the weekend was bad. I'm genuinely excited about going to a tournament under Tuchel as I feel we have a genuine chance of winning under him which wasn't something I ever felt like with Southgate in charge.

Good job the FA didnt follow your advice or he'd be looking for a new job by now!

Do they not give you and Tricky any actual work to do at the Club?

Difficult to think that won't be the case.

Others have made the same point many times previously but (when allowed) it's always the same sort of amount despite numerous cost savings over the years isn't it?

It looks like the differences are mainly limited to SPL Clubs loaning 16-21 year olds to other Scottish "Partner" Clubs. (Whatever they are) I did also read something online saying Scottish Clubs could also loan players from England but I suspect that's several years out of date.

Grim reading. Only 23 players including a keeper completely out of favour and various sick notes.

Who's left to sell? Pears/ Tronstad?