RevidgeBlue

It's eighteen points from the last eighteen League games now I think plus a defeat to Doncaster in the FA Cup. If we have a storming end to the season then the last seven games can fairly be described as a blip but right now we're still in appalling form which is why the three points were so vital today. And "the blips" are too frequent and too lengthy under TM to ever get anywhere.

Some people really don't get the Brockhall thing do they?

Which Mowbray is not. He'll no doubt waffle on again about "the journey" and how we're on course to challenge next season . Always jam tomorrow with him. And tomorrow never arrives but his pension pot will be topping up a treat.

I was going to do that as well because if I had have done we'd probably not have lost another game. Maybe I can hold off now. Lol.

I'd imagine that'll be the gist of the post match interview "next season we'll be in a position to challenge". The problem with today is it will probably be all change again for the next game and I doubt there'll be a hope in hell Dolan will start up front again (or maybe even at all)

Looks like we're going to get the three points. Mowbray should have been sacked 2 years ago and will never be the man as long as long as night follows day but by god we need these 3 points to inch a bit nearer to 50 points

Didn't think it was a foul at all.

Great play from Buckley there. Dack has to do better.

Missing the point that Dolan should have had far more game time and that we should be developing him and not Elliott completely then.

They aren't are they?

Nothing he can possibly do selection wise to try and get the sack could possibly ever top hooking Nyambe, putting a CF in his place, then hooking him after 10 mins and putting yet another player ( a CB) out of position there. But yes, I agree it seems from his recent interviews he wants paying off and judging by the latest pre match interview he has completely lost interest and isn't afraid of showing it.

You put your right back in your right back out You do the Tony Cokey and you shake 'em all about You do the Tony Cokey and you swap em all around That's what it's all about Nyambe out!

Thanks.

I can't remember exactly who was on it off the top of my head but I thought your shortlist was fairly decent at the time.

Bloody hell Chaddy, that's a little bit duplicitous, it's not so long ago you were blasting people on here for constantly questioning you about Mowbray and reminding them that you had consistently said you'd give him until the end of the season come what may!

Never heard of Chris Rush but where is he going, is he joining another Club or getting another job outside football?

At least one of us on here will have a good time on Saturday then!. Hope you, your daughter and your family have a lovely day.

Not for much longer. Do they allow you to ride horses round housing estates?

Are the contents of this meeting confidential for the benefit of the Trust then?

And is that good enough for you?

Whoosh! 🙂

What, by Tony?

As things stand, without the specification for the new combined training centre on the application being amended, then if it were passed I can't forsee any other outcome than Cat 1 status being lost. At which point we'd probably get some hard luck story from Waggott along the lines of "Everyone knows how important Cat 1 status was to me and we did our very best but unfortunately the constraints that were placed on us in order to obtain planning permission were incompatible with meeting the Cat 1 Academy requirements." When in reality a perfunctory look at the regulations would have shown this before the scheme even got off the ground.

That's not quite right though, the applications are inextricably linked but if permissions are subsequently granted for both there's no obligation to act on either of them. However the option is there to do so if the Club wishes. Hypothetically also if permission for the housing development was given but the one for the Training Centre was refused, the Club then know that the housing development has been agreed in principle and there would be nothing likely to stand in the way of a separate stand alone application in future. I can't help but think we're being massively conned on this. If the intention was to genuinely improve the training facilities and retain Cat 1 Academy Status (apart from upgrading the existing facilities) then surely the way to go about it would have been to draw up detailed plans of the new combined training facility and what space was available for outdoor pitches and submit them to whoever deals with Academy classification to see if the new facility was likely to comply with Cat 1 status. THEN (if the answer was affirmative) submit the joint application so that everyone knew exactly what we were dealing with. The way it's been done seems to be the opposite, be as vague and non committal as possible about the training facility as possible to try and get the housing plans through. Then, even if both sets of plans were approved, there's no guarantee at all the new facility will meet Cat 1 status. In fact if the new facility is built to the specification outlined in the application (i.e. virtually identical to the existing STC) then it seems unlikely that it would as according to Cat 1 regulations it seems the Academy lads would have to have their own exclusive facility. It comes across as though Waggott has either never given a thought to the subject of Academy Status or assumed we could do a new build and get Cat 1 status almost automatically and put the planning application in accordingly. Then someone has looked at the regulations ano said "shit they can't share!" at which point he has hurriedly started talking about 2 storey buildings and Cat 1 status being important after everyone kicked off about it.

Great player but I wasn't particularly impressed with him as a manager at either Derby or Chelsea. On the plus side would raise the profile of the Club and would let the youngsters express themselves. Not going to want to come here though is he?