RevidgeBlue

Humphries and Aspinall both out. Could maybe have predicted that. Their opponents are both terrific young players. If they're on top form you've got a match on your hands.

Usyk was terrific. 38 years old as well. Physically he 's a freak. One of the best of all time I'd say.

If Pasha went in goal you'd say he was better than Pears. 🙂

I know Everton are a week behind us in terms of preparation but that's not at all what I was expecting. In a good way.

Very good player. Extremely under-rated because he came through the ranks.

Probably. Will we be in the away dressing room I wonder?

They didn't buy into whatever he was asking of them for his first six and a half games and ultimately that cost us any chance of the play offs.

It'll be a cold day in hell before anyone from the Club will ever announce that the aim is promotion!

Im reminded of the brilliant 4 Yorkshire men sketch. 🙂 https://youtu.be/VKHFZBUTA4k?feature=shared

How many times did we wear the pink kit last season? I can only specifically remember Stockport in the League Cup.

Isn't it just.

I'm not suggesting K Hod is an apologist for the Club at all. I haven't seen the minutes for the last meeting but in the meeting or two before that I complimented him on seemingly being the only one prepared to ask a difficult question or two. I do think the Forum is far too soft on the Club in general given what's happened in the last 3 years or so. K Hod seems to particularly resent any criticism of the FF as a body and that's fine, its his prerogative as a member. Specifically on the shirts every year you'll probably get some people who think they're atrocious, some who think they're absolutely fantastic and some who think they're a bit "meh". If you think they're atrocious you should be allowed to say so - it's a free country. In general if a lot more people think they're atrocious than fantastic then the Club are probably doing something wrong. If it's vice versa then the person who doesn't like them is going to have to lump it. I can't stand the pink shirt personally but I acknowledge it seems to have been generally very popular. I think this year's shirts are far worse. It's an anniversary year and they needed to be really special and they're particularly poor imo. That said Im not half as annoyed by the Colours as the general lack of acknowledgment of the anniversary, the fact we're wearing away colours at home and the change to the halves which all seem to be an obvious watering down of the expectation we'll always play in our traditional colours. Maybe not the most pressing thing to complain about under this ownership. Just another thing.

What as in (for example) "Venky's/ Steve Kean/ Waggott/ Pasha/Gestede they're not really for me but it's fair enough if other people like them" Whilst you seem completely happy for people on here to have a broad range of opinions on anything you seem completely intolerant of any criticism of anything that's said at the Forum and want to take your bat and ball home anytime anyone says anything critical. We all get that everyone gives up their time for free etc and we are all appreciative of that but no-one forces you to do it and you have to accept that not everyone will agree with what the Club say or do or the responses all the time. In fact probably not very often in the current climate.

Before he left at least he was a better defender than Brittain. We'd need a good RW but we need one of those anyway with Dolan leaving. Incidentally I noted a site online estimating Nyambe was on 4k p.w. when he was here. No wonder he was desperate to leave. I'd imagine Dolan was on something similar, maybe adjusted upwards slightly for inflation.

Also, it's a football kit, I dont want a pictorial representation of the town on it, but if they had decided that images were essential they should have related to our footballing history, Bob Crompton, Clayton and Duggie, Faz, Simon Garner, Tony Parkes, Jack, Kenny, Shearer etc. Not Darwen Tower and the fucking Wainwright Bridge. They really couldn't have got it more wrong if they'd tried.

In a normal year the home kit would have been OK apart from the changed halves but the lack of reference to the Anniversary is an absolute disgrace. The Green and yellowish kits are absolutely hideous. No proper badge on either, they might as well be cheap imitation knock offs. I completely disagree with the poster above - along with the pink kit last year these are 3 of the worst kits we've ever had. Macron/whoever is picking them need sacking off. Sorry if it sounds like I'm picking on the FF again but did they get chance to pass comment on this year's kits?

Has this CB from Hull been completed yet?

We're the last Club to be in a position to complain about that! (Tin hat on) If Eustace was interested in Brittain I'd accept Nyambe (still only 27) plus £2m cash.

What happened to marketing the home kit? If flogging a few extra shirts is the only metric then we should play the opening home game in that horrible dark green kit - that should shift a few more of them. It's a constant dumbing down and erosion of traditions and standards, drip, drip, drip and people appear to be lapping it up. They've already changed the halves on the home shirt, now we're having to play in away colours at home to suit the opposition. I hope any-one who doesn't mind the switch doesn't have the temerity to complain when we eventually unveil a non halved home kit. After all it's only a shirt.

"It's only a shirt". Sums up everything wrong with the Forum. Next stop - " They were only blue and white halves - I'm not sure what you're bothered about" In fact it seems we're half way there already.

Irrespective of whether the three signings are up to the required standard, would you not agree they're in areas where we were already relatively well stocked? (Assuming no-one leaves)

I thought it might be, wasn't sure!

I recall the HSA one. I dont recall the Umbro one without a logo at all. I would still maintain that over the years when we've had a yellow kit the trim has GENERALLY been blue and it is supposed to be an anniversary kit not that the powers that be seem to have bothered about that.

Is the top one not Flowers' goalkeeper jersey? 🙂

How many shirts have we had with yellow and blue trim?