RevidgeBlue

As is the amount of whinging about referees on a weekly basis. (Not you in particular)

Thought Montgomery was the pick of our performers in the first half tbf. Albeit not a particularly high bar.

Spat my beer out reading that. Bravo Sir!

Decent save from Toth on 49 - first time either keeper's really been called into action. Horrible weather - lashing down with rain -poor game - I feel for the fans that travelled over there. It's all about the result and getting through into the hat for the next round. Nothing else.

That statement presupposes that the 3rd round Cup tie doesnt matter which I couldnt disagree more with. Main take outs from the first half Id say is that whilst there's been plenty of enthusiasm on display from the Academy lads there's been a distinct lack of quality and no one out there that makes you sit up and say "wow they could come in and make a difference at Championship level". Ill agree they dont look any worse than the dross Rudy signed though.

Getting very scrappy now. Henrikkson (especially) and Hickman are terrible. We look ok until we get near the opposition box but as with the first team the lack of punch up front is painful to watch.

The point is to win the tie. Otherwise what's the point of travelling up there? If we do with this line up, then fair enough. Job done.

So you'd advocate picking this team for the next League game then? (And yes we have started ok)

Early signs are we're playing ok but zero presence up front as always.

It came on for me on the TNT red button right at the last minute. Virgin Channel 521 or something like that

They're still 19/20 to win outright on Bet 365 amazingly.

Colby Bishop who some have speculated about on the transfer thread has scored in the 3rd minute for Portsmouth v Arsenal. Smart finish.

I'll wait and see how the game goes but on the face of it Im not happy with that selection. His job is to manage us in 3 competitions and try to do as well as possible in each. Not sort of slop around in one and try to do just enough to avoid relegation and sack off the other two.

d)

Holy crap. I'll reserve judgement but..........

👍

We didnt sign that bod from Stoke you predicted tbf.

Hmmm...... Potentially bad news then. If it works! I'll try it later if I fancy ruining my afternoon.

No-one (apart from the Club) would pretend it isnt I don't think. Id imagine even Pears is on more than that.

Not what was said at all I don't think. Seems to be a general acceptance that we have a wage ceiling of around £10k p.w. for new signings though.

Our contribution to Dennis's wages was allegedly £20k p.w. Doubt it will be anything that ambitious. (Albeit he turned out to be absolutely bobbins in hindsight)

https://youtube. com/shorts/1zTkBpfIc0A?si=VG05iyeVgAHPKRom Ismael: Did you get me those 2 strikers we need then Suhail? Suhail: Even better than that Val!

Well, yes it does, unless they're coming in on a free (which would indicate they're not going to be much good anyway) And hypothetically, even if they did come in on a free but were on 20k p.w. (which you'd expect anyone half decent to be on) the Gueye money would be gone in less than 2 seasons. The maths dont add up whichever way you look at it. It's like I've always said, (decent) strikers cost money which is why we nearly always neglect those positions and end up with cheap squad fillers in other positions instead. Another couple of TGH's on subsidised wages anyone?

Id say League1/League 2/non League personally the way things are headed. Think our Championship tenure will be extremely brief now.

💯 but as 47 er says that doesnt excuse the owners in any way before RF99 starts!