I’ll be the negative Nelly to get us started.
I thought hard about Bowie - his “offside” goal was a beaut but, it didn’t count and although he did his usual tireless running he also gave away the ball a lot and seemed (like all the midfield) ineffective and neutered.
So, reluctantly I have to go for Ms Balding!

Bad day at the office for all!
Bad day for Manny especially …
1 assist, 1 goal and 1 mom for the Glasgow Celtic loanee?!

We can turn this round …
3 quick subs
McWilliams for Fox (push Leonard up)
Simpson for Louis
Koiki for AK.
3-2 with goals from Simpson, Koiki and Leonard!

Got to be Ali K - even though he only played 45.

In some ways football is a very simple game - when you get the ball run at the defence and see what happens. He was the only Cobbler on the pitch that realised the havoc a little speed and directness can have with a team like Carlisle. Welcome back Ali.

Gee, I must have been in a “glass half empty” mood yesterday.
I don’t agree with most!
I thought the stats were representative and that they did indeed have the majority of the procession. They also had several good chances including a simple 1 on 1.
I agree they did lack some quality - especially at the back but I don’t think a draw would have been an unfair result!

Their goalie deserves a mention for pure comedic value. I’ve never seen a professional goalie that so wanted to be a midfielder. He was consistently yards out of his area. Also spending lots of time, not in the middle of the pitch but at one side or another! Even when we nearly chipped a goal over his head, he still didn’t seem to get it!

I understand the choice of Burge as I did enjoy watching a game without the drama!
Bowie had his best game for weeks but for me it has to be Guthrie.
No drama, just solid and dependable..

Great tactical performance from JB. His “left field” selections of Sowerby (CB) and Monthe (Targetman /  Left Wing Back) were match winning.
I can’t decide if Derby were s***e or we just made them look s***e?!

It should be all of them! Monthe was immense after a poor first 15 mins. Louis run his heart out. The other Louis had a good second half in goal. Mitch had his best game for some time but … I’m going for Sowerby who was amazing at centre back!

Don’t like to give to a player that only played 45 mins but …
Has to be Mitch!

Top scorer Rhodes has had his red card over turned and he plays.
Turns out Blackpool do have enough clout to make things happen.

Perhaps we’ll have to ask them to fill out the form for us next time we have a soft red card. They obviously know what buttons to hit?!

I bet he gets a Fcukin hat trick!!!

Will Hondermark
He just gets better and better.
Just as good at right back in 2nd half as mid in 1st.

Although, if he’d played the whole game, I think Fox may have snatched it!!

Manny, you need to stop quoting right wing publications quoting right wing, titled, private school educated (a member of the dreaded “blob”?) pro- Israel politicians. Don’t get me wrong, I have some love for Sir Michael - he was very pro remain right up to the time BJ emasculated him.

Let me be arrogant and give you some advice Manny. As a leftie, if I just read left wing bias publications and listened to left wing bias pod casts / radio stations, I indeed would think that the BBC were very right wing biased. But I don’t, I try and understand all sides - which is why I particularly like your extreme interventions. I was a little cross when the BBC appointed right wing sympathisers / campaigners as Chair and CEO - Richard Sharp and Tim Davie. But I know if the BBC annoy people like you and people like me then they are probably getting it right!

I’m on a roll for giving advice, so let me repeat another one …
Join Reform Manny. It’s only a matter of time until 30p Lee, Cruela and indeed the Daily Mail and GB News come out and nail their colours to that particular mast. Although I suspect Tyce won’t have 30p Lee - he’ll accept extreme right wing but I don’t think he’ll take stupid!
You are clearly not stupid Manny (you’re a Cobblers fan after all!) so I’m sure they’ll have you.

It's so black and white with you?
He's not s***e, but we could do better...

Come on, you are not being fair to Manny. He’s not here to provide nuance and critical thinking. He’s here to challenge us all with his stark black and white thinking.

You don’t need to agree with the guy to respect his passion and clarity of thought. It’s mostly complete bollox but it gets us to consider / justify our own beliefs / thoughts on Cobblers and non-football matters. I think a dose of Manny should be available to us all at all times on the NHS.

NB Evers, you will recognise these sentiments from Chapter 3(I think) of Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations.

Interesting facts (assuming they are right) and question.

Sometimes success can clearly be classed as professional league survival (ask Bury etc).
But I don’t think survival could ever be defined as progression.

For me the only current definition of progression for NTFC is as an established member of Division 1 with 4 finished stands, a growing fan base and sustainable financial results.
So not there yet but we are progressing towards progression!!!!?

So I’m left with a number of genuine questions on this thread:
Number 1) is for Manny. Number 2) for anyone.

1) Apparently WW3 is going to be caused by wokeness. So does that mean Putin, Kim Jon, President Xi, Hamas and Trump are woke? Or is it Gary Lineker and  Carol Vordaman that are the likeliest war starters?
2) SNP are pushing for a cease fire while condemning Israel’s actions but the press don’t call them antisemitic. But if Starmer agrees with this he gets  called antisemitic by our fair and balanced uk press? Why?

Just when you think you are beginning to understand how the right wing snowflakes are defining the word “woke” then you get confused again when wokeness is blamed for world wars! And I thought I was beginning to understand that to some anti-Israel means antisemitism but why would whether you are Scottish effect things?
This could be me though - Manny (and others) here’s your chance to help a confused old lefty!

After watching the first episode of Breathless on ITV yesterday evening, I was reminded how when doctors and nurses were contracting Covid through the lack of adequate PPE, some Tories saw this shortage not as a national emergency, but as an opportunity to line their and their friends pockets with sub standard equipment.
Still as we were told in the eighties, Greed is Good.

Indeed greed is good SotC.
It buys you luxury boats and seats in the House of Lords while the little people who weren’t “brave” enough to speculate with their own millions, get to stay at home and bury their dead (with no more than 12 mourners of course) while the brave Tory investors partied the day and night away.
And we all know that greed is clearly good because there are no repercussions of being dishonestly greedy. Indeed, you even get to keep your boat and your title.  Victimless crime really - it’s only tax payers money and it isn’t a crime to lie to the press!
Michelle Mone and BJ are the poster boy and girl of 14 years of Tory corruption, lies and greed. We can never hope for justice for these dregs of society but we can at least use our vote to make it is impossible for them to do it again.

Honourable mentions to Hondemark, Brough, Willis and Sherring but Leonard gets my vote.

So stattos out there - when was the last time we did the double (6 points) over our web fingered friends?

.....and perhaps add the Brexit benefits - I'd like to hear the spin on the UK's poor GDP versus the EU as it might be difficult to blame Ukraine, Covid or even Corbyn.

Good point Peter.

Maybe we should ask Laura Trott - Tory Treasury Minister. In her recent interview with Evan Davis she confirmed that she doesn’t understand debt, GDP and indeed percentages!!
Thank goodness she’s not black and Labour - the right wing press would have hung her out to dry!!

If you haven’t heard it, it’s worth a listen and confirms just why we are in the mess we are!

https://youtu.be/l7G5s_0ykhE?si=Jy0GBnT-eSgV2tx_

This is what the woke left are doing to our country, truly disgusting.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1867031/asylum-seekers-Northamptonshire-council

Very Pavlovian Manny. Within hours of the UK people telling us what they really think of the 14 year disaster Tories, you blow you Fcukin dog whistle. Division and culture wars are the last thing you and your blue mates / press have.
I am puzzled why you haven’t jumped ship to the Reform party Manny. I honestly thing you’d be happier. Just thinking of your mental health over the next 9 months.
I really think the only Tory voters left are jingoistic over 70’s sitting on pensions going up more than inflation and no mortgage to worry about!
Anyway, well done Gen and the good folks of Wellingborough. I hope my 3 days of leaflet delivering lead to at least a dozen votes for her.