Thought the fifth month was May?

Didn't see the small date which is different to the larger one above.

[Think it was a preseason friendly]

Think it was a preseason friendly, my only memory was that we broke Steve Ogrizovic‘s leg.

In April! was it a pre closed season type of game?

If the big clubs think they are playing too many games then sort out all the boring european competitions.

The Champions League should be just for each nation's champions, not the runners up and a few also rans.

Bring back the Cup-Winners Cup, just for the cup winners, as an incentive for Prem. clubs to play strong teams.

The Close But No Cigar Trophy for a few who don't qualify for the other two comps. 



 

Every time I log on it's a different colour!!

That's much better.

[Do you think that JB should select Hylton for this game so fans can show their feelings for his efforts over the last 2 seasons?]

A good suggestion was made that very late in the game we sub off Leonard and Bowie so they can both get a standing ovation for their commitment and performances during their loan spells. Do you think that JB should select Hylton for this game so fans can show their feelings for his efforts over the last 2 seasons?

 

I will mourn the decline with some thunderbird wine.

And a black handkerchief?

VERY lucky....it would have put us 18th. FACT 

I think you mean VERY professional, kept going right to the end of games.

not just scrapped from the 4th round onwards as was discussed, but completely gone from the 1st round onwards...another nail in the coffin.

The simple solution was to have it open for the clubs to decide. Before the match, if one of the teams wanted a replay then it would be manditory, for example Northampton drew at home to Man Utd, then they get to play at Old Trafford. But then both teams could agree to no replay if it both benefited them, for example, 2 teams in the same league etc.

I quite like this idea as replays and pens can both be exciting. Penalties are great if your team wins. When you lose you get that sinking feeling that comes from 'losing' a drawn game.
Years ago there were long running cup tie sagas with replays, 2nd replays, 3rd replays and more. These games often captured the nation's attention generating FA Cup publicity and excitement.
I would want my team to choose replays.

[drones, which are used to good effect..]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xr50

Worth a watch, in fact I recommend it.
War is not a game, most of those shown were recently trained in the UK.
The only difference to previous wars, is the use of drones, which are used to good effect..

Unfortunately by both sides.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26964140/abdul-ezedi-asylum-system-broken-sun-says/

Oh well, if the Sun says so it must be true!

Angela is a prime example of how low the bar is set for Labour voters. She’s deputy leader of the opposition but you’d expect to find her behind a till.

Angela is heralded as an example of progressivenesses, proof that anyone can become an MP. She’s just a woman with a track record of bad personal choices who blames her own bad choices on the system.

She actually wants to change the world to make her previous bad choices into the standard of society.

Not that you're in any way judgemental, obviously!

The change of colour of the flag is a bit weird, the price of the shirts is scandalous.

As a season ticket holder I don't know whether to go and watch this game or lie down in a darkened room until it's all over.

I'd say go to the game, I generally find that the least stressful option. 

Perhaps some of them should go and get a job, it’s liberating, the work shy who go to food banks so they can still go on holiday and afford their drink and drugs.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3232321/The-food-bank-users-selling-handouts-raise-money-drugs-Nuneaton-residents-say-practice-despicable-abuse-trust.html

It's well known that many people who use food banks are working in jobs that don't pay the bills.
I worked for over 40 years and in my experience if you found work "liberating" you were one of a lucky few.
As for the food bank 'scammers', in different circumstances they'd be called entrepreneurs!

According the Governments own figures there were 12 million people in this country living in 'Absolute Poverty' in 2022-2023.
This was a rise of 600,000 in a year, the biggest increase in 30 years, since the previous Tory Government.
They don't change, do they?

Presumably that was an observation, not an insult.

It was a question, which was presumably answered with a FACT! 

Wrong, I don’t do it to be controversial 😉

But you are confirming you spout bollox

The thing is with managers, if you cloned twenty Pep Guardiola, gave each one exactly the same budget and put them in charge of the twenty Premiership clubs, One Pep Guardiola would win the title, a handful of others would be lauded for their achievements, half a dozen would get the sack and three would be relegated. That's how stupid this whole argument is. Sometimes I think its all down to luck and being in the right place at the right time.

Spot on.

The second game running which had 0-0 written all over it where the points went to our opponents.
I thought Moulden could have expected more protection from the Ref for the goal conceded to Blackpool. I can't defend him for the Wycombe goals though, especially the second which he misjudged thinking it was going wide of his far post.
Last season when Lee Burge was injured we had Tom King as back up who was as good or better than Burge. This season we've had Thompson and Moulden as back up Keepers and their lack of experience has cost us points. Yesterday I actually thought Mouldens handling had been good but then he makes two errors, that's young players in a nutshell.

Sadly the season looks as though it is fizzling out because it had been exceptional compared to most peoples expectations back in August.