MightyOwl

I didn’t mind McNeil taking it. It’s good he had the confidence. I think he needs a season of regular starts in league one next season and then who knows. Would have done him a world of good to get a senior hat trick but hopefully he can still see the game as a positive. McNeil is one of a small handful of players that could play a staring role next season that we need to stay behind. Also btw Inglesson was never gonna take that pen. He was just protecting the ball and penalty spot to then hand the ball to the taker

In this league most teams ease up 3-0 up which is why you rarely see bigger score lines. They had an opportunity to really go at us all game, missed out there.

My take is that Wilder has had two weeks and set them up perfectly. We only have one way of playing through certain passing lanes. They pressed well and shut them down. Bannan and Amass weren’t given an inch as the only two with enough technical ability to play through. Gave Fusire all day coz he knew he wouldn’t do much with it. No plan B. No one to hold ball up. No one to run at them. Add in Iorfa having a mare and Cooper so rusty. We were doomed. My only big criticisms would be Ugbo and their heads dropping for the third. They are professionals and should have stuck to task better.

Bannan wasn’t the problem. Basically man marked out the game. There was no space to receive it in so that’s why he went wondering to try influence the game They pressed well

He’s a pure finisher who at the minute gets jelly legs the minute the ball goes anywhere near him. Just look at the pen he ballooned over the bar last season. We all want him to start barging into defenders and winning flick ons like a prime Stephen Fletcher but it’s never been his game. Honestly as a fan base we maybe just need to learn not to pressure the club into buying goal scorers as always a waste of money

I’ll be boycotting. Fully behind the trust. Anyone thinking of going, please remember, with no one there it will be extra cold, the atmosphere will be like a morgue and we’ll get stuffed. Then have a think about what better you could do with your evening.

Just on the early bird tickets, if it gets to that point it will be an easy decision not to buy one. If a new owner comes in, they will almost certainly re-launch the season tickets at the same price so you wouldn’t lose out. If Chansiri stays you wouldn’t want a season ticket anyway because the football would be crap and you’d be harming the club putting money in his pockets. No excuses for anyone buying early bird.

Nasty tackle that. Used the heavy touch as an excuse to go through him as hard as he could. Unnecessary force to win the ball

Why did he extend the contracts of players like Windass if his end goal seems to be to get rid of the first team and just play with the youth academy on the cheap for a season? If the idea was to sell Windass, why not pay players like Lowe and let them leave for free when you could assume they would be worth a small fee? Make it make sense

I feel for the players. Can imagine they’ll be an initial tiny bit of optimism at being back at Hillsborough. Then we won’t be able to get the ball from the opposition, crowd will initially have a bit of a chuckle. There will be a period of apathy after Stoke bag the first. The second will go in and the anger will build. Stoke bag 3 or 4 and the place will be venomous. Rinse and repeat but skip straight to the apathetic/anger phase for later games. Players like Bannan, Windass, Smith, Pato were our only salvation as the fans would stick behind them and they had qualities to drive the team. Ugbo, Chalobah, Kobacki etc will wilt. Anyways that’s my excitement levels for the season summed up haha

Hypothetical scenario at present but there’s no way he’s getting away with flogging early bird season tickets this year. He’ll be lucky to sell one. This must worry him and I hope focuses his mind on a sale. It actually possible from here that the fans put in zero money. Don’t buy shirts, don’t buy food/drink in the ground, don’t buy tickets. Boom. He’s on borrowed time.

This statement is odd in so many ways. The jigsaw pieces about what is going on are really hard to piece together. Here’s my thinking about what is going on. 1) Chansiri is obviously absolutely skint and is actually desperate for a way out. His own cash flow has decreased, no money has come in for Röhl and he’s facing upcoming costs to maintain the safety of the north stand. 2) There was early interest from the Walter group as per the bizzle. This big American juggernaut are looking for a global brand in English football and we were worth exploring. I imagine following the latest statement this has fallen through and Chansiri is desperate. 3) The Florida ‘consortium’ are a group of people with reasonable wealth but not on the same table as most football club owners. What they want is to agree a deal and then get the outside investment from people joining the consortium. Obviously giving 5mil up front is odd anyway but doesn’t work well with this approach. 4) In the background I imagine the vultures are circling but haven’t yet declared their hand. 5) Chansiri is stuck and trying to do a deal with the Florida group but given the ‘consortium’ it’s proving very difficult. Shaw is effectively a middle man

Shocking decision! Dunno what others think but whenever someone’s pings a ball on the deck with pace and accuracy into the top corner from distance like Windass, it’s way more impressive than swinging a foot a at a flying ball. Gimme enough goes and I can recreate that winner. I could never do what Windass did in a month of Sundays

He’s done absolutely everything he can with this club and had 18months to learn the championship and coach all the players to perform as best as they can within his system. A player here or there on a free ain’t gonna change the trajectory of this club. It needs significant year on year investment to push towards the play offs. He knows this ain’t coming and I don’t blame him for wanting to leave. He’s ambitious and ready for the next challenge which would be competing for promotion and the pressure that needing to win every week brings. From there he would hope that springboards him to the prem and ultimately a club competing in Europe.

I think ones Danny to Southampton is announced we’ll get one of those DC rant posts like after Moore left. ‘I do best for club but other people try and bring us down. Fans angry but I do best. Danny leaves despite received all the promises. I spent big on striker on his recommendation…….’ Etc Always an entertaining read. Wonder if he’ll consider someone giving it a proof read for once