This Charming Man

Always thought he was class. He didn't quite fit in with Strachan's style of play at times though. Which is why he never fully fulfilled his potential with us.

'The Nicola Cortese Stadium' has a certain ring to it...

It'll be a walk over on and off the pitch. We don't sing songs about Barcelona and "We're coming for you" for no reason. Massive club.

De Ridder has ability and lots of it. Yes he can be a bit hit and miss at times but there is no denying he is a decent player and that's clear for all to see. You only need to watch Forte for 5mins to see that he is nowhere near good enough for this standard. Hence why he's not allowed anywhere near our league team and has been shipped out after his 'efforts' at Palace the other week.

Why? I feel embarrassed for him when he goes to control the ball and it bounces off his shin, or he aims a shot goalwards (I appreciate this doesn't happen very often) and it trickles to the keeper as if a 4 year old has hit it. It's better for everyone involved if we just get rid.

I'd rather we just got rid. It's embarrassing that we have a footballer as bad as him at our club.

What is this...? Facebook?! Get a room.

Can't we just give them Forte?

All that proves is they're deluded.

You can't get them into Bristol when there is football on. So get a Groupsaver to the stop before Bristol (Bath?) then a normal return each from that station to Bristol which will only be a few quid.

Well our fans have finally started to make their way to the Midlands in numbers this season, so would be nice if we could push it that one step further and plough on into Yorkshire. 2,000 plus would be decent.

Should have joined us in The Greyhound. Proper old fashioned pub, loads of ales on offer, log fire on the go, nice setting on the canal...

Looks as if me and EW will be stopping off there...

Apparently we have sold nearly 2,500 according to a post on the main forum. Let's hope we can manage to get that up to 3,000.

He was interviewed on Solent last night after the game, they asked him if he would like to extend his stay and he said that he would. Sign him up. He's been brilliant for us.

Spot on. I told mine that Saturdays are for football, it was here before her and will be here after her. Thank god it is still here as after 4 years she had enough and left me.

We could do with speeding up our clapping a bit, really annoys me how slow we sing...

Ignoring the fact that the shouting of each players first name every time they touched the ball was one of the most pathetic 'chants' I've ever heard, what really got me was the fact that everyone would start p*ssing themselves laughing every time it was done. Fair enough laugh the first time, each to their own and all that, but 10 minutes later when it's being done for the 100th time? Really?! Last night confirmed for me that 99% of our support are utter, utter mongs. What I would do for us to have a proper football following like Spurs, Leeds, Newcastle etc. Thank god there were only a handful of Boro fans there and we didn't embarrass ourselves in front of thousands.

Brilliant picture.

Any idea on how many we've sold? Would like to think we would take more here than Derby and Leicester, seeing as it is a bit closer.

Sounds good. Us and the Skates could all travel up on the same trains and fight each other the whole way there and back.

If most coaches were to get bricked, I'd imagine the OB would have a hard time trying to hire any coaches for the return fixture.

Can't we just ban them from the stadium?

At £38 return for the two of you, it's hardly the end of the world if it was to get called off.

I saw someone at Brighton at home last year being chucked out as he launched a stick of celery. He probably got sent down for 6 months and is currently on a 6 year banning order.