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I like him, first instinctive finisher we’ve had since Ings. Big step up from AA, different player to Adams who is a second link/hold up striker really but not an instinctive finisher at all. Him and Onachu are our most dangerous forwards this season, not that it’s saying a lot! His movement warrants earlier deliveries than he’s been getting.

Attwell was poor. Barrott and Allison are good, Samuel Barrot is only early 30s, lots of time to improve. Hope PGMOL attitudes don’t ruin him like they did Jarrod Gillett, who was a breath of fresh air when he started. Sam Allison slightly older at 44 but would like to see him get more PL games to shake up the old order a bit.

Had flu, couldn’t use our tickets and had to listen to that game and watch the highlights. Riley IIRC had an astonishing stat at the time for how many penalties he’d given them and quite a few memes of him in a Man U shirt.

Will do. Last time I saw one was in Bermondsey and it was £100 or something daft. Best way is probably on my next work trip to Brussels. Cafe Delirium might have one for £20-25 which I can handle. Westveleren Trappist ales can get like this on supply, demand and price too, especially the ABV 12

I think that was spread over two games. One iffy penalty given and we had two very clear shouts, and the Sky pundits agreed.

At least he worked the keeper, more than he did 18 months later at Pride Park… Andrew Davies, who scored from the disputed free kick, ended up signing for us from Boro (loanee at Derby) the following season. Good player, friend of mine who scouted for Pulis recommended buying him and we were in the crap financially. Tony wasn’t happy as he was pretty much injured all of his time at Stoke! Edit - the quote about Idiakez should have embedded.

And had a full time job at Royal Mail!

The Worthington one showed he had some previous with Frank, probably from his Bolton days. The Jimmy Case Red at the cup game was a joke. Bryan Robson of 1983 might have raced through from halfway on goal but not the 1990 post-multiple shoulder operation slowed up version. And his shoulder issues weren’t finished as he broken down again v RoI at Italia 90 IIRC. Yellow card certainly but red, not even today.

It was prior to the locality rules hence why Webb couldn’t do Sheffield games later on. I thought he was firm but fair, maybe strict on yellow cards but no obvious bloopers I can recall. Toms used to get some stick from the lower East for offside calls but I bet the majority were correct.

Souness was manager, he knew how dangerous it was as for the type of player he’d been. And Elm Park was a shithole and Reading fans are still berks (from Berkshire) although hope their club doesn’t go out of business as it’s been threatening to for a while, and that they get new owners.

Probably easier to recall the decent refs. Paul Durkin with a Dorset combination of Wendy Toms on the line was always solid and fair, widely considered the best official of his era. That mantle went to Howard Webb, only the one Saints blemish for him and Neil Warnock said they didn’t get him at Sheff Utd and it frustrated him as he rated him as the best of the best. Eddie Walthamstow let the game flow, you got a good game with him but would penalise anything cynical, as it should be. Michael Oliver looks good at times but difficult when there’s so much crap at PGMOL and Stockley Park around you. Has time on his side to be a class act. John Brooks has a mixed record but no complaints from anyone about his performance at Wembley. When a lot of the officials are on it, they can perform a very demanding job well, but there’s a few in this list who were/are terrible everywhere they go/went. Mistakes will always happen but there technology is now there to catch the obvious, if used judiciously. And there’s the rub!

Very good memory of the events, it was September 2005 but otherwise perfectly recalled. Brilliant goal by Fuller.

Kettle was notoriously bad, wasn’t just us. Whole division hated him as did the EFL when he was relegated there. We never had issues with him that I can recall but Barry Knight made some shockers to the extent Big Sam and their CEO banned him from Bolton games as his safety couldn’t be guaranteed. Rennie never made an out and out blooper but was so arrogant that WGS said at a fans forum that he was the only referee with an agent. Draw your own conclusions.

As others have posted, Peter Walton v Brighton whilst in our favour was as bad as Leeds home, and you can understand them losing the plot, it was that bad. For those of us slightly older ones, there were some further howlers long before the days of VAR, when the officials really should have no excuse now (but PGMOL writes them a dog ate my homework letter anyway). Steve Dunn, a plump little referee from Bristol disallowing Shipperley’s header (nothing wrong with it from any camera angle on Sky) in a FA Cup QF at Old Trafford. Even Fergie scratched his head when asked why it was ruled out. That Man U outfit didn’t need any extra help. Then he had a shocker in one of the first home games at SMS, sending off Delap and Dublin for joke incidents, when a bit of booing of Kachloul on his return spiced things up and Dunn lost the plot. David Axcell has to be mentioned for missing Paul Davis’s GBH on Glenn Cockerill at Highbury in 1988. IIRC he made another horrible blooper in the early 90s as well and nobody involved with SFC wanted to see him ever officiate one of our games. As others have said Mike Dean multiple times where it did get personal and Lee Mason v Villa including Cash’s punching the ball over the bar on the line when it was going in and had beaten their keeper. Unlike Axcell and Dunn, VAR was on offer and they STILL got it wrong. Andy D’Urso’s top flight career ended after booking Barry Ferguson twice and no red card in 2004 plus a very off penalty to us in injury time. Still wasn’t enough to save Paul Sturrock’s job. Whoever was referee Derby away September 2005, Redknapp and Bassett were sent off in protest and were still visible on camera angrily berating the fourth official in the tunnel area. Kevin Friend was bad multiple times including Liverpool home but not in the same league as the above pillocks.

Kriek Lambic is a favourite of mine and also Fou’Foune which is a mix of 18 month matured Lambic and Apricots. Timmermans Peche is a good one as well, not so keen on their Curvee Rene. Took me a few tries for my palate to adapt in my 20s to the funkiness and complexity but have come to enjoy and appreciate them.

Has been the case for most of this season and more so after the Bournemouth debacle.

It’s what I’d do in his position, he must realise that things are not going well at all and his co-partners are miles out of their depth.

Ok, an opinion then. You're entitled to it, as are others who believe that Martin’s approach and the player recruitment set-up we have will never be effective.

I agree, but as someone else has posted, it’d be difficult for Dragan to sack Rasmus even though he is the main investor. Best way would be to bring other large investors on board so Rasmus and Kraft are outvoted. Anyway, best way to vote is with our feet. The protests, memorable as they were, didn’t get rid of Branfoot, the 9,000 gate v Ipswich (less than that in the Dell that night too) and issues getting sponsors did. Empty seats hurts their business and revenue streams.

Source?

Large Albanian flag across the Northam wall might do it https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44586587

For sub-£500 yes, perhaps £750-800 if one day and very straightforward, but for bigger jobs you’d want to keep a bit back at least to ensure it all worked and be able to snag etc. Because if they’ve made a ricket, and you’ve fully settled, good chance they ain’t coming back if they’re on the more feckless side. The ones with a work ethic and pride would, so you’ve also got to see them working, are they tidy, conscientious etc.

Corberan’s stock would stay higher getting WBA into the play offs again.

Watford mark 2. Ask their fans what they think of the Pozzos. Thank you Martin Semmens - Gao and now these jokers. What a charlatan.

We will be back to the attendances of 2008/9 if they do that. Martin has become as divisive as Lowe was and SR are on notice with the supporters to improve or sell.