Whitey Grandad

What, not any of them?

SaintRobbie, it pains me to say it but I agree with every word.

Last league win was 17th September 2007. Ye gods of football, please hear our prayers.

Brilliant result! For all of us who were there in the playoff and had to stand there whilst the lowlives taunted us,may I say a heartfelt thank-you to the players and travelling fans.

There were certainly some positives to take from the game but Bent and Jerome were running amok amongst our defence and it didn't help when Killer and Perry both went for the same tackle which let them through for their first goal. For the second, take a look at the marking, if you can find any. The same goes for the one-on-one that Davis saved wher Jerome was totally unmarked 8 yard out and pleading for the ball. For the immediate future at least, I would prefer us to concentrate on getting the defensive shortcomings sorted out before we try to play 'pretty football' in the middle of the field. That applies all the team and not just the back four.

I agree that the first half was good stuff but from 55 minutes on we were steamrollered. Unfortunately those who were not there will have seen only the result and not the performance.

I thought we needed as much money as we could get??? Man U away in the next round would do it.

And 'apoplectic' ?

Some people think he can't play full stop.

Yes, I see what you are saying. I mis-read the post.

That would be £1.2m a year which is more than the average premiership salary, usually quoted as £1.1m

Since Watford are paying his wages I would expect that if we insisted that he not play against us then he would not be available to play for Watford and we would receive less money one way or another.

Everyone is for sale if the bid is high enough. As the saying goes "every man has his price - and they don't come much cheaper than me".

That's what depressed me so much during the seconds half last Saturday. For the first time ever, at no time after 60 mins did I feel that we could get a goal back. When the board went up showing 3 mins all I felt was a deeper gloom. As for the formation, the gap between Surman and Holmes was far too big and we were resorting to long balls down the channel, which our players handled quite well to start with but as the game wore on there were big holes in the left and right midfield.

Yes I remember that too, in terms of strict cash purchases and sales of players we were very nearly even. Of course there were probably all sorts of agents' fees and expenses on top. IMO the problems were caused by the rapid turnover of managers. Every new one would buy in his own favourites without moving on the players he didn't like and we would end up with a squad of nearly 40. Fabrice was a clear example.

There's a bit about hime here: http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/localsport/3597206.Rasiak_signs_on_loan/ It says that there is an option to sign him in January for an 'agreed fee'. We paid £2m for him for 4 years so his write-down would be £500k pa.

Saga and Rasiak each have two years left. Their value on the balance sheet will be written down over that period so as each season goes past the club's assets are reduced by that depreciation, and this will figure in the losses for the year.

Whoever is supposed to be in charge of the ticket office has dropped a serious clanger. It's a very silly thing to do when the club is looking to reduce its staffing levels.

If that is the case then I agree with you. I prefer to assume that everyone on this forum is a gentleman/lady and would not deliberately do such a thing. Until it was pointed out I had not seen the connection.

Sorry, I meant that we have had too many managerial changes since Rupert took over. What is it now? 14 in as many years?

Do we have to go through all this again? We've had too many managers, it's as simple as that.

'Bipolar' is used in many fields apart from the medical one. To those of us in the electronics world the medical condition is the last thing that would come to mind.

Very good. It even made me chuckle.

I'm still in shock at this figure. Why on earth is anybody fiddling about closing the corners to save a net £15k when there must be astronomical sums that can be saved in this amount? I can understand reducing the salaries of the playing staff but they fade into insignificance compared to this sum!

You mean for 'artistic impression'? What a great idea!