Badger

Using my MLG card : which clubs fall within the definition of being a “south coast club”? (Pretty sure this has been discussed at length on here before)

Did he ? Don’t recall reading anythIng about being a target man type of CF to hold the ball up or link up play as with Larin.

Reading away in FA Cup 3rd round, January 1996 was bitterly cold. It was questionable if the match would go ahead, the pitch seemed frozen when they kicked off and Souness was moaning about it after the game (which we lost). Some years before that Bristol City at Ashton Gate on the Friday night, something like 19th December. Terrace fairly empty so it was real Brass Monkey weather

Fair point. Although it’s not as if he was out of our price range, assuming we’d spent our funds wisely (on a CF).

But Lankshear it seems is able to regularly play 90minutes. Larin isn’t. Agree any player can suffer an injury. You can’t predict that, but the club should be able predict ‘fatigue’ on a player from their record and provide for that. Very remiss not to have done.

Larin played at Coventry. My recollection was a midfield three of Downes, Jander and Bragg behind them. Coventry fans very impressed by our mf that day. From the BBC site Larin was taken off at 67minutes (for Archer).

Think we’ve all seen this play out before though.

Possibly, although some of ours have previous form for similar actions (thinking Croydon 2011); https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/11/rioter-fire-reeves-furniture-jailed

And even there we'd have had a draw, but for THB's last act in a Saints shirt.

That doesn’t stack up to me. This would mean we overpay for Dobbin (being kind probably paying twice his value !), then struggle to eke out anywhere near our own expectation for THB. Even by SR standards that seems fuckwittery even beyond their standards. I don’t doubt there are some accounting ruses (and Villas trading with Chelsea, and a previous deal with Everton -possibly also involving Dobbin - raise questions) but this doesn’t seem one of them. Although also wonder if part of the THB deal might have involved writing off something on Archer. Agree he’s still “pony”. Over £20m on Archer and Dobbin. Would we have been better off donating it to charity for the tax relief ?

You’re right, but on a different note how long will it be before we see some copycat incidents of pupil/student unrest in the UK ? Seeing it on the news, it seems inevitable that some bastard will think that looks a good way of expressing some sentiment or other.

Something else came to mind today: The 5pm classified football results, with the iconic music intro on Sports Report. It used to be essential listening, especially if getting back to the car in time to hear them. Long before the days we knew them from looking at our phones and monitoring other games (whilst your own was still in progress)

A game we should have won and should be looking to win. But credit where it’s due they had a good result midweek and showed what they’re capable of. But had we been able to get a shot on target of course …

Okay. Had forgotten that. (Trying to erase the detail of the Will Still period from my memory perhaps)

Or just thinking that regulations don’t apply to them. No surprise.