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8 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Am I the only one that is a little bored with the Wrexham love-in right now? They’ve been bank rolled for the most part.

Shame about Portsmouth…again 🤣

There's two ways to look at it I think, from a Wrexham perspective it's a great story, poor town down on its luck, high unemployment, football team with proud history stuck in non league for 15 years and in true Hollywood style their saviours appear, its taken them longer than expected to get out of the division but they seem to be there for the long term project and have done a lot for the town. That pub next to the ground gets tourists visiting every day of the week. 

For the other clubs in the division they must be fed up with them, playing budget vastly exceeding what others have , basically like putting a league one team into a division two beneath them. It has brought a lot more attention to the National League so other teams could have benefited with increased crowds themselves, try to use it to their advantage. 

Notts County should come up as well, wouldn't be surprised if both sides then go straight through league two next season. 

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13 hours ago, Nordic Saint said:

Today's League One results mean that any mathematical chance Pompey had of making the playoffs has now gone, so next season will be their 24th in the lower leagues.

They just love playing in the Papa John's Trophy, can't bring themselves to leave that level. 

The promotion race from that division has been fascinating , looks like Plymouth and Ipswich should make it but could be another twist 

 

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9 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Am I the only one that is a little bored with the Wrexham love-in right now? They’ve been bank rolled for the most part.

So just to check, "everybody's got a price" but also bankrolling a club is, like, bad?

Got it.

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Those decrying Wrexham for spending their way out of the league (at poor old Notts County's expense) seem to be conveniently ignoring that County are bankrolled themselves by their Danish consortium owners.

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58 minutes ago, JRM said:

They just love playing in the Papa John's Trophy, can't bring themselves to leave that level. 

The promotion race from that division has been fascinating , looks like Plymouth and Ipswich should make it but could be another twist 

 

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Ipswich and Plymouth play their games in hand in the week...win those and it is all but done

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10 hours ago, FarehamSaintJames said:

Am I the only one that is a little bored with the Wrexham love-in right now? They’ve been bank rolled for the most part.

Shame about Portsmouth…again 🤣

Yes the media go bonkers if some film actors are involved with 'normal people' , it remains to be seen how long they last when the bills start to roll in at a higher level .

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1 hour ago, JRM said:

They just love playing in the Papa John's Trophy, can't bring themselves to leave that level. 

The promotion race from that division has been fascinating , looks like Plymouth and Ipswich should make it but could be another twist 

 

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Lots of big teams in L1 this season

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54 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Ipswich and Plymouth play their games in hand in the week...win those and it is all but done

Ipswich away to Barnsley will be tough but yeah could be done 

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On 19/04/2023 at 07:04, JRM said:

Go for it mate, very accessible.  I went with a few others in 2009 I think, late January flights and hotels were cheap and match tickets easy to get, might need to plan ahead a bit more now they are doing well but well worth the trip. Proper football culture in the city, plenty more to do whilst there, breakfast overlooking the sea with a cappuccino and a copy of Gazetta dello sport 

After watching Gomorrah I want to visit the Sails

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5 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

Rasmus will be eyeing up Stellini now. 5 year contract...

I can see why.  Made a front-footed type of change after 20 mins.

You can't teach that kind of stuff

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8 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Why is St James Park so quiet? They’re 5-0 up ffs!!?

Geordies are a bit thick, they are all too busy trying to figure out what comes after 5...

Amm tellin ya man...ah think eets eh-yaht!

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18 minutes ago, bpsaint said:

Why is St James Park so quiet? They’re 5-0 up ffs!!?

They're not. But there is a lesson here about how Sky/TV can control the sound and you should remember that next time you're told to believe Anfield is a wonderful atmosphere. 

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10 minutes ago, OttawaSaint said:

3-0 West Ham.

So do we get the Bournemouth backlash and then play an in form Newcastle.

Or is it a struggling Bournemouth and overconfident Newcastle.

Can't remember how it works. 

Usually whichever way we can spin it to lose this year 😉

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1 minute ago, OttawaSaint said:

Kane scores...big comeback?

As Saints fans, we’d all bite your hand off for a 5-5 in Newcastle’s situation.

38 minutes ago, whelk said:

Topless yet?

Surprisingly not. I don’t think people want to get arrested during Eid.

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