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by WestYorksRoyal
04 May 2024 17:39
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5809
Views: 1435078

Re: Weekend Football

Wonder how much belly aching there will be from the Brum support. Can't possibly be their fault for being cr@p and having owners that made another cr@p managerial c0ck up could it? It's their fans' fault that one set of crap owners sold them to another crap owner? You'd think our fans should know b...
by WestYorksRoyal
04 May 2024 15:21
Forum: The Team
Topic: The non snowball stat thread
Replies: 59
Views: 3308

Re: The non snowball stat thread

Birmingham City's relegation got my thinking, they can be added to the list of teams I've seen us play in the top 3 tiers. Having followed the club closely since 99/00 or so, the list currently includes Wigan, Bolton, Charlton, Stoke, Portsmouth, Derby and Swansea to my memory. Got me thinking, we m...
by WestYorksRoyal
04 May 2024 14:53
Forum: General Football
Topic: Ups & Downs 23/24
Replies: 122
Views: 2503

Re: Ups & Downs 23/24

Harsh introducing to English football for Birmingham City's owners, but that Eustace decision was utterly moronic. Will be interesting to see if they learn or if it's another hopelessly incompetent owner with money to burn.
by WestYorksRoyal
02 May 2024 17:51
Forum: General Football
Topic: Football Rel8d Gripes
Replies: 59
Views: 1337

Re: Football Rel8d Gripes

No drinks within sight of the pitch. We've got to find a way past this - especially as the fan base gets more middle class. Session ales only? My gripe is with the fans who made them introduce the rule. Sadly at 95% of matches I go to, I see at least a handful of "fans" who provide ample ...
by WestYorksRoyal
02 May 2024 09:50
Forum: The Team
Topic: 2023-24 L1 Table Prediction Competition.
Replies: 98
Views: 21405

Re: 2023-24 L1 Table Prediction Competition.

Cheers for doing this IR. I am amazed I finished = bronze medal position. Next season will be tricky to predict, but if the ownership goes through I think we’ll finish top 8. I believe the 2025/26 season will be our year, 20 years on from the 106 points. Next season I can see 8 - 10 reasonably stro...
by WestYorksRoyal
01 May 2024 12:43
Forum: General Football
Topic: Ups & Downs 23/24
Replies: 122
Views: 2503

Re: Ups & Downs 23/24

Much as it's fun laughing at Leeds, I still fancy them in the play offs. They will likely face a WBA side who have lost their last 3, and Southampton are not in great form either. Norwich are the ones to watch, but fundamentally I think Leeds are a better team than all 3, even if that guarantees not...
by WestYorksRoyal
01 May 2024 11:59
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3431
Views: 1879977

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Following up on previous Companies House observations, it looks like new Articles of Association have just been added to the Club’s page - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00053703/filing-history Could be nothing, but seems incredibly unlikely it would be anything ...
by WestYorksRoyal
01 May 2024 08:21
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5809
Views: 1435078

Re: Weekend Football

Most right minded people in the world hate Leeds. I have to be very polite with friends and colleagues where I live; the sense of entitlement is obscene. Relegation last year really hurt them as they thought they were "back" in their rightful place and the wilderness years were over. Ther...
by WestYorksRoyal
30 Apr 2024 21:42
Forum: General Football
Topic: VAR
Replies: 1738
Views: 229718

Re: VAR

Refs to announce to the stadium why a VAR decision has been used from next season :| They tried that at the women's World Cup and it was a huge opportunity missed. For a judgemental handball, where it had clearly hit an arm but people were not convinced it was handball, they would simply say to the...
by WestYorksRoyal
30 Apr 2024 17:27
Forum: General Football
Topic: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread
Replies: 5635
Views: 585064

Re: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread

777 sound like a right bunch of shady fcukers, feel very fortunate Dai didn't sell us to them - they seem just his type.
by WestYorksRoyal
30 Apr 2024 10:43
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17311
Views: 3581564

Re: Rival Watch

Yep, big name signing on top L1 wages. Avoid.
by WestYorksRoyal
30 Apr 2024 08:37
Forum: The Team
Topic: Goalkeepers
Replies: 22
Views: 1003

Re: Goalkeepers

You can judge keepers qualitatively on points won and lost and how many matches they define. For Button, I can only think of one positive potentially match defining save. Against Wigan when we were 2-0 up, Abbey gave the ball away for a 1 on 1. Button saved, game could have been very different had h...
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 17:29
Forum: The Team
Topic: Goalkeepers
Replies: 22
Views: 1003

Re: Goalkeepers

Good luck shifting him. At best a loan where we pay two thirds of his wages. Maybe. But we are not talking Liam Moore here on 35k pw. Although he might be our top wage earner it is still modest for the league we are in. There might be someone willing to match his wages. It won't be especially modes...
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 16:17
Forum: The Team
Topic: Goalkeepers
Replies: 22
Views: 1003

Re: Goalkeepers

Well stocked in the keeper department. Button is 35 and I am reliably informed he is our highest earner. As you stats prove there is very little difference between him and Pereira. So from a purely economic point of view button can go. Imo. Good luck shifting him. At best a loan where we pay two th...
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 15:59
Forum: The Team
Topic: New Owners Prediction League
Replies: 18
Views: 954

Re: New Owners Prediction League

BarryWhiteRFC 8th June.

You fcuking better not win. Not sure the fanbase can take waiting another 5 and a half weeks.
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 15:19
Forum: The Team
Topic: The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2015//16
Replies: 7619
Views: 2162748

Re: The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2015//16

I think our objective for next season should be progression and not necessarily promotion (though if we over achieve great). If there are good free transfers available (e.g., like Smith, Knibbs and Wing last year) go for it, but otherwise we should be looking to our academy as there is plenty of tal...
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 15:05
Forum: The Team
Topic: 2023-24 L1 Table Prediction Competition.
Replies: 98
Views: 21405

Re: 2023-24 L1 Table Prediction Competition.

We were probably the biggest wildcard in hindsight. Totally unpredictable. Then you always get a couple surprise packages like Stevenage and Orient plus underachievers like Charlton. But the top 2 wasn't very surprising, the playoffs involve all of last year's play off losers and the bottom 4 provid...
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 15:03
Forum: The Team
Topic: New Owners Prediction League
Replies: 18
Views: 954

Re: New Owners Prediction League

Friday 10 May
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 14:29
Forum: The Team
Topic: Looking forward to the 2024-25 season
Replies: 29
Views: 2546

Re: Looking forward to the 2024-25 season

I'm only going to make one assumption, and that's that the takeover happens. As if it doesn’t there may not be a next season to predict. Knowing nothing more about players we keep, players we lose, who we may sign etc., I think top half is a reasonable starting expectation for next season given what...
by WestYorksRoyal
29 Apr 2024 14:03
Forum: The Team
Topic: The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2015//16
Replies: 7619
Views: 2162748

Re: The Academy/Development squads watch thread 2015//16

Down to 7th before tonight’s PL 2 match. 7th is the absolute lowest we can finish, which in itself is a fantastic achievement. Draw at Forest will see us finish 6th, a win 4th and theoretically give us an easier game in the play-off round of 16. I assume, looking at the format, the home side will b...
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