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by Royal Rother
03 Feb 2024 15:36
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Oxford United (a)
Replies: 174
Views: 14187

Re: MATCHWATCH : Oxford United (a)

by Royal Rother
29 Jan 2024 15:35
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Leyton Orient (h)
Replies: 108
Views: 8894

Re: MATCHWATCH : Leyton Orient (h)

I assume the club has the sales figures to show whether the extra numbers it generates makes it worth it. I'm sure they have, but do they have the vision to see the longer-term positive impact? So they'd need to make the change ahead of a new season, or people complain that they're being ripped off...
by Royal Rother
29 Jan 2024 10:07
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Leyton Orient (h)
Replies: 108
Views: 8894

Re: MATCHWATCH : Leyton Orient (h)

Snowflake Royal I assume the club has the sales figures to show whether the extra numbers it generates makes it worth it.


I'm sure they have, but do they have the vision to see the longer-term positive impact?
by Royal Rother
29 Jan 2024 06:55
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Leyton Orient (h)
Replies: 108
Views: 8894

Re: MATCHWATCH : Leyton Orient (h)

Easily the highest of the season and a full 1,000 higher than my final pre-match estimate. Would be interesting to see how many Leyton Orient fans turned up as it looked a bit over 2,000. The bus to the game was much busier and the North Stand appeared to be much fuller than usual - so it does matc...
by Royal Rother
16 Jan 2024 16:24
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2660
Views: 1812325

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

It is possible that the whole thing has got to him and he's ceased to think rationally and is willing to cut off his nose to spite his face. I don't know the whole background but its not a conclusion I would jump to. The signs that I am picking up are of someone under pressure who may or may not be...
by Royal Rother
16 Jan 2024 11:52
Forum: General Football
Topic: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round
Replies: 8672
Views: 1218910

Re: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

One of the greatest managers of all time, but he's arguably done very little for five or six years now. Wonder if he might go to China/Saudi. I can't remember which thread it was in but I said yesterday that I think he is a shoo-in for the Newcastle job this summer. I can see Eddie Howe being let g...
by Royal Rother
16 Jan 2024 07:29
Forum: General Football
Topic: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread
Replies: 5579
Views: 549962

Re: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread

How does it work for promoted clubs like Forrest? Are the EFL and Premier League rules the same so they can use 3 years of accounts. Don't think so, they're two different jurisdictions. Bournemouth got fined by the EFL for breaking the rules when they went up, so I don't see how that can have count...
by Royal Rother
16 Jan 2024 07:22
Forum: General Football
Topic: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread
Replies: 5579
Views: 549962

Re: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread

Forest have employed leading sports lawyer Nick de Marco to argue their case, which is thought to centre around the sale of Brennan Johnson to Tottenham for up to £45m in September. This took place after the accounting deadline, but Forest argue their negotiating tactics allowed them to generate a ...
by Royal Rother
10 Jan 2024 16:39
Forum: Club Policies
Topic: Wigan (A)
Replies: 37
Views: 32141

Re: Wigan (A)

I know it was only Man Utd they were up against but Wigan seemed to have a helluva lot more about them than we do.
by Royal Rother
07 Jan 2024 19:06
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5337
Views: 1021244

Re: Weekend Football

Trouble is, anyone involved in the game at any time in recent memory, will have heard the phrase “he has a perfect right to go down there” so many times that, scandalously, it is now a part of football’s DNA.

But no, it’s not too late to fix it - it just needs the will to do so.
by Royal Rother
05 Jan 2024 13:32
Forum: The Team
Topic: Selles In
Replies: 588
Views: 1236733

Re: Selles In

Jeez, hard to believe the obnoxioustwatometer gauge could go higher but Ian is here to prove there's always another level.
by Royal Rother
04 Jan 2024 17:42
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5337
Views: 1021244

Re: Weekend Football

In the PL the standard of refereeing the game on pitch is better than it's ever been.

The standard of the assistant referees is mind-bogglingly good.
by Royal Rother
03 Jan 2024 13:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: Selles In
Replies: 588
Views: 1236733

Re: Selles In

He didn't actually say we've been playing well.

From Despair To Where? I think the problem here Ian is that you're only interested in the sound of your own voice to the point that you blank out most things that you can't argue with.


And find something to argue with even when you do actually agree.
by Royal Rother
02 Jan 2024 14:01
Forum: BBC Radio Berkshire
Topic: Ade Williams
Replies: 106
Views: 99124

Re: Ade Williams

CHARTON and BUMMINUM are the best for me.

(Bit obtuse but BANG BANG BANG was my way of suggesting the 3 of them all needed a quick bump on the noggin for being ignorant of the fact that multi-ball is across the board this season.)
by Royal Rother
01 Jan 2024 18:46
Forum: The Team
Topic: Selles In
Replies: 588
Views: 1236733

Re: Selles In

It's funny how in retrospect everyone was always agreeing with me when I'm right, but before the fact I'm always wrong. There's been dozens of match threads on here over the past 4 years where countless posters have bemoaned the lack of defensive cover provided by the midfield, and about how when w...
by Royal Rother
01 Jan 2024 18:18
Forum: BBC Radio Berkshire
Topic: Ade Williams
Replies: 106
Views: 99124

Re: Ade Williams

BANG BANG BANG.
by Royal Rother
28 Dec 2023 22:17
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5337
Views: 1021244

Re: Weekend Football

NathStPaul Fair play to West Ham, thought they were excellent.


They were indeed, what a year for them. And yet lose a couple of games and the “Moyes out” murmurs will begin again.
by Royal Rother
28 Dec 2023 22:05
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5337
Views: 1021244

Re: Weekend Football

Ridiculous that Arsenal didn’t sign a top centre forward Pre-season. If anything, they probably need 2. They could probably use a bit more depth as well when you look at their bench, but pretty much everything else is in place to win a PL except the one piece that really matters. If they don’t go ou...
by Royal Rother
26 Dec 2023 22:18
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Peterborough United (a)
Replies: 182
Views: 200009

Re: MATCHWATCH : Peterborough United (a)

I think Blackman, bar that spell, looked out of his depth whereas Kebe just looked bewildered by the intensity of English football. From once it clicked, he was a different player. Azeez has largely looked bereft of confidence rather than shite and I've not seen too many comments criticising him fo...
by Royal Rother
26 Dec 2023 22:06
Forum: General Football
Topic: Weekend Football
Replies: 5337
Views: 1021244

Re: Weekend Football

Much as I enjoy MU getting beaten I can acknowledge facts, and they were superb. If they hadn’t been offside virtually every attack in the 1st half they could have won that about 8-2. But Villa didn’t know what was hitting them and were awful in the 2nd half. Fair play, that could / should ignite th...
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