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2 minutes ago, Tylluan said:

Liverpool away September 84. 

15 years old and first away game travelling without my grandad. 

The whole experience was a shock from getting on the train, getting to the ground, the match and then the train ride home. 

The other shock was my dad's face when I got home stinking of alcohol. He wasn't bothered but I thought he'd go mental

You over 50 Ty? I never knew that.

I like Gibson, looks like a player who could go on and step up. He’s big and strong, good in the air, and mobile. He looks comfortable with the ball too.

I would love us to bring in him and Storey in the summer if we can get up. I like Storey too. 

Good thread this Reach.

I’ll start with the negative shocks.

3-0 at home to Forest in 1990. Even as a kid, I couldn’t see us losing.

3-1 away at Chesterfield, that for me, was the lowest point in our recent history.

Positive shocks

Deffo Anfield in the 1-0 win, I went on the ICO, not so pleasant afterwards.

6-0 at home to Leeds.

Both the West Ham and Villa League cup wins.

Also, Arsenal 3-0 under Carlos - I missed that, I was flying back from Poland.

Parry seems to have a vendetta against a few clubs. Us, Villa, Reading, Derby etc. If the EFL are being influenced by him, that’s not good, but I don’t think that’s the case.

He’s bitter that he got Boro to the prem, didn’t back the coach and then came down and had to cut costs. No-ones fault but his even with the 100 or so million he got in parachute payments.

I don’t mind BPF, but, he suffers from the same issues as JW and CD in that he will is prone to a rick, that leads to a goal. That boils down to concentration levels that.

JW and CD are probably league one level at best, BPF is a L1/Championship keeper. I do agree with the sentiments though, it would be good to try and get in an experienced proven Championship keeper next season similar to the deals we did for Kirkland and Westwood. It’s doable too because squads will shrink next season so they will be out there to sign.

Kieran Lee was injured when Dave Jones signed him. But… once he got fit, he very rarely missed a game until the hip issue under Carlos.

Cracking player though, make him 6 foot, and you’ve got a player who plays in the PL for a good side.

Just on tomorrows game, they’ve got a few missing, and away from home, we have done ok against footballing sides, it’s the shithouse teams who’ve done us. It’s a winnable game and from my reckoning, 12 points, I think, will do it. 

Can we be clear, Wednesday got punished because we broke the rules, got given a chance by the EFL to put it right, and then screwed that up by filing the accounts wrong. There is not a vendetta against SWFC. 
 

Now, do I think that Derby have been given more time than they should have? Possibly yes. Do I think Wednesday would have been given the same chances? Absolutely yes. To give the administrators some credit, they’ve pulled every trick in the book to drag this out and get the deal done.

Iorfa has been really poor. Looked at fault for the Wimbledon equaliser as he looked like he played everyone on and then didn’t pick up the only target in the box. Get him hooked.

We just need to move the ball a bit quicker. That’s all.

Heard a bit of rumour, and it’s only a rumour, that Windass might be back next weekend.

Really like it. Some nice little features, modern interface, phone friendly. Good work.

I’d like to see him the remainder of this season, but he was well liked at Brum at a higher level, if he stays fit, plays well, he’s a good shout next season regardless of division. Same applies to Jordan Storey too. 

If our five permanent defenders were Dean, Hutch, Iorfa, Storey and Gibson. That’s a very strong defensive unit. And a good mix of youth and experience too.

That lot would be done a division above too.

We’ve had a fair few good right backs over the years at a few different levels. 
 

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