M42Owl

17 minutes ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said:

Has she not got suspicious yet that your romantic mini breaks away mysteriously coincide with where Wednesday are playing ?

Now then Mrs M42 how do you fancy a weekend away in Accrington ?

It’s only recently that she’s started tagging along. Perhaps she didn’t believe anyone would really want to watch Wednesday away?

Sunderland last year, oh the joys. Cheltenham and Portsmouth (Brighton for her) to come. She might even fancy Bristol. Next year she might be tempted with Luton and Middlesbrough.

12 hours ago, Reesh said:

We have a slight issue.....

Jbo's defence didn't play due to a postponement and wondered what the best/fairest way forward here would be, do I allow a clean sheet and a 1 nil win for him?

Going forward next season I would implement a rule where if the above happens again a default -1 gd happens

 

Opinions please.

Take the average goals conceded per game so far. Round up if playing away, round down if at home.

If Ipswich get two points per game from now til season end, they end with 91 points. For us to get 92, we “only” need 1.85ppg.

For Derby to also get 92 they need 48 points at 2.3ppg.

I’ve seen on the sky news today a couple of comments on Saturday’s game.

Wycombe unhappy about a fan throwing something at a Wednesday player. Can’t say that I saw that. Anyone see the incident?

And something about unsavoury chants. Can’t be from Wycombe fans as I never heard a murmur from them all match. But neither did I hear anything untoward from the Wednesday end. 

26 minutes ago, Skamp said:

Just got back? Fuck me, the traffic must have been horrendous 

Couple of days away with the Mrs.

She’s coming with me next week too and we’ll have a look round the delights of Cheltenham and Gloucester.

One day, she might actually go to a match.

Oops! Press post too early.

The match started all them. Defence was very nervy. I thought this could be a long 90 minutes, but we got into their half, then scored, then never looked like conceding. They had some good possession but we kept them at arms length, such that Dawson hardly had anything to do after the first 5 minutes. The best chances, the only clear chances, fell to us. Great game, perfect away performance against a team in form, great three points.

Injuries didn’t affect our dominance. Both looked serious, but I did wonder if the stretcher came on a bit quicker than needed: another bit of Wycombe gamesmanship? Hopefully Byers won’t be out long. James’ injury did look bad at the time.

MotM between Paterson, Windass and Vaulks. 

Just got back, here my take on Saturday’s match.

Firstly, I thought the crowd were positive throughout. Heard that recent away games have been a bit quiet: not on Saturday.

Team selection was spot on.  I did wonder about Hunt and James as wingbacks, but caution was justified and both played well, if not spectacular. And a back three of Palmer, Iorfa and Famewo was concerning, but what was the alternative? And Paterson over Gregory? I’d have gone for Gregory, but Paterson had a stormer.

Does anyone know how player registrations work?

Presumably, McGuiness is registered with SW until it’s transferred back to CC. But if FIFA/EFL won’t, yet, allow CC to register him, doesn’t he remain, technically, our player until a decision is made in their favour and the paperwork is approved by EFL, even though he might be training with Cardiff’s squad?

So if decision is made after January…
Decision goes our way: he’s stays registered with us. 
Decision goes against us: it’s too late for his registration to be transferred to CC. It stays with us.
Either way, CC can let MM resume back at SW or have him spend 5 months twiddling his thumbs. Surely, they’d rather he played and was paid by us?

So would another three weeks of FIFA/EFL procrastination work in our favour?

I disagree with most of the BBC bashing that goes on, but in regard to which matches they show I’m drawn to their charter which I believe has something along the lines of “catering for everyone”, “supporting minorities”. 

It’s with that in mind that the BBC supported the growth in the likes of snooker, darts, skiing and introduced MOTD. So when it comes to live football they should leave the commercial games to the commercial channels that rely on viewing figures to drive advertising revenue and look elsewhere from the big six and show more of the smaller clubs and potential giant killings instead.

On the other hand, perhaps the BBC have had their funding squeezed so much that they too are now reliant on commercial sources (e.g. overseas sales) so have to take the same approach as Sky / ITV.

On 06/01/2023 at 20:44, M42Owl said:

Assuming he’s already missed two games, he’ll be due a return for their visit to Hillsborough.

So his comeback game is v Wednesday at Hillsborough after all.

Leeds aren’t doing so well either. Ha ha!

Chelsea at home.

If they lose to City, West Ham.

As a fan, the Arsenal game meant way more than yesterday’s.

But as an achievement on the pitch, yesterday was more impressive.

Edit: Ignore that^^^^. Seems it’s four games in addition to what he’s already served.

Assuming he’s already missed two games, he’ll be due a return for their visit to Hillsborough.

8 hours ago, Tylluan said:

He's not a happy bunny about the recall. 

He's deleted several Instagram posts and put more professional ones up but they still contain phrases like 'devastated' 'wish I could have stayed' and 'happiest time of my career' 

The deleted ones were massively aimed at Swansea. Lots of angry face emojis and 'thought I was here for the season' stuff. 

Whilst he can’t say no to the recall, can’t he say no to a move to Ipswich (or anywhere else)?

Vaulks was excellent today. His best game for Wednesday so far.

Wilks’ best game for Wednesday too, but he was still a bit hit and miss. Very reluctant to take his fullback on despite his pace.

Despite the opposition presenting little threat, the defenders were excellent. McGuiness won everything with little fuss, but Palmer and James were a class above. Between those two and Vaulks for MotM. I’ll go with Palmer.

And a few pluses towards the end with the substitutions. Hunt looked his best for ages, Dennis getting fitter and minutes for Famewo too. Then a debut for Shipston. Not enough time to shine, but didn’t look out of place.

6 hours ago, JBO said:

I presume he meant in the Championship

I realised after posting that my post could be read in two ways. 
I did mean in the Championship. 

It’s not too long ago that Cambridge were on the fringe of the play off places.

They didn’t do too badly at Derby the other day.

1-0 to Wednesday. Nervy last 30 minutes

Or, 

They've won 3, drawn 2, in the last 16. 

They’ve got a few injuries.

We were a little bit improved last time out, and that’ll continue.

4-0 to Wednesday. Smith on the scoresheet again, and a few minutes for Famewo and Adeniran.

We will end the year in 8th place about 3-4 points off the play offs looking forward to signing a couple of new centre backs, to bolster an injury ravaged defence, and someone with pace up front.

Ditto

And I don’t think my IT skills are up to the required level.

4 hours ago, Reesh said:

Table after 3rd December 

 

From your post of Nov 14th, “All League fixtures scheduled til the 7th of January … are to count for the FF purposes.”.

So have you omitted the games from weekend Nov 19th deliberately? or was that a cup only weekend? I’m losing track a bit.

^^^^see above post^^^^

12 hours ago, Supercockle said:

We’ve been poor for 6 or 7 but remain unbeaten. We surely can’t be shite for much longer? If we start getting players back on the pitch these past few games could prove to be a storm well weathered. 

After a couple of poor performances leading to narrow wins the debate was whether we’d turn it round, get back on track, and start winning a bit more comfortably or whether narrow wins would turn to points dropped.

After three draws, it’s a case of will we turn it round to getting wins again or will draws turn into narrow defeats? (The last two games we’re so close to 0-1 losses).

I don’t know which way we’re going to go. I think Byers has been missed more than we’d have thought, so hopefully his return will see an improvement in performances and results. 

Will this be known as the George Hirst derby?

It’s not just the last three games.

We haven’t looked right since the Burton game. And had a last 15 minutes shambles. That’s eight games. Perhaps Southampton wasn’t so bad, but none of the rest have been convincing.

Coincidentally(?) Byers’ last appearance was as a second half sub against Burton.

We’ve needed a DoF since Chansiri took over and he had his short lived committee. I thought the original plan (as rumoured) was for Carlos as DoF and Cooper or AN Other as head coach.