Gleadless Owl

5 hours ago, BraddersTim said:

I don't want to be negative but they score goals for fun.  They will just have too much for us and I can't see anything but them winning 3-0.  Being more positive, we don't need this result, anything we do get is a bonus.

Poveda alone means we'll give them much more of a game than Leeds. 6/4 for us to win or draw is a good bet IMO 

1 minute ago, Gleadless Owl said:

*West stand

Leppings Lane end 

16 hours ago, mkowl said:

I will stick with my first answer from April 1989, about 24 hours post the disaster that the stand should be levelled.

I wasn't that clever then to be saying that if we don't then in 35 years time this would still be a prime topic of conversation. But that is the reality. Whilst ever there is a living monument to a disaster it will raise awareness. 

They rebuilt Kings Cross Station. Clearly if there was a fire again it would be news, but it is not the same place.

The West Stand basically is.

 

West stand is irrelevant. Hillsborough is their issue not that end. 

1 hour ago, Supercockle said:

I agree. During my time watching Wednesday there have been odd occasions where the atmosphere has been incredible (Kaiserslautern, Chelsea semi, Wycombe, Peterborough, Brighton and such) but on the whole, we are a set of fans that is largely motivated to sing or cheer at home by the actions of those on the pitch. I don’t believe the atmosphere has changed much throughout my 40 years watching. 

Was about to post the same. Think you could say the same about most home atmospheres though unless its a big game. When I used to go away every week can't recall many home atmospheres that were amazing 

37 minutes ago, Snap said:

 

                   Dawson

Palmer-Ihiekwe-Bernard-Pedersen

Windass- Vaulks-Hendrick-Bannan

         Cadarmarteri-Gassama.

Centre back pairing aside, ridiculous 

I've renewed, but think STs will be down on the last time in L1. 

He should be on the bench every week as an impact sub 

7 minutes ago, Reesh said:

Fred he may not press but knows where the net is.

Gregory?

I'm not. Watford were beatable and so were Huddersfield. Needed a minimum of 4 points. The Coventry and Southampton games were free hits as long as we picked up points in the winnable games. 8 points at this stage is too big an ask  

If anyone was on the fence about renewing their season ticket today has probably saved them a few hundred quid 

If we don't bring anyone in and he doesn't leave on loan I still think Gregory can do a job the last 20-25 if we need a goal. He's a far better option from the bench than Fletcher, Wilkes and probably Smith 

4 hours ago, HoylandOwl said:

IIRC, when we’ve had such a short window in the past, after ‘outcry’ it was extended.

I totally get it's a short window, but there was an aborted window a few weeks ago. It's not like people didn't know season tickets were going to be imminent. I know people are skint after Christmas, but there's a 10 month option if you can't pay it up front 

Renewed mine on the North. The price of everything is going up, not just football. If you can't afford one or don't want to pay what you think is an unreasonable price fair enough. Organising a protest about it just makes you look like a spoilt twat though. Fortunately they still seem very much in the minority 

He's done well to match Blackburn and Leicester 

Free hit really like the Hull game. Would be happy with a point 

43 minutes ago, mkowl said:

Tbf the fact the scousers are on is more puzzling 

Very odd. Norwich is a long way to go to burgle players houses 

2 hours ago, owl4ever1867 said:

Shame it weren't for a fee.

Just be thankful we're not paying his wages any more. Apart from his first 3 or 4 games last season contributed nothing 

Dawson found his level with Exeter. Him and Stockdale made a few mistakes last season that didnt affect us overall, the Championship highlights it a lot more. Unless Vasquez has been told he's going back in January he needs to start tomorrow 

14 hours ago, Andyben said:

Their goals were not down to luck, they were down to poor goalkeeping.

Went down too late for the first and had a shocker for the second.

Get rid

This 100% 

I'm an amateur keeper in my mid 40s and I'd have got down quicker for the first goal. Second one was pub league keeping 

7 hours ago, Chelters said:

I can see both sides of the season ticket thing. The club / Chansiri can certainly be rightly accused of being tone deaf in the pricing and the way they announce it.

But on the other side I struggle that some fans don’t see the relationship between ticket prices and being able to cover our costs. They expect Chansiri to keep putting his hand in his pocket to subsidise everything. Wanting a successful team as long as someone else pays for it.

But then you compare prices with other teams in the league and ask how they manage but we can’t. It’s a bit of a conundrum. 

Re Chansiri funding the club. Its been said he's putting in £2m a month to keep us going. Is this normal for a Championship club without parachute payments? 

1 hour ago, mkowl said:

What makes you think that. He won't want to drop to that level, get better offers.

I actually think a season at that level with a re-shaped squad and him in charge, I would be optimistic of top 6 spot, indeed promotion and thereafter a fighting chance of being competitive at this level

The thing is we've been here before. Three times. "We can rebuild in L1 and start again". Struggling to think of a similar sized club that's been in the third tier and had the chance to refresh things as often as we have. Staying up this season is imperative. Go down again and I think we're looking at 12 to 15,000 most home games 

3 hours ago, Tank_Owl2,0 said:

I guess so but I haven’t seen them this season and unfortunately because of work I won’t see them on Wednesday.

Shame, you could've had my ticket

2 minutes ago, mkowl said:

One goal in 7 games I would beg to differ 

If our strikers had been missing chances every game I'd agree with you. They've been feeding off scraps under Xisco. Despite his age I still think Gregory is a good footballer and capable of 10-15 goals a season if he gets the service 

On 20/10/2023 at 09:41, M42Owl said:

How long before they are all broadcast live, one at a time?

Saturday kick off at 11:00, 1:00, 5:30, 7:30
Sunday kick off at 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00
One each Friday and Monday evening.

Leaves Saturday 3pm free for the rest of us.

It’ll need the FA to stand up to the EPL to keep Sat 3pm free from live TV though, but I don’t think they’ve got the wherewithal to do that.

When every PL game was televised during covid I fully expected it to continue once fans were allowed back in 

This Man U starting XI is dreadful