HoylandOwl Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 We’ve got the West lower… Good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercockle Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Selling fast. Only just over 500 left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 With about 5000 returned if we don't win Shrewsbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 9 minutes ago, holmesfield_owl said: With about 5000 returned if we don't win Shrewsbury How do we win Shrewsbury, is it a raffle? I love raffles 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 127 tickets left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 For the raffle? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 1 hour ago, Reesh said: How do we win Shrewsbury, is it a raffle? I love raffles Quid and the town's yours 🤣👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Sold out apparently ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 20 minutes ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said: Sold out apparently ! Hasn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercockle Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Says it has for home fans on the ticket site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 I didn’t want to get to the last game needing something to seal promotion. Now…. I’m clinging onto the hope we are! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 8 hours ago, Reesh said: Hasn't Ticket office website is telling porkies again then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 3 hours ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said: Ticket office website is telling porkies again then. No when you posted it hadn't, it since has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 Sellout Confirmed… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: Sellout Confirmed… Tonight at 10pm will see either see a shit load returned or kept hold of. Interesting night ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 minute ago, owl4ever1867 said: Tonight at 10pm will see either see a shit load returned or kept hold of. Interesting night ahead. Will you be you be returning yours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Facking Bartos Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Anyone returning a ticket should both win tonight should be banned from rebuying when we win Saturday and they both lose 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 2 hours ago, Reesh said: Will you be you be returning yours Nope, not got 1, football has taken a bit of a step back since my Wife has been poorly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 2 hours ago, owl4ever1867 said: Nope, not got 1, football has taken a bit of a step back since my Wife has been poorly. Get well soon Missis O4E 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 1 hour ago, HoylandOwl said: Get well soon Missis O4E Thank you Tee, hugely appreciated buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 7 hours ago, owl4ever1867 said: Tonight at 10pm will see either see a shit load returned or kept hold of. Interesting night ahead. Think of the priority points though 🤪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Get them fucking beat and let Peterborough in last day be amusing 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 9 hours ago, HoylandOwl said: Sellout Confirmed… Dead rubber confirmed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 9 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: Dead rubber confirmed For us most likely, far from it for Derby currently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 2 minutes ago, holmesfield_owl said: For us most likely, far from it for Derby currently Don't care about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 7 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: Don't care about them I'd rather not play them over two legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 The amount of people already saying why fucking bother with the playoffs Or such like is doing my box in. They’re not supporters. Yes I accept we’ve not been in fantastic form, yes we’ve fell away from the top spot, but ffsake it’s not over! We’re supposed to be supporters. leave time for a post-mortem IF WE DONT. Not assume we haven’t now. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holmesfield_owl Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 4 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said: The amount of people already saying why fucking bother with the playoffs Or such like is doing my box in. They’re not supporters. Yes I accept we’ve not been in fantastic form, yes we’ve fell away from the top spot, but ffsake it’s not over! We’re supposed to be supporters. leave time for a post-mortem IF WE DONT. Not assume we haven’t now. I'll always believe, however stupid I may appear to anyone who will listen. I can't bring myself to officially give up on second spot yet 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoylandOwl Posted April 25 Author Share Posted April 25 I’m doubtful, very doubtful of that. And have been for a few weeks. BUT I’d not given up. Tonight is the closest to that. Promotion can still happen. And I have to believe that. Because it’s fact. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank_Owl2,0 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Agree both. Whilst I’m concerned about the playoffs, the players will be better with positive fans behind them, as is always the case. Although potentially playing the Dingles in a playoff final bothers me, particularly without Byers and potentially a Windass not firing on all cylinders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Playing the final league game in front of an extra ten thousand mithering fannies worries me more than the game itself. 😠 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supercockle Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 7 hours ago, owl4ever1867 said: Nope, not got 1, football has taken a bit of a step back since my Wife has been poorly. Quite right too. Sending my best wishes to Mrs O4E. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Owling_Wolf said: Playing the final league game in front of an extra ten thousand mithering fannies worries me more than the game itself. 😠 It's OK Owling it 9,999 mothering fannies as I'm not there 🤣😭 Ps. Sorry, I meant Play Off Final not the Derby match. Edited April 25 by Hirstys 12th Pint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neville Facking Bartos Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Crazier things have happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 28 minutes ago, Hirstys 12th Pint said: It's OK Owling it 9,999 mothering fannies as I'm not there 🤣😭 Ps. Sorry, I meant Play Off Final not the Derby match. Might be none of us there yet, pal. 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 Our recent track record in play offs does mean us pessimists have the statistical back up for our views compared to the eternal optimists out there. Of course you bother with them the question is whether our players will actually be up for it, whether our manager will be tactically out shone again. If we do make the final perhaps fuck off from having a nice day and focus on the winning aspect of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrolMong Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 We only really need to hold an inquest if things go pear shaped. If we end up promoted via the playoffs having finished 3rd on 90+ points, we’d all take that. If things go wrong, we can point the finger at the coach, players and owner and rightfully demand a bit of an inquest on the final 12/15 games of the season. I see it like this, if we get some bodies back, we have a better squad than all of those below us - so it’s ours to lose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCraigsOwl Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 9 hours ago, holmesfield_owl said: I'll always believe, however stupid I may appear to anyone who will listen. I can't bring myself to officially give up on second spot yet 🤣 2nd? Meh. 1st is still possible! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 If it's playoffs yes we're not playing great, but crikey were capable of beating anyone over a semi final/final 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owl4ever1867 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 10 hours ago, Supercockle said: Quite right too. Sending my best wishes to Mrs O4E. Cheers Supercockle, hugely appreciated buddy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) 15 hours ago, Owling_Wolf said: Playing the final league game in front of an extra ten thousand mithering fannies worries me more than the game itself. 😠 Extra 10k? You always been this wank at maths? Edited April 26 by Reesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyben Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 17 minutes ago, Reesh said: Extra 10k? You always been this at maths? About as good as your English 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hirstys 12th Pint Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 35 minutes ago, Reesh said: Extra 10k? You always been this at maths? This what ?? Sorry for a post of such a pedantic nature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owling_Wolf Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 That'll teach me to be this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelters Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 I am genuinely worried that the pessimism of us not winning the play offs is going to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Have decided to stop reading some of the nonsense on Twitter, we seem to have an inordinately large number of fans who prefer to have a stick to beat the club with than actually see it being successful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 32 minutes ago, Chelters said: I am genuinely worried that the pessimism of us not winning the play offs is going to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Have decided to stop reading some of the nonsense on Twitter, we seem to have an inordinately large number of fans who prefer to have a stick to beat the club with than actually see it being successful. Until we address the fundamental issues that under pin the Club then it will always arise We are run like a League 1 team, its unsurprising we are a League 1 team. Unfortunately far too many of our fans think we have some divine right to be in a higher division simply because of tradition and history. Lose that and focus on the truth staring us in the face The stick we should be beating is simply that if you are run in such a scattergun short termist manner, then its hardly a surprise we fuck up and are in League 1 I long for the day we become Red Bull Wednesday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellsview Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 28 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: Until we address the fundamental issues that under pin the Club then it will always arise We are run like a League 1 team, its unsurprising we are a League 1 team. Unfortunately far too many of our fans think we have some divine right to be in a higher division simply because of tradition and history. Lose that and focus on the truth staring us in the face The stick we should be beating is simply that if you are run in such a scattergun short termist manner, then its hardly a surprise we fuck up and are in League 1 I long for the day we become Red Bull Wednesday Great post. I don’t want to be pessimistic about us but that is what I am at the moment, and I think I allowed myself to get caught up in the hype and hysteria of our season up until the last 10 games or so. I’ve always had my doubts about Moore, but it’s difficult to be critical of a manager when the club is on a massive unbeaten run. Yes we were lucky at times during that run, but you make your own luck and I was beginning to think that this was it, that the rock on our back which has kept us back for so long was finally being lifted. Deep down though I always wondered how things would be when our unbeaten run ended, but even I didn’t think they’d be as bad as they have been results and performance wise. And with the rose tinted now long gone as well, I look at our squad of players with a more realistic eye and suddenly realise their age, I look at how we are playing, our team setup and our tactics, and I can’t see a long term positive outcome. Even if we go up through the playoffs, we’d get murdered in the Championship playing with the players we and system Moore has us playing now - we could have all our injured players back and I still think we’d struggle in the Championship. And I now come on to my next observation, which is about Chansiri. I have never, ever criticised him as I’ve always appreciated the fact that he came into the club and backed us - and it very nearly paid off. But even I’m now questioning what his vision for the club is. Does he have a long term plan, calculated and costed out, with realistic aims, objectives and timelines, which is regularly revisited and updated? Or are we just winging it on a day to day/season by season basis? I’m beginning to think it’s the latter and if that is the case, then we’re always going to be hovering about where we are now unless everything somehow and miraculously falls into place for us. If we are to stay as we are, we seriously need someone who is savvy not just in business but in football to advise and guide Chansiri, and I think we also need, as some have alluded to in posts made this season, a Director of Football or something similar (be that Moore or someone to advise him). We also need to look at clubs like Brentford and Brighton and learn from them. Both of these clubs have come from lower leagues and relative obscurity to become established clubs which are currently holding their own in the Premier League. They are proof that clubs like ours can succeed and can be competitive at a decent level. If they can do it, then so can we - but not how we are operating as a club currently. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkowlthesexynewversion Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Top post Bellsview I probably did not get carried away, this squad whilst doing well never had me excited by the way it played, never had the air of a good promotion winning side. But even I was swayed after the results v Plymouth, the away wins at Wycombe and Charlton, the game v Ipswich to an extent. Ipswich probably have the set up to be top half of the Championship - so become like Luton (another example that proves sensible long term planning far outweighs the short term throw all at it approach) Plymouth - may start well and fade. Should have enough to stop us first season Us - if we do go up, this squad and playing style is simply not good enough. For once Joey Barton - loathe him or really loathe him - was bang on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelters Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 Two great posts above. However I’m not sure Brentford and Brighton are great comparisons as there is an air of positivity and achievement around those clubs that we will never have. Better comparisons are Wolves, Sunderland, Forest. Clubs that have fallen on hard times but working their way back. And in all cases lots of money required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reesh Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 10 minutes ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said: Top post Bellsview I probably did not get carried away, this squad whilst doing well never had me excited by the way it played, never had the air of a good promotion winning side. But even I was swayed after the results v Plymouth, the away wins at Wycombe and Charlton, the game v Ipswich to an extent. Ipswich probably have the set up to be top half of the Championship - so become like Luton (another example that proves sensible long term planning far outweighs the short term throw all at it approach) Plymouth - may start well and fade. Should have enough to stop us first season Us - if we do go up, this squad and playing style is simply not good enough. For once Joey Barton - loathe him or really loathe him - was bang on Luton who cheated? Ipswich who cheated? Great examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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