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Glad we'll (with a bit of luck) play them next season. Trying to remember last time we had them at home - I seem to remember them having a penalty but might be wrong.

'Conjunctivitis' - the word was made for a Geordie/Mackem accent.

It's funny because everyone has ideas about who are 'big clubs', and I think largely it depends on who was in the top flight when you were a kid just starting to learn about football. For me I've always considered Ipswich to be a big club and I remember them having top players like John Wark and...

I always thought that to get the absolute best out of Matt Smith we needed to play with a winger(s) that got right to the byline and would whip the ball back at pace for Smith to attack. It's something that used to be a common tactic bit I don't think you see it very much in the modern game -...

Leonard.

That was fucking great that was. I actually think I prefer the fact that we were pegged back to 1-1 rather than romping it 3 nil. When they equalised you could almost feel this cloud of nervousness descend on the CBL, but the team were unaffected and cracked straight on. There's been more than a...

Very bizarre thing to say. Almost gives his players an excuse to be too tired or to be off the pace; possibly self-fulfilling. The more I think about it the stranger it is. Surely you want to send the message out that your players are supremely fit, strong, resilient, hell to come up against...

Agree with that. Noticed last night that Flem was doing a lot of tracking laterally across the pitch when not in possession, basically closing down angles for them to play it through midfield. He was doing it with speed too.

Can you go every week please?

Yep. Billy was immense. Along with Sarkic and Tango.

If often not accurate 24 hours beforehand Purley. I only plan by it if traveling the same day as checking.

You've fucked it now mate...

Agree. I was impressed by him with his short amount of time against Rovrum.

Statistics and percentages go down well in manager interviews these days apparently; it's all about the data. Here to help.

Not sure about that; I accept that he has a difficult job chasing down long balls isolated up front, but I've seen him make numerous elementary errors, like poor control, terrible first touches (even when not under pressure) and very delayed reactions when the ball is loose and you'd expect him...

We'll do a Millwall. Shit against shit teams, surprisingly good against those that should hammer us. At least that's what I'm hoping for. I'm probably allowing optimism to get out of hand, but regardless, we ain't down yet. It is, as they say, in our hands.

Kongo on talk sport with Duke McKenzie in 10 minutes for anyone interested.

Obviously a good result is extremely important today, but I disagree that anything will be almost-certainly decided today with so many teams in the shit this season. I fully expect the relegation scrap to go to the last game of the season, hopefully not for us, I really hope and expect that we...

It's funny you say that, because a few weeks back there were some fellas sitting somewhere behind me that were having a right old dig at Billy... They were repeatedly calling him 'lazy' and 'useless'... Now if you were being really harsh you could criticise Billy on not possessing...

I'm really surprised to hear negatives about Watmore. I don't think I've ever questioned his commitment, in fact I think most games I remark about how much running he does. When he played under Edwards he used to make a lot of space for others with his runs. Did his fair share of running back...