First league managerial casualty of the season, Blyth have sacked Terry Mitchell for losing to Kiddy on the opening day.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 18:54 (one year ago) link
Jamal only started once for Town and I think it was a cup game in which he didn't have much to do and I think wasn't at fault for the goal, Nicholls was in such good form at the time he didn't have a chance of breaking into a side on a long unbeaten league run. He was signed because our 2nd choice goalie at the time, the terrible Ryan Schofield - his confidence was shot/was never any good in the first place. Now we've got a terrible rookie manager called Schofield whose confidence is shot/is way out of his depth, which is a shame because I liked him as a player. Soon we'll be a L1 club without any momentum/team spirit. We've signed a striker who is two inches taller than Jamal, in fact at 6"9 the tallest player in England, but haven't seen anything of him since he went to the Dons on loan.
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link
I don't think it was a case of them letting Jamal go because of him not being good enough, more a case of the club wanting to give current 2nd choice Bilokapic his chance because our tightarsed chairman doesn't even like turning the lights on and wants the club to rely more on players from the development squad.
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 19:47 (one year ago) link
We put out a team with 5 changes away at Cheltenham in the league cup tonight, but they had the decency to put out a team with 8 changes and we won 0-7, can’t say fairer than that. Told you our squad was paper-thin! (It still is though.)
― Tim, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 22:14 (one year ago) link
(There were 8 players who’ve come through our youth system on the pitch by the end, although one of them, Liam Sercombe, must be pushing 30 and plays for Cheltenham, having left us years ago)
― Tim, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 22:17 (one year ago) link
I reckon a 7-0 win with weakened squad is a strong case for momentum!
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 22:40 (one year ago) link
it's a shame all the qpr fans left tbh
― ban, buddy (imago), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 22:57 (one year ago) link
rip rtc
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 August 2022 23:26 (one year ago) link
Jamalwatch update: started off very nicely thank you. And this was fun:
@Big_Blacks @@OfficialECFC 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/NW3RdoKtOE— PapiBobito (@bobbymmk) August 16, 2022
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 12:29 (one year ago) link
An especially good night for Exeter fans thanks to events at The Valley too
― ban, buddy (imago), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 12:36 (one year ago) link
I had a feeling Jamal just needed a regular peg to hang his gloves on and be given a decent run of games after a few nomadic and unsettled career years and he might just shine, bless him!
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 14:11 (one year ago) link
Yep he looks a cut above our level tbh. Also yep Charlton did very nicely against the snot, vg. They have a much, much more expensive squad than ours so it’s doubly pleasant to be above them in the league. (We started last night with 7 academy products on the pitch, so there can’t be many cheaper).
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 14:58 (one year ago) link
we're looking to offload a couple of centre mids on the cheap if you want to bolster that! gwan give Gilbey and Forster-Caskey a caring home
― ban, buddy (imago), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 15:01 (one year ago) link
All we want is two brilliant strikers with great physical presence who don’t want to be paid much and don’t mind waiting around on the bench on the off-chance that one of our forwards gets injured. Is that so much to ask?
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 15:03 (one year ago) link
We've got one of those in Chuks Aneke. The catch is that he is literally always injured himself. Stockley meanwhile turns out to be able to actually play it on the deck in a possession system, surprising even me
― ban, buddy (imago), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 15:09 (one year ago) link
He can, the problem with him IMO is he’s so good at dealing well with balls pumped up to him early that lots of players (and managers) find it just too tempting.
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
Yes, a temptation that Bowyer/Adkins/Jackson couldn't resist. Garner is the real deal though - people were taken aback when he made Stockley captain, thinking he couldn't play the system, but it's working.
Speaking of Jackson, Wimbledon appear unable to hold a two-goal lead atm, which is a grim sign
― ban, buddy (imago), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 15:14 (one year ago) link
Pat Jones with the goal #htafc pic.twitter.com/2W4bNMNnK0— Matt Jaggar (@MattJMedia) August 16, 2022
last night our 19 yr old "Welsh wing wizard" Pat Jones did more in 10 minutes on his senior debut from the bench than Sorba Thomas has done in 4 games. One of them great unexpected moments in a dismal away game when they are down to 10 and losing 2-0 and you are thinking about shopping lists and wondering if they can keep it to a respectable 3-0 at least. He almost set up the equaliser at the death as well, impressive debut.
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
Blimey
― Tim, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
Our winner last night was a bit special, only saw it briefly in a now-deleted tweet
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 19:59 (one year ago) link
if you find it again please do share.i'm visiting my dad in somewhere-near-Hereford at the end of the month and thinking of taking my football-mad 7-year-old along to the game against Gloucester City on the 29th.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:31 (one year ago) link
all of your teams' goals are very impressive, yes yes
but
Sean Clare’s goal from Charlton Athletic’s 5-1 win against Plymouth Argyle yesterday. WHAT A STRIKE.#cafc #pafc #LeagueOne #goal #EFL pic.twitter.com/n5Rss7Q7B0— The Garnerama (@TheGarnerama) August 17, 2022
― imago, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:33 (one year ago) link
Sorry not to be a the Gloucester game, should be a good day though. They've got off to a flyer, and bought half our team from last year.
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
xp
look at those headless chickens defending tho!
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
and managed by a former bantam
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:48 (one year ago) link
well yes in mitigation, plymouth had just had a defender sent off. but still. still!
― imago, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
not trying to take anything away from that Clare goal really, beautiful shot!
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
ty, and likewise, may your wing wizards keep you away from trouble
― imago, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 21:02 (one year ago) link
Not the angle I saw earlier, but...
We haven't stopped watching this strike from @LukeHaines9 😍#COYW | #CHEvHFC pic.twitter.com/oPYsjdffpm— HerefordFC (@HerefordFC) August 17, 2022
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 21:08 (one year ago) link
I knew there would eventually be a good Luke Haines!
― calzino, Wednesday, 17 August 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
I keep making this joke on Twitter but I don't think the Venn diagram of Hereford FC and people-who-know-who-the-other-Luke-Haines-is has much overlap. sadly.
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 21:58 (one year ago) link
goal is a beauty btw
― link.exposing.politically (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 22:00 (one year ago) link
No I suspect it's just a sliver in the middle
― Long enough attention span for a Stephen Bissette blu-ray extra (aldo), Wednesday, 17 August 2022 22:40 (one year ago) link
Town have just allegedly spent a whole million on the very impressive Polish international CB Michael Helik. I fell asleep before it was announced and assumed this morning it would be another of their long list of transfer fails or they'd get gazumped by Luton or something. Barnsley turned a down a £5m offer for him last season. I'm also very happy with the Tyrone Simpson signing even though he's won't be available for selection for months. He was originally a RU player and was offered a pro deal at Leicester Tigers 4 years ago and is still a work in progress, but it's always worth taking a gamble on raw talent.
― calzino, Friday, 2 September 2022 07:53 (one year ago) link
I meant Tyreece not Tyrone, always get those two names mixed up.
― calzino, Friday, 2 September 2022 08:01 (one year ago) link
lol, this is a joke.
― Scampo di tutti i Scampi (ShariVari), Sunday, 4 September 2022 14:10 (one year ago) link
we've been robbed, the ball crossed the line and perhaps they forgot to switch Hawkeye on ffs!
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
at f/t Schofield was asking the ref to test if his GLT watch was working and he wouldn't do it. Fucking coward. All he had to do was a quick buzz check to confirm it was functional.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
a picture has confirmed it went a foot past the goal line and touched the inside netting. Lol why do always get crooked or incompetent refs. It was a garbage performance from both sides, but they still deserved a point.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2022 16:13 (one year ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fb0k_yYWYAMTNeW?format=jpg&name=large
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Can't get clearer than that. Wow
― and the worms, they entered his ass (Neanderthal), Sunday, 4 September 2022 16:23 (one year ago) link
poor Schofield sounds totally drained and defeated, but it doesn't paper over how badly he is doing tactically and as a motivator. He turned down a nice stress free coaching job in Holland after being offered the Town job. It always was a ridiculous appointment.
― calzino, Sunday, 4 September 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link
We have now received an initial assessment from Hawk-Eye, the providers of the Goal Line Technology service in the Championship, that during a second-half incident with Huddersfield attacking, the match officials did not receive a signal to their watch or earpiece as, due to multiple factors, the ball was no longer being tracked following it entering the Blackpool goal area. Technology is there to support the decision-making processes of match officials in the Championship and it failing in such a manner on Sunday is a matter of great concern.For clarity, the referee’s decision is final and the match result stands.
Technology is there to support the decision-making processes of match officials in the Championship and it failing in such a manner on Sunday is a matter of great concern.
For clarity, the referee’s decision is final and the match result stands.
just making the daylight robbery and incompetence official, yeah thanks for nothing lads.
― calzino, Monday, 5 September 2022 10:54 (one year ago) link
Just have a back-up camera installed inside each post ffs
― imago, Monday, 5 September 2022 12:17 (one year ago) link
the ref had a good enough view to see it was over the line if he was switched on and doing his job properly. Every player in the box knew it was a goal. If the technology fails then they should use their eyes and experience to make good decisions, rather than pedantically ruling out a goal just cos the watch doesn't buzz.
― calzino, Monday, 5 September 2022 12:35 (one year ago) link
God, just catching up on this, looking forward to that ref being demoted to our hellscape league.
― Tim, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 08:38 (one year ago) link
*half-heartedly drums up phony war with Tim*
― imago, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 08:42 (one year ago) link
fancy a pint after?
― imago, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 08:43 (one year ago) link
I didn't even take note of his name, but I can only commit to one fatwah at a time and Jon Moss is still top of the list. I won't be happy until he's been arrested on match-fixing charges.
― calzino, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 08:52 (one year ago) link
Can't hang around after I'm afraid - got to be back somewhere near town for some family stuff.
Was trying to persuade some of my friends to do a tour of dicey Woolwich boozers pre-game but they've sensibly opted for Greenwich I think. We're all fairly pleased with our start to the season, we seem to be able to compete (at least with the teams you'd imagine by reputation would be middling or towards the bottom). After a decade in the division below, it's hard to know what to expect. That competitiveness was with only one new signing (a great big keeper) over the summer.
Also please to note we've tugged at the nation's heartstrings with the loan of Jay Stansfield, a balm in these terrifying times, not a dry eye etc etc.
― Tim, Wednesday, 7 September 2022 09:06 (one year ago) link
lol
― groovypanda, Thursday, 18 May 2023 07:24 (one year ago) link
looooooool
― imago, Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:00 (one year ago) link
ref just refusing to blow up until they scored
― imago, Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:01 (one year ago) link
this is absolutely nuts
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:34 (one year ago) link
Will be 20-19 on penalties at this rate
― groovypanda, Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
Wednesday definitely going to lose on pens
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:41 (one year ago) link
Lol no, perfect 5/5
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:55 (one year ago) link
ref did bottle a stonewall red for wednesday
― imago, Thursday, 18 May 2023 21:56 (one year ago) link
to be fair if I were a posh player I would have been unable to score a penalty out of sheer shame
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 18 May 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
So excited
― nxd, Saturday, 27 May 2023 14:57 (eleven months ago) link
gl to Coventry. They didn't want a repeat of last year's reffing fiasco - so they've brought in Michael fucking Oliver today, clowns
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 15:34 (eleven months ago) link
a ref who bottles penalty decisions is ideal for a playoff final obv
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 15:36 (eleven months ago) link
I remember that wanker giving a straight red to Mounie for an ankle tickle in a 50/50 - an absolute cunt of a ref
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 15:42 (eleven months ago) link
gwarn Hamer!
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 17:18 (eleven months ago) link
Fuck them plastic pitch edl bastards imo
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:05 (eleven months ago) link
i have warm wishes for Rob Edwards but yeah basically that
― two grills one tap (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:16 (eleven months ago) link
I'm still sore that we almost signed Elijah Adebayo for a modest fee and these fuckers snatched him up while my club were being a tinpot joke operation and haggling over pennies. too good a player for such a shite club. lol that applies to both clubs really!
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:22 (eleven months ago) link
booo!
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:27 (eleven months ago) link
thank god for VAR
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:29 (eleven months ago) link
Glad we've got var to prevent any terrible refereeing errors in huge games like this
― Toploader on the road, unite and take over (Bananaman Begins), Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:33 (eleven months ago) link
the main fault of VAR is that it doesn't execute corrupt referees
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:42 (eleven months ago) link
Commiserations nxd
― Tim, Saturday, 27 May 2023 18:51 (eleven months ago) link
After that first half great to see us play like that in the secondAwesome game, and fair fucks Luton
― nxd, Saturday, 27 May 2023 19:23 (eleven months ago) link
I never felt a fraction of that magnanimity in last year's PO final. Because it was either ref crookedness or incompetence that dominated the outcome. But at least this was a good game.
― calzino, Saturday, 27 May 2023 19:52 (eleven months ago) link
Looks like the VAR bunch who got Forest up last season are under strict instructions again
― imago, Monday, 29 May 2023 15:13 (eleven months ago) link
yep, the outcome of a playoff final has been decided in advance again. It sounds Barnsley are still going for it though
― calzino, Monday, 29 May 2023 15:53 (eleven months ago) link
Windass (120'+3minutes)
oh dear!
― calzino, Monday, 29 May 2023 17:02 (eleven months ago) link
Proof of proof be need be that Dale Vince is an attention seeking egotist prick of the highest order.
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 13:51 (ten months ago) link
Oh god.
A fitting way to close out this thread, mind. What's this season's title going to be? Not long left for someone to pounce
― imago, Tuesday, 18 July 2023 15:48 (ten months ago) link
"why isn't Colin Murray on my telly when I get back from the pub"
Probably too long and probably should have been last year.
"Duncan Ferguson reads this thread for job advice"?
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Tuesday, 18 July 2023 17:54 (ten months ago) link
I think I have it, now they are relegated to our level:
Swann puts the Thorpe in Scunthorpe
― Hello I'm shitty gatsworth (aldo), Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:19 (ten months ago) link
Automatically leading the running thus far
We can't have two FGR titles in a row. They've had their little moment!
― imago, Wednesday, 19 July 2023 08:31 (ten months ago) link
heh! talking of thread titles or former ones, Ross McCormack has signed for Liversedge
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Monday, 24 July 2023 07:07 (nine months ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2NzAJjWYAA1X8A?format=jpg&name=small
was just looking as to why Ainsworth is trending before the new season has even begun .... he's ready
― vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Saturday, 29 July 2023 16:00 (nine months ago) link
omg
― imago, Saturday, 29 July 2023 20:04 (nine months ago) link