Recent content by darkhorse

Realistically need five wins out of six, then hope and pray about the other teams. Have to assume the best against Sheff Utd will be a draw, then must win all the rest. Memories of end-of-season 1985 anyone ?

Lost two out of three. 8 points adrift: a real struggle from here. Would love to see a miracle run combined with top teams self-destructing.

If you pay peanuts you end up with monkeys.

We really need the other sides in the top eleven (from Tranmere down to Crawley) to start losing ! Fine arithmetic is not very helpful at this stage with so many teams in the mix: we can do that later when there are four/five games to go. For now I'd work on the basis that we can afford to lose...

Ogrizovic - Coop Kilcline Roy Barry David Burrows - Carr Carlton Palmer Speedie - Hutchison Ian Wallace Dublin .

For "in possession of a diminishing commitment" read "his contract is coming to an end" (!)

Of course the best of the lot was the 3-1 home victory against Wolves (including Ernie Hunt !) in 1967 which made us Champions of Division II. We don't get many crowds of 50.000 plus these days. Now we all remember that one, don't we ?

The MOST IMPORTANT attribute of any Manager in the Championship is that he can attract upwardly mobile young players who would see in him the chance to improve themselves and move on to a top (Premiership) club within a couple of years. Not many in this list obviously fit that bill: Lee Clark...

No likelihood of Eric Black ? He did a great job when briefly in charge before and should not have been pushed. Experience at Birmingham and Sunderland makes him very well-qualified.

Not at all scared by the transfer window. Like everyone else I shall be very sad to see Westwood go but he is a fast depreciating asset. At GBP1m+ for him that would be worth over GBP50.000 per game to the Club until the end of the season. CCFC is also a financial business and we all know...