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No, I would say 'actively' blocking is jumping up in front of him as the keeper kicks the ball, not standing still in front of him. Dovin doesnt have to always kick the ball from right on the edge of the box! Dovin needs to get careful anyway, as he gets very borderline close to still holding...

Is it commonly known? I've never heard of it and still don't understand any relevance to Mandela. What is misremembered about him?

What is the Nelson Mandela Effect?

As long as the opposition player is outside the box and not trying to actively block I don't see yesterday's incident as being a foul. At the end of the day Dovin doesn't have to take every kick from the edge of his box. If he takes it 5 yards further back its going over the forwards head...

That's a bit of a warning sign in itself! My gut feeling on the vibes around this guy is that we should stay well clear of signing him.

Unless a signing is the nailed on right one for us I'd rather we don't make any permanent signings in this window, as I think there will be many more options of players to buy in the Summer. Loans are a different matter, but presuming we don't lose any of our better players I still wouldn't be...

In the last unseen video he looked pretty impressive. He wasn't bought to go straight into the 1st team so I don't see the problem with him developing slowly this season with a view to challenging for a 1st team place next season. We signed him because he is a cheap option with little downside...

I suspect Al Hammadi might eventually make a Championship striker but as we already have Bassette as a young forward we are looking to develop, there wouldn't seem much point into bringing another in much the same mould.

Not sure what the cost would be, but if it was something along the lines of the 2 Tone Museum, it might work if there was also a club shop and gift shop attached to it.

Think it was Swindon when Hoddle was a player manager, although I've got a feeling the same was said when he managed Wolves.

Yes, could incorporate an American style 'Hall of Fame' with new inductees every year. I'm a bit surprised there hasn't been something similar done in the UK by any other club, or even a generic one by the FA.

Absolutely no disrespect meant to those that will be attending the game and I really hope you get the result your support deserves, and of course you are correct that historically 1,000 travelling to Blackburn for a post xmas mid week is a reasonable turn out. However, our players have been...

Hope the optimists before me are right but I've got a bad feeling about this game. A January mid-week game at Blackburn in front of a paltry crowd and away following has me worried about the team's motivation, while Blackburn will be keen to put their defeat at Oxford behind them. Having won...

It would obviously be preferable to not make a loss on him, but sometimes the big picture dictates otherwise. Not every signing works out, but if we were also able to sell Lati for a profit then they kind of cancel each other out, and result in Lampard having more wiggle room to bring in players...

While I understand non league clubs wanting the guaranteed extra money for playing games against PL teams away rather than at home, this idea detracts even more 'romance' from the cup, and would simply make progression even easier for the big PL clubs. If ever a PL club is to get beat or made...

We definitely shouldn't have had 2nd goal disallowed!

...... but if he was aloof or disinterested you would no doubt slate him for that judging from your recent posts! Bassette is just an enthusiatic 20 year old, living the dream, with his life full speed ahead of him. While he's a bit hit and miss at the moment, if he turns into the real deal we...

Or Godden in our semi-final last season!

I really don't get wanting your team to get knocked out of the FA Cup. Even these days where it is not such an important competition as it was, it still brings the potential of interest, glamour and extra finance that League games do not bring. I could sort of see a point if it was...

Pretty sure Ian Wallace had been picked for the squad too, so I guess you might have been hoping he would play too. We certainly had a load of great Scottish players right through the 70's from Ian Gibson, Roy Barry, Willie Carr, Colin Stein, Tommy Hutchison, Blyth, Wallace, Bobby McDonald, Jim...