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This made me laugh so much! I can't make it, but I'll be there in spirit.

On leadership, all 3 of those Watford CB's have captained at some stage. Wood was Sheff W captain and McPake was Livingstone captain. That's what we've been missing, natural leaders. I'd put Deegan in that category, too.

Ahh, Stephen Hughes syndrome.

Plus there were questions over where he would play if we kept the present system. If we were looking to bring him in because we were going to play with wingers, that would have made more sense. I'm starting to wonder if there was ever anything in it. Clive was wrong, any way.

Exactly, mate. It could be a nasty little relegation battle, but I think we've got just enough, with AT our Ace in the Hole. One things for sure, having been raised on relegation battles, it's certainly going to be exciting at times. Then we just have to pray for a takeover to take the club...

He's just limped off for Watford. So if we'd splashed out a loan fee and a big wage for him, and that had happened to us, we'd have been in an even worse position for signing him. Swerved one there?

Of course, they won't have noticed that one or two of them is always injured. Talking of competition though, I heard Aidy say this during a recent commentary stint: "The secret to success at Watford was competition for places. At centre-back I had Clarke Carlise, Malky Mackay and Jay Demerit...

Ah, gotta love those debates where we're both arguing the same thing from completely different angles. I agree with all of your last post-that's why I'm happy and relieved at that point. Because I don't have high expectations, or even hopes. I'd almost written this season off. But we might have...

As I have on numerous occasions ;) Disagree with you on Carroll, though. He was incredible in the last U-21 game at The Ricoh, best on the pitch by miles. I think his passing ability, awareness and first touch are massively under-rated by many. He's not just a big target man-although he does...

Didn't Blackpool have terraces when they went up? Don't you have to have a certain % seating and have a set amount of time to convert it to 100%? So no wonder Blackpool didn't budget for staying up :p

And where did I say we aren't in the mire? Seriously, what do you expect with such an under-funded squad?! My enthusiasm is based on our performances-and AT's work-despite that. Do you think that's 2 points dropped last night? I certainly don't, and I'm massively encouraged by the Forest...

It's the little things, like the incredible pace of that pass by Roland to Trond in the build up...sigh.

A reminder that when calling Christies crossing "Beckham-esque", the same could once be said of a young Willie Boland! Fantastic link mate, over 9 mins, wow..you forget how good Willo was in the air-and how good Hedman was until he started to believe the hype a little too much.

I've always thought Cranie was abysmal in the midfield role. Like the Bury game.

Yep, heard that pass by Sammy; I think that was the exact point at which I gave up, too! God bless Thorny..that's exactly what I meant last night when I spoke about feeling the "Crazy Gang" vibe...triumph through adversity is all the more sweet, and NEVER SAY DIE!!!

Well he must have had a blinder, then :p

I think Woods game suffered terribly under Aidy. His first ball was always the hoof, and invariablly it came straight back. He missed 5-6 fantastic chances from corners last year, usually heading well over, at least 4 of which he only needed to hit the target with and it was a goal. It also...

Just saw Gael pass for the goal...Hoddle and Plattini came to mind. Sorry for the over-hype, but it was pretty special :D

Well he got a lot of very complimentary comments from Clive and Geoff. Based on how many good things he did, I had him alongside Murph as our best player first half. TBH, I'd probably have said the opposite to you about him if I'd been there anyway! That's what happens with my views on Bell and...

Rather than rate players on what I didn't see, best I can do is contibute some live-action quotes that compliment the OP a bit. I posted on the match thread 3 times when Bell made "lovely" passes, and even made this slightly sarcastic comment next to the first one: and then: As for Thomas...