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I've been pondering writing a load of "Mills and Boon for men"-type novels; one of the series would be the "schadenfreude" range.

Nah, I'm just bitter still. Felt cathartic typing the above, though :D

One has to be Paxman, surely?

Alexander missed a pen yesterday! Well, it was saved. He looked seriously p'd off, like he didn't know how to react! I think you might have something about Gael, he was much better in preseason than in the league so far. But isn't that to do with pressure, confidence, and the quality of...

Honestly, they didn't sign Le Fondre because we hadn't sold Turner yet. Remember all those quotes from Ken about AT needing to "wheel and deal"? Anyone with football business sense would have said "here's the money for Le Fondre up front, but you need to sell before the window closes to recoup...

Lots of truth in that, but sadly luck doesn't even out: if you are unlucky, heads drop-confidence and self belief drains away, until you stop doing things that made you "unlucky" and actually just become poor. That's particularly true of youngsters, and you could visibly see Gael and Cyrus wilt...

The irony being that we have the best manager in years in terms of identifying talents-particularly young and unheralded ones-and a manager is often judged on how effective he is at going out and signing players. Not much chance of him showing how good he is at that with a budget of "sell...

The best we've got aren't good enough..I don't think they're shite, just that as a squad we lack experience, quality and depth. More so then most in our division, which is why I think it's a relegation dogfight between us and half-a-dozen others at the most. They said on TFLS last night that...

I stick up for players as long as they try, but if they aren't good enough, I blame the owners. Never rated Murphy though.

The players are not good enough. Why do Man City beat teams? Is it because of a purity that lies deep within their soul, making them "better" than other teams? No, it's because of investment in good footballers. Us? Good manager + Bad Results = inadequate squad therefore owners fault. If...

Gotta love the optimism of those who have voted for automatic promotion! Can I have some of what they're on, please?

Palace are looking quality. Freedman is working wonders with a team of youngsters-but those that have a couple of seasons of first team football behind them. Ours don't, perhaps Cameron apart. I would say Palace are very similar to us, in terms of style and quality manager, but with a better...

Youngsters making mistakes because they're not ready to play every game has everything to do with SISU. Are you not familiar with the concept of "burnout"? Open your eyes man, they've screwed us over. Where's the loan player? Oh that's right, he's scoring and setting up 2 on his debut for...

Generally agree with most that AT has done. The only thing that could improve our quality is Deegan staying fit, McPake having some kind of Robocop-operation to get him on the pitch to give us a defender worthy of the name, and Freddy to shed the fat suit and remember that, based on ability, he...

One very well known manager apparently used Football Manager a lot, and signed a fair few unknown foreign players based on it. Given the era this rumour was flying around, and the fact that he once had a go at it for 442 magazine and loved it, I remain convinced to this day that it was Big...

What, you think they give a flying fig how we do on the pitch?:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Given what they've done to the squad, they must have known that this would be the result. Or are they really that bleedin clueless about the game? Perhaps they are....t's a difficult call. Almost worth a...

What a run by Liam Davis for Oxfords goal today...skinned 3 men..oh to be able to afford a winger like that.:facepalm: