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Can’t believe how many people have said automatic would have been better. The OP’s question wasn’t whether you would rather finish in the playoff positions, it was “Would you have preferred going up automatically?”. Surely nobody in their right mind would trade in the Notts County and Wembley...

Not as gorgeous as JohnnyTheSpider though surely?

The big difference between the two events is that today it was known from the outset that both sides needed a draw, so with the best will in the world nobody was ever going to take any big risks, especially after about 60 minutes. Embarrassing and tedious, but just a freak of the way the...

Neil Martin was a fine player - one of the most underrated forwards we've ever had. Bullet headers from Dave Clements's corners were a speciality, but he could play on the ground too. We could never have stayed in the First Division in those early years without him, and he was a big factor in...

Otis - the joke machine that never sleeps :)

The less-than-legendary old players will only be aware of the applause, not a few giggles. And anyone sniggering at “Chuckie” had better watch out – a good player and so committed to CCFC. I remember him celebrating a tackle he made at the West End as if he’d just scored the winner in the...

Sorry Otis, I’ll try harder next time :) We obviously disagree on this but it’s not something to argue about – I only read about 10% of what’s on the forum these days, but I enjoy most of what you post, and I'm in awe of anyone with 53,000 to their name. Is it curable? Back to the topic – am...

It doesn't need rectifying. They haven’t all been labelled as legends – the day has been called “Legends Day”, and some proper legends will be there. If a music festival had half a dozen top-line acts, and called itself “Giants of Rock” or something, surely that would be fine. The supporting...

It’s called the Legends Day because quite a few genuine legends will be there, along with loads of ex-players who still feel enough affinity with the club to want to be there. It’s always interesting and quite heart-warming to see them all. I don’t feel swindled under the Trades Descriptions...

Dietmar Bruck and Ron Farmer too!

Google offers a few PPG meanings, and Peppa Pig isn’t among them. It’s a global paint supplier, so their products were probably smeared by Mowbray all over the Ryton canteen, where the players boost their Post-Prandial Glucose levels before having a go on the Penile PlethysmoGraph. I wouldn’t...

There’s no way I’d call him lazy, maybe he’s just “mild-mannered” ;) You can see his commitment and he works his socks off. But like a lot of creative players creative skills, he’s not naturally aggressive and can’t defend that well. If you play someone like that as one of your midfielders in...

I don't know what that means. Have you got any PPG Tips?

First 21 games before Bayliss made his debut: F 21 A 14 35 goals = 1.7 goals per match at either end Win ratio 43% Last 24 matches since Bayliss started playing (I realise he’s missed a couple, if anyone can be bothered to separate those games out, please feel free!): F 43 A 33...

Same applies on the left. Why not Shipley behind Haynes instead of the other way around? Grimmer and Haynes both have ability at this level, but I really don’t like either of them as full backs. Playing further forward would give them more freedom to do their thing. Haynes especially looks...

I thought he was a fantastic left back, and a key part of that purple patch when Robins had us flying. Hard to understand how his career can have gone do far downhill, and I hope it's not too late for him to revive it.

Ernie Hunt curling it over the Burnley keeper (Waiters?) from near the halfway line at Highfield Road in the early 1970's. What an entertainer he was.

Good to see Iain Dowie was there, just above the Mad Hatters.

Denis Mortimer to Villa (for £175K I think) in the mid-70's. Hated it.

This thread shouldn’t be active, trying to compare the merits of a recently-deceased hero with another hero who idolised him, and even getting into unrelated arguments. At this time, you could line up the best 50 players who ever lived, and I’d still choose Cyrille above the lot of them. And...