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  1. oakey

    Blog post about CCFC from a Luton fan

    I have watched City since 1970. There is no doubt in my mind that the club are serious underachievers and the cup win in 87 blinded many of us to that fact. It was, in many ways, the high point from which it has been downhill ever since. Let's also say the unsayable ... The cup win was a FLUKE...
  2. oakey

    Hopes to bring in one of two

    Placed in one, not born in one. I doubt a pregnant woman could be reported as climbing into an animal trough to give birth!
  3. oakey

    Sad To See Them Go

    John Hartson. I knew we were doomed once he was sold and I have never believed a word the club have said since.
  4. oakey

    Why is southend match on monday

    I am grateful for the switch too. Arrive back from South America at teatime on Saturday. :D :claping hands:
  5. oakey

    Tory Monopoly

    Agree the funding was Tory-lite. They should have used direct taxation to fund it. Eg. They should have revalued council tax and added layers above the top payers now. In London people in around £6m houses pay same council tax as those in £60m houses. Land tax should also have been adopted.
  6. oakey

    Tory Monopoly

    Minimum wage, sure start, investment in schools and the building of state of the art hospitals last time. What state do you think Walsgrave hospital would be in by now if we had had only Tories in power? A disgrace, is my bet. In 2010 the global economic crisis meant the Labour government bailed...
  7. oakey

    Tory Monopoly

    I am voting Cooper Burnham Kendall Corbyn. Labour party has always left the country in a better state, reference public goods and infrastructure. Tories always eat away at everything ordinary and non property owning people have struggled for.
  8. oakey

    Crewe (Home) Match Thread

    Just cracked open a beer here in the Andes. Mid afternoon bright sunshine. Well done and PUSB
  9. oakey

    Beard or no Beard?

    Have a full beard or clean shaven. The number of men who suit stubble is in single figures of a percentage. Blokes over 40 with stubble look like dirty old men, like Steptoe, for those who remember him. Stubble with a suit just looks so wrong, scruffy and slovenly. As it happens most women I...
  10. oakey

    Buried or cremated?

    Cremated, then a proper funeral, none of this celebrating the life nonsense where people play flippant songs and people who barely knew you tell amusing anecdotes. Solemn, lots of weeping, committing the body in sure and certain hope stuff. Save all that looking back at the life and stories for...
  11. oakey

    Coventry bookies favourite to be City of Culture 2021

    The heritage weekend in September is top drawer. Coventry was, of course, the capital of England several times in the past, check it out if you don't believe me. It is a jewel for anything heritage or history wise. The Godiva festival is also brilliant for a city of its size. Many people...
  12. oakey

    Predictions for tuesdays attendance?

    I am still in the Andes among the condors so send apologies. PUSB
  13. oakey

    Pre-season

    Am I concerned about PSF results and form? No. Am I concerned the team and squad are not coming together in time for a positive start? Yes Do I think a positive start is important? Yes Do I trust TM to get a team sorted in due course? Yes, but it may be too little too late for this season...
  14. oakey

    Danny swanson

    Certainly no improvement on Barton who few had any time for.
  15. oakey

    Mabbutts knee

    Micky Gynn. He was my favourite player in that era and he fluffed 2 decent openings. Failing that, Regis, who had a perfectly good goal ruled out for a push by Houchen, one that few refs, if any, would penalise today, even if they spotted it.
  16. oakey

    what would you consider to be middle aged?

    You are middle aged when younger people dismiss your opinions as old school
  17. oakey

    NEWS : Cilla Black dies 40 years after her baby daughter passed away in Coventry

    Her version of "Anyone who had a heart" is simply sensational and is one of the few tracks that literally send shivers down a spine.
  18. oakey

    TM's wish list

    Good news That's the way I like it Aha
  19. oakey

    Starting XI Now

    Team not strong enough, yet. squad not strong enough, yet. No gloating, just realism. Not doom and gloom, just acceptance that we are no further forward, YET. We need a lot more to be competitive.
  20. oakey

    Starting XI Now

    Bump. Anyone want to continue this discussion?
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