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TomRad85

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,156
Ipad Boro said:
On the contrary, you got nothing wrong at all in your summary.

The deluded opinion of delusion displayed on the attachment in the other hand...Dear oh dear.
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I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
 

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,157
TomRad85 said:
I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
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Like the stench from those bins, it’s travelled far and wide.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,158
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Like the stench from those bins, it’s travelled far and wide.
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2 years from now...
Wankner- "and i tell you this, you'll be able to see our chimneys all the way from Middlesbrough"
Doctor - "Of course you will Mr Wagner, of course you will." *wheels him into asylum*
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,159
TomRad85 said:
2 years from now...
Wankner- "and i tell you this, you'll be able to see our chimneys all the way from Middlesbrough"
Doctor - "Of course you will Mr Wagner, of course you will." *wheels him into asylum*
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Wagner: ‘It all happened because he touched us’ *points at Kyogo*
 
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TomRad85

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,160
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Wagner: ‘It all happened because he touched us’ *points at Kyogo*
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"He's made me racist!" *points at Kyogos weekly wage.*
 
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,161
 

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,162
TomRad85 said:
I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
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Their progress on the pitch under Knighthead has been bang bloody average at best, they were stupid enough to fall for American hubris this summer and deluded themselves into thinking they were on for a title charge and they now look ridiculous for it

No doubt they are a better run football club these days but since their takeover on the pitch they have failed, and thus far quite miserably in my opinion
 
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skyblueelephant76

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,163
TomRad85 said:
Silly season approaching. If this happens i'll buy a Blunts shirt with Clarke on the back.
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They asked McKenna and he said 'no chance'
 

Mild-Mannered Janitor

Kindest Bloke on CCFC / Maker of CCFC Dreams
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,164
Hirst and Szmodics out for our game which has to help us
 
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Frostie

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,165
This is a fantastic read

 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,166
Frostie said:
This is a fantastic read

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Reckon they’ll cash in on Monga next month?
 

Ipad Boro

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,167
TomRad85 said:
I assume the opinion that Blues fans are a shower of delusional wankers has also travelled north?
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We tend to think they've been bulled up far too much. Their owners are obsessed with making powerful statements, one of which was the rank stupidity of ditching a good manager like Eustace for Rooney, just because he was a name they'd heard of. Which of course set them back 2 years in the process.

Their owners of course also have deep pockets, so it was inevitable that they'd be able to acquire the kind of players that would see them back out of League One. The only real competition they will have had in that league money-wise will have been Wrexham, but they had a stronger base to start from than Hollywood FC. Having came back up with a record hall of points, they're now tubthumping the Bejesus out of it. They've a strong squad no doubt, but that squad is nowhere near as in tune with each other as several others in this league. I suspect also that quite a few of their names have been recruited on an individual basis, rather than how they get on as a whole, following their owners ethos of buying to impress.

Understandably whilst some of their fans are realists, a decent amount of them lapped up the bullshit aspect of their owners narrative, saw how Ipswich stormed through the championship after promotion amd thought that they could with even bigger pockets, ride that wave in an even greater fashion to the promised land, where they'd then rip up trees no doubt. It didn't help either that many neutral fans seemed to think they were the side to possibly overhaul some of the parachute sides too.

Now of course it's quite apparent that things haven't turned out quite as magnificently as they'd hoped, their somewhat unbalanced squad littered with names and talented individuals not quite cutting the mustard as much as a whole as they'd hoped.
 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,168
Frostie said:
This is a fantastic read

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full article here- their blog is generally a fair and funny read:

A miserable return for Marti as white hot QPR incinerate Leicester – Report - Queens Park Rangers News

QPR scored four goals in the first half of a game for the first time since 1998, sweeping Leicester City aside in an unplayable footballing tidal wave that made it a miserable afternoon for Marti Cifuentes on his first return to W12.
www.fansnetwork.co.uk
 
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Frostie

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,169
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Reckon they’ll cash in on Monga next month?
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Not an ideal window but I guess it depends on how desperate they are.
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,170
Ipad Boro said:
It depends where both clubs are, when getting towards the back end of Jan.

At the moment one has a possibility of autos, almost guaranteed to make the playoffs as a minimum, whereas the other has just a possibility of making the playoffs. If this continues it could be a tactical maneuvre by Ipswich, using a player who isn't a nailed on starter for them at present, to have the Blades strengthened for games against say Hull, Boro, Cov and Preston, to boost their chances in a roundabout way.

Naturally I want Ipswich to have dropped to about 4th/5th and be a nice 10 points or so adrift of 2nd by then, but I have a feeling they'll probably be still more in the mix than that, unfortunately.
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It may be to acquire someone else, the player's not happy etc etc.
 
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LastChance

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,171
Of course he won't be happy, he's a Cov boy stuck with Lesta
 

blunted

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,172
Ipad Boro said:
We tend to think they've been bulled up far too much. Their owners are obsessed with making powerful statements, one of which was the rank stupidity of ditching a good manager like Eustace for Rooney, just because he was a name they'd heard of. Which of course set them back 2 years in the process.

Their owners of course also have deep pockets, so it was inevitable that they'd be able to acquire the kind of players that would see them back out of League One. The only real competition they will have had in that league money-wise will have been Wrexham, but they had a stronger base to start from than Hollywood FC. Having came back up with a record hall of points, they're now tubthumping the Bejesus out of it. They've a strong squad no doubt, but that squad is nowhere near as in tune with each other as several others in this league. I suspect also that quite a few of their names have been recruited on an individual basis, rather than how they get on as a whole, following their owners ethos of buying to impress.

Understandably whilst some of their fans are realists, a decent amount of them lapped up the bullshit aspect of their owners narrative, saw how Ipswich stormed through the championship after promotion amd thought that they could with even bigger pockets, ride that wave in an even greater fashion to the promised land, where they'd then rip up trees no doubt. It didn't help either that many neutral fans seemed to think they were the side to possibly overhaul some of the parachute sides too.

Now of course it's quite apparent that things haven't turned out quite as magnificently as they'd hoped, their somewhat unbalanced squad littered with names and talented individuals not quite cutting the mustard as much as a whole as they'd hoped.
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Birmingham and Wrexham both have the Ron Atkinson approach to recruitment. Names and players who individually are good but don't gel or seem to fit together to form a coherent whole. Shame (parp).
 
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wingy

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,173
blunted said:
Birmingham and Wrexham both have the Ron Atkinson approach to recruitment. Names and players who individually are good but don't gel or seem to fit together to form a coherent whole. Shame (parp).
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Needs a Lampard quality clone?
 
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Gint11

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,174
blunted said:
Birmingham and Wrexham both have the Ron Atkinson approach to recruitment. Names and players who individually are good but don't gel or seem to fit together to form a coherent whole. Shame (parp).
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And the average age of Wrexham players is 94 so good luck to them in 2 years
 
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shmmeee

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,175
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Reckon they’ll cash in on Monga next month?
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Loan straight out to a top Champ club maybe?
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,176
shmmeee said:
Loan straight out to a top Champ club maybe?
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Depends who would buy him
 

shmmeee

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,177
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Depends who would buy him
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Rumours seem to be top clubs but aren’t they always?
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,178
shmmeee said:
Rumours seem to be top clubs but aren’t they always?
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Depending on the point deduction stuff there could be a real fire sale, Monga, Fatawu, Skipp etc.
 
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baldy

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  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,179
Terry Gibson's perm said:
He just fouls people all the time whenever I watched him for Ipswich he got away with murder.
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In that case you'd want Inspector Morsy on the scene
 
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MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Dec 23, 2025
  • #8,180
MusicDating said:
McClean with a snidey kick to the lad's head and a suspicious looking elbow too. And he wonders why he gets so much abuse.
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Charged, admitted it, banned for 3 games -

Wrexham's James McClean banned over Swansea City 'incident'

James McClean is banned for three matches following an incident during Wrexham's defeat at Swansea City last Friday.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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Lamps

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  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,181
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Depending on the point deduction stuff there could be a real fire sale, Monga, Fatawu, Skipp etc.
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It seems they need to go up this season or are in serious financial problems. They have already mortgaged the last of their Prem money before the season started to keep going this season and are stuck with players that cost them a lot and on big wages they can't shift.

Oh how the mighty fall
 
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eastwoodsdustman

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  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,182
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Reckon they’ll cash in on Monga next month?
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He is still on a scholarship and cant sign a pro contract until next summer. Maybe we could steal him back like they did from us.
 
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Nuskyblue

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  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,183
covcity4life said:
I'm not sure what they expected but I personally thought they would be in playoff race rather than straight to autos
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There exactly where you'd expect.

Give them a competent striker and they'd be bothering the autos. If they don't go up this season I can see them challenging for the top 2...
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,184
Nuskyblue said:
There exactly where you'd expect.

Give them a competent striker and they'd be bothering the autos. If they don't go up this season I can see them challenging for the top 2...
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Yeah you would expect that but the hope is that I read they might not be able to keep spending freely if they don't go up this season?
 

Ipad Boro

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  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,185
covcity4life said:
They are bang in playoff race not sure why some fans are trying to delude themselves that they are having a nightmare season
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Eveey man and his dog is bang in the playoffs race tbf, aside from those in the relegation mix/pulling away.
Unless there's a serious shake up with results, there won't be such a thing as a club having a "boring midtable season" until the last game or two.
 
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JSL

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,186
Remember where we were this time last year and where we were in May. Things can change dramatically for anyone
 
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bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,187
Ipad Boro said:
Eveey man and his dog is bang in the playoffs race tbf, aside from those in the relegation mix/pulling away.
Unless there's a serious shake up with results, there won't be such a thing as a club having a "boring midtable season" until the last game or two.
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I’d be quite happy for both of us to have a “boring” season from March onwards
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,188
JSL said:
Remember where we were this time last year and where we were in May. Things can change dramatically for anyone
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it’s not that common though
 
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MusicDating

Euro 2016 Prediction League Champion!!
  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,189
Hull's accounts submitted. According to Maguire, their wages are £142 for every £100 of revenue

 
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Ipad Boro

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  • Dec 24, 2025
  • #8,190
bigfatronssba said:
I’d be quite happy for both of us to have a “boring” season from March onwards
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Oh I'd love us to have a boring season from March onwards.
 
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