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  1. JulianDarbyFTW

    Unusual Events

    Thanks for posting that - incredible stuff!
  2. JulianDarbyFTW

    Unusual Events

    Can you post a pic of it? I'm intrigued!
  3. JulianDarbyFTW

    Unusual Events

    To be fair, I think he posted this reply to the original post: Edit: it was Deano, not Jim.
  4. JulianDarbyFTW

    Unusual Events

    Stumbled across this earlier. It was before my time, but given the stature of the player and the fact it was a World Cup qualifier at Highfield Road I'm surprised I've never heard of it before. Were there many other events like this from our past?
  5. JulianDarbyFTW

    USA vs Jamaica Watchalong

    One of the weirdest things to me was when the US commentors passed over to their 'rules analyst' to dissect the 5 minutes added on time. I appreciate US audiences are probably less clued up on association football, but still found it rather odd.
  6. JulianDarbyFTW

    Our wonderful Skyblue World

    Robins and Viveash are our Clough and Taylor. If by some miracle we make the cup final, then it pretty much nails on their legendary status at the club. What a duo.
  7. JulianDarbyFTW

    Wright called up to USA Squad

    I somehow managed to stay awake to watch the game, and Palmer visibly sighed with relief when he realised he'd have been offside. It was a stinker of a miss, one of the worst I've seen in a long time. Have to say though, I'm thrilled we had 3 players on the field in an international semi-final...
  8. JulianDarbyFTW

    FA Cup Thread: Examples Of Media Writing Us Off

    It has nothing to do with liking him or not. It's not like I'm going to marry him. He had no success in club football, and as of yet he's had no success in international football. The best thing he's done is instill some standards and pride in wearing the shirt, which is great to see, but hardly...
  9. JulianDarbyFTW

    FA Cup Thread: Examples Of Media Writing Us Off

    Southgate was poor at Middlesborough, and got the England job by default because Big Sam was indiscreet and they needed a stop-gap. In both of his 'successful' tournaments we got very favourable runs to the the latter stages, and I can't recall a game that we won where we'd have traditionally...
  10. JulianDarbyFTW

    FA Cup Thread: Examples Of Media Writing Us Off

    Agree with the Moyes comment. He's on a hiding to nothing if he goes there, but he's also a very ordinary manager being pulled along by a few good international players. I think we do well as a country despite him, not because of him.
  11. JulianDarbyFTW

    Last 9 + FA Cup Formation

    I don't quite get the Torp love-in on here. He's clearly a decent player, but I'm not sure he's proved himself to be any better than Sheaf and Eccles so far. I suspect the argument will be that Torp is the more progressive player, but I'm not convinced he's actually better.
  12. JulianDarbyFTW

    Wright and Simms

    Good point - Tavares is better than 1 goal a game! We have 16 different scorers so far this season. Is that close to a record for us?
  13. JulianDarbyFTW

    Wright and Simms

    Based on minutes per goal, we have one hell of a goalscoring team. Pretty impressive all told: Wright - better than 1 goal every 2 games Simms - better than 1 goal every 2 games O'Hare - better than 1 goal every 2 games Godden - better than 1 goal every 3 games Tatsu - better than 1 goal every...
  14. JulianDarbyFTW

    Match Thread Wolverhampton Wanderers - Coventry City [FA] Match Thread - Saturday 16th Mar

    I like Gary O'Neill, but this quote stinks of sour grapes: "Coventry were able to capitalise on the fact they played us on a day when we were miles below our best with loads of players missing, and we weren’t able to get it done"
  15. JulianDarbyFTW

    Match Thread Watford FC - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 9th Mar

    What an utterly pathetic interpretation of what I said. I framed it exactly how I meant it. It was wrong, it rightly got press attention, but it was a distraction from football. If you think that is racist then you've got a fucking screw loose.
  16. JulianDarbyFTW

    Match Thread Watford FC - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 9th Mar

    Hideous performance, great 3 points. A point off 6th after a dodgy few weeks isn't to be sniffed at. As an aside, I think the performances started going downhill after the Sheffield Wednesday issue. Obviously a very serious incident, and it rightly got press attention, but from a footballing...
  17. JulianDarbyFTW

    Match Thread Coventry City - Rotherham United FC Match Thread - Tuesday 5th Mar

    My only real criticism of MR is that he sometimes plays to not lose rather than to win. Sometimes it works, like against Leeds, but Ipswich springs to mind as one where we just gave too much respect. We're a pretty good team, so I just wish he'd attack the game a bit more and let the opposition...
  18. JulianDarbyFTW

    Longest serving managers

    The manager and his assistant fell out with the owner a few months ago, so it's not overly surprising in that context. Shame though, after all that time.
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