skybluebelgium
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A win would lift us , and will give us a lot of confidence for the future .
If we lose this one ...........
If we lose this one ...........
Massive game tonight (1 Viewer)
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We'll_live_and_die
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If we lose this one then it will be to a former premier league team, if we lose with dignity then it won't make a difference imo. If it was Donny and we lost then I'd be worried, but Blackpool are a good team. A win for us would be huge.
PUSB
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Yep, aggree with that Rich. We all know the truth about this season. No squad, no experience & and no money to change that. So this season is all about the way we play. Play well and lose, can't argue with that can we. Hope for a win, maybe a slice of luck along the way. But as mentioned, good side Blackpool, be nice to match them in effort and style and see what happens. Just hope that Juke learns from his mistake on Sat (the Pen) and manages to nick us 3 points, may just forgive him then...that be a fair swap i think.
closer to one than we will ever get i fear!!
sky_blue_up_north
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At the moment every game is massive, even if we win tonight the game. The game against the Tykes on Saturday will be massive as well. Until we start to put a run together life is going to tough
Sky Blue Sheepy
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And from that 1 season they'll have a huge cash windfall worth more than our club atm, have players that only lost out by a point and could easily get back up...
Mumford and Daughter
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Last season means nothing. I hate how people use the term were a prem team. Blues were and there midtable. Reading were in the playoff finals last year but looked a poor team Saturday. Blackpool are on a dodgy run at the min and an average pompey team beat them Saturday. We should be looking to win tonight.
skyblueinBaku
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My thoughts exactly!
SkyBlue_Bear83
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Blackpool are a decent side, this is why we needed to win on Saturday to lift the pressure off for this match.
coundonskyblue
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At the start of the season you would look at this fixture and think a draw would be a decent result. However if you look at the next 5 or so games I think this is the best chance of a win so we really need to go for it.
Mumford and Daughter
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Any other season id agree but with our struggle and games coming up against so decent sides, games like this are massive. Coming upto 10 games and we could be bottom. In my eyes its a massive game
Mumford and Daughter
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4 mate out of 19. Many of here think is acceptable i'm in the minority and think its not.
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coundonskyblue
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I don't think 4 wins in 19 is acceptable, but I don't think any manager could do better with the resources he's had.
5 wins since 4th of December 2010 now. 5 in 34 league games.
Mumford and Daughter
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I agree to a certain extent but Thorn is the manager and was the scout before and has been the reason behind this team. It is his players who simply not good enough.
Mumford and Daughter
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I agree, he seems a decent bloke and a likeable character and the players like him but Nice guy don’t win matches. If this was another manager then he would getting ridiculed.
Mumford and Daughter
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If we are bottom by xmas then something would have to be done. He’s on a year rolling contract so the payout wouldn’t be a issue really.
Mumford and Daughter
New Member
The burges will be ideal then lol
I tried to think of an articulate answer............but in the end all i could think was...............your a cock!!
Disorganised1
New Member
Our bubble was soap and spin
sorry if this appears flippant ,just been watching those other SKY BLUE fans enjoying the beerfest in Munich on SPN,now thats a massive game,but our little bubble is nowt in the modern game ,that bubble burst for us a long time back
no one is talking about "the modern game" OUR match is massive for us, dont give two hoots about man shity
Mumford and Daughter
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So am I wrong? 4 wins is acceptable? I'll be in the wheatsheaf from 6pm so if you want to say cock to my face I'll be the brown hair bloke wearing a blue lacoste polo.
DazzleTommyDazzle
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So as scout he found us Westwood, Dann, Fox, Gunna, Juke et al - and none of them for big fees. Sounds pretty good to me.
As manager he took over a team with 1 win in 18 (I think) that was heading for relegation and kept them up - whilst playing much more attractive football. He then loses King, Westie, Gunna and Turner, is given virtually no money to replace them and yet you seem to be surprised that we're where we are.
Short of turning water into wine during half times, I think he's done more than we could have reasonably expected.
Nonleagueherewecome
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Try extending that run backwards to include Boothroyds last 15 games. Thorny looks like a genius in that context!
More to the point, try asking how many games we've won since SISU failed to act in the January 2011 window-releasing Doyle and loaning Thomas just as we had 1 fit CM. That was when a part of the club died, and I thought relegation was inevitable until Thorn took over. Then mix in the disastrous window this summer, and really, what do you expect? A play-off challenge? Gotta back AT, it's really not his fault and he is probably getting more out of the squad than our last 10 managers would have done.
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