'Too easy to be self righteous today'.... then proceeds to bang on and be self righteous. Good manager and done unbelievable since Crawley but a absolute knobhead very frequently with his comments.
One day it'll click that most people were not pissed off with who he signed, but who he sold. I know it's all in the past, but he's made these points himself after wins on multiple occasions.
He has come good after deserved criticism earlier in the season. On that basis, I'm glad we have him at the moment, but he is a very difficult individual to warm to.
Yeah absolutely, definitely wouldn't want to anyone else here but find it very petty on such a day. He'll probably ly.mention it again if we get to Wembley and win 😆
We're so incredibly inconsistent. Northampton came to do a job and got away with it for the most part. Their goal was a stupid error from McIntyre. Overall we were still much better than them.
TC needs to be quicker with his decision making and more alert on the break, add to this that our team need to look for his breaks and we could have a really good player. We almost need him to study Lloyd Sam in League 1 footage.
Anyway kids had fun and we won so onto the next one.
We are the most/equal most consistent L1 team this YEAR.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
You take the most pessimistic view on everything, so it means nothing. The most pessimistic person on CL by a country mile.
The Valley struggles with 20k crowds now, maybe with 20k regulars (as in the PL days) it would be smoother, but now it feels really crowded.
There were massive queues for the Upper CE again, were enough turnstiles built for that section? The Curbs concourse is completely clogged up, while the number of ladies toilets is clearly not enough now.
Kevin Nolan says the ref didn't regard the pen incident as a goal scoring opportunity.
Mmmm
Am I wrong in thinking that Mannion should’ve be claiming that ball?
Yes look at the highlights the ball was driven in quite flat and fast plus the player was marked up it's on mcintyre for the brain fart.
Then, he should’ve be punching it.
He caught nearly everything all game and even would have struggled getting to the punch imo what next he should have scored a free kick from 30 yards out ? the defender messed up and gave away a pen instead of heading it.
He definitely should be in charge of that situation. It takes experience to have that in your game though, but something the coaches should be encouraging him and AMB to do.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Again. Wrexham could only draw against a very poor Bristol Rovers team. Stockport rescued a late point at Peterborough. It’s as if you expect teams like Northampton to roll over so we can tickle their tummies. We won. We got the job done. Our record over the last 25 games as pointed out above is exceptional. We are top of whatever form table you care to look at. Can’t you just enjoy the moment?
Most fawned over by the media obsessed with American luvvies?
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Only you could moan that when we win games, we're not winning them by enough.
At this point in the season, most teams including the poor ones are fighting for something, so it's rare to see absolute hammerings. There were only 3 games in the entire football league yesterday where a team won by more than 2 goals, and none of them were in league one.
Chris, got to say there are two 'Golfies'. When he attends games you get a far more balanced opinion from him, he gets a lot of calls right and he may not be the most positive poster but the posts are measured. When he doesn't attend games, we get a complete load of bollocks, nothing that has any basis in fact. Quite simply Golfie, You need to get out more !
Wait what is this... The long range guns are firing off the coast of Hastings? - There is to be no Easter resurrection for Northampton... and I may have missed this one, but still...
Northampton you've been SUNK!!
I enjoy opening all the post-match threads purely to see this GIF 🤣
Does anyone know what ship that is?
It’s one of the four Iowa class. 9x16” guns. HMS Nelson and Rodney had the same number and size of guns, Rodney needed a rebuild after firing broadsides at Bismarck, you fear for the ship and the target with guns like these.
The Valley struggles with 20k crowds now, maybe with 20k regulars (as in the PL days) it would be smoother, but now it feels really crowded.
There were massive queues for the Upper CE again, were enough turnstiles built for that section? The Curbs concourse is completely clogged up, while the number of ladies toilets is clearly not enough now.
Unfortunately wasnt there yesterday due to work commitment's, but spoke to a mate after the game and first thing he said was how bad the ref was.
Just read a good majority of the players marks and amazed to see marks for the ref by a good majority of contributors as 6 and 7 and words like he was ok,
Was he bad or was he good.
Normally when we have bad refs, they're bad for BOTH teams. The only game we've had this season where a ref seemed biased in favour of a team was Huddersfield away.
This ref seemed biased in Northampton's favour as they seemed to be getting every 50/50 that benefitted them, while we didn't get a single one.
Likewise, they should have had several players booked for over 30 minutes of blatant time-wasting, but the ref only seemed to care when we were doing it at the end of the game. A moment that stood out to me was Northampton's players walking EXTREMELY slowly off the pitch, to which the ref waved off our players' protests. Then when TC was subbed, the ref pushed him in the back to encourage him to get off the pitch quicker, despite him moving at practically double the pace that Northampton's subbed players were.
He didn't give anything shockingly wrong for them or against us, but I thought it was pretty evident that he wasn't impartial.
'Too easy to be self righteous today'.... then proceeds to bang on and be self righteous. Good manager and done unbelievable since Crawley but a absolute knobhead very frequently with his comments.
One day it'll click that most people were not pissed off with who he signed, but who he sold. I know it's all in the past, but he's made these points himself after wins on multiple occasions.
He has come good after deserved criticism earlier in the season. On that basis, I'm glad we have him at the moment, but he is a very difficult individual to warm to.
While my respect for his abilities and skills has certainly grown over the season and since the long awaited "clicking" I personally find it quite hard to like him on a purely personal level, nor would I want to work for someone like that - regardless of his success. It feel almost a little bit like a personality cult where everything is done exactly as he wants and that is that. Yes it does work but that's not a manager I'd want to work for.
Which quite rightly would not bother him one iota I'm sure even if he ever did read this message!
The Valley struggles with 20k crowds now, maybe with 20k regulars (as in the PL days) it would be smoother, but now it feels really crowded.
There were massive queues for the Upper CE again, were enough turnstiles built for that section? The Curbs concourse is completely clogged up, while the number of ladies toilets is clearly not enough now.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Why would Stockport beat us when they have not in 2 league games? None of the teams in the current playoff positions have beaten us this season by the way, even when we played them before our current great run. There is an iron in this team's soul, inspired by NJ. You may not get it Golfie, sad for you to be missing the joy.
Was it just me who thought Ramsay's booking for time wasting was ridiculously harsh?
Ref only seemed to care about timewasting when it was Charlton doing it.
He must have warned their keeper 3-4 times in thefirst half. no card,Ramsay one offence,card.ridiculous.Still it was good to see their time wasting bite them on the arse.
The Valley struggles with 20k crowds now, maybe with 20k regulars (as in the PL days) it would be smoother, but now it feels really crowded.
There were massive queues for the Upper CE again, were enough turnstiles built for that section? The Curbs concourse is completely clogged up, while the number of ladies toilets is clearly not enough now.
Also I was pissed off that my usual parking area back of Charlton park was full so had to park miles away even though I was there at 1-15.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Only you could moan that when we win games, we're not winning them by enough.
At this point in the season, most teams including the poor ones are fighting for something, so it's rare to see absolute hammerings. There were only 3 games in the entire football league yesterday where a team won by more than 2 goals, and none of them were in league one.
Chris, got to say there are two 'Golfies'. When he attends games you get a far more balanced opinion from him, he gets a lot of calls right and he may not be the most positive poster but the posts are measured. When he doesn't attend games, we get a complete load of bollocks, nothing that has any basis in fact. Quite simply Golfie, You need to get out more !
I have to assume you are on the waccy baccy for that first part.
'Too easy to be self righteous today'.... then proceeds to bang on and be self righteous. Good manager and done unbelievable since Crawley but a absolute knobhead very frequently with his comments.
One day it'll click that most people were not pissed off with who he signed, but who he sold. I know it's all in the past, but he's made these points himself after wins on multiple occasions.
Well, at least it's something to moan about, eh? One day it will click that most people's priority is he has got us into the play-offs after a dismal start to the Season. And he has done it with the players he wanted. But yeah. Attack his character and insult him because of words he uses.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Why would Stockport beat us when they have not in 2 league games? None of the teams in the current playoff positions have beaten us this season by the way, even when we played them before our current great run. There is an iron in this team's soul, inspired by NJ. You may not get it Golfie, sad for you to be missing the joy.
We’ve also failed to beat Stockport and Wrexham this season. The way we beat orient twice will motivate them. They owe us a beating
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Why would Stockport beat us when they have not in 2 league games? None of the teams in the current playoff positions have beaten us this season by the way, even when we played them before our current great run. There is an iron in this team's soul, inspired by NJ. You may not get it Golfie, sad for you to be missing the joy.
The players seem to enjoy working for Jones. We are on the outside looking in so can only speculate. Of course, this is a forum and speculate is what we do. I have to admit I speculated wrongly earlier in the season in relation to Jones and so am far more contrite now as a result. When he says I told you so, I say good for him. I appreciate he is telling me so although in some areas like May, I was not sure that Godden wasn't a better replacement and I saw Small as a key player before he was being played.
We shouldn't be too down on ourselves for being critical earlier in that there was lots of evidence that things were not working but I see it now as Jones having total faith in his ability and indeed his players and not being afraid to make mistakes to find that winning formula.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Why would Stockport beat us when they have not in 2 league games? None of the teams in the current playoff positions have beaten us this season by the way, even when we played them before our current great run. There is an iron in this team's soul, inspired by NJ. You may not get it Golfie, sad for you to be missing the joy.
We’ve also failed to beat Stockport and Wrexham this season. The way we beat orient twice will motivate them. They owe us a beating
I don't think any team making the play offs will lack motivation. A level playing field in that regard.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Why would Stockport beat us when they have not in 2 league games? None of the teams in the current playoff positions have beaten us this season by the way, even when we played them before our current great run. There is an iron in this team's soul, inspired by NJ. You may not get it Golfie, sad for you to be missing the joy.
We’ve also failed to beat Stockport and Wrexham this season. The way we beat orient twice will motivate them. They owe us a beating
Stockport and Wrexham have also failed to beat us...
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Why would Stockport beat us when they have not in 2 league games? None of the teams in the current playoff positions have beaten us this season by the way, even when we played them before our current great run. There is an iron in this team's soul, inspired by NJ. You may not get it Golfie, sad for you to be missing the joy.
We’ve also failed to beat Stockport and Wrexham this season. The way we beat orient twice will motivate them. They owe us a beating
Stockport and Wrexham have also failed to beat us...
this is what I don’t get about some Charlton fans worrying about having to play these teams. Whilst games against these teams have been a battle and not been pretty it actually takes two sides to get stuck into those types of games and give as good as they get, which is what happened. They will fear us more than we fear them because our form is better.
NJ writing his own narrative here. Back in the summer I don't think anyone was questioning the signing of Godden. What a lot of people were questioning was the sale of Alfie May.
But of course NJ wont mention that.
I think plenty of people questioned replacing “golden boot” Alfie with an ageing Godden.
Both could be considered aging Shooters, Alfie May is 32 in July and Matt Godden 34 in the same month. Normally, you might consider the older of the two to struggling with pace and sharpness in the box but Godden's goal return would suggest otherwise.
Another hard fought win. Didn't play well & although play offs are now secured I'm not sure we will be going into them as an "in form" team. Yes, we might not have lost recently but we're not playing with any type of swagger & last 2 games have been holding on to a single goal lead going into injury time.
Yes, call me a negative Nancy (I'm really not - just a realist) but it would be nice to win by more than a single goal & look comfortable with 10 mins to go.
Looking at other teams recent results I think we'll lose on Monday & Wycombe are now in the box seats for 2nd. Wrexham are now starting to bottle it & can see us winning up there.
Cant see is getting 2nd, especially as our GD is much worse than the other 3 teams around us who can grab it. Only way that will change is if we beat Wycombe & Wrexham by 3 or 4 clear goals, which ain't going to happen.
You are a lunatic. We have:
4 wins in 5. 9 wins in 12 1 defeat in 12. 2 defeats in 19. 56 points from our last 25 games, which averaged over a full season is 103 points.
But yeah, we're not an "in form" team.
Maybe "in form" wasn't the right word but currently I'd say if we played Stockport in the play offs we'd lose both games.
We are only just managing to beat the poor teams at the wrong end of the table. If we beat Burton 4-0 like we beat Rochdale at the end of the 18/19 season then I'll eat humble pie.
Only you could moan that when we win games, we're not winning them by enough.
At this point in the season, most teams including the poor ones are fighting for something, so it's rare to see absolute hammerings. There were only 3 games in the entire football league yesterday where a team won by more than 2 goals, and none of them were in league one.
Chris, got to say there are two 'Golfies'. When he attends games you get a far more balanced opinion from him, he gets a lot of calls right and he may not be the most positive poster but the posts are measured. When he doesn't attend games, we get a complete load of bollocks, nothing that has any basis in fact. Quite simply Golfie, You need to get out more !
I have to assume you are on the waccy baccy for that first part.
I probably did over cook the first part Major, but his post yesterday about us 'not being the in form team because we are not playing with swagger' would suggest that he is on something a lot stronger than waccy baccy !
Wait what is this... The long range guns are firing off the coast of Hastings? - There is to be no Easter resurrection for Northampton... and I may have missed this one, but still...
Northampton you've been SUNK!!
I enjoy opening all the post-match threads purely to see this GIF 🤣
Does anyone know what ship that is?
It’s one of the four Iowa class. 9x16” guns. HMS Nelson and Rodney had the same number and size of guns, Rodney needed a rebuild after firing broadsides at Bismarck, you fear for the ship and the target with guns like these.
It was around 1978/79 and I was, and still am, a close friend of the then guvnor of The Antigallican. I was driving his car (he was pissed!) back from an away dart match and a car stopped to give way to me around a parked car. He used a phrase that I still use to this very day:
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The most pessimistic person on CL by a country mile.
There were massive queues for the Upper CE again, were enough turnstiles built for that section? The Curbs concourse is completely clogged up, while the number of ladies toilets is clearly not enough now.
This season, a 2-1 home win against Northampton secured our place in the top six for this season.
This ref seemed biased in Northampton's favour as they seemed to be getting every 50/50 that benefitted them, while we didn't get a single one.
Likewise, they should have had several players booked for over 30 minutes of blatant time-wasting, but the ref only seemed to care when we were doing it at the end of the game. A moment that stood out to me was Northampton's players walking EXTREMELY slowly off the pitch, to which the ref waved off our players' protests. Then when TC was subbed, the ref pushed him in the back to encourage him to get off the pitch quicker, despite him moving at practically double the pace that Northampton's subbed players were.
He didn't give anything shockingly wrong for them or against us, but I thought it was pretty evident that he wasn't impartial.
Which quite rightly would not bother him one iota I'm sure even if he ever did read this message!
We shouldn't be too down on ourselves for being critical earlier in that there was lots of evidence that things were not working but I see it now as Jones having total faith in his ability and indeed his players and not being afraid to make mistakes to find that winning formula.