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RIP Brad. As others have said, easily the best announcer we had down there and clearly loved his job.

I don’t believe this happened due to illness.

Did you get kicked out of here for moaning?

That might have happened, but she still denies it doesn’t she? Strange approach.

If the twats had to watch that first half then fair play to them, take what you need.

Sounds ideal

Massive red flag on Marti starting him. Winning the ball back and then just leaving it to someone else says it all, honking regardless of the level.

Watched this and it’s an absolute farce. Surely even the prosecution would want to be adequately tested to make sure they are coming to the right conclusion. The whole situation is harrowing.

He’s a pound shop Romano isn’t he.

It won’t sit right with me if we get that.

Not sure, we still need rid from the squad as it’s bloated.

No laughing here, happy to have a civilised debate. Your penultimate point is what led me to that thought, how do you move away from the perpetual circle we currently have of Wout getting booed, then cupping his ears because of the boos, to them get booed again . On the point re it not being the fan groups booing, I agree completely however having the fan groups on board means there can be a collective group of people saying draw a line under it and let’s all work together to get the club out of this mountain of shit we find ourselves in. The other option is to sell him whatever the cost, and in my opinion he is a very good option in defence for the way we play right now plus you lose money etc etc.

Hate to tell you mate but your wife and kids have snuck in a second dog while you wernt looking.

It was loud and noticeable.

In other countries, fan groups have the players come over and speak to the fans in the stand on the pitch. This has happened hundreds of times over, in a much more confrontational way than I’ve suggested.

A player has never spoken to fan groups in modern football?

The guy has literally been booed for the last year, any player does the same when they score that. We’ve seen players do it for much less in all fairness.

A new contract would be the correct answer, but only if he agrees to a significant pay cut and that’s not going to happen. He will believe he can do it at a premier league club and therefore be due a premier league wage. I think he can do that, but it’s got to be in a team that’s functioning and he’s not going to be a nailed on starter for any of them. But he will still get a better contract as a back up/ squad rotation option than we should offer.

This will probably get laughed at, such is the state of modern football/our club but… If I was him and I gave a shit, I’d be asking the club to set up a clear the air meeting with him and the fan groups. No phones allowed, no recording, just an open conversation between him and them with the aim of getting them to encourage the rest of our fan base to back the players. He needs to hear how ****ed off people get when he’s cupping his ears to us every week, they need to hear how ****ed off he gets by getting booed every week and see where it goes. That said, North Korea FC doesn’t knowledge any kind of criticism and does he actually give a shit enough to try to repair the relationship so it clearly won’t happen. But if it did, he’d start to get some respect I recon.

Yup, will be the same fans moaning about that now insisting he needs to stay. Every player in our squad is for sale at the right price, even more so a player in their last year on ridiculous money. The reality is, that next season we need to be in a position where potentially, our average wage is 20k a week at a max, and we are light years from that.

I didn’t think of that, but recon first league game sends a bigger statement than a friendly. Thought he looked a shadow of himself today, but made some good runs off the ball and is clearly more likely to get into the box than Thomas.

Hit the first obstacle in my training this week as pretty sure I got the Rona at Oasis at the weekend so haven’t done any exercise of any kind since Tuesday. In hindsight, probably a bit silly to run a half marathon before it.

Wasn’t expecting him in the squad today and he’s captain, not a chance he goes imo.

Also, for those saying he has to stay. With the wages he’s on and being in the last year of his contract, we will likely have to move him on if we get a reasonable bid. We definitely need to replace him with a similar player though, the key today was him being decisive and quick with his decision making.

I’ve said he’s got Brentford written all over him all summer.