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"No one could get to their seats as the concourse was full and stewards weren't letting anyone in!" is going to be the new "It was a cold, Monday night, first day back at work so we didn't go but it wasn't in protest!" Full respect to anyone trying to get some sort of movement going, fully behind you.

I have a 1-1 scheduled on Thursday, and plan to bring this up. Don't want to come across as 'flaky' which I don't think will be the case, as my output has been strong for months now, it's just a difficult balance to strike - it probably doesn't help I'm a skeptic by design so if someone else were in my shoes, without knowing the full context, I'd probably think they were milking it.

My manager is aware and told me to take Friday off in lieu, which is a nice gesture and I'll be sure to take it.

Really struggling with work at the minute. Too many high stakes responsibilities on my shoulders and feel at breaking point. Already took 11 weeks off from April to end of June last year, really trying to resist going back down that route but working 9 hours this last Sunday (I'm only supposed to work Mon-Fri), and just the general expectation from the business that I'll put out all the fires is weighing heavily on me.

Unofficially will be below 20k, I’m sure of it.

A couple mates of mine managed to get ‘half’ season tickets for the games from Jan onwards that season so wouldn’t have been at capacity.

Skipp has been class at CB tbf.

The worst manager we’ve ever had since the one before, and the one before that. We’re run by incompetent *****.

What genre are you going for? I use Ableton and have the below set up, though I tend to record more Rock / Pop Punk stuff. Should be able to get your hands on a bargain or two with Black Friday coming up! Drums: I use Superior Drummer 3, quite expensive but worth it IMO. You get loads of beats out the box and have the option of buying more too in the form of packs - you can purchase here. Alternatively there's also EZ Drummer 3 which is made by the same company, but comes with a little less flexibility. I downloaded the Pop Punk presets add on which also comes with additional grooves (link here) and use one of the preset drum kits from that as they're essentially 'mix ready' and less faffing about. I also downloaded this midi pack which gives you loads of great grooves, I practically use this on every song I create now and it's only £30. Bass: I use PunkBass to dial in bass via midi - it's brilliant for getting ideas down quick. I tend to record 'real' bass for my more serious recordings but this is a great place to start, and to be honest wouldn't sound out of place at all in a professional recording. Link is here - looks like they have 50% off currently too so a bargain to be had. Guitars: I use the Soldano SLO-100 X plug in by Neural DSP - it's amazing. Again, it's not cheap (though worth every penny IMO) but you can test the waters with a 14 day free trial, link is here. The sounds are 'mix ready' straight out the box and even though it's just one amp in the plug in, you have various different cabs, pedals etc. to choose from. I think you can cover pretty much every genre using this plug in alone, and it sounds great. Vocals: I use Nectar 4 (Standard) to mix vocals, link is here. To be honest, I think you can get great sounding vocals using the already existing stock plug ins in Ableton, but I'm lazy and Nectar makes it easier for me! I enjoy the creative part of writing music, not so much the recording side of it - so I like to keep things as simple and straightforward as possible when it comes to recording. The genre of music I create is relatively straightforward too which helps. For synths I just use the stock sounds in Ableton as find they cover all I need pretty much.

Think I might get pelters for this but I actually see the signs of a good player in Carranza - his movement is decent, his touch is decent, a goal would do him (and us) the world of good.

****ing hell this has done me

If we’re playing wingbacks then I’d rather see Brandon Cover in the side.

League one.

Anyone got a link please? FawaNews letting me down!!

Why does seeing the English flag up everywhere (I live in Coalville) make me feel uneasy? We should be proud to be English shouldn’t we? Just feels like this is being done for the wrong reasons.

Hard to disagree. Chasing top 4 and signing Ryan ****ing Bennett to help the charge, christ.

Can't help but feel we had the chance of a lifetime to become a real force after winning the league, and we well and truly ****ed it. That was our chance.

Would have him back here in a heartbeat. Our most important manager ever IMO.

Thing is though - if this were the plan then why wouldn't the club just communicate it? The large majority of our fanbase would agree this is now the correct course of action (not ignoring how we got in this mess in the first place) but to communicate nothing is a lose lose situation for them surely.

Really likeable character by all accounts but... what the hell are Leeds thinking?

I thought he looked alright as well thought he was harshly pulled at half time anyway. I really like the look of Page but think he's more of a box to box than a #10.

That was in the cup too was it not?

Yes

Nice guy by all accounts, but a terrible player now. Such a shame how he’s regressed, he was bordering on world class at one point.

@Phil Mitchell thoughts?