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Reply | Best Comedy Sketches / Moments
at 17:35 27 Jan 2026
Sorry mate downvoted in error when I was most definitely trying to upvote [Post edited 27 Jan 17:36]
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Reply | Your top 3 films!
at 17:14 27 Jan 2026
The Shining
Joker
The Silence of The Lambs |
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Reply | Three-game weeks
at 10:19 27 Jan 2026
Yes agreed.
Only saying what the narrative and the discussions were around the fans forum .
The fact it’s even an issue really just annoys me.
It’s part of every season. We know in August the diary.
We know they have to be fit and they are clearly not .
As a squad we embarrassingly under cooked in prolonged fitness and that played a part in the mental collapse of our most senior players, never mind the younger ones on Saturday .
The fact it’s nearly February and but for a couple of exceptions (Birmingham perhaps) , we still look not up to full fitness is incredible and nothing short of a disgrace really.
I think everyone involved in that side of things be it , Head coach , the fitness and data bods…all of them , Williams and even some of the players have to take a long hard look at themselves .
As an example , I like Kolli a lot and I know he’s been mucked around more than most this season, so getting ‘match’ fit has been a problem .
But if I have to see him stretching his calves and hamstrings out after half an hour of being on the pitch, one more time I think I might scream .
He’s another that’s injured way too often for a young player .
Strengthen these kids up and get them prepared for 46 games ffs |
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Reply | Three-game weeks
at 08:03 27 Jan 2026
Might well be a nominee for post of the season .
Just touching on 3 game weeks , of which the narrative really boils my p*ss as it’s being discussed openly by coaching staff and players like it’s something new and unheard of .
However , I was reliably informed that our fixture list is taken from a template every season . If you look there are so many repetitions and ‘coincidences’ to the previous season or seasons it makes perfect sense.
So don’t expect any change in the ‘away from home twice in a 2 game week’ scenarios anytime soon. |
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Reply | Frey
at 21:10 26 Jan 2026
Good post
Did a lot of stuff with the community and loved the trips to the hospitals to give the kids presents.
By all accounts a really nice bloke .
On the pitch a marauding (slowly) lunatic . But when on form like both Luton games last season he was a real handful .
Didn’t happen this season but without his goals last term we could well have gone down .
Good luck Michy |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 13:10 26 Jan 2026
Completely agree.
We were reasonably comfortable until that point .
The reason the players on the pitch lost the plot …was the red card. [Post edited 26 Jan 13:12]
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Reply | Four minutes of madness – Report
at 09:34 26 Jan 2026
Yes likewise Steve. I didn’t realise until I caught a clip of it in the Forever R’s bar afterwards .
Really poor.
However the few left in the bar were all blaming him for the 3rd goal much more .
I take slight issue with that . I think he needs to move his feet quicker for sure . But sometimes a goal keeper is just beaten by pure pace . And I think we should be looking at the 3 or 4 hooped shirts standing off of Rathbone and not stopping that source before we look at Walsh .
Once again only my opinion as I know others disagree . |
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Reply | Four minutes of madness – Report
at 23:21 25 Jan 2026
Well done Clive .
Even by our standards , that was quite a thing .
All a bit Barnstoneworth …the useless…useless b*stards! |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 22:18 25 Jan 2026
Yes it’s a good point well made .
Ultimately though in my opinion , if he stays on the pitch we win the match . |
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Reply | Julien speaks
at 21:47 25 Jan 2026
The Edwards thing is starting to be a bit of a worry .
Spoke to a mate yesterday who said “well, he just can’t be ready”
I just don’t buy that . You can’t be on the bench for 3 matches and not be ready to play .
If we don't see any sign of him on Saturday with Mbengue missing , it will become a real possibility that he wasn’t wanted by JS and he is leaving him out in some sort of of deliberate stubbornness.
For the record I think he will play Saturday . He has to, surely ? |
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Reply | Marti gone...
at 21:34 25 Jan 2026
He threw a kettle over a pub…what have you ever done ? |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 21:29 25 Jan 2026
Yes, again fair points about perhaps moving Dunne away from Moore etc .
All understandable and I don’t think I would have fancied that either .
As for Mbengue only committing one foul ….
I think we have all watched football long enough to get a feel for a player pushing his luck .
It’s not just fouling . It’s griping with his opponent , it’s sitting on the floor complaining , it’s continuously pushing his luck on how long he takes to take a throw in or where he takes it from and on and on ….
Just by the general way he was carrying on yesterday , admittedly mostly first half right in front of us , he seemed to be on thin ice , because refs get fed up with it all . He’s also clearly ‘known’ to officials now . Fans around me yesterday could sense it and they were right .
As said previously, he needs to learn and learn quick , because otherwise he can be a really good defender. Not sure about him as a footballer but when he puts his mind to it he’s among the best ‘defenders’ in this division .
But he cost us yesterday . I hope some humble pie was eaten whilst Jimmy tore a strip
Or 2 off of him . |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 20:33 25 Jan 2026
I do take your point .
On previous occasions i personally didn’t feel like he was going to be sent off .
Yesterday, myself and many others around me were juntering to themselves and agreeing with people around them that he was going to get sent off.
Doesn’t make us profits , but if we saw it ……
I do agree that bringing Adamson on might have gone wrong anyway , but the point was , our bench (unless of course Mbengue had a knock , which is a possibility) noticed that he was clearly being targeted. Sent Adamson out to warm up, then kind’ve forgot about it as Mbengue his usual thing of tiring after about 75 mins . |
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Reply | Madsens dribble yesterday
at 19:47 25 Jan 2026
Slightly disagree about Morgan . Had a shocking second half before being rightly subbed.
But I thought he was ok first half .
Gave the ball away a few times (who didn’t) but linked up and pressed well in that first period .
Barely played, so like any young player will need time to get up to speed.
That first half an hour we were chalk and cheese to the last 5 or 6 league matches and Morgan played his part . |
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Reply | Four minutes of injury time
at 16:44 25 Jan 2026
Yes as I say I agreed with an awful lot of your OP.
Apologies for the stroppiness . I haven’t recovered 😀 |
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Reply | Four minutes of injury time
at 15:15 25 Jan 2026
Yes.
But sometimes you have to look at the reasons and you have to give the opposition credit.
They changed their formation slightly at half time which put an extra body in the midfield where there was then no space to receive the ball . Seen a lot of criticism, from me included , but no one really giving Parkinson credit for spotting the issues and changing it.
Listen I agree , with lots of things you said about Madsen in your post. Even in that second half there were a couple of times he could have got the ball off of Cook in particular and didn’t show for it .
I saw that .
But when there are a plethora of different issues and problems and someone just keeps banging the same drum about the same player no matter the game or situation then the great points that we being made lose a little credit, in my opinion.
Dont expect you to agree with that but that’s how I see it.
He does a lot wrong Madsen , but without him, I can’t imagine how unwatchable and how relatively unsuccessful we would have been this season.
And I was his biggest critic last term . |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 15:00 25 Jan 2026
Afraid not . The group of fans around me all said he’s going to get sent off today. Throwing himself into challenges , trying to nick the ball of course, but not once did he achieve it.
All right in front of us in JU in the first half .
Then within 30 seconds he was targeted . Spotted by the ref. Spotted by our bench . Adamson sent to warm up. So, easy to say , but that’s not hindsight .
It’s not reacting fully to what’s unfolding in the moment .
Knowing also how much he dives in as well constantly.
Snd he did and left the official no choice whatsoever.
Ultimately, blame lies with Mbengue.
Cost us the game . That simple |
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Reply | Four minutes of injury time
at 14:49 25 Jan 2026
“We or Madsen need to fix this if our season is'nt going to spiral downwards”
Unlike you to blame Madsen again.
Not like it’s after every game or anything.
You forgot to mention how under rated Lyndon was . |
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