Scrap that earlier Chelsea non scoring post, they’ve just got one….

Trigg - it’s just a shame that Chelsea and Spurs aren’t both going down….

It’s the Liam Rosenior hangover. So obviously an obviously bad decision to hire him. Forget the manager losing a dressing room the club have lost the dressing room that takes quite some effort.

Chelsea have never lost 5 consecutive games without scoring a single goal, but they’re just over half an hour from achieving that now….

Surrey batting is fine, bowling not good enough.

Surrey win for the first time this season

Nasty looking head injury at Stamford Bridge

But, in fairness, the Shed boys should have had a penalty for the hand in the face of Derry inside the box which VAR diesn't appear to have considered worthy of looking at

Poor shed boys

Footballers are daft part 27945638 - Chelsea player pulls the shirt of the Forest striker when he wasn't going to get anywhere near the ball.

OI - I have been saying LSU for years (I even have a LSU! t-shirt). It's since Ardley pulled everyone back at Torquay near the end of the opening game of the season 12 or so years ago. The Gulls just repeatedly pumped the ball back in resulting in a late equaliser, so that was two points lost. LSU pulls more oppo players back from our box so the penalty area is less busy making life easier for the goalie, it can possibly disrupt one of their corner routines, and it give us a better chance of a counter attack and breakaway goal. (But don't LSU on the halfway line, bring them back a bit to give them a chance to run on to a clearance.)

Laurence/OI - that was a hell of a quick break, I’m not sure if anyone has timed it, but probably only about 5 seconds from us taking the corner to them scoring…

Kite - thanks for the places-to-visit tips, all welcomed 👍

OI - Reeves went missing on the edge of the D, which gave them licence to break from our corner for their breakaway goal. Also missing Ali Smith, who is usually good at corners and thus stopping early clearances.

I’m shocked to realise that Malcolm Macdonald is less than a decade older than me…. Amazing that he was in the same year group at school as Steve Hackett from Genesis 🎸

Trig - I doubt Bromley will have a problem. Them and MK Shite will be above us at the end of the season. We will do extremely well to avoid the relegation that our budget will result in.

Talking of counter attacking play, Huddersfield scored one of their goals through leaving somebody up when we had a corner. Disrupted our corner formation and then we were outnumbered when they broke quickly. I've never seen any research that shows you concede fewer by bringing everyone back.

Changing - you’re correct, it should probably have said “in a final at Wembley”…

Changing Man - correct - [Link]

OTD- I think Malcom Macdonald scored with four headers from his five goals v Cyprus in the mid 70s. Sorry Eddie

a4e, you can easily stay in Matlock for Sheff Wed, plus Notts Co/Chesterfield should they get promoted, plus Buxton for Stockport, should they stay in Lge One. All by train links

*Most (not Must) 🤪

Basically, if we can manage to finish where we did this season or a place higher, that will be an absolute result!! Must looking forward to a small number of away trips to grounds I’ve never been to - can’t manage too many, but hopefully Leicester, Wednesday, and maybe even Blackpool… I don’t really care how shit the ground is or how poor the atmosphere, it’s just for the experience - even better if I can grab 2 or 3 days or more in the area to look around (Peak District, Lake District, etc…) 🥳

Gaity, Yes an interesting set of stats. Turnover probably £11m+ this year 25/26. Totally agree that we need a hard look at the non-player bit which last year was £5m COS and £4.2m Admin

It’s an interesting question as to whether or not we are a big or small club in L1? Depends I guess on how you measure it. Last season’s playing budget of £3.6m was the 2nd or 3rd smallest. However, our revenue of £10m put us in the top 10 and was nearly 40% higher than some of the smallest revenue producing clubs. Interestingly the ratio of our playing budget to revenue was the lowest by nearly 30% and our % spend on non-playing budget expenditure items was the highest.