i guess Morgan's taken us as far as he could - turns out it's the same place we was when he bought us
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 08:01 (eight years ago) link
Even in that short time the levels of spending in the 2nd tier seem to have escalated madly. Seven years ago our chairman, in his moment of hubris was saying he would gift us hundred quid season tickets in our first prem season. Since then he has been on a sharp learning curve, especially since we returned to the championship.
― xelab, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 13:31 (eight years ago) link
i think there is truth that Morgan invested in the team unwisely and then inadequately, but i don't know where the billionaire Wolves diehard that the idiot section of our fanbase expects is coming from
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:45 (eight years ago) link
am sure robert plant must have a few quid to spare
― Ray Chard (NickB), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:08 (eight years ago) link
has always demurred when asked about it, says it would spoil the pleasure of supporting us which seems fair enough
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:09 (eight years ago) link
Did Morgan have a say in player recruitment? Someone has to take the rap for Clarke :p Incidentally Clarke is having his 2nd or 3rd (I may have lost count) career Indian summer at Bury, something to monitor for amusement in the next transfer window
― xelab, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:19 (eight years ago) link
i noticed he was scoring again
recruitment is allegedly managed thru a combo of Head of Football Development and Recruitment Kevin Thelwell, Kenny Jackett and Chief Exec and self-confessed football illiterate Jez Moxey - Moxey signs off on the cheques, i think, tho presumably his budget is set by Morgan. Morgan has certainly palled around with ex-Liverpool stars who may or may not have "advised" him about players at times
whoever is ultimately responsible i've gotta say that the "misses" column is looking bigger than "hits" right now, unless we have a ridiculous number of late-blossoming 21 year-olds on our hands
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:38 (eight years ago) link
watching Sako get some plaudits in the Prem is sweet but tinged with melancholy btw
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
i notice with a similar pang of sadness that moneyball appears to be stalling at Brentford?
― nameReinhard Gruhl/name (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:40 (eight years ago) link
Benham's not the only owner shafted by FFP changes tbf
― twunty fifteen (imago), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:42 (eight years ago) link
I don't know if it qualifies as moneyball, but us getting Huws, Carayol and Paterson on loan after losing some of our best players was some pretty nifty transfer action. I means Huws is a young freescoring midfielder that is worth at least 5 mill in the current market. Lol poor Wigan, he exerted player power over them and refused to play in L1, that is fairly decent recompense for us watching them cunts doing the fucking conga at our place when we got relegated to the basement when they were on the up.
― xelab, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:05 (eight years ago) link
You can't wack an ilx derby
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:14 (eight years ago) link
telling me, we've got tracer hand's lot on telly tomorrow
― twunty fifteen (imago), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:15 (eight years ago) link
Is Coady injured? Watch out for our Huws today he is on fire at the moment + our first freescoring midfielder since Chris Beech. I hate these early kick-offs, espesh when there are no beers in the fridge:(
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:26 (eight years ago) link
Coady still suspended I think, got a red a couple of weeks back
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:28 (eight years ago) link
Solved beer ish by coming to pub, also suspended or not McDonald and Price probably our best central two atm
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:30 (eight years ago) link
Price being the chap who just bunted it out for a goal kick with a 20-yard first touch? :D
― twunty fifteen (imago), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:36 (eight years ago) link
Sick goal from the other bloke tho
had been all hudds tbh
― twunty fifteen (imago), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:55 (eight years ago) link
Yeah hoping that might give us a bit more confidence
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 October 2015 11:59 (eight years ago) link
Bunn + Scanz are both having an off day so far, Powell should never have sent Lolley out on loan
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 12:08 (eight years ago) link
We're largely poor at the moment - no pressure on the ball and no real service for Alf, disjointed as fuck at times
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 October 2015 12:22 (eight years ago) link
your lot are winning the midfield battle and ours need to pull their fingers out, they do play some lovely stuff at times but are a bit rough in the final third. I get a bad feeling Crainie won't last the full 90 today
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 12:36 (eight years ago) link
Davidson (our aussie bun-head leftback) is pure garbage, without doubt our worst summer signing
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 12:48 (eight years ago) link
we'd been riding our luck up to that goal, we are playing so shit now we don't deserve anything from this game
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 12:56 (eight years ago) link
lol you see what I mean about Davidson?
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 12:58 (eight years ago) link
I bet ALF will be kicking a few things over in the dressing room now
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 13:13 (eight years ago) link
I was calling for the ref's public execution until I saw the third replay. We was far better in the second half, think we deserved that in the end
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 October 2015 13:28 (eight years ago) link
That Wolves hoodoo we used to have has well and truly had it's arse kicked in now :p
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 13:39 (eight years ago) link
right that's it fuck off ramsey
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 October 2015 14:12 (eight years ago) link
alright hang on
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 October 2015 14:13 (eight years ago) link
the enigma that is Leon Clarke scores again
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 15:40 (eight years ago) link
Bury aren't fucking about this season, serious contenders
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 15:44 (eight years ago) link
3-3 and last minute winner disallowed for bolton
just burn the whole place down and replace with an effigy of clint hill i'm done
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 October 2015 15:55 (eight years ago) link
lol 4-3 we've won
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 October 2015 15:57 (eight years ago) link
You can't beat winning at the death like that
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
QPRnet @qprnet 2m2 minutes agoIt's all over as #QPR and Bolton battle out the worst seven goal game you're ever likely to see
― r|t|c, Saturday, 3 October 2015 16:02 (eight years ago) link
I can't even believe Bolton managed to score more than one based on the last time I saw them, but you do get a lot of that in the championship
― xelab, Saturday, 3 October 2015 16:06 (eight years ago) link
right dudes I watched half an hour of your game yesterday...payback time
― twunty fifteen (imago), Sunday, 4 October 2015 10:41 (eight years ago) link
look i spend enough time in the pub
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 October 2015 11:43 (eight years ago) link
i've got the match on the radio anyway, sorry for intruding on private grief
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 October 2015 12:18 (eight years ago) link
looooooooooooool
beautiful
fuck you Jamie O'Hara
― bonobo voyage (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 4 October 2015 12:54 (eight years ago) link
Fuck me we were losing in the 95th minute and nearly won that
― twunty fifteen (imago), Sunday, 4 October 2015 13:01 (eight years ago) link
I was going to watch this one imago, the weather was so unexpectedly good I opted for the greenbelt instead
― xelab, Sunday, 4 October 2015 14:31 (eight years ago) link
you only missed a cracker ;)
nah take this early october balm while you can. it's been a fixture of the last few years, interestingly
― twunty fifteen (imago), Sunday, 4 October 2015 14:36 (eight years ago) link
well bollocks
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 October 2015 12:21 (eight years ago) link
well alright
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 October 2015 12:36 (eight years ago) link
well Martinez can bugger off
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 October 2015 12:45 (eight years ago) link
well maybe i can forgive him
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 October 2015 13:04 (eight years ago) link
oh ffs
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 October 2015 13:05 (eight years ago) link
sure that was an entertaining 45 minutes for any passing neutrals
― systems drinking (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 18 October 2015 13:06 (eight years ago) link