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  1. EIGHTEEN players doesn't. And the article wonders if it might be more as details of a couple of contracts (Delgado and James) aren't known. That's almost your entire starting eleven and all their first choice reserves.
  2. That could be possible if a couple of the other teams collapse, rather than us picking up lots of points. And let's face it, on current form and considering their upcoming opponents, Blackburn could well do that for a start. But I agree, the likelihood is that the pressure will see several of those teams raising their games and most of them still being involved going into the last couple of games. It's going to be a nervous few weeks.
  3. To be fair, there have been plenty of examples of the opposite. I imagine our record in such end of season games is about average. In any event, what happened in 2004 or whatever is hardly relevant now.
  4. It was used occasionally after the Kaiserslautern game as I recall. But my impression at Old Trafford is that it was very much being done 'at' the home supporters in a way it normally wasn't with the arms out wide and all that. Of course, it was at least a bit more subtle than another chant we had at the time which was much more specific, but for reasons of taste I won't quote it here.
  5. B@lls it was. They knew exactly what they were doing. The explanation that it was just part of our regular repertoire was disingenuous and hollow. It got more used in that one game than I'd seen for months before it combined.
  6. Actually, between the intransigence of Chansiri and the state of the club financially, I'm not optimistic that the protests will deliver tangible results either.
  7. I understand that point of view, even though it essentially renders you voluntarily and permanently silent, given the relative powerlessness of the average fan, even in organised groups. But when you talk of potential unrest within the club, how would that compare with the clear and increasing disconnect between boardroom and supporters, not owning our own stadium, being burdened with enormous debt, multiple charges brought by the league's authorities, a points deduction leading to relegation, increasing incidents of antisocial behaviour in the stands partially because the club doesn't adequately steward it's home, the chairman's frequent and irrational outbursts and regular turnover of senior staff for reasons that we can readily speculate about?
  8. Are you seriously suggesting that people paying to watch the games before returning to their jobs the following Monday should be responsible for sourcing, background checking, promoting and installing new owners? Should we also hold them accountable for the stock in the superstore, the state of the playing surface and our lack of goals from set pieces?
  9. You are placing a ridiculous burden on the protestors here. But you are already well aware of that and I suspect you simply want to sidestep some of the issues by any convenient means. They are a small group of presumably ordinary supporters who have grown weary of their football club being held back by a regime of profligacy, incompetence, hubris, micromanagement, petulance and stubbornness. All the signs are that after a period of wasteful exuberance, lacking in a clear and sustainable strategy, we are now unable to compete financially at this level in a way conducive with our historical status. This may result in another relegation to the third tier on his watch; with Chansiri extremely complicit in both. And there is no sign that things are likely to change substantially any time soon. In terms of ownership, Chansiri holds all of the cards. There is no way to force him out against his will. His running of the club has made us an extremely impractical and unattractive proposition to anyone even remotely tempted to try and replace him. Disconnect between the fans and boardroom continues to grow steadily. The debt burden alone is an enormous obstacle, before you start on the state and ownership of the stadium, training facilities and lacklustre squad. If he simply wants to shrug his shoulders and change nothing, as seems to be the case, what exactly are you expecting the 1867 Group to do? Since when did the stewardship of the club become the responsibility of those paying to watch the games? At this point, all they can really achieve is to register discontent in the hope (admittedly slim) that it might tail the chairman's conscience or ego to an extent that inspires him to oversee change of some kind. Are you suggesting they should somehow start moving in the circles of Wall Street billionaires or something and find one of them willing to squander a considerable chunk of their fortune before even the tiniest hope of a positive return?
  10. The most interesting thing for me, apart from the obvious, is that despite supporters only ever being a few poor results away from calling the manager every possible name they can think of, that the overall effect of making a change on average is essentially absolutely NOTHING. Several years ago someone actually did a more detailed study on this and came to much the same conclusion. It's not unusual for there to be a brief improvement, but before too long, things revert to much the same level as they'd been before.
  11. It proves nothing of the kind. There is absolutely no correlation between the number of draws and league position. Even the most cursory glance at league tables EVERY single season at EVERY single level makes this abundantly clear. Just for one example, the teams in the Championship with the fewest draws are currently 1st, 9th, 11th, 12th and 23rd. Those with the most are 8th, 14th and 22nd. How more randomly scattered would you like it to be? Should we draw all our remaining games, there's a moderate chance it could be enough to overtake a couple of our rivals, which is all we need. Obviously I'm not advocating that as a strategy of any kind and I am fully aware that it would be considerably better to alternate wins and defeats.
  12. It's been that way from the very inception of the Premier League as a concept. Let's not forget that the Bolton chairman was openly advocating the scrapping of relegation from the top flight altogether. Naturally, the fact that his club happened to be in there at the time was nothing more than mere coincidence. This attitude was encapsulated succinctly by Martin Edwards of Manchester United in 1985 when he observed, "smaller clubs are bleeding the game dry. For the sake of the game, they should be put to sleep".
  13. Even this isn't strictly true. For example, in the two divisions below us, the leaders (Portsmouth and Mansfield) have the third and second most draws respectively.
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