pj owl

Time is a great healer for some, but others are unable to let go of negativity in the past. I’m glad I can forget the bad bits and remember fondly Di Canios time at Wednesday. I feel somewhat sorry for those that are unable to close their eyes and hear ‘Paolo Di-Canio....’ echoing around Hillsborough and picture those pulled up shorts as he went on another mazy run. it appears good old Paolo maybe has also moved on from the bitterness he felt - rightly or wrongly - at the time and for years after. My biggest fear is that I’ll never see anyone like him, Carbone, Waddle, Sheridan, Nilsson or Hirst at our great club again in my lifetime.

Had a bad week - thought it was continuing - then BANG ..... all forgotten in one sweet moment

Looked good for 15/20 mins when playing with the other senior players. Wanted ball and was positive in tying to move it forward. When the youngsters and academy players came on he seemed to not be as involved.

What kind of reception will he get from the players - especially the ones he has just brought in. will he be in the dugout on Saturday - and if so, more interestingly, what reaction will he get from the fans!

Was brilliant with my young un when he was a mascot - genuinely a nice guy.

Waddle (for us) - his single handed demolition of West Ham and David Burrows will never be beaten. Gascoigne will be the greatest English player of my lifetime - absolute genious.

The most telling statistic is the bankrupt statement against finances....

Yep - gratitude from here as well - apart from Abdi - will we ever get the full story??

Classy in response to the ridiculing of SB etc Makes them look even scummier

I don’t think you get a specific type of creativity with those 3. Bannan and Hutchinson particularly are my favourite players, but neither will commit, go past players or arrive late to score goals. if therefore you play with those 2 (or 3 if you chuck Reach in) you need to play with wide players who can do all three of the above. Just my opinion obviously.

Some people simply don’t have any common decency or realism these days though I’m afraid - and hiding behind computer screens makes them even worse.

Football management is so easy on an Internet forum or games machine ain’t it FFS.

Can’t believe some of the comments on here. Before Xmas, no Hutch (or Westwood) and we are looking down not up. Since both of these have been brought back into the fold we’ve gone on a marvellous run nearly doing the impossible. absolutely clear both those players have made us defensively more solid, but they’ve also allowed the creative type players (Bannan?) more scope. We weren’t exactly banging the goals in under Jos were we. Bannan and Hutchinson both stay for me. Whether they play every game in a 2 is up to Bruce and I trust him to get that right more often than not.

Villa and Derby on mine but no others

A few posters have mentioned it above - his positioning and anticipation is a million miles away from hutch’s. its why Hutch looks so good - he is nearly always in the right place - Pelupessy has to chase about to get in the right place so a team that moves the ball quickly can soon make him redundant.