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Post by riochforthereebok on May 12, 2024 18:06:37 GMT
Well my friends, the time has come, to raise the roof and have some fun….
Hang on a minute… Isn’t that the opening to a Lionel Ritchie song Rioch???
Eye, it is, but the sentiments are simple and the meanings the same
Just go at them from minute one, playing forward thinking, aggressive, ‘in yer face’ one touch football and they’ll not be able to deal with it..
Keep AC / DC on for the duration of the whole match, extra time and penalties if we have to, but keep them on, even if they’re having a shocker, in fact, even if we’re winning 4-0 keep em on
We CAN do this and we must not have any fear whatsoever, but my biggest fear will be that if we do not get over the line this game, we’ll be nowhere near it next season, not with the sides that are joining Leage One, so, pull up yer socks lads, chest out and battle like TRUE WANDERERS
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Let’s get BOLTON rocking again
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Post by whitesince63 on May 13, 2024 7:30:00 GMT
Obviously this game is different to any other in the season. No need to worry about keeping players fit for the next match so no need to take your best players off to save them so I 100% agree rioch that the likes of AC and DC should stay on for the duration, even more so if we’re still chasing a win. Obviously Wembley is a demanding pitch, much bigger than normal so players obviously run further and are subject to tiredness and cramp so if players are genuinely tired it’s best to take them off but how special would it be if CJ was to score the winner? 😁
As you say, we need to be at it from the off and hopefully no sign of the walking football from you know who? Let’s hope Evatt’s been in his ear to defend rather than to think he’s some Maldivian type? It will be interesting to see how Oxford set up but after the recent come backs by Barnsley and Crewe it will worry both teams if they get a couple ahead. Hopefully it’s us and this time we don’t go awol? ☹️
Surely though we’re the best side and should win this so COYWM Championship on the horizon.
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 13, 2024 12:27:12 GMT
RTF, I’m being offered a £50 bet from my (Blackburn Rovers) colleague, who thinks we’ll smash the U’s, but he says he’ll pay out if Oxford do us over Should I take the bet??😂😂😂
I’m thinking, if we get promoted, great and it’s cost me 2 score & 10, or do I turn up for work on Monday with a miserable face but collect my winnings 😬🤔🤔
What a dilemma!!!
By the way, it’s the start of a very important week, I would have expected Evatt to play a few ‘mind games’ with the media, you know, “Dion’s got gastroenteritis- Aaron’s nursing a bruised leg - Rico’s a doubt, Baxter’s not training at the moment” type of thing
It’s the sort of mind games I’d have expected Fergie Jnr to have used had he got the Posh to Wembley, so why don’t we send a few dodgy messages in Des Buckingham direction??
We need to utilise every trick in the book to ensure we make this promotion
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Post by whitesince63 on May 13, 2024 17:11:00 GMT
RTF, I’m being offered a £50 bet from my (Blackburn Rovers) colleague, who thinks we’ll smash the U’s, but he says he’ll pay out if Oxford do us over Should I take the bet??😂😂😂 I’m thinking, if we get promoted, great and it’s cost me 2 score & 10, or do I turn up for work on Monday with a miserable face but collect my winnings 😬🤔🤔 What a dilemma!!! By the way, it’s the start of a very important week, I would have expected Evatt to play a few ‘mind games’ with the media, you know, “Dion’s got gastroenteritis- Aaron’s nursing a bruised leg - Rico’s a doubt, Baxter’s not training at the moment” type of thing It’s the sort of mind games I’d have expected Fergie Jnr to have used had he got the Posh to Wembley, so why don’t we send a few dodgy messages in Des Buckingham direction?? We need to utilise every trick in the book to ensure we make this promotion COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ To be honest rioch I’d rather we just concentrated on winning rather than play mind games. I’m not sure Evatts in the Fergie mould anyway. Without wishing to disrespect Oxford we really should be capable of just letting our football do any talking for us on Saturday 😀
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 13, 2024 19:33:28 GMT
RTF, I’m being offered a £50 bet from my (Blackburn Rovers) colleague, who thinks we’ll smash the U’s, but he says he’ll pay out if Oxford do us over Should I take the bet??😂😂😂 I’m thinking, if we get promoted, great and it’s cost me 2 score & 10, or do I turn up for work on Monday with a miserable face but collect my winnings 😬🤔🤔 What a dilemma!!! By the way, it’s the start of a very important week, I would have expected Evatt to play a few ‘mind games’ with the media, you know, “Dion’s got gastroenteritis- Aaron’s nursing a bruised leg - Rico’s a doubt, Baxter’s not training at the moment” type of thing It’s the sort of mind games I’d have expected Fergie Jnr to have used had he got the Posh to Wembley, so why don’t we send a few dodgy messages in Des Buckingham direction?? We need to utilise every trick in the book to ensure we make this promotion COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ To be honest rioch I’d rather we just concentrated on winning rather than play mind games. I’m not sure Evatts in the Fergie mould anyway. Without wishing to disrespect Oxford we really should be capable of just letting our football do any talking for us on Saturday 😀 Superb response W63 and that’s all it needs
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Post by OohMac on May 14, 2024 8:47:57 GMT
That's exactly what I've been thinking. Lostock I doubt we're working on anything new. We've played the same way for 48 game season and cup games and we know if we execute that game plan we win. Perhaps Posh may also had that thought that if they all turned up they would win but realistically Oxford have to turn up and stop us to win.
Few more days for predictions yet.
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Post by realtrottersforever on May 14, 2024 9:12:44 GMT
RTF, I’m being offered a £50 bet from my (Blackburn Rovers) colleague, who thinks we’ll smash the U’s, but he says he’ll pay out if Oxford do us over Should I take the bet??😂😂😂 I’m thinking, if we get promoted, great and it’s cost me 2 score & 10, or do I turn up for work on Monday with a miserable face but collect my winnings 😬🤔🤔 What a dilemma!!! By the way, it’s the start of a very important week, I would have expected Evatt to play a few ‘mind games’ with the media, you know, “Dion’s got gastroenteritis- Aaron’s nursing a bruised leg - Rico’s a doubt, Baxter’s not training at the moment” type of thing It’s the sort of mind games I’d have expected Fergie Jnr to have used had he got the Posh to Wembley, so why don’t we send a few dodgy messages in Des Buckingham direction?? We need to utilise every trick in the book to ensure we make this promotion COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ that's a cheeky bet. i think he's got the odds stacked in his favour. trying to trade on your understandable doubts. i've been trying to think how you could offset the bet to cut your losses etc , but i think only he could do that. he could put a tenner on Oxford to win...( win only that is...& i'm never sure if that in the 90 mins only) which would get £38 so he only has to stump up the rest . or just up his stake a wee bit. putting £18 at 7/4 to lift the trophy on Oxford would return £49.50. so he'd only have to shell out that amount to get the full money either way. it's up to you Rioch, you could just decline his bet, and put you're own £18 on like that as a bit of compensation. if you put a full £50 on it, and you'd be returning £137.50 if oxford lift the trophy. just for the record. we're 4/9 to lift it. so a tenner on, gets you £14.44. a tenner on Oxford gets you £27.50.
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Post by davidm on May 14, 2024 11:41:23 GMT
Tickets arrived
Getting excited
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 15, 2024 17:12:43 GMT
Can’t stop my nerves
Who else is crappin it???
* Parking ticket * Bumped the car * Please Bolton Wanderers, please don’t complete the well known phrase about things happening in 3’s
COYWM ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
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Post by davidm on May 15, 2024 18:13:25 GMT
I see that Premier League clubs are going to vote on whether or not to get rid of VAR.
We will be playing in a game with VAR on Saturday – I hope we are prepared. No holding opponents in the box (Thomason!), keep your arms well away from the ball. I just fear that one stupid decision could affect the result.
Other thoughts in advance of Saturday:-
- Definitely must have a keeper on the subs bench. Too great a risk otherwise.
- Do not do the usual substitution of the 2 main strikers after 65/70 minutes unless we are 2 or 3 goals ahead. It would be ridiculous going into extra time and possibly penalties without Charles and Collins.
- Remember the basics of defending – no fannying about at the back.
And Yes my nerves are killing me.
Apart from that – just WIN.
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 15, 2024 20:31:32 GMT
I don’t get it at all
We’ve gone a whole season without VAR and now it’ll be used in this final. Is this not some sort of a scam!!! A cheat for the referees!!
Refs in our league are so poor, what difference will the VAR make other than highlight how really really poor this leagues refs are
I’m old school me, ‘a referees decision is final and no correspondence can be entered into’ decisions even themselves out over a season I’m sure, so why not let the ref do the job, as bad as he is!!
I’ve never felt so bad since the injustice of Trashmere scraping that win back in the early 90’s and I’m hoping and praying that the 6th placed team doesn’t do it to us again..
I’m actually getting a really hot red face when I think of the game, guess I’m not handling the stress of it at all Can’t wait till it’s over and done with but this week has gone really slow, I thought it was Thursday today
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Post by one2many on May 16, 2024 7:52:54 GMT
Didn't know that there was VAR on Saturday. Not happy about that but perhaps I will change my mind if a last minute Oxford winner is ruled out for offside!
Whatever happens I just want to enjoy the day out. Yes, Tranmere beat us but look what happened later: we went up to the Premiership and they are a completely irrelevant lower division team.
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Post by OohMac on May 16, 2024 11:59:36 GMT
I didn't know about VAR either and I'd prefer it without, simply because I want to celebrate there and then.
It's Wolves that have brought the VAR vote up but they need 13 other sides to vote. Well anyone in Europe won't vote against it as it means playing different rules in different weeks. So it's a non starter. Seems like one of those if you get 100k signatures they HAVE to discuss it at house of commons.
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Post by whitesince63 on May 16, 2024 17:06:49 GMT
So according to IE, other than CMG we now have a completely fit squad. That got me thinking so how about this team for Saturday?
Coleman
Ramsey, Forrester, Taylor, Johnson, Ogbeta
Dempsey, Morley, Khumbeni
Adeboyejo, Bodvarson.
Up front we’d still have Dan and CJ to swop with.
I reckon that side just illustrates how strong our current squad really is and I’d wager that eleven would still finish in the top half of L1 so we shouldn’t have any fears of whipping the U’s on Saturday with back up like that. I wonder how many of those will still be here next season though, whatever the result this weekend and certainly if we do make it to the Championship? That’s a discussion for another day though. 😉😁
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Post by OohMac on May 16, 2024 20:27:09 GMT
So according to IE, other than CMG we now have a completely fit squad. That got me thinking so how about this team for Saturday? Coleman Ramsey, Forrester, Taylor, Johnson, Ogbeta Dempsey, Morley, Khumbeni Adeboyejo, Bodvarson. Up front we’d still have Dan and CJ to swop with. I reckon that side just illustrates how strong our current squad really is and I’d wager that eleven would still finish in the top half of L1 so we shouldn’t have any fears of whipping the U’s on Saturday with back up like that. I wonder how many of those will still be here next season though, whatever the result this weekend and certainly if we do make it to the Championship? That’s a discussion for another day though. 😉😁 Sort of showd a good strength in depth Whites. But perhaps it shows quantity over quality. Could we lose 3 strikers in Jerome, JDB, Nlundulu and maybe even Gomes. And bring in 1 other real quality addition to go with ACDC and Vic. I'd say so. Could lose Ramsay, Foresster, Taylor for another quality RWB. Anyway that's a debate for the summer.
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