Coffee 8:32 Sat Jan 28
Saturday football
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No real stand-out ties this weekend as the FA Cup progresses to the fourth round. Television thinks there could be an upset on the cards in their televised games – not least those at Deepdale and Pride Park.
ACCRINGTON STANLEY vs LEEDS UNITED (1230)
Accrington Stanley, who are they? So went that old advert for nice cold, ice cold milk back in the day. They sit perilously close to the drop zone in League One, but league positions count for little where the Cup is concerned. Recent results include a 4-0 drubbing at Derby (yikes), a 3-1 defeat at Barnsley, a draw at Lincoln and victory over Bristol Rovers. Leeds are also just above the relegation places, albeit two divisions higher, and they may not be relishing a hard trip to Lancashire. Could be interesting. Away win.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA4ziMLo7Tg
WALSALL vs LEICESTER CITY (1230)
The Cup AND local pride. What could possibly go wrong? Away win.
BLACKBURN ROVERS vs BIRMINGHAM CITY (1500)
Home win.
BRISTOL CITY vs WEST BROMWICH ALBION (1500)
Home win.
FULHAM vs SUNDERLAND (1500)
Home win.
IPSWICH TOWN vs BURNLEY (1500)
Away win.
LUTON TOWN vs GRIMSBY (1500)
Home win.
SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY vs FLEETWOOD MAC (1500)
Home win.
SOUTHAMPTON vs BLACKPOOL (1500)
Tangerine dreams fade. Home win.
PRESTON NORTH END vs TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (1800)
Well then. Preston lie two places off the Championship play-offs, but may trade league progress for a win today. Does Antonio Conte know the pedigree of his opponents today? Anything but a win will have him tearing his hair out. It would be great fun to see him bald at eight o’clock this evening. Away win.
MANCHESTER UNITED vs READING (2000)
Routine. A decent away day pay day for Reading. Home win.
*SUNDAY*
BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION vs LIVERPOOL (1330)
The only all-Premier League tie of the round. Don’t bet against the Seagulls. Home win.
STOKE CITY vs STEVENAGE (1400)
Barring late-season cataclysm, Stoke are near-enough safe for another season. Stevenage are riding high in League Two and have promotion in their sights. This will be a good test for them. Have they got what it takes to overcome their out of-sorts hosts? David and Goliath of the lower reaches of English football. Away win.
WREXHAM vs SHEFFIELD UNITED (1630)
Who can forget our epic ties against Wrexham in the early 1980s? Fortune has not been kind to them since and they now find themselves fighting to return to the Football League. But they do sit at the top of the National League, so have some fight in them. The Blades, meanwhile, are pushing for a return to the Premier League. Should be straightforward. Away win.
*MONDAY*
DERBY COUNTY vs WEST HAM UNITED (1945)
Botanically, the banana is a berry and its plant is a herb not a tree. Its skin is most familiar when yellow, but it can also be red or purple or, as today’s game suggests, black and white with a dodgy accent. It is slippery and is known to have upended numerous trespassers. Although they find themselves in League One, the Rams are in a rich vein of form, having won their last five league games. The same cannot, sadly, be said of us. So the ingredients are all there for an upset that would do little to reignite David Moyes’ fortunes. He’ll have to field a strong team, which he’s said he would. Expect Antonio to play a significant part. It will be good to get this one out of the way in the most positive way possible. Away win.
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onsideman
1:21 Mon Jan 30
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Err... you're old fashioned
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smartypants
1:09 Mon Jan 30
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Call me old fashioned but I like the idea of some part time plumber helping to get a team up who’ve never been in the football league before, and for some reason I don’t feel the same towards the likes of Mullins on £4,500 a week.
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,
12:29 Mon Jan 30
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Cannot see why Wrexham being able to outspend their peer group in their league is an issue that n here.
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gph
12:07 Mon Jan 30
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Chelsea are a good parallel, albeit from 1905.
Only club outside the founding 12 Football League never to have played at a lower level.
Bought their way in with a millionaire's resources.
Even if it was at the expense of Tottenham, it stank.
(If someone had to be privileged at Tottenham's expense, it should have been us...)
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paulon
10:48 Sun Jan 29
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It’s Sunday night onsideman - I’m off here in a min
Discount all the PL clubs you mentioned because that’s a nonsense comparison to Wrexham
Billericay, Ebbsfleet and Crawley nowhere near backed to the level Wrexham have been, Salford have and had the same media bollocks narrative around them as Wrexham which most people have seen through
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onsideman
10:34 Sun Jan 29
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Enlighten me
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paulon
10:31 Sun Jan 29
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Pretty much massively different to every team you’ve listed there but hey ho
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onsideman
10:23 Sun Jan 29
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paulon 9:19 Sun Jan 29
No different from when Billericay became monied
Or Ebbsfleet
Or Salford
Or Crawley
Or Chelsea
Or Man City
Or Newcastle
Life ain't fair. Get over it
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paulon
10:22 Sun Jan 29
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Exactly that
For a lot of supposed clued up folk on here there’s a lot who seem happy to believe the spin and bullshit around Wrexham
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smartypants
10:07 Sun Jan 29
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I agree with you paulon. The other clubs in Wrexhams league must be wondering why they bother when they have such an advantage, they are on championship wages not league 1. As much as I dislike sheff united I loved it when they got the equaliser and if we beat derby I’d love either of these 2 away
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,
9:39 Sun Jan 29
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Wrexham can pay what they like but the fact is if they get to the Championship in three or four seasons none of today’s players will be in the first eleven. And that eleven will be commensurately paid much better than today’s performers.
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paulon
9:19 Sun Jan 29
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onsideman 8:57 Sun Jan 29
Good post, would read again
Non League club paying League One players League One wages, one division below Sheff Utd effectively - equivalent of SWANSEA drawing with FULHAM despite the complete bollocks narrative you will read and hear
Great game though
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ironsofcanada
8:57 Sun Jan 29
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Fun watch that, agent Jebbison taking one for the Canadian cause there.
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onsideman
8:57 Sun Jan 29
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Anyone else think paulon might have a bit of an issue?
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Iron Duke
8:53 Sun Jan 29
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Great cup game. Shame thos tyke cunts got an equaliser.
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Pub Bigot
8:47 Sun Jan 29
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Paul Mullin wins PLAYER of the match.
Why do we still have a state-funded media?
Fuck off.
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Northern Sold
8:45 Sun Jan 29
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Fuck me Paul right laugh you are.... in any case it's only £120k net... how much those Blades lads on??
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Northern Sold
8:42 Sun Jan 29
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Real shame they could not hold on there... great stuff that
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paulon
8:40 Sun Jan 29
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Massive shame the non league player ROMANTICLY earning £230k a year didn’t win it for them
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Lily Hammer
8:39 Sun Jan 29
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Hollywood ending will have to wait until Bramall Lane, by the looks of things.
Cunts.
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Northern Sold
8:33 Sun Jan 29
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What a cracking game.... proper scenes.... however the SU lad getting sent off?? Softest one ever or was there something we all missed??
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