Bluebird Hewitt

3 hours ago, Rick said:

Cov to throw a spanner in the works

Hopefully not. 

Big match today between Coventry and Ipswich. Ipswich win and with Huddersfield at home on the final day, you'd think it's done and dusted then with just a point needed.

Draw and they need to win against Huddersfield to seal promotion.

Lose and Leeds have the advantage on the final day.

Saturday 4th May, 2024
Leeds 3-1 Southampton, 12.30
Plymouth 0-2 Hull, 12.30
Celtic 3-0 Hearts
Girona 0-2 Barcelona, 17.30

Sunday 5th May, 2024
Melbourne Victory 1-1 Melbourne City, 08.00
DC United 1-1 Philadelphia, 00.30
Hannover 1-0 Paderborn, 12.30
Empoli 0-0 Frosinone, 14.00
Man City Women 0-2 Arsenal Women, 14.15
AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Twente, 15.45

1 hour ago, Stan said:

Ipswich on the way to securing promotion with this win. Will just need a win vs Cov if it stays like this... 

Drew in the end, which is a good result as this was likely the toughest of the three.

Draw at least to Coventry and beat Huddersfield on the final day.

And not long after I say, Ipswich retake the lead with a superb strike from Hutchinson.

Fuck sake Ipswich. Gave Hull an equaliser after trying to play out from the back.

Oh I fucking hate us. I really do.

46 minutes ago, Danny said:

I thought we might need to put some sort of welfare check on @Lucas but you seem to be taking it fairly well, all things considered.

I think it's hilarious myself. 

Ipswich win two of three and they go up. Will be a hell of an achievement by them if they finish the job.

Last home game of the season, so would be nice to win and see some of the academy players get a run out.

Southampton have blown this at just the wrong time.

Losing to shite and to Cardiff in the space of a few days has destroyed automatic for them now.

Leicester win and they're pretty much up. Ipswich will have a game in hand, but it won't count for much unless Leicester really blow it.

4 hours ago, RandoEFC said:

I don't get to go to Goodison regularly but you can tell from Twitter 2-3 times a season that there are certain sets of fans who turn up and go full Tory with the feed the scousers shouts. From what I remember Luton were another unfortunately. Whichever one of them gets flushed this season, we'll only have Leicester fans back doing the same next season by the looks of it.

I can't remember, but did our lot do that when we visited?

Would be very strange if we did, considering what Wales as a whole is like for poverty.

Saturday 27th April, 2024
Jahn Regensburg 0-1 Dresden, 13.00
Bayern Munich 4-1 Frankfurt, 14.30
Edinburgh City 1-2 Stirling Albion
Fenerbahce 2-2 Besiktas, 17.00
Juventus 1-2 AC Milan, 17.00
Chelsea Women 2-2 Barcelona Women, 17.30
Amiens 0-0 Troyes, 18.00
Schalke 1-0 Dusseldorf, 19.30

Sunday 28th April, 2024
Connah's Quay 1-3 TNS, 17.30
Real Betis 0-2 Sevilla, 20.00

Just now, Stan said:

Council would back their tenure bid, which EFL supposedly need. Guessing stadium was fine but perhaps stability needed? 

Ah ok. Bit strange for the council not to back them.

5 hours ago, Stan said:

Proper shit for Gateshead 

 

Local authority denies them tenure on their stadium. 

What entry requirement did they fail?

Stadium?

Man U very lucky to get to the final. Pegged back to 3-3 after going 3-0 up and a disallowed Coventry goal at the very end.

Man City will rip them apart if they perform like that again.

Man U need shooting. Several times. 

How do you lead 3-0 and then get pegged back 3-3 against a Championship team? 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!

How the fuck did we win that with our banged up team? 

In all seriousness, that was a good performance today, but it was simply a case that, for a chnage, we took the chnaces at the right moment (even if Ashford's goal took a big deflection). On another day, Southampton would have battered us as they had plenty of chances.

Thought most of the team did well today. Ashford did very well for his first start (I believe), Colwill grew into the game and while Tanner fizzled out in the second half before getting injured, he put in three peaches of a cross that any good striker would be burying. As @Lucas mentioned, Conte did very well for his debut (thrown in at the deep end when Romeo got injured) and set up the goal for Diedhiou to score.

Hopefully that'll give Bulut (or whoever comes in if our board don't do shit to keep him) some food for thought now, especially as we only have two games left of this season to give some youngsters some game time.

Ah fuck sake. Leicester lead against West Brom. 

2 hours ago, Dan said:

A wise man told me similar before your game with Ipswich.

I'm beyond wanting favours. We've had more than we could've bargained for lately and not taken advantage. It's almost shameful that we still have the ability to lose a game and have the title in our hands.

Funny though that we Ipswich'd Ipswich in that game. 

But yeah, if they start with Brooks, Adams and Armstrong up front again, they'll have a field day.

You're getting no help from us @Dan, @Stan and @Lucas, as we're fucking awful at present, while Southmapton are flying.

Better hope you don't mess your games up again.

Southampton winning last night closes the gap to the top to 5 points, with Leicester to play in a crucial game next Tuesday and more than likely getting 3 points on Saturday against some piss easy team.

Southampton not fucking around. They were 3-0 up by half time.

Huge game tonight, as Southampton play Preston in one of the two games they have in hand.

A win here would see them 5 points from top with a piss easy game on Saturday and arguably the defining game against Leicester next Tuesday.