Red-Robbo

Very early days for Omar and he made a few mistakes, like heading the ball back into our box when two Reading players were lurking nearby. However, considering the learning curve he's on, I'm reasonably satisfied with how he conducted his game. He's there due to injuries only, but I don't think Pearson would see yesterday as a backward step in the young man's progression.

Harder to predict than most of the football league, as they still have 10+ games to play and they're really clustered. Saints seem nailed on, but maybe Leicester and Everton for the other two? All three would make great away days, for different reasons.

I thought Weimann was quite a threat in the first half but just faded out of the game. He seems to have lost his 90 minutes zip. Cornick has now had 420 minutes for us, so I'd not say "hardly played" for us. He also played in 22 matches this season for Luton - and was playing for them the week before he joined us, but I agree he didn't really do anything wrong. I disagree that he looked better than other forwards. Given Conway's time out, it made sense to rest him after an hour, but I think - had we been able to play Tommy for the full 90 minutes - that he might've tucked away some of those late chances. C'est la vie!

Was there a lot of booing? I can honestly say I didn't hear it. Maybe I'm going deaf.

Indeedy. I remember grounds of the 70s - including ours - and during the winter months the Evening Post could've supplemented their Spot the Ball competition with a Spot the Blade of Grass one!

TBH the gulf looked larger. Reading have their injury list, but ours is like the roll call after the Battle of the Somme.

Seemed to work to our advantage today. Reading's forwards spent more time on the grass than Cheech & Chong. Perhaps, just the mark of our better players that they coped with a surface cut up not just by rugby, but by a month with almost twice its average rainfall.

Without Scott and Sykes and with Reading desperate to get points to guarantee safety, I feared the worst. But we were comfortably the better side and at times played some lovely stuff. Shame about the result, but you can't have everything.

It was rather amazing the number of times they could've had a man through, but then the Reading player contrived to either fall over his own feet or otherwise totally fail to control the ball. You could see why they are where they are.

I spotted him after the match, soaking up the Harbourside atmosphere...

Heard one bloke booing, but that was it. Rather daft. It was clear why Conway wasn't going to be risked for more than an hour on his return. I didn't think Cornick played too badly today, but I'm less confident than others that he'll "come good next season". He may eventually score one or two, but at the moment, he's not looking like he'll be what we want as a first-choice striker. Time will tell. Let's see how he's fitting in to a different-looking side late summer/early autumn.

Great anecdote! Not on that level. but the ref abandoned a foggy Sunday league game I played in after someone inadvertently (I think) booted the ball straight into the back of his head knocking him off his feet.

We're not allowed to. I'd 'Gary Johnson' him.

If anything like the number of potential interested clubs mentioned is true, then I think £25m+ is possible. That is an 'if' however. Mentioned to add context to the rest of the post.

Seem to be enough PL sides interested. Even if some of this interest is just agents talk, we could have a bidding war. His Man City display on national TV will likely have interested a lot of potential purchasers.

Christ, if you think that, God alone knows what the part of Nailsea you live in must be like. Some nice villages nearby mind you. The Cornish-side is well-known, but I like the Devon coast from Bovisands to Warren Point,

Well recalled. Fans of the family club took the news with their usual good grace.... https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/9894400.angry-scenes-after-wanderers-match-abandoned/

Looking at my local, Covid removed a lot of the OAP regulars - men who'd grown up as pub-goers. A couple passed away, but for more it was a case of just breaking their regular pub-going habits and not getting back into them. Some have health issues that make them wary about catching Covid from such a crowded place. The loss of these over-70s has been counteracted somewhat by a big increase in tourists staying in the area and dining out. UK tourism is still booming in Somerset, often people popping down for short-stays, and of course there is a much bigger mark-up on food than alcohol. The landlord says he's more-or-less got revenue up by 20% from what it was in 2019. Unfortunately, with his energy bills up eight-fold, he is making less money than then. Like at least half of the pubs I know, it's up for sale, but there aren't a lot of folk interested in buying.

CONFORMS TO BRITISH STANDARDS they always had printed on them. "So did the Titanic" was always scratched underneath.

I'm not a fan of Plymouth. With the exception of about 2% of its land mass it's grimmer than a 19th Century fairy tale. Also, I hate the way its fans behave on the very occasional times they happen to be in the same division as us. All this "Argyle the Pride of the West Country" shite. You aren't even in the West Country. You're the wrong side of the Fosse Way. Get back to West Wales, you green-clad clowns.

I hope so too. I popped in there the first time with my grandfather and it was a fine building back then.

I agree, although sometimes refs have to stop quick kicks as takers often kick the ball from where it was when the ref blew the whistle, rather than where it was when the foul occured.

I went to the London Inn before a game a few years ago and was shocked at its deterioration from the boozer it had once been. It was pure grot and the beer was crap as well. I'm not in the slightest bit surprised it's closed.

Was Walsall one particular year. Also, Botswana...

I think you're allowed to abbreviate the name and put an S on the end in such cases. Massengs and Ats. That's according to the Northern Bloke's Bible of Acceptable Sportsman Names....