kick it off

Now that's not true. The had a 6th place finish in the Championship.... They lost the playoff semi though I seem to recall... I love the fact that the only good season they had in 20 years was ended by us beating them on the way to winning at Wembley.

Gunn for me. Krul has passed it to opposition strikers 3 times in 2 games. We've got away with it so far but we will be punished sooner or later.

They were brilliant with that. Every single one of them stood up and joined in.

Oh dear. That must be really sad for them. Not for me though 🤣

Hard to say it's dodgy logic when it's been proven correct. I think the term you're looking for is "fundamentally sound" logic. Quite why you feel the need to parade and attention seek after another good win is beyond me. Just enjoy it...

Just back from the game. Cracking win, albeit we made it hard for ourselves after a blistering start. Can't believe what a different atmosphere it is with Wagner at the wheel. Ciy Elite were very effective at keeping noise levels up aside from the 15 mins before half time. I've always been anti-drum but actually felt like it added something today. I'm now a convert. Really enjoyed the whole game and matchday experience. It FINALLY feels like we've got our ****ing club back again. The connection is there. The atmosphere is back. The goals are back. The pride is back. The respect is back. Everything Smith worked so hard to diminish or destroy has been restored in all it's glory by Wagner and his magic wand. Omabamidele at fault for the 2nd, the first is difficult to pin on anyone, once the cross went in there wasn't much anyone could do to stop the goal, but it doesn't really matter when you score 4 every game. Burnley should be ****ting themselves even with a 20 point head start.

Final bump just for anyone that's missed it.

Anyone know the closest away pub to the ground?

I wouldn't bother under Smith.

Bumped for anybody making the trip to Cov who hasn't seen this yet

I know, I emailed them to spread the word 👍

2500 tickets sold and more available. Should end up being about 3k of us.... so this thread is being bumped.

I'm currently on a football manager campaign at the helm of forest Green. Won league 2 in year 1 and am currently 2nd in league one in January of year 2... above the scum and beat them 4-1.

Wasn't it called off originally and rescheduled? I remember going to a game around that time and it being cancelled an hour before kick off just as we arrived in the vicinity of the ground. Would have been cov or west brom I would have thought. Edit: ignore me, I immediately after posting realised it was actually Walsall I think.

Anyone think its about time we brought back the yellow wall pre-game when the players come out the tunnel? Il be there, scarf in hand. Anyone else who is going, please do the same and let's get that atmosphere going for the lads right from the start. Update: this is officially a thing now and is happening on sat. Anyone on twitter etc please pass on to TNC Chris and Jack, ACN got on board as soon as I emailed.

It can not make sense to you but I mean, the rangers manager has literally been commenting on it confirming they're interested sooooo....

Fair enough, we were on fire first half, it was so very different to what we've seen for the last year. Im optimistic about this bejnt the start of a bright new era. Glad your panto went well 👍

I've been a big critic but hard to say he was anything other than excellent today and last week

Because humiliating them twice a year is pretty entertaining?

Dean Smith, I mean @littleyellowbirdie is conspicuous by his absence...

Dak was absolutely horrific against us on Sunday. Genuinely one of the worst performances I've ever seen from any Quarterback... and I'm a washington fan so that's a deep pool I'm drawing from 😂 The Cowboys in general sucked to be fair. Micah is a disruptor and on his day can be a dominant force but aside from that they're really not as good as their record suggests. Their DL couldn't get near our rookie QB on Sunday (played well and should be competing to be our QB1 next year, he looked good enough to be in that conversation but obv small sample size)... in fact, he scored a rushing TD by literally trucking through about 5 cowboy defenders. Cousins has always been a choker. His prime time record is disgusting. I wouldn't worry about the Vikes. Eagles or Niners are the best teams in conference and one of them absolutely should be the NFC representative in the Superbowl. Josh Allen will be a problem for every team. Him and Hurts are by far the best performing QBs this season. Whoever makes it to the big show from the NFC should be praying that some other team knocks him out on the way. Agree on the playoff expansion. Its not something that needed to happen and don't think it benefits the league.

Impressed with his interview. Feels like the Smith book has truly been closed now and we can move forward. Looking forward to seeing what Wagner brings to the table but I'm feeling fairly positive about the outlook now.

I'd take Musialowski to give us a creative spark. 19 year old, can play across the wings or as a number 10. Quick af, and an outstanding dribbler. Decent finisher too, scores quite a lot of goals. Been nicknamed "Polish Messi" and you can see why (not proclaiming him to be a future ballon d'or winner or anything, but his playing style is VERY similar, ability level obviously not on par). Never been tested at a real level of football, but more than worth a punt given his potential.

I read somewhere that contrary to him just being a klopp acolyte, he and klopp were room-mates and this system came about as they had long in depth discussions about the way they thought Football should be played. This system is as much Wagner as Klopp, its just klopp has had more success and therefore given the credit for it.