Mick

It was 4-4-2 from kick off in the 2nd half, Jonas started the 2nd half on the left wing and Best started up front with Stroller.

Changing to 4-4-2 was a massive mistake as the two up front are not good enough and it meant two of our better performers in the middle during the first half were playing wider and we lost the midfield battle. You can blame the defence for getting blown wide open but Fulham walked through us and we resorted to hoofing the ball.

Pissed the first half, why go 4-4-2?

That's easily the best 45 we've played away from home, we've totally dominated so far and we've looked class.

We're playing some fantastic football.

I guess we'll see the accounts anytime between next week and a couple of months time. Last year they were out at the end of March but we have had them in January at least a couple of times.

They have backed him so much that we are in profit on transfers since Pardew arrived, is that really backing?

It looks like another team in the league has moaned about the possibility of loans so they can't do it.

If Pardew has said that then he's just gone up in my estimation.

I don't know how people can keep reading that RTG shite, I follow a link from time to time and the place does my head in.

15 minutes.

Agreed, I hope Wrexham find something extra.

That's all they asked for.

They can't open the Kop end as they don't have a safety certificate for it. They've also had to reduce the capacity for tonight by 15%, again for a safety certificate. We'll get about 2000 tickets if they get through.

We'll have to go 3 at the back.

I liked Ray Blackhall. I was also at the Bastia game, in the Leazes, Rep was brilliant that night and killed us.

One of the few people who has a chin that sticks out further than his nose.

It was made worse for them knowing that we'd finished 5th and had qualified for Europe, 8 points behind Liverpool who won the league. It went tits up for us a year later when we followed them down.

Coventry narrowly avoided relegation at the expense of Sunderland during the 96-97 season. Obviously rather than this just being a simple twist of fate the residents of Mackemland have taken this personally and now hold a grudge against them. Basically, imagine us despising Hull for daring to finish one place above us when we went down because that's more or less their problem. I posted the bit below, are you sure it was 96-97? It goes back to May 1977, I think. The Mackems were relegated basically becaue Coventry and Bristol could have also got relegated so Coventry managed to get the game delayed for 15 minutes or so. Coventry and Bristol only needed a draw once the mackem result was known and they both p*ssed about for the last 15 minutes knowing that they didn't have to win the game. Coventry should have been shafted for that because it was almost certainly a fix, it was funny though at the time. Edit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Hill Despite his surprise departure as manager in 1967, Hill returned to Coventry City as managing director in April 1975 before becoming the chairman. As chairman, at a crucial relegation match at home to Bristol City at the end of the 1976–77 season, Hill delayed the kick off by 10 minutes for fans still outside caught in the heavy traffic. Relegation rivals Sunderland, playing at Everton kicked off on time. Sunderland eventually lost the game 2–0. Knowing that all Coventry needed to stay up was a draw, the Sunderland result was flashed up on the scoreboard. Hill made his players pass the ball around in their own half for the last 10 minutes of the game, saving Coventry from relegation at the expense of Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur and Stoke City. Hill was never forgiven by Sunderland fans.

Hopefully, Andy Carroll.

I can't wipe the smile off my face at this news, I hope this is an addition and not a replacement because we really do have some potential.

That team, drool.

Fixed.