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41 goals in 68 games for us just shows how bad he really was

Our midfield has found its level in the Championship. If we were to get promoted most of them would need replaced ofr we'd come back down again.

£15 for the Plymouth game according to .com. Cracking deal. The £15 tickets are in Leazes Corner and Milburn Stand level 7. It's £20 in the Gallowgate and Leazes which actually works out cheaper than the standard season ticket price divided by 23 home games so they'll probably only do it for 3 or 4 games but its a cracking offer and coupled with it being at 3pm on a Saturday should see a 40,000+ crowd no bother.

When injuries/suspensions start to kick in and we're dipping into the reserves/juniors thats when I think the results will start to suffer. No way is this squad big enough to cope with 46 league games plus whatever we play in the FA and League Cups. Despite us being top at present, and deservedly so, i'd be chuffed to bits if we can finish the season in the top 6. Saying that, i'm thoroughly enjoying it so far - cheaper away tickets and the atmosphere at all 3 home games so far has been the best it's been for years - the 10,000 who have stopped coming must have been the moaners There's even a canny few of my mates who'd started drifting away from it in the past 2 or 3 seasons starting to come back and the Plymouth game will see around 12 to 15 of us in the 3 Bulls before the match when it was around 5 or 6 of us at times last season. After all would you rather spend £40 on a ticket in the Gallowgate to see us get humped 5-1 off Liverpool or £20 for the same seat to watch us play in a match we actually have a chance of winning?

Preston made a statement at the start of the season saying that they would be moving their own fans out of the Kop stand they have at Deepdale for the visits of us and Blackpool to allow 6,000 away fans in. Think we could have took 6,000 down on a Saturday but it'll probably be nearer 4,000 now its on a Monday night. I'll still go cos' it's a ground i've never been to before.