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Just wish he could have had that story. Seems never allowed to happen to us.

Can't get a break in cup finals. Just get the most in form team in the country every fucking time is all

Unless we win, I'd rather not bother. Means fuck all otherwise.

Played as well as we usually, probably the better team (set play and a deflection aside we were) but cant score and even the same players that have played poorly for months continued to do so here. Good for people who can make a day out of it (I never could) especially juxtaposed with the Ashley era but its just 98 and 99 when all said and done except its probably hindered a promising league campaign. Feel exactly the same as I did then. Just didn't think we'd win. Was kind of over before half-time and yet still feel like shit and cursed in the end.

That's what pissed me off the most. A set of truly deserving fans and bunch of spoiled cunts - see the last two finals too. Its wasted on them where we'd create something special. Shit work by the football gods.

Wilson's having a bad season truth be told. Been unfit or poor two thirds of the time. Gets involved less than Wood did.

You'd struggle not to with their bench.

Thats why i wasn't optimisitic. Knew we'd turn up more than we did that last times, but these have been lucky for as long as i remember in a performances to results ratio

After next week is out the way, we do need to reorientate that. Its been a good while now.

Seen Eamon Holmes and his sons walking around a couple of hours before. Outnumbered them in the ground that day too though. Obvs a bigger game for us. Our fans went beyond halfway on the hard camera side iirc and was definitely Newcastle fans in their ends - the other way was no advisable.

Penalties would break me

Its like the powers that be think they've had enough and learned their lesson so give them a little something, only for them to get massively carried away by it to the point of arrogance, so the object lesson starts over.

That they guy from Great Expectations? Didn't know they could read.

Rekall Rekall Rekall him?

Done that annual thing where they massively over-react to a couple good results and predict a glorious future upon them only to end up remaining shit have they? What amused me more than ths result was how I came about it. Read the Liverpool report (which never mentioned the score) so put the scores on and thought I'd scroll down the pages not knowing who was playing and there they were, the pride of the north east and team of the momenet, losing at Rotherham in not even upset (gets two sentences in my newspaper).

They often have been historically. The worst c**ts that have ever lived reasoned that they were doing good.

Hoing to away matches being amongst the away fans is not the best place to judge. Its too self contained. The best noise I heard at an away game was a testimonial at Rangers because it was coming from all sides whilst I've been to Wembley and heard next to nothing from 30,000 opposing fans because of where I was situated. Just watch games as a neutral and its clear there's no good atmosphere's anywhere by the standards some are expecting. Also the atmosphere tends to get worse the better you are becuase of the expectancy, it doesn't improve in tune with the club - Man City's s classic case Ridiculous to say this "the current home support must rank as the most sterile, boring and unimaginative in the country. " when Man City exists, for starters

The old Man United are back mind. Winning and often not all that impressively. Other team wasting chance after chance. Dodgy referees and ridiculous decisions.

That couldn't be less true of the two finals I've experienced us in. Was so run of the mill predictable it went right the way round from accepting we had no chance to being depressed about that being evidenced so readily without a hint of a Wimbledon, Luton, Wigan or fuck all.

Its gone from a unique feeling of having a decent chance and the nerves that went with that, to feeling like rank outsiders and not nervous at all now, like 98 & 99 except we'll turn up at least

Its ridiculous like. Multiple refs with the use of video technology, replays and the ability to communicate to the referee on the pitch and stuff like this still happens in their favour time and again. VAR certainly took the 'human error' out of such favourable decisions to the same teams I'll give it that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygVgxYa3mlo

How much does Wilson train during the week being made of glass as he is? Wonder if subsequently that effects if not his fitness then his sharpness in front of goal

Tino v West Ham 95/96, two sublime assists and a sublime goal and general all round entertainment

Its a myth anywhere is a good atmosphere now but somewhere still has to be the best. Watch other games as critically as you do ours and you'll see that. TAA today, Graham Potter, Marco Silva and radio Nottinghamshire that I know of have all said otherwise this season alone. Comparing it to how it was in the 90s is oranges and apples. Compare it to what else is out there now. You could apply the same to the football too or the meaningfulness of the league cup now v then if you really want to get depressed or live in the now maybe.