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I dare say every match day thread for every club is full of in the moment moans and frustrations.

Not much different to being at a game, except that the comment is permanently etched onto the screen and doesn't look great when looking back rather than saying it and it fading into nothingness.

Im disappointed in you. I use the time we faff around at the back to catch up on all my work emails… (which I don’t do during working hours cos I’m too busy on here bemoaning the likely tactics we will employ against Banbury United in the 9th tier of English football in 8 years time…)

...in 2018 (seven years ago) Matt Bloomfield played 90 minutes for Wycombe Wanderers in a goal-less League Two draw with Notts County at Meadow Lane.

In 2019 (six years ago) Matt Bloomfield came on as a 82nd minute substitute (replacing Marcus Bean) for Wycombe Wanderers in a 2-1 League One defeat to Oxford United at the Kassam Stadium.

Agree with all three of the posts above to a degree, but this is about the matchday threads. To Eric's point, I remember GA games where the dull style was criticized during the match - home to Birmingham and away to Barnsley (both Champo season, I think) come to mind very vividly, and there were many others.

Agree with Mooney that Blooms was dull initially, but we all called the games dull at the time too - I don't recall anyone pretending to enjoy some of those early difficult fixtures.

I would ask - how should a matchday thread go if a game is dull? Everyone just expressing ecstasy that we are no longer having to play Slough? This is not meaning-of-life stuff here, just football supporters processing a game as it happens. Coming on the thread afterwards to criticize negativity is like someone on a sunny evening criticizing people complaining about standing in the rain earlier.

Dodds may well come good - but it is instructive when people criticize a formation before the game and that criticism is borne out by what happens. It took until almost halftime to have a touch in the Lincoln area at home yesterday. It's okay to find that a little less than inspiring, while still hoping we get promoted and Dodds turns into prime Klopp.

We are all behind @peterparrotface 's Palace now

Yet another season where we'll fight to the last day for something.

We've had an incredibly low amount of midtable, season done by April seasons in the last 10-15.

Someone was spot on earlier, no-one is upset at the result. In fact about eleventy hundred people have trotted some sort of "this time of season" cliche out about it.

We'd just be a bit a more positive if we didn't line up with a formation clearly just to scuffle a draw out until 60 when we bring the attackers on. Although this could be genius when we play the harder games away.

The chuckle caused by someone reading Mr DJ's post out at half time yesterday was probably the highlight of the day entertainment wise!

That or some furious bloke screaming "WE SHOULD HAVE SOLD YOU IN JAN" after Kone miscontrolled his second one of the day.

Not everyone can understand high class coaching, I can see it singing through in our fluid flowing football. Dodds does talk very well, is likeable, makes fair assessments, but these never seem to shine through on the pitch or anything alter. A win is a win but very hard to watch at times..

After the Lincoln Home Game - Match 38:

Many congratulations to @wwfcblue who holds onto the three point and unassailable goal difference lead at the top of the Leaderboard. Indeed the 2nd closest prediction of the Lincoln match [score of 38] did extend the lead slightly and it now looks more like 4 points.

@NewburyWanderer's miss by one person prediction for the Posh away game continues to be the best single prediction of the season so far.

Congratulations to @silverfox who continues a remarkable rise up the table to reac a personal best placing for the second match in a row. Reaching 6th is noteworthy indeed, since it was only ten games ago - Match 28 of the season - home to Barnsley back in January - that @silverfox was in 28th place on the Leaderboard.

Forecaster of the Week @Manboobs [13] jumped across the large gap which did separate 21st from 20th and now is part of the cluster of soothsayers with scores just above or just below the 100 mark. There are at least seven who are within easy reach of the Sub 100 Club in a single game.

Congratulations to @Twizz who has hit a continuing run of form, the 5th best score of the match [66] resulted in the highest leap up the Leaderboard this match and also a highest position on the Leaderboard so far this season for @Twizz.

The group around @Twizz on the Rotherham Leaderboard - scores in the 160s - @SmiroludyBlue; @Twizz; @Alexo and @thecatwwfc all registered good scores this week, and in consequence on the Lincoln Leaderboard nobody has a score in 160s and there is a tight bunch between 140 and 155. @thecatwwfc and @MFH_Blue are in fact tied for29th place on exactly equal scores.

Finally - happy predicting to all for the Shrewsbury at our place event.