A few weeks ago it looked like the Gaz magic was in overdrive, but unfortunately failing to beat 5th bottom Bristol Rovers at home last night dropped them to bottom, and 8 points off 5th bottom, having played a game more.
Going to need snookers now unfortunately! Next 3 still offer hope, but then it's Birmingham and us away!
Re the Wrexham goal last night. Was it offside? Looked like Fletcher was onside at the point of the initial shot, then he received the ball from a Huddersfield 'pass'. Possible I'm misunderstanding the rule, but I don't think that's offside?
Well there was definitely a foul in the build up but regarding the offside, he was behind the keeper for the second phase so surely offside? Did it definitely come off a Huddersfield player?
The law is closer than 2 opponents, does not specify goalkeeper. From what I have seen though, the goalscorer was behind the line when the initial shot came in, putting him in an offside position. The ball then rebounded to him from a Huddersfield player rather than being played to him, so I would say offside at the time of the initial shot which is key (unless it deflected off of two different Huddersfield players which it might have done)
No bounce for whoever took over from Russ Martin at Southampton, absolutely pathetic. Causing a brief scare was probably best they could hope for today but 9 points from 28 games , 8 less than those established premier league giants Ipswich.
Amazing that Leeds might blow it again after losing to Pompey today, despite having a goal difference of plus 49. Now only two points ahead of Burnley.
Interesting squad for Gibraltar this month. From the Australian 5th tier to Manchester United. Sergeant moved to Australia for work and, at 30, probably hard to get a move to a decent level over there so probably won't be in the international picture for long. Jessop's a Chesterfield player who plays RM/RB at club level but plays his natural forward position internationally. Hartman won the NCAA Division I championship with Vermont but wasn't eligible for the MLS SuperDraft. El Hmidi was in the Tunisian top flight but is now in the Moroccan second tier, though Morocco and Tunisia are the strongest leagues in Africa. Richards I think is only with Dorking to get back into match fitness after leaving Derby County in the summer. Mauro rapidly rising the ranks at Cadiz, been with their youth team most of the season but had his senior breakthrough in the 6th tier with the C team recently and played there since. Carrington been attracting interest from EFL Cat 2 academies since the summer but staying one more year in Spain in the top youth tier with academy only side Vazquez. So no possibility of senior football this season for him.
It's never going to be a good look having players on more money in a month than the combined wage of 100s of normal staff for a year.
But there's nothing harder to shift then players on huge money on huge length deals. That's why you wonder how Chelsea are going to deal with this with their 8-9 year contract stuff.
But i'm sure any business would take the chance to save the odd £1m or so where they can. That sounds sensible, however many mad decisions are made elsewhere.
Yeah the new interim boss is making some HUGE calls with young players. But it could pay off, some of those youngsters are in very good youth teams. Carrington would be a solid addition to the new Wycombe academy team imo, especially with him looking to move to the UK this summer. Having seen how brave in attack the Gib women's team was at the start of the month (albeit losing both games 1-0), it would have been nice to see Bartolo involved but he got a bad hip injury either during or just after the county cup game in January and isn't quite back to full fitness yet. Hankins back to fitness is welcome too, he was the keeper in the 0-0 draw with Wales that got Rob Page sacked - should really be playing at a higher level but left Cordoba to rejoin Lincoln Red Imps and they haven't given him a look-in since, constantly loaning him out because they have two overpaid keepers in Nauzet Santana and Stefan Cupic that they have to keep happy, even though he's thriving out on loan.
Desperate for a Reading win tonight. A Wrexham win and a 3 point lead over us going into Saturday would be a huge psychological advantage for them. Lewis Wing winner please.
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A few weeks ago it looked like the Gaz magic was in overdrive, but unfortunately failing to beat 5th bottom Bristol Rovers at home last night dropped them to bottom, and 8 points off 5th bottom, having played a game more.
Going to need snookers now unfortunately! Next 3 still offer hope, but then it's Birmingham and us away!
Re the Wrexham goal last night. Was it offside? Looked like Fletcher was onside at the point of the initial shot, then he received the ball from a Huddersfield 'pass'. Possible I'm misunderstanding the rule, but I don't think that's offside?
Well there was definitely a foul in the build up but regarding the offside, he was behind the keeper for the second phase so surely offside? Did it definitely come off a Huddersfield player?
The law is closer than 2 opponents, does not specify goalkeeper. From what I have seen though, the goalscorer was behind the line when the initial shot came in, putting him in an offside position. The ball then rebounded to him from a Huddersfield player rather than being played to him, so I would say offside at the time of the initial shot which is key (unless it deflected off of two different Huddersfield players which it might have done)
Seems a flaw in the system that Liverpool won the league phase of the Champions League and ended up playing PSG.
Jaiden Bartolo left out of the Gibraltar squad this month. Injured? Or trying to push a loan deal over the line?
Shrewsbury unfortunately totally done now.
10 to play, 11 points off two teams who have played a game fewer.
2 points from 7 games! Yikes.
In Gareth we trust
Wrexham again win whilst playing poorly. Rotherham completely dominated the second half
Luton 5 points from safety too.
No bounce for whoever took over from Russ Martin at Southampton, absolutely pathetic. Causing a brief scare was probably best they could hope for today but 9 points from 28 games , 8 less than those established premier league giants Ipswich.
Michael Duff gone at Huddersfield, can’t be too much of a surprise there since they have seriously underachieved for a team with their resources.
Amazing that Leeds might blow it again after losing to Pompey today, despite having a goal difference of plus 49. Now only two points ahead of Burnley.
Interesting squad for Gibraltar this month. From the Australian 5th tier to Manchester United. Sergeant moved to Australia for work and, at 30, probably hard to get a move to a decent level over there so probably won't be in the international picture for long. Jessop's a Chesterfield player who plays RM/RB at club level but plays his natural forward position internationally. Hartman won the NCAA Division I championship with Vermont but wasn't eligible for the MLS SuperDraft. El Hmidi was in the Tunisian top flight but is now in the Moroccan second tier, though Morocco and Tunisia are the strongest leagues in Africa. Richards I think is only with Dorking to get back into match fitness after leaving Derby County in the summer. Mauro rapidly rising the ranks at Cadiz, been with their youth team most of the season but had his senior breakthrough in the 6th tier with the C team recently and played there since. Carrington been attracting interest from EFL Cat 2 academies since the summer but staying one more year in Spain in the top youth tier with academy only side Vazquez. So no possibility of senior football this season for him.
Interesting that De Barr is now one of the most capped players in the squad
Is he the player with the most senior international caps to have played for Wycombe?
Answering my own question, Sam Vokes played 64 times for Wales
Depends how loosely you apply the playing for Wycombe part. As Ray Wilkins had 84 caps
He's got to be close to having made the most senior international appearances while at Wycombe. I think he has 14 caps while at AP.
Daryl Horgan had 11 with the Republic of Ireland.
Mark Rogers had 7 with Canada.
Kevin Betsy had 7 with the Seychelles.
Sullay KaiKai had 7 with Sierra Leone.
Marvin McCoy had 7 with Antigua and Barbuda
I'm sure we must have some others but these were the ones I could remember.
I now see why Man Utd have had to make so many staff redundant. They need to save the pennies to fund their new £2 billion stadium stadium!!!
It's never going to be a good look having players on more money in a month than the combined wage of 100s of normal staff for a year.
But there's nothing harder to shift then players on huge money on huge length deals. That's why you wonder how Chelsea are going to deal with this with their 8-9 year contract stuff.
But i'm sure any business would take the chance to save the odd £1m or so where they can. That sounds sensible, however many mad decisions are made elsewhere.
Yeah the new interim boss is making some HUGE calls with young players. But it could pay off, some of those youngsters are in very good youth teams. Carrington would be a solid addition to the new Wycombe academy team imo, especially with him looking to move to the UK this summer. Having seen how brave in attack the Gib women's team was at the start of the month (albeit losing both games 1-0), it would have been nice to see Bartolo involved but he got a bad hip injury either during or just after the county cup game in January and isn't quite back to full fitness yet. Hankins back to fitness is welcome too, he was the keeper in the 0-0 draw with Wales that got Rob Page sacked - should really be playing at a higher level but left Cordoba to rejoin Lincoln Red Imps and they haven't given him a look-in since, constantly loaning him out because they have two overpaid keepers in Nauzet Santana and Stefan Cupic that they have to keep happy, even though he's thriving out on loan.
Should be this lineup really:
Desperate for a Reading win tonight. A Wrexham win and a 3 point lead over us going into Saturday would be a huge psychological advantage for them. Lewis Wing winner please.
Agreed. A Reading win would be huge.
But it'd be at least worth settling just for Wrexhams little play crap and win 1-0 spell to end.
You can't depend on Reading for anything. I expect Wrexham to win at a canter.
Bolton already 1 down.
Burnley have conceded a goal in a league game. Perhaps anything is possible tonight.
Hadn't realised Wrexham have won their last 4 aways.
When we all cling to them being pony away.
Feels like there's absolutely huge amounts of space in this game.
Not sure if it's the massive (half empty) stadium around it giving that impression or whether there actually is so much space.
Just feels like there's a goal here for Reading if they can stop over hitting it.
Reading have huge possession over Wrexham. Let's pray the bedwetting crew in Berkshire do us a favour for once...
0-0 20 odd mins played
Do want Luton to beat Cardiff because I can never forgive them for the Sala stuff they tried (and keep trying) to pull. Disgusting club.