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Cjg5x said:
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Was going to do a separate thread but since I told you all in this one about being invited to the game with my wife and my son for his first game I thought I’d just put it in here. (Sorry admin)

not long got home, bairn is absolutely wiped out but we had the most amazing day, Chris Waters is absolutely amazing as we all know, went above and beyond.

Met the mascots in the fanzone, bought him a scarf from the club shop which we’ve struggled to take off him since I first put it on him outside the shop.

entered through the reception, straight to the padded seats which was a lovely suprise. Chris popped out and gave us an envelope with a poster in signed by all the players, told us to enjoy the game then he would see us at full time.

Absolutely loved the game, sang and danced for most of it had to put his IPad headphones on because that new sound system I can only assume has been lifted from Space in Ibiza when it closed and has been strapped to the roof of our stadium.

He lost interest for half of the game, but that’s expected given he’s only four but never once asked to go home etc, even better giving the result as I feared we’d get pumped today so elated that his first game was a win, and a great one at that.

full time went, we stayed to soak in the last of the atmosphere while the crowds cleared and then Chris came to find us, who asked us to come to reception with him, so we did.

Guided to a little roped area inside reception next to the oil painting and got given a ball and marker to get signed by the players, so spent a good hour there talking and taking photos (more so for me) me and our lass have both fell madly in love with Dennis Cirkin too, what a beautiful specimen he is.
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You put this in exactly the right place, marra, and it sounds like a fantastic experience that will be remembered for quite a while :emoticon-0148-yes:
 
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Cjg5x said:
I am one of his biggest critics but even I can see he’s been absolutely superb so far this season, so no blame from me towards Luke. Haha
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There was a moment when the ball came over his head and he missed it as it was inches too far ahead, he stayed on his feet and recovered, but people around me still having a go. He’s the target at present.

What is apparent to me is the difference in “feel”. We have, imo, one of the best centre halves in the division injured, and he hasn’t been missed. We had none of our best player yesterday, and we didn’t notice. Team played with the same intensity and vigour. And fully deserved the win. It’s miles from where we were last season. Literally watching a different team
 
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From what we’ve seen I really think we are only 3 or 4 players away from having a team ready to challenge for promotion!

Patto/Moore

Hume/???
Cirkin/???
Onien/Alese/Ballard/Hjelde

Neil/Jobe/Rigg/Ekwah/Browne/Aouchiche

Roberts/Poveda/Mundle/Isidor

Mayenda/Mendy/Simic

Some cover for the two full backs plus the rumoured strikers and we are looking good. If we consider Ekwah to be Jobe’s back up and Rigg and Browne for the other side then I think we could do with a back up for Neil as a sitter still. Keep AA as an option from the bench if we are chasing a game and need to play with a 10.

Loan out Bennette, Ba, Hemir, Johnson, Pembele

Sell Anderson and Rusyn
 
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marcusblackcat said:
There was a moment when the ball came over his head and he missed it as it was inches too far ahead, he stayed on his feet and recovered, but people around me still having a go. He’s the target at present.

What is apparent to me is the difference in “feel”. We have, imo, one of the best centre halves in the division injured, and he hasn’t been missed. We had none of our best player yesterday, and we didn’t notice. Team played with the same intensity and vigour. And fully deserved the win. It’s miles from where we were last season. Literally watching a different team
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That’s it, I’m still of feeling I’d like to see us get another centre half in to challenge him in the long term but I’m also a realist and changing the back line now would be insanity, three games and a clean sheet in every single one.

Ballard is going to struggle to get in, Aji and Luke have been superb.
 
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dilb3rt said:
From what we’ve seen I really think we are only 3 or 4 players away from having a team ready to challenge for promotion!

Patto/Moore

Hume/???
Cirkin/???
Onien/Alese/Ballard/Hjelde

Neil/Jobe/Rigg/Ekwah/Browne/Aouchiche

Roberts/Poveda/Mundle/Isidor

Mayenda/Mendy/Simic

Some cover for the two full backs plus the rumoured strikers and we are looking good. If we consider Ekwah to be Jobe’s back up and Rigg and Browne for the other side then I think we could do with a back up for Neil as a sitter still. Keep AA as an option from the bench if we are chasing a game and need to play with a 10.

Loan out Bennette, Ba, Hemir, Johnson, Pembele

Sell Anderson and Rusyn
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Dont forget Huggins still to come back into the new year
 
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