A bore draw tonight, mansfield and wycombe must be the most unattractive fixtures in league one:-)

2-1 victory tonight I reckon. 11/1 at the bookies, easy money…..

Almost totally forgot that we have a game tonight and also have no idea where Mansfield are in the league or if we will win, draw or lose. It's been so long since we played at home.

As the Wandle has been mentioned, what a beautiful walk that is, especially from Abbey Mills to Carshalton. Such a wonderful river to have on my doorstep and for most of my life.

It’s one that stuck in my head years ago. I love etymology and the associated history. Like how Wandsworth is so named because of the same human being that the River Wandle is named after. A Saxon landowner or significant person back then.

Lovely stuff, young Trig. Absolutely. Had to look it up but love a bit of etymology. Essential to understanding, I reckon.

Gimps please forgive this because it’s really not a political post I am majorly uneducated as to the political situation in France - but there is some irony in the fact that there has just been a curfew introduced in parts of Paris when you know the etymology of the word “curfew”.

lol @ oddsock AI

Ah bollox, just google it mate.

That didn't work. One of those awkward sites that think Martians are invading the internet. Try the Hedgerows: Mapping the Gaps Phase 2 Final Report, second link down. Pollen, wildlife, managed windbreaks, it's all there Hedgerows: Mapping the Gaps Phase 2 Final Report

Ta. Forgot about the release clause. I don't think many people have seen him play since he left to be honest

Trigger - Several reasons explained in this file:///C:/Users/pete/Downloads/Hedgerows%20Mapping%20the%20Gaps%20Phase%202.pdf

"Because historic towpaths double as vital linear wildlife corridors, conservation groups and agencies like the Canal & River Trust actively "gap up" boundaries. This involves filling in bare patches (gaps typically under 20 meters) by planting dormant, native shrubs like hawthorn, blackthorn, and hazel during the winter months." says Mr Gemini

I thought Assal's release clause was triggered so we had no choice. I've not seen him play since he left but I'm not sure we were robbed on him.

Considering Birmingham paid £2m for Sam Cosgrove I’d agree with you 6mdm.

Did the Assal transfer happen on the same watch, or was that Macklin?

That was in answer to Trigger's "concerned" post

I didn't think there had been that many to be honest. We've had players go to sides there, but didn't that many actually played PL games. There's been 5 that I can think of that have gone to and played in the SPL though

One of Buckley's first mistakes on taking over from Silent Joe as interim CEO was selling Rudoni so cheaply to Huddersfield and getting that non-goalscoring giraffe as a make weight in return. It was obvious from the Arsenal game, where he was our only player that looked comfortable at that level, that he would go on to bigger and better things. £800k for a player that scores in the Premier League is daylight robbery. 10 times that amount would still be derisory in hindsight and that would have paid off most of our debt.

What a journey the young man has been on!

Ahh I see - didn’t spot the academy part, so that makes sense. And yes, surely our best, yet only good enough in 2019 for a loan spell at Corinthian Casuals (glad I saw him play there, it was quite something…).

I think I was “concerned” because I’ve asked previously about academy products who have played in the Premier League and there have been quite a few - or at least more than I may have expected. So good to see that Rudi is the first goalscorer. Feel like he has to be the best quality player our academy has produced - possibly without question?

And he is as none of the others were from our academy. Thought Patrick Roberts might have done, but he didn't.

What a terrible cup draw. I've been to Crewe loads of times, it will not be much of a crowd, a game eminently losable and it will be raining. The last time I went there we drew 1-1 in January last year. I think Neufville equalised for us just before HT in a game we should have won comfortably.

Probably for wildlife pathways as someone else suggested. Many more summers like this one and I suppose they could double as firebreaks!