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If we win the 2 games in hand we will be 10 points off the playoffs, our promotion odds have been slashed from 250/1 to 150/1 and gets lower every week, the teams above us are all starting too slip up, could we do the unthinkable and actually get a playoff spot

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Oh I flippin hope not!! - negative as that might sound, I really couldn't hack the play offs lottery two seasons in a row

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No

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Well, the Wombles got promoted from 7th spot last season.
Wouldn't it just be vindication if we could do the same.
No one expects the unexpected.
Hope springs eternal in the heart of every Stanley fan.

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Well dont expect it this season, but would take it.:)

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No chance.

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Perish the thought! Imagine having to go to Stevenage on the last day, needing a win or draw to make the play offs!:eek:

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We have a squad that is capable of doing it they just need to get a winning run going

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I'd be happy to go to Stevenage on the last day and keep them out of the playoffs with a 0-0 draw (as long as we don't need a win!)

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That would be the sweetest revenge.............EVER!!!!!

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What if it was us replacing them in the playoffs I wouldn't care if we won if we did that

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Yes but imagine their joy in us not making the final,yet again:eek:. The best scenario would be us being safe from relegation and them needing only a point to make the play offs. We go down there and score a winning goal that was suspiciously offside, in the last minute of added time.:cheers:

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And the ref is Mr. Kettle!

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Yes that'd do nicely!:D

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This thread should be re-posted on April 1st

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Results stay as they are we will be 13 points from playoffs with 2 games in hand

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I may be swaying to your train of thoughts here st06nc2

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Well before the Barnet game we was 250/1 for promotion after yesterday we are now 66/1

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should still be 250/1

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Teams above us dropping points again, it's all getting close

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Still need to win at least 9 of the last 11.

No chance.

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No closer than yeh said on the 11th?still 13pts

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Still teams like Morecambe and Cambridge slipping up, we can go 12th if we beat them

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yep but play offs we have more chance of the pope turning protestant,:rolleyes:

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Anything could happen

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Unbeaten in 7 not lost at home since December

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just need to pick up as many points as possible. too many sides above us to realistically get into the play offs. not the most difficult run in on paper either but it will give coley the chance to see what they could do next season.

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Will it though MH?

Will a good run just attract more clubs in for our better players? Will it not just be a rebuilding job yet again?

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Would love to see Coley get chance to really put a team together. I think we have the core in place.

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Did he not have chance to put a "team" together last summer ???

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I think the number of key players (7 of our key players- Etheridge,Davies,Buxton, Crooks,Windass, Mingoia, Winnard) leaving had him on the backfoot.

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Will a good run just attract more clubs in for our better players? Will it not just be a rebuilding job yet again?[/QUOTE]

who actually are signed up for next season.

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Top of my head stuff;

Chapman, Pearson, McCartan, McConville, Sykes, Conneelly and Kee.

Options in the Clubs favour on all the rest.

And I think Scotty B

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also, do not fear

DAV007 is committed for life in his role as fan liaison officer

the club is in good hands

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Mr T - I thought Beckles option was in his favour for some reason.

Anyway, if what you say is correct we've got a great squad in place next year. Might Matty P attract an offer too good to refuse? I thought Beckles would be much wanted too - although he has not been as dominant since Harvey arrived.

If we can keep 3 of 4 from Matty, the Don, Becks and Hughes I'd be happy.

We'd need a decent goalie.

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[QUOTE=Lord Didsbury;1190027]Mr T - I thought Beckles option was in his favour for some reason.

All the options are in the Club's favour; as per Andy H's request.

The there's also some discussion about this on the Leyton thread which is totally inaccurate.

Given the joy of last night and the probability that alcohol was consumed in large amounts, I'll leave it run for the time being.

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Why did yeh get rat arsed?:D

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Cashy;

I was referring to the post on the Orient thread; where a learned gentleman was suggesting; release Hughes (too slow) , release Clark and Boco. Keep Chapman, he's on a 2 year!! Sykes release (already been at two PL clubs this season on "work experience") with still a year on his contract and release Donacien!!!!

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Just to re-convince myself about this playoff improbability.....

IF we win our two games in hand we would be 7 points off 7th and 9 points off 4th. (Ignore any teams between 7th and us. They are irrelevant, since for this to work we will be steaming past them anyway.)

So, that's 4 teams we could theoretically catch, but only 9 games left.

The teams we could catch have averaged 1.55 points/game so far. You'd think that in the remaining games some teams will average, say, 1.7 points/game whilst the others 1.3.

this means the worst of those teams might get 12 points. But since we can't choose which of those four teams only gets 12 points, lets say we need another point to be sure.

Therefore, we need to get 12+1+7 to catch them. 20 points from 9 games..... which means 26 points from 11.

We need 8 wins, 2 draws, 1 defeat from the remaining games and then fingers crossed on goal difference.

IF we win the next three games then I'll change my mind, but it's an impossible task at this point.

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If we win the next 4 i will still doubt very much if we can do it, at this stage of season. would be absolutely delighted if we could. but have always been a realist.

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What's with all the stats? Not related to Somerset are you

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Ssh! Don't wake him up - he'll be stressed enough with all the rain coming down:rolleyes:

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sh*t! Forgot to factor in temperature and relative humidity on the wet bulb scale. Aaarrggghhh.

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I will be happy to make a safe place in this division this season. Anything more is a bonus.

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Somerset's gone to bed wearing his 'Wellies' tonight!:s_splash:

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If we win at weekend and Exeter lose we would go within 4 points if we win our 2nd game in hand

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If we win on Saturday (and we will if Seamus is fit) the big test will be how Exeter, Luton and Carlisle do. They all have easy games.

I reckon if one or two slip up then the match on Tuesday will suddenly assume titanic significance. The people of Accrington will be roused from their apathy at the thought that the impossible dream may be on

Ed Sheeran won't be the only ginger playing to a packed house. Bradley Halliday will too.

It will be a night to remember if we win. An unstoppable bandwagon will be on the move.

We will be on the edge of invincibility.

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. The people of Accrington will be roused from their apathy


which comedian are you a script writer for.

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...Play Offs?.....
.....Sssssssshhhhhhh....
Let's just take it one match at a time eh!:rolleyes:

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Lord D! We all know from bitter experience - THERE ARE NO EASY GAMES!
Remember Newport!!!!!
There'll be many a twist & turn before the season is out.
Remember back in August when we played Morecambe at home?
They were then riding high at the top of the league & turned round a 2 goal deficit to win 2-3.
Now, we're above them in the league. How are the mighty fallen.
We can't influence other games, but if we can maintain the fantastic confidence that has now infected our team, who knows where that momentum will end?
If, by some miraculous fate, we scraped into seventh spot, it would surely be ranked as the greatest comeback in football history.

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Remember back in August when we played Morecambe at home?
They were then riding high at the top of the league & turned round a 2 goal deficit to win 2-3.
Now, we're above them in the league. How are the mighty fallen.

the mighty always seem to start well, get enough points to be safe and then fall away. first half of season season tickets should sell like hot shrimps up there.

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Stevenage are in a play off spot. It's all gearing up to them needing to beat us on the last day of the season to end up in the play offs.Then we beat the :swear8: to deny them!:D

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Alfred . E. Is back !.. so I mentioned the possibility of the Reds making the playoffs to him .
Being the eternal pessimist he is he merely replied ' you do the Math...do the Math !'.
The more I view his New York colloquialism, and whilst really not wanting to take any notice of him, I am, after reading the whichevers and whatevers on our Forum and viewing the League 2 scene in general, becoming more and more convinced that in spite of everyone's fervent hopes the playoffs have now vanished into sunset's fading glow !.

He ..( Alfred.E. that is !), went on to advise me that I should just be content with what our Team have achieved over the last ten games, look forward to Tuesday evening's game, and count myself lucky that I am still able to get to the Crown and support the Club I have admired one way or another for so many years !.

Now that is good advice is it not !.

Then he said...." A plastic surgeon's office the only place where no one gets offended when you pick your nose! ". Which has nothing to do with this thread whatsoever !.

What , me worry ??.

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Yonmon - whilst it was mentioned by someone that yesterday's result made no difference (because Exeter drew) it did make a difference. Any match where we don't gain ground means the points/match we need to gain on other teams increases.

I think we now need to win all but one game. I think yesterday showed us (as if we didn't already know) that whilst we MAY be the best team in the league we are not head and shoulders above every team. At some point, in any of the remaining matches, there will be an unlucky break or an unlucky injury or decision that sinks us.

When i look back to November/December I'm absolutely perplexed as to how we lost so many games when fundamentally not a lot has changed. Damn.

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qed ?.

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Way i look at it LordD, Nov/Dec,we were creating chances but NOT taking many, only thing to me thats changed,is now we are?

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Compared to Nov/Dec we started grinding out a few good results with the likes of rodak, mcconville and particularly​ mccartain getting on form. They have proved the difference in getting some of the draws and wins and the rest of the team has gained confidence and momentum.

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When i look back to November/December I'm absolutely perplexed as to how we lost so many games when fundamentally not a lot has changed. Damn.[/QUOTE]

back in those dark days the problem was we played well until we got into the last quarter of the pitch and then nothing happened and we never looked likely to score a goal. then at the other end of the pitch you,d parrish and chapman who always gave hope to the opposition.

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Projected final points totals based on last 10 games. Borrowed from PASOTI.
Grimsby away feels like a long time ago now.

89.2 Doncaster Rovers
85.5 Plymouth Argyle
82.0 Portsmouth

78.1 Stevenage
73.3 Blackpool
69.8 Luton Town
68.5 Mansfield Town

67.4 Accrington Stanley
66.7 Exeter City
66.1 Colchester United

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Oh baby!
Even Coleman muttered the P word last night in his interview.

We've yet to play Plymouth and Stevenage plus Blackpool and Luton.

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After seeing the last few games I'm getting more confident that we have a squad that could go all the way

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On paper looks like the impossible dream.
However, those are exactly the teams we need to damage if the dream is to come true.
With our confidence levels now peaking, I bet they fear us more than we fear them.
We always seem to raise our game against better teams.
Anything can happen!
KTF

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Mid table teams with nowt to play for, the bottom two who are already doomed, and those in the playoff places who are getting nervous.... that's who I'd like to see us play.

Pleased we've got Luton at home though - that's a team we could catch. A win over them would be a big win.

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7 games left.
If all teams take the points they got in the last 7 games in the next 7 games, then the top of the table would look like this at the end of the season.

1. Doncaster 92
2. Plymouth 88
3. Portsmouth 81

4. Stevenage 78
5. Blackpool 77
6. STANLEY 69
7. Mansfield 69

8. Exeter 68
9. Luton 67
10. Colchester 67
11. Wycombe 64

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Oh Lordy!! Not sure I could cope with that scenario :eek: Wouldn't that mean we'd play Stevenage?!? No, no & thrice no . . . . .
Gary Bowyer was at the game last night, making copious notes sat in front of us - obviously preparing for our forthcoming game, do you think we had him worried?

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We would have worried Guardiola last night.

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Blackpool.

It won't happen though, we will end comfortably in mid table.

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If we beat plymouth at the weekend.... Who knows where we might end up....

Even if we miss out on the playoffs, it's a better ending to the season than a relegation scrap. And we can try carry the form into the next season.

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I feel Saturdays game at high flying Argyle will determine if our hopes are but a pipedream.
Both Luton & Exeter have difficult games.
No one expects us to win, but if we can pull off a shock result & the others falter, I really will start to believe the impossible.
I know Coley & our boys will give their all, so I won't be too disappointed whatever happens.
Come on you reds! Let's stop the Pilgrims progress.

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If we go to Plymouth and pick up 3 points, its On!

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Agree fully..... if we go and beat plymouth I think our momentum will see is in the play offs but I can't see it they will come out all guns blazing and their manager will have them head butting bricks pre match and drinking copious amounts of IRON BRU and eating POACHED EGGS

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Think it's feet on the ground at the moment IF we could get something at Plymouth then maybe but there are a lot of clubs above us with a far better chance, Ultimately we are not looking down at the table and who'd have thought that 6 weeks ago and there are certain individuals and the squad ultimately responsible for that and am so proud of our current run.....YOU NEVER KNOW!

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saw plymouth on the box last sunday at doncaster and for all they won didn,t look that good as rovers missed loads of chances. like everyone in our division they,re beatable on the day and lets hope it can be our day on saturday.

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Its a big ask but IF we get there the momentum will be well and truly behind us.

Its not the first time we've put a huge run together to go from the bottom to the top. Its not even the second ...

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I can see an upset at the weekend, they have a big park the bus mentality but I do believe we could break them down

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Come on let's get behind the team for the final games, we've shown today we can compete with the big boys lets cause another big upset

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7 coaches to Stevenage on 7th May anyone . . . . . . :)

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The chap on Sky Sports News just said the words 'Accrington Stanley' & 'play off hopes intact' in the same breath . . . . . . . nervy times ahead but what an end to our season, no matter what happens :)

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We could get a maximum of 73 point if we win every game is say that was playoffs

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The fact that we are safe is a big pressure off, Christmas seems so far behind us now, A big sweat at the time. As for the play offs. if it happens great if not no sweat this season.

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Upset? No upset at all; Stanley won! :)

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I predicted the upset now I'm going to predict us getting a playoff place on the last day of the season by beating satanage 5-1

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How wonderful to see optimism & hope return to our forum.
T'was not long ago our season reached its nadir & we were all in the depths of despair.
Thank you to John Coleman & Jimmy Bell.
Thank you to our wonderful squad of players for never giving up, when everyone else had.
Thank you for giving us back the euphoria & joy of hope.
For the feeling we have become invincible again.
For instilling such confidence that we fear NO ONE!
For reminding us why we all love football & above all, for making us proud to say........
WE ARE STANLEY! - THE BEST CLUB IN THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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Fidelitie par excellence! !!.

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Since the Barnet game we've gone from 250/1 for playoffs down to 14/1

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And i still wouldn't risk a tenner, hope i'm wrong though.

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Stanley satanage at Wembley in playoff final

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Nice words Lord Stiffupperlip, but I don't think there were many who were fretting over relegation. The prevailing mood was we were genuinely far too good to go down and waiting for the tide to turn.
Is my memory playing tricks?

I note from twitter the occasional jibes at Accyweb for wanting Coleman to be sacked. Utter rubbish. I know some people (ok, Cashy mainly! Sorry fella!) may have been critical of his team selections and wondering whether he'd taken us as far as he could at times (or whatever the gist was) but that was far from despair and considering where we were in the league not necessarily unreasonable (even though I never agreed).

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I have never said on twitter anything regarding J.C. and never will, owt i say i say on here. ;)

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QUOTE=cashman;1191493]I have never said on twitter anything regarding J.C. and never will, owt i say i say on here. ;)[/QUOTE]

:thumbsup:

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I mean the occasional stuff you read on there from others about what's said on here.

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No big deal LordD, i very rarely say owt on twitter, think its rubbish and in the main fer real twits.;)

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I don't recall any posts predicting we may just possibly reach the play-offs when we plumbed the depths of second from bottom back in December.
My earlier post was simply expressing thanks for the sheer joy our current form has brought about.

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No, that's true enough. I thought promotion might still happen for a long while, but hopes died around Xmas.

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finish as high up the league as possible but play offs no chance. too many above us who have to fail to allow us to make it i,m afraid.

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https://experimental361.com/2017/04/...-2-2-apr-2017/

This blokes website has a graph at the bottom of the page for likely finishing positions in the league - only 3% chance of playoffs!!! :O

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics

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True, as Plymouth are number 10 on his figures, its utter crap,they are 99% certain to go up automatic imho.

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The annoying thing about the anti Accy Web brigade is they outnumber Accy Web users, if they actually posted more frequently then the things they protest about would be diluted to nothingness.

Unfortunately forums always were, always will be a platform where the naysayers get their most airtime. But its no different to the conversations on the terrace or in the pub.

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He isn't Somerset by any chance, is he? ;)

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