Dreary my. We are doing really well ATM and yet the usual suspects still try to put a downer on us. Dear oh dear

Its you, every single post you have to comment on people been negative , even when nobody is been, you love calling yourself an happy clapper. Your just an annoyance

My opinion thanks

Aah, losing the argument so the personal insults start.

You said



Which - forgive me - isn't very well worded. You appear to say that had London and Bradford not had a worse season than us then [ipossibly[/i we could have been relegated. That is the same as saying that if we had a better season than Hull KR and Salford we'd possibly have finished ninth. We were only a point behind them two so you could even say that either of [ithose[/i could have 'possibly' have been relegated.

There was no condescending comments from me in the first place.

I can comprehend basic English (now that's condescending ).

Your comment of "Realistically relegation was a possibility" is a bit of paradox. Was it realistic we could have been relegated or was it merely a possibility.

Irrelevant really, as it was not a realistic situation. It was a possibility that any one of the teams in the league could have been relegated when the season started. It turned out to be London and Bradford that season. Hull ended up 12 points off the nearest relegated side. Therefore it was neither realistic or a genuine possibility with a month left of that season.

People like you have a glass which has never seen any liquid, let alone be only half empty. Still you pretend everything is doom and gloom.

HTH (oh, yes, now, that is very condescending, isn't it)

Does anyone have any data on how many swallows it takes to make a summer?

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Quote: Bombed Out "Oh dear another one of the usual suspects in agreeance with another shocker. Even though that was not what was said or implied but don't let that stop you licking @r5e, you do it so well.'" Agreeance is a word that seems to be continually reinvented and recycled. The term first appeared in the 16th century and enjoyed its greatest popularity in the 18th and early to mid-19th centuries. Since then it has fallen into disuse. Most likely unaware of the word's history, modern writers who recoin the term seem to like how it sounds, even though it adds nothing in meaning to its workhorse counterpart, agreement. The suffix ‐ance indeed is used in English to form many nouns from verbs: for example, appearance, acceptance, performance, and remittance. So while there is no rule preventing the formation agree + -ance, the coinage may sound quaint or pretentious to some people. www.dictionary.com/browse/agreeance

Isn't that a bit twee, considering you defended Bumpy and were in agreeance with him. It's what happens on this forum, you read a post and agree or in your case generally disagree. Up beat, downbeat???? No need for insults, name calling. A little bit of relaxation is required from both camps, we're all FC fans, supporters, aren't we???????

Indeed they are, but staging a concert is a little more costly than sticking a few posts up at either end of the ground?

Indeed, and, as above, the production costs are a lot higher

Agreed, and I wouldn't pay that either

"Top Flight", I think we're deluded if we think SL is anything other than a parochial local sport.

That's the problem, people put up with it so behaviour never changes.

As above, it's like motorway services, us Brits accept that the food is going to be rubbish but some still keep shelling out for it.

I look forward to reading more posts from EASTCOSTFC.

Is this Standee?

Decent catering? Is this the most snobbish RL post ever? Most people eat before going to an 8pm game, I certainly do.

And no, it's NOT expensive. Cinema is now around a tenner (and the catering is poor there, y'know) Football is £40 and over and nowhere near as entertaining.

Even when we have a "low" attendance, most clubs in the game would kill for a 9,000 gate, or even an 8,000. The club can work on getting more bums on seats with giveaway tickets, but the reality is that the team have to perform consistently to build that core-support to 12,000.

What I'm enjoying the most about this new Standee alias is that upon signing up he spelt his username incorrectly as "EASTCOSTFC", and now after I assume submitting a request to correct it with Admin, it's now "EASTCOATSTFC".

great spot