To be fair I went last night knowing full well what Gus' attitude towards cup competitions is. I was actually quite surprised how strong the team he put out was. I wouldn't say we lost on purpose but as other's have said we simply didn't looked arsed either way. Swindon looked up for it, clearly...
Open air away end, not many travelling cos it was on tele, no-one that bothered as it's the League Cup and a pretty shite performance. No surprise the atmosphere wasn't great. In saying that "We Love You Oxford" is early contender for shittest chant of the season, incredibly cringe and tinpot.
Must be incredibly annoying for Birmingham fans who had already booked train tickets with certain times on. Especially as this open day must have had this date for a little while now.
But players aren't fans. Very few players really 'get' the supporters and what it means to play for a club. The Shearer's, G.Neville's, Gary Hart's are the exceptions, not the rule. Glenn Murray had been at 5/6 before us and played only 4 seasons. He's a northern lad and to him Crystal Palace...
Decides which pot teams go in for tournaments. It's worth getting as high as you can. Wales found themselves in the lowest pot for World Cup 2014 qualifying.
As I said on the thread when we moved up to 4th, the system favours England because we don't lose many games. All friendlies and qualifiers count and generally we do pretty well in these. The fact we lose the really important games doesn't have that much bearing on our ranking. I'm not saying...