Recent content by Matt Richards

This is exactly how I saw it. It was interesting that in the first half Ipswich gave all of our back 4 and Baleba whatever time they wanted on the ball but gave Ayari none and he didn’t cope well with the pressure. He has incredible energy and as the second half wore on he got more space and...

It is extremely unlikely that the price of live entertainment would be incorporated into the price of drinks to consumers. Were this to be the case it would mean those who consumed multiple pints would be paying time and time again for the live band. It is much more likely that the price would...

For reference the song that is sung for large parts of my solo journey home each week is as follows (to the tune of Mrs Robinson - the superior Lemonheads version as opposed to the Simon & Garfunkel original) Well he’s Alexis Mac Allister Messi loves him more than he will know oh woh oh oh...

As it happens I am an accountant an am happy to explain why we made a loss again last year (as will be shown in the accounts to 30 June 2013 when they are published any day now). Whilst not a conspiracy the loss we made in 2013 is slightly different to that we made in 2012. Here...

I thought it was class, especially the way it spread from a group of about 6 to steadily getting almost everyone invovled. Like most others around us we couldn't work out the words after "He played for Barca" and so guessing what the final lines could/should be occupied most of our journey...

For what it is worth I have traditionally been a 'Barnes Hater' and would not have been disappointed had he left the club over the summer. Whilst he has always had an excellent positional sense and tracks back very well to support the rest of the team, his first touch has been suspect, his...

More plausible than a chicken playing football.

I work for a Big 4 chartered accountants and having checked with our HR department this afternoon they have confirmed that we neither currently employ, nor have we ever employed, a chicken (or to that matter any other form of poultry). After some pressing they also suggested that it would be...

I believe it was mentioned as one (not sure by who). I am sure that most managers have done far worse and not had any comeback from their chairman. If a chairman had had enough and was looking for reasons to get rid though it could well be a different story.

I agree with your points here and comes back to what I was saying previously. Traditionally chairmen HAVE paid up, cut their ties and allowed the manager to move on to avoid having someone who is not pulling in the same direction. Tony could have done this before the trio were suspended but...

Very well put.

I think that Tony called it right during the season as getting someone new in then could have been disastrous for our season. However, at the end of the season we could easily have agreed a parting of ways behind closed doors and moved on. In relation to stciking to his principles of not...

The whole situation has played out in an unusual way because Tony Bloom has refused to go along with the way that the footballing world works in repsect of Gus' attempts to try and extracate himself from the club. Traditionally the scenario reads (i) manager says he is off (normally knowing...

When you say he is "one of the greatest players" it implies that there are others you have seen of the same standard. Who are you putting in this bracket? Surely not Robert Codner?

Agree with HKFC. The major frustration around Barnes is that his movement is actually very good and he gets himself into a lot of fantastic positions that CMS and others in the Championship do not. He also works very hard and gets back far better than anyone else from an attacking perspective...