Ante's Bubbly

The shocking defending cost us the game. Its no good making difficult chances for us to score and then giving the opposition goal opportunities on a plate, which we did several times in that game and pretty much most games this season. With players like Sargent in their side its a wonder we didn't lose to be honest. I reckon if we had had him in our side all season though we would have more points now and be talking about staying up. Luckily for us he is having a bit of an Ugbo this season and we got another point. It makes you wonder where the next three pointer will come from and I daren't even wish for the obvious favourite, but knowing Wednesday... UTO!.

No apologies for this being a long post (if you read it) its a punishment post , but its no good cheering and singing for ten or 15 minutes then thinking, why arent we winning games now, or scoring goals where the ball has gone past the player nearest goal. It will keep happening a lot, so we need to get used to it. I think Jamal was annoyed to have missed, but to be honest he did well to even get a touch, because he saw it and reacted half a second too late. I think that's what annoyed him most, the fact that he was in a bad spot to see the ball coming in. I'm not making excuses for our strikers but its almost a waste of time playing them when they have to spend so much time in midfield and defence. We defend as a team and hope to score on the break or from dead ball situations. As soon as we attack as a team, we concede a goal, or just escape by some miracle or other, so usually its just the two up top chasing the ball around the opposition's defence while rarely getting anything other than a half chance to get onto in front of goal. As for Jamal, I thought he'd had his best spell for us recently was MOTM in one of the away games and a top 2 candidate in a couple of others. He was not as dynamic against Norwich, but he was half expected to be rested before the game. He still ended up playing and he did a lot that obviously went unnoticed, while others take the limelight. He runs and takes defenders with him to give other players space in front of goal and did a great job doing that for Bannan's goal. That chunk of space in front of Bannan was not accidental and has too often been wasted by players, like Bannan, blasting the ball miles over the bar, sometimes several times a game. I hate to see that, time after time from the same players, that really should know better than to lean back and kick the ball up in the air as hard as they can! People really need to manage their expectations this season and understand what is happening at our club. I heard a silly old season ticket holder in the South Stand actually say, "let's hope its serious", when Palmer went down injured against Norwich! The few players we have got are here because they want to be here, fighting for us and not just picking up the best wage they can get, like so many recent favourites that are no longer here. We have lost less games than the pigs, or Norwich and would be just one point behind the two of them if it weren't for the points deduction. Also, considering them both having a few seasons in the Prem fairly recently (and fairly often), I think we have done really well. All the teams we are battling this season have bunches of players on their benches that we can only dream of even having in our starting line up, but we are still there in the majority of games. If we get a stronger defence and midfield sometime this season, I would expect to see more goals from our strikers, but until then we need to support them in what they are doing well and just hope that we can minimise the damage that is done points wise, until we can get to the position where we can pick up enough points to at least have a tiny chance of surviving. Regarding survival, I think we should make a bigger point about the points deduction given to the the players and the staff. They have been the ultimate professionals when it has been very difficult for them financially and the EFL think it is ok for them to take a chunk more punishment while the one person who brought about the points deduction walks off scot free. Of course the fans always suffer and we are used to it, but from a mental health perspective I think they have all suffered enough without getting kicked in the teeth by authorities that sat back and watch our plight worsen every season without doing a single thing about it. Oh sorry, apart from docking us points and putting us under embargo. Thanks a lot EFL. Keep up the hard work, Lowe, Ugbo, Cadamarterie and Brown, most of us appreciate what you are doing! UTO!

I think he was just being polite and showing the kind of class that bad ex owner will never have. Don't forget Bannan is one of our biggest wee fans, so it was clever wording.

Yeah let's face it, that Röhl geezer was just holding him back. Seriously though, the team are now applying the kind of steely determination that we first had under Darren Moore when we overcame every obstacle (on the pitch, and through poor ownership/underfunding issues etc) to win promotion and then repeated under Danny when we beat nailed on relegation on the final day. If Pederson can keep us showing these levels of commitment with a bit more quality sprinkled through the team, he will really get us flying again. Its going to be an exciting loop the loop kind of ride, but we always do things the Wednesday way dont we.

https://www.swfc.co.uk/news/2025/october/24/faqs-for-fans-and-creditors/ The message on the club site made me all emotional. Don't say anything else nice for a bit or Im going to cry like a big baby

How very dare you! You would only be able to afford itchy sackcloth if your gaffer dint pay you.

You could see from Bannan's facial expression the other night, that he was really feeling it, seeing Hillsborough so empty like that. The players just getting on with it and giving it everything has been heart warming and heart breaking hasn't it. After all the **** they've had thrown at them, the state of the club, the staff being do badly treated etc and then us fans seemingly deserting them, it must have been really tough. I've got a lump in my throat thinking about what it will be like tomorrow and a lump in my trousers thinking about what it could be like in the near future!

Cheer up laddy twill neir happen!

All we need now is for a billionaire fan friendly buyer to snap us up and its a perfect end to one era and a perfect start to the next. We've even got a Wednesday season ticket holder as one of the three administrators! Cheers fellow Wedesdayites, now let's get back to WAWAW! UTO!

I was told he's been told to pack up his white chairs and go forth yes

No more goals until he goes? Yeah that's Ugbo fully mended. He nearly scored one by accident the other night, but their goalie just beat him to it. Its Like Christmas come early innit!

The way it has all panned out, what else could we have asked for? Hopefully it is a minimal return for bad ex chairman/owner and a great buy for new fan friendly owners. We're going out to celebrate tonight, hope we are well enough to tomorrow, to have a pie, pint etc in the ground again and cheer the lads on, win, lose, or draw. There will be a lot of eyes on the directors box tomorow and all employees that want to go, should get free tickets. UTO

Your sausage rolls are the best Mrs H, fart away!

Its just very expensive cheese on toast mate, however they want to dress it.

Finding a silver lining is important and you're right the building is still there. It still brings back happy memories, especially for me of meeting up in a packed pub before matches and then chatting about the games afterwards, as we climbed back to the top flight, then seemed to be on the verge of being truly massive, playing football.styles that everybody talked about, being used to watching us on MOTD, having a team packed with internationals, holding group games for the Euros, having one of the biggest grounds in the country, seeing fairly regular ground improvements. I saw a lot of those happy times while that pub was on the go. To be honest we used to go round most of the pubs in the area, but often started off there and wound our way up the hills and home.