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I saw Milan's name and thought he must be launching a new bid. How very sad. He always conducted himself with class when in the public eye and representing the club. I am sure he will be very sadly missed by a lot of people. Rest in peace Milan and thank you for looking after our club X

You must have given Windass loads of stick then?

The ref and linesman decided to give them their third goal though, for a goal that was so obviously offside it was almost laughable. Was it shown on the big screen? I'm guessing not otherwise the second pitch invasion might have been more impressive. It did not change the result, but another goal to the negative is another nail in our coffin and more people seem to be lining up to nail us as a football team than to nail our owner, for the various unpaid bills and wages. Come on you Herbert's, do us all a favour and call his debts in, file winding up orders and get the rat out of our club.

Trolling mate. Just been through his posts. Don't waste your time. I have a season ticket, bought in good faith, as always, to support our struggling team, as per the last 20 plus years and feeling a bit under the weather today, I just could not bring myself to go. I ehalf expected the game to get called off, but knew that if it wasnt, I could have either gone on the pitch and got myself banned, or lost my temper with those fans that shout and scream at fans that are trying to do something, however ineffective it might be. Plus, despite the great performance for the draw last week, I did not expect to see the players put on a performance anything like they did last week. They have played under par every other time they have not been paid and I cannot blame them for that, but quite honestly I would like to see all of Chansiri's unpaid workers down tools and go on strike. No-one manning the desks, doors kiosks, suites, kitchens etc and no players turning up to play. I want to go out every game and support my team like I normally do, but quite honestly the football really is just a side show right now and our bad owner and his bent sidekick just need to be shut down.

To put some kind of numbers on it, in the two seasons in a row, where Reach played a more defensive role he completed an average of 1.6 & 1.7 tackles per game. This season we have acknowledged high tacklers like Inglesson, Bannan and Amass on 1.8, defenders like Max Lowe on 1.6, Valery on 1.3, Weaver & Cadamarterie on just 1! I have not heard anybody describing any of this lot as nesh! In two seasons in a row where Reach had a more attacking role, he made 15 goal contributions, 8 goals and 7 assists one season and 4 goals and 11 assists in the other. So the Reach knockers are still just plain wrong. Whatever reasons they have for knocking him, football wise they are still looking silly. As an old attacking player he still has a higher tackling rate in a physical league, at Lincoln, than our much fancied young centre half.

Let's say 500 people invade the pitch today and most of them get banned etc, how many will invade the pitch next time and then the time after? We, as fans have no right to go onto the pitch at any time unless some emergency occurs that poses a direct risk to life, such as a fire, smoke bomb, Wards f@rt etc. Employees of the club that have not been paid what they should be paid, when they should be paid in 5 months out of 7 do have the right to strike though and in my opinion, that would have a bigger effect because the staff and players have workers rights and their action would be taken against the club, not against the English football league etc.

Orchestral manoevres in the dark teaser! Are you a fellow SPATA member? (Sensible People Against Tw@tty Acronyms).

I remember quoting the actual stats about the number of tackles that Reach made in four or five games on the trot during which he actually made more than the average number of tackles that our players made, which upset a few, who then, pathetically tried to compare him with Sam Hutchinson! Adam Reach was a clever left winger who was always challenging Bannan for the number of assists and goals scored, all of which were crackers, at a time when Bannan still took every free kick and corner! He did not go in for late tackles or crunching tackles that would have got him booked, crippled or sent off, which would put him in that group with 95% of football players, apart from the fact that he could do everything else, which not so many can.

The 2 to 3 minutes added to the 8 minutes extra time was what I struggled to understand. The whistle should have gone just before the ball went out of play It was over 8 minutes then. I have nothing but pride and admiration for the lads though. They deserved to be at least level first half and the commitment put in by the lads should bring further shame on our bad owner. Unpaid again. Gary Monk had us at the top of the division when the players missed their first pay day and the drop in morale and effort was tangible as we slid down the table. Each time since, the players and staff have suffered. He must be stopped now. Enough is enough and no a.ou t of point deductions or embargoes are going to change anything. This is one bad owner doing bad things. He should be locked up never mind booted out of the club, he is a disgrace. UTO!

The best left winger we've had for some years. Some foolishly tried to compare him to Sam Hutchinson, which I always thought was a bit strange. If we wanted a hot headed rough tackling often injured defender, then Adam Reach was not your man. If you wanted a left winger who could pick out a player making a run into the box, score a few goals, take free kicks and also do a decent job in several other positions on the pitch, then Reach was definitely your man. Its such a shame that our bad owner had spent all our money when Reach was here. If the rest of the team had been anything like as good as Reach, we would have breezed promotion instead of struggling to survive.

Horvath - 7 Palmer - 7 Iorfa - 7.5 Weaver - 7 M. Lowe - 7.5 Amass - 6.5 Bannan - 8 Ingelsson - 7 Valery - 7 Brown - 7 Cadamarteri - 6 Ugbo - 6 Lowe - 6 Otegbayo - 6 Pedersen has found a well balanced first team line-up, with a good mixture of youth and experience. We only look a bit flimsy now when players are tiring. UTO! Chansiri out!

Exactly that. It would make a far bigger statement if away team's fans protested about Chansiri without any away fans present. Only hypoctites will deny fans going to home games while away fans are lauded for their away support after buying tickets that put money into Chansiri's pockets!

A total, all out strike at the ground would be most effective. Lights off, doors locked, nobody manning turnstiles, tills etc. None of the unpaid workers, players or staff attending the ground and the players union making a statement on their behalf. If the EFL and government are toothless enough to sit back and do nothing, take action and STRIKE! As Bob Marley and the Wailers once sang, no money, no play (before they changed the words). One out, all out in solidarity for those who cannot live or plan their lives without the wages that they have earned, deserve and are being denied by the bad owner of our club. He must be stopped by any means now This one evil, nasty little excuse for a man has caused too much pain and suffering to too many people for what? He does not even have the common decency to tell these people who work for him, why he is putting them through this. He will be forever despised and hated because of his selfish and callous attitudes to others and that is before anyone even considers the fans or the club's reputation. Threaten to STRIKE and bring him down, the EFL would have to act, or pay the wages.

Buying scarves to keep the protests going are a nice way to make us all feel as though we are doing something, it helps fund future, more effective protests and is a good way to make others know what is going on, but quite frankly, people know what is going on now and things are still happening, but very slowly. Whatever actions are taken next need to be as carefully considered as they have been up to now, but more effective. If for example, protests were being made outside the MPs entrance to the Houses of Parliament, or outside Chansiri's home in Thailand, then that might get something moving, but protesting outside the ground after a game when only the players and staff can hear, is like preaching to the converted, it is not going to get anything moving any quicker than it already is.

Your marks pretty much match mine, but I have opted for the Pederson choice of, "The Team" for my man of the match. They looked as tight, determined, single minded and together as the young lads did against l**ds. An excellent performance with many nice passages of play from Wednesday, some clinical work in both boxes and a lot more urgency shown all over the pitch. They did us proud.

Glad to see that the gradual integration of younger players is more acceptable to the Owlstalk punters now. I've always believed that if they are good enough they are old enough and luckily for us, several of our younger players are looking good enough this season. Not all of them will be superstars, but good enough to play a few games at this level and hopefully more improvement to come as they get stronger. They were all awesome today, but Brown, Cadamarteri and Weaver were excellent weren't they. If we could add in a bit more quality and experience here and there, miss out on a points deduction and avoid further injuries this squad could scrape it this season. Stranger things have happened. It would be nice for the new owners to have a good starting point squadwise.

A 1kg pack of Nescafe coffee from a famous online sales outlet is just £34 and makes 555 cups of coffee, which at £3.50 a cup means £(555 x £3.50) - £34 profit = £1,908.50. You can buy 480 little pots of milk from the same place at £26.50 so even hardly any black coffees are sold £1,908.50 - £26.50 gives us £1,882.00 profit. So maybe that is why companies like Costa, Starbucks etc keep popping up and making quite large amounts of profit, year after year. Don't forget the bad owner wanted us all to go to the ground early and buy his food and drink before watching the match and to stay there and have a bit more after the match, so that he could make more money to put into the club. So even our bad owner has a better grasp of this subject which says a lot does it not. Or are you our bad owner in disguise?

A boycott on spending on all things Wednesday means just that. For home games Do not buy tickets for home games Season ticket holders buy nothing in the ground For away games Do not buy tickets for away games Chansiri still gets a cut of the money just like buying food, beer etc at Hillsborough For anything else Do not buy Ifollow coverage for SWFC, if you want to watch a game buy through the opposition's website whether it is a legal midweek game or via VPN for weekend games Buy nothing from the club shop in person or online If the vast majority want to follow these simple rules, because they understand why we are where we are and that it is the only way to stop Chansiri's revenue streams, then we have a good chance of getting him out sooner. If you want to carry on funding the bad owners lifestyle carry on as you see fit, but do not expect a medal, and do not expect fellow Wednesdayites to do anything other than despise you for making things worse. We need to stick together as much as we possibly can and do what we think is best and right now the vast majority of fans, members of the government (that are responsible for the independent regulation of football), the EFL etc etc all agree that it is time for Chansiri to go. He is a very very bad owner, he has done and said too many bad things and not enough good things and even he will be better off if he goes sooner rather than later. If, or when administaration, or compulsory sale comes, he will get less money than has already been offered, so why would any sane person hang on?

What about player coaches?

Is it possible that our bad owner has seen the light, become blue and white and is getting a load of money together to help his manager keep us in the championship? Maybe we've been wrong about him and he just can't bear to sell us. Duncan Watmore! Hang on, won't he need paying? If the situation was right financially, he could be a decent addition, but if we get him any time soon it means our bad owner is still here and that would be horrendous. I hate the fact that right now the football has actually become a secondary consideration with pretty much every aspect of our beloved club. Barring our bad owner getting a brain transplant and a huge lump of cash, the only way we can even hope to get back to being a football club again is if we are taken over. Unfortunately, unless the bad owner finds a brain, it looks like administration, or forceful removal are the only ways we can hope to get rid of him. DWC, UTO!

Enter the snapdragon

That explains those big oven mittens!

There are lots of different reasons to keep people going. There are some that travel from all over the world to see the blue and white wizards, the ones that have never missed a game, the ones that live outside Sheffield and do not watch, or hear local news and those who think they are doing the club a favour by buying tickets, when everybody else has abandoned the club. Not being aware that their actions are making things worse is the main problem IMO. Handing out leaflets or flyers that explain the situation and what their money is funding might help and making the leaflets, or flyers non confronational, or opinionated and just sticking to plain facts is the best way. This does not make people feel stupid, or as though they are being asked to join a subversive, or anti-club movement and just tells people clearly and without any spin what is happening and what needs to be done to help the club get back on it's feet. For example explaining the governments view, the new independant football regulator's view and the EFL's view of what is happening with the club and how it can best be dealt with, ie by starving the one person dragging out this situation of any extra cash.

PS I will be watching on Now TV tonight and attend games at Hillsborough because I bought earlybird season tickets for the family and we only use the free facilities at the ground without giving the insane bad owner a penny.

I dont want to cast a shadow on our efforts, and I could see a few good things in our play, but I found our last league game a bit difficult to endure, because the gulf of difference in effort, speed of response, awareness etc seemed so vast and I think there were a few managerial mistakes in there too. The Carabao games have been far better to watch purely because the team looks like a team. They fight together and for each other, show personal tactical awareness, as well as an awareness of their individual roles in the team and they give absolutely everything they can, physically and skill wise to get the result they need. OK that has meant taking the game to penalties twice, but our first team could benefit from a couple more of those young players helping out our first team here and there, even if only in cameo roles at the end of games. Once a game is well lost (or by some amazing feat, well won), it does not hurt to give some of the younger players a run out and let them get a feel for the strength, pace and nerve that they will need to take the next step up. Come on Wednesday, net a few goals and dont let them off the hook tonight, give those haddocks a good battering. UTO!