ChewyLovesOwls

I just think back to that home game against Norwich last season. We were absolutely dreadful that first half and then at half time Danny made 4 changes, one of them being Paterson and he was complete nuisance for the Norwich defence. His work effort is second to none, so valuable when we get deeper in the season.

I think it's meant to be a bar graph representation of a roller coaster...

I'd be interested to see what a graph like this would look like if it was the budget allocated to players wages in each season. Even though our transfer budget clearly declined rapidly, we were still paying extremely high wages and especially when we was in league 1. Then also, as someone has also mentioned, seeing what our ticket sales has been like throughout these years would be interesting to see as well.

Beadle: 7 Iorfa: 6 Ihiekwe: 7 B. Diaby: 5 Famewo: 6 Palmer: 3 Bannan: 6 Musaba: 5 Windass: 3 Gassama: 3 Smith: 6 Pedersen: 6 Valentín: 7 Vaulks: 7 Paterson: 8 Cadamarteri: 6

Tiredness and complacency are, what I think, the two biggest factors in all of this. And the one is certainly linked to the other. Since every game is a cup final, and it's felt like that since January, the mental and physical strain that would put on the players would be huge. Throw in all the off-field troubles and it's just one huge recipe for disaster.

Everytime I look at how close we all actually are, that does give me optimism that we could pull it off. But that goal difference does look a killer.

I love the fact that this fan base's most credible source, when it comes to transfers, is the instagram account of the chairmans son! Soon as Ugbo was announced, I went straight on Insta to see who else he was following.

I will be controversial and say that some of the Sondico training tops/jumpers were really not that bad. One's like below. I was also a fan of the home and away strip in that first season they came on board. Don't think it's my favourite, but it deserves an honourable mention.

In our history, Wednesday have had a total of 8 different kit manufacturers (Macron, Elev8, Sondico, Puma, Lotto, Diadora, Umbro, Bukta). We've seen huge changes over time in the footballing world with football kits, how the materials have changed and how the fit has changed. Different manufacturers have tried differen't spins on the Wednesday colours and stripes. What I want to know is who has been everyone's favourite kit manufacture and why?

3-2 down, Mark Crossley comes up for a corner in the dying minutes of the match, heads it home to make it 3-3. I remember wanting the buy the end of year season review DVD just so I could watch that moment again and again!

I'm 28, had a kit given to me from birth pretty much but only really started to pay attention in 2002/03. So in my span of following Wednesday I've seen keepers like Lee Grant, David Lucas, Kieren Westwood, Chris Kirkland. Out of the keepers I've seen, Westwood would have to be top of that list. Overall though, I appreciate that in our history we have seen some fantastic keepers and the likes of Pressman or Springett must be the top 2. Shout out though to Dawson for last season, 22 appearances - 14 clean sheets. That is a fantastic achievement that deserves some credit.

It just hasn't worked out for him. He was given a chance and we saw moments of potential from him but when a change was needed, whether all of us think he has done well or not, Dawson was able to secure the number 1 spot. I'm sure he will be recalled, or the loan will be terminated, at some point this month and so I wish him well. I'm now looking forward to seeing how Beadle performs and how Dawson reacts.

I've certainly enjoyed reading everyone's views on this. The most common and obvious opinion we all have is Bernard has to stay! I also have to say it is interesting to read the mix opinion on Windass. Don't think anyone is questioning his ability but more the consistency. I've seen some mention why other players aren't on the list, I used transfermarkt to see which Wednesday players are out of contract and so I didn't include any loanees or players that don't have a end of contract date (Wilks, Ihiekwe, Johnson, James, B. Diaby, Musaba and Cadamarteri). I'm not entirely sure why it doesn't come up with a end of contract date, maybe because the website is unsure. Out of the loanees we have though, I don't think I'd look to bring any of them back at this time and I see them only as depth for this season.

Cam Dawson (28), Dom Iorfa (28), Ciaran Brennan (23), Di Bernard (23), Liam Palmer (32), Will Vaulks (30), George Byers (27), Ty Bakinson (25), Barry Bannan (34), Josh Windass (29), Lee Gregory (35). All the players that are under Wednesdays books and their contract ending in June of this year, who are you extending? Bakinson and Gregory are rumoured to go in this transfer market anyway. Bannan and Palmer both deserve to retire with Wednesday, let them stay. Bernard is a must for extending, no need to explain myself there. Vaulks and Byers deserve another year. I'm up in the air regarding Windass and Iorfa, I think they both need the rest of this season to prove they are capable of being championship players. Finally, Dawson, I am a fan of his and I do think he should continue to be Wednesdays number 1, so I'd extend. With that said though, I'd like to see the recruitment at the goalkeeper position be slightly aggressive to make the battle for the 1 spot more intense.

Signed!!