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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: dave.woodhall on November 20, 2016, 10:40:25 PM

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Post by: dave.woodhall on November 20, 2016, 10:40:25 PM

There y'go.

http://thebirminghampress.com/2016/11/friday-night-fever-2/

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Post by: Steve67 on November 20, 2016, 11:03:52 PM

Good summary Dave. Dead right too!!

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Post by: Percy McCarthy on November 21, 2016, 05:44:33 AM

Excellent.

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Post by: JD on November 21, 2016, 07:14:11 AM

Great article Dave and the last paragraph is so true. We do just know.

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Post by: Scratchins on November 21, 2016, 07:23:08 AM

As usual Dave has summed up how we are feeling. I wake up now hoping that it is a match day. As for the fans, simply the best. To cope with that fraught journey and a real risk of missing a good part of the game with good humour following praise from the police after the 1 hour lock in at the venue which shall be nameless showed our class. I'm proud of you.

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Post by: UK Redsox on November 21, 2016, 08:16:15 AM

Were the traffic problems mentioned by car/bus ?

The train to/from the ground worked fine for me

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Post by: flybo on November 21, 2016, 08:33:03 AM

spot on

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Post by: Scratchins on November 21, 2016, 08:46:52 AM

There was an accident on the road into Brighton which caused over an hours delay.

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Post by: darren woolley on November 21, 2016, 09:38:02 AM

Another good read Dave.

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Post by: Fin Feds Dad on November 21, 2016, 09:39:20 AM

 ''We don’t say a word. We don’t have to prove a thing. We just know.''

Brilliant, Dave. 

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Post by: frank on November 21, 2016, 12:03:57 PM

Justifiably upbeat, Dave. An encouraging read

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Post by: clash city rocker on November 21, 2016, 12:42:58 PM

Problem with the new found confidence and improvement in performances and results is that I now find myself worrying about the wheels falling off again and we go back to being the shambles that we were. You can't bloody win with this football game.

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Post by: castlefields_villan on November 21, 2016, 03:29:13 PM

Superb read as always Dave - I just love the last bit - we do indeed "just know"

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Post by: Old Kodjia on November 21, 2016, 04:11:57 PM

I've not read many of these and certainly don't recall reading them during "darker" times recently.  Knowing Dave (not personally but as a writer) since the late 80's, I would guess that he made light of the trials and tribulations with a slant of humour that perhaps didn't reflect the true agony that we were all suffering.

This piece reflects the feelings  of the masses perfectly.  Oh to be able to look forward to watching our team play again, oh to be able to go to a game with hope and expectation again.  The article puts this across perfectly.

If I were to be critical, I would probably disagree that we dominated the game from start to finish but that takes nothing away from our first half performance, which was very good.

Keep em coming Dave.

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Post by: class-of-82 on November 21, 2016, 05:17:24 PM

Excellent piece and last paragraph so true