Stoke are about to win away at Spurs

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*goes to open new window to look at Prem league scores*

Any chance of Ipswich conceding another last minute goal?

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You don't want them to.

No - that's why I said it - so it doesn't happen

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Noooo.

And Newcastle have scored as well.

It was looking so good until the final minute.

1-1 for Charlton

0-4 for Orient

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We didn't convert enough of our chances. Boro had 17 attempts on goal compared to Preston's 9.

At least West Brom didn't get a last minute goal...

Who supports Orient CE?

Me - nearest ground to where I used to live

Half-support Lewes as well from the Conference South. They're like Ipswich so far this season...

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I'm going to go to Tesco's now and console myself with a nice chicken and bacon pasta bake - if they have any left.

Good luck for tomorrow, CE.

- Monday you mean

See you later

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sounds like you're not having a very good season...


Monday then!

Last season:

Reading - frustrating
Orient - average
Lewes - useless

This season so far:

Reading - poor
Orient - average again
Lewes - struggling



EDIT: Lewes have won their first game of the season

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I hope today's game/result hasn't put our potential mangers(s) off.

Having dominated the game and having had so many chances the draw feels like a loss rather than a draw...

1-1 is OK, but I'd rather have beaten Gillingham...

Leeds lost, so you're only one point behind them.

As for Boro...

I hope they're going to make some sort of anouncement about a new manager soon. We can't keep throwing points away in the final couple of minutes of games. We've lost 7 points this season from conceeding in injury time.

Edit: I've just noticed that Leeds have a game in hand over you, Barry.

That's true Flossie, a lot of that is down to local honour though (Gillingham isn't all that far from Charlton, and we've had issues with their chairman before now...)

So is it like us against the barcodes?

Yes, it is. Ditto us against Millwall and Palace (sorry Appassionata!...)

Oh dear. You've got Millwall to play as well this season.

Yes....

May it be about 12-0 to Charlton...

Only if we can win 12-0 against the Mags.

You're a division above us. That therefore is allowed

*wonders when a team last won 12-0 in the Chapionship or League 1 or their previous equivalents*

Many years ago, I remember a 9-0 win to Liverpool against Palace.

That was funny

I think our best was the 8-1 against Man City the season before last in which Afonso Alves () scored the hatrick. Admittedly they had a player sent off early on and the players were partially on strike after the sacking of Sven Goran Erikkson (or whatever his name is spelt like...).

Oh yes, I remember that...in the days before I had two Boro supporting friends...

*wonders if a new manager could inspire a good scoreline against Plymouth next week.* We need to boost our goal difference...

It would help Reading as well.

Newcastle are playing after everyone else next week. AGAIN...

Oh for goodness sake...it's like people are saying 'let's help Newcastle as much as we possibly can'...

Their result almost always gets the big top spot on the Champsionship news pages as well. there's been far less interest in our managerial situation compared to when Newcastle have sacked managers - apart from the media deciding that Strachan will be our next manager without the club having said anything to suggest this - mind you I wouldn't want to have headlines for some of the reasons that Newcastle have...

well, no... I don't think this pro-Newcastle thing is terribly fair...

Derby 2 .........QPR 4

And another injury to add to the list of 16 squad members currently sidelined!

I blame a certain sheep fleece shaver.

Is there anyone left?

One of my colleagues at work supports QPR - he'll be happy with the result obviously and of course the thrashing of Reading...

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Hopefully it means you'll get all of the season's injuries over and done with now.

It does seem that there's maybe something strange going on with your fitness training and warm-up routines - that's a lot of players to have injured.

One of the coaching staff has been sacked, so there may be changes in the training regime. Must say, though, that QPR looked pretty good!

FA Cup 1st Round Draw
Northwich Victoria v Charlton
Paulton Rovers v Norwich
Tranmere v Leyton Orient
Oldham v Leeds
Bristol R v Southampton
Hereford v Sutton Utd
Stourbridge v Walsall
Wealdstone v Rotherham
Nuneaton Town v Exeter
Bromley v Colchester
Blyth or AFC Telford v Lincoln City
Grimsby v Bath City
Shrewsbury v Staines Town
Stockport v Tooting & Mitcham or Eastbourne B
Hartlepool v Kettering or Redditch
Northampton v Kidderminster or Fleetwood Town
Burton v Oxford City
Oxford Utd v Yeovil
Luton v Rochdale
Port Vale v Stevenage
Gateshead v Brentford
Swindon v Woking
York v Crewe
Millwall v Crawley or AFC Wimbledon
Accrington v Farnborough or Salisbury
Gillingham v Southend
Wycombe v Brighton
Huddersfield v Dagenham & Redbridge
MK Dons v Macclesfield
Carlisle v Morecambe
Notts County v Bradford
Chesterfield v Bournemouth
Barnet v Darlington
Aldershot v Bury
Torquay v Cheltenham
Forest Green v Mansfield
Wrexham v Gloucester or Lowestoft
Rushden & D v Hinckley Utd
Barrow or Chester v Eastleigh
Lincoln Utd or Cambridge Utd v Ilkeston

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Hmm, Northwich away...

*hopes Charlton don't embarrass themselves*

Charlton and Orient were very close to drawing each other, but it wasn't to be...

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I was thinking that it'd have been nice to have got Bromley in the draw, but that wasn't to be either...

Well Liverpool managed to trounce Man U. Are they trying to imitate Boro in terms of consistency?

Still no news on the manager front.

Apparently Strachan will be our boss from 2:30. It even says so on the club website now. Goodness knows how Gibson has persuaded him to come to us rather than a Premier League club.

*wonders what the purpose is of having a press conference to 'unveil' a new manager after the manager has already been anounced*

I can't find any trace of the press conference. I was wanting to listen to it....

4 year contract signed, and photos of him holding a Boro shirt outside the Riverside.

We have a manager again, and it sounds like he's wanting to do something about our lack of strikers.

Reading v Leicester tonight - we need a win to retain our favourite 21st position...

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for you.

Good news : let the flow of funny one liners begin

1-0 down at half-time

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