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Reply | Is Formula 1 bent?
at 16:08 3 Dec 2025
60s and 70s were a golden age - Hill, Stewart,Clark, Lauda, Hunt.
I had a friend who was a mad Ferrari fan and the first Championship I can really remember was probably Piquet in 1981.
I went to a few UK Grands Prix in the mid-80s, watching Prost, Senna and later Mansell, but then it dropped off a bit for me. Especially during those periods of domination by e.g. Schumacher, Hamilton etc.
I still enjoy watching on the TV but it's so polished now (and this year's tight finished feels very dodgy!) |
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Reply | Is Formula 1 bent?
at 11:08 3 Dec 2025
Wow. That's some F1 spectator pedigree.
What was your favourite F1 era ? |
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Reply | Is Formula 1 bent?
at 20:22 2 Dec 2025
That's a shame,Jelly. I assumed you had your finger on all secretive fixes and manipulations, especially where big money and the MSM were involved. |
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Reply | Is Formula 1 bent?
at 20:19 2 Dec 2025
Exactly. The two Championship leaders, the disqualification allowed Verstappen to catch them both up! |
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Thread | Is Formula 1 bent?
at 22:15 1 Dec 2025
It seems very convenient to me that Formula 1 reaches its climax next weekend with three drivers still in contention for the title.
Oscar Piastri was storming along in the Championship and then inexplicably went off the boil which allowed Lando Norris to catch up and then take over the title lead.
Then both Piastri and Norris get disqualified in the same race, allowing Verstappen to catch up.
Then suddenly Piastri finds his form again this weekend just gone.
It all feels very fishy to me. Over to you Jelly to fill in the gaps for me.
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Reply | 5 Things About Millwall
at 16:15 1 Dec 2025
Do they still sing along to ''...we all go down to The De-en' when they score? |
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Reply | What was Bazunu doing for their winning goal ?
at 19:59 30 Nov 2025
I think Bazuna only looked good during the long unbeaten run under Martin.
And then again when we win 4 on the bounce he looks OK.
The conclusion is that he looks good when he hasn't got too much to do.
Generally, he just lets in far too many goals where we're left asking 'couldn't he have done better with that.
The odd acrobatic saves he makes flatter to descieve. |
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Reply | Tonda Eckert
at 17:05 24 Nov 2025
It's a good problem to have but it's tricky...
He's done really really well in these 5 games - brilliantly on Saturday - but it's only three games and maybe Still was just so awful that pretty much anyone would have achieved a turnaround in these three games?? (But 5-0 up in the first half is pretty special).
But that's a big call to drop a guy that's doing so well - particularly given the risk that the next replacement will be another Jones or Still.
Then there's the fact that if drops back to the U21s, on the one hand the Club will have a great interim manager all ready to go, if another permanent appointment fails. But on the other, the 'bring back Tonda' chants will come quickly if someone else comes in and has a rocky start.
And then there's the fact that everyone else looking for a new manager can also see the results he's had.
I think we have to stick with him and I have high hopes that he will turn out to be a real winner.
I guess he'll be happy to keep going in interim charge for now, but at some point his agent will be asking questions about money and contracts.
But well done Tonda for bringing a bit of light back to St Mary's.
(It's also interesting how the signings of Jander, Fellows and Azaz are all now looking good ones (alongside Scienza). Tonda is shining a good light on Spors too.) |
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Reply | Solskjaer
at 10:12 19 Nov 2025
If he wins those two and makes is four on the bounce, then he probably should be. |
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Reply | Solskjaer
at 09:58 19 Nov 2025
The more charitable interpretation is that they've finally learned a bit of humility.
Not appointing another left field loser straight away and also sticking with a guy that's actually winning games, suggests to me that they are being very pragmatic for the first time in a long time and recognising that all their previous decisions and 'plans' have been comical.
Having got it so wrong so many times recently I really don't mind if they want to take stock a little, recognise that they kept making the same mistakes, and try to work out a more sensible approach to finding long term success. |
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Reply | England
at 12:05 17 Nov 2025
Yes, hopefully his forging of the bonds of brotherhood, will bring the spoils back to the fatherland. |
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Reply | Will Still
at 09:34 17 Nov 2025
You can see why the producers might go for him. Those high energy, full-of-fun characters always do well on that show. |
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Reply | Solskjaer
at 09:32 17 Nov 2025
If Tonda doesn't work out, I'd be happy with Solskjaer. |
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Reply | Be careful what you wish for…
at 14:53 15 Nov 2025
It's a fair post.
SR/Solak have been terrible to date, but in sacking Still relatively quickly (for them) but not rushing to make another idiotic appointment, I have a small amount of hope that they might be learning.
Add to that an interim manager who has won both his games and I'm happier than I've been for a very long time.
I think we're on a cusp. Getting beaten by Jones in the manner of some of our other defeats this season and normal service will be resumed. But beat Jones or even get a point up there with a more solid performance and I'm still happy.
It's a funny old game. |
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Reply | Out of left field…
at 19:08 12 Nov 2025
They appointed him to manage the reserves.
It's their first team appointments that have been all over the place.
You may be right. But even one more game against Jones is going to teach us an awful lot about Tonda and his team.
If he gets the Charlton game you can put your mortgage betting against the win - guaranteed money for you, as you seem so convinced you know the result in advance. |
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Reply | Out of left field…
at 15:09 12 Nov 2025
'Weird' to stick with a winning manager for a few more games. If you like.
I'm sick of all the failures this bunch have appointed in recent years, and in no rush to swap a winner for another loser. |
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