Match Day Thread: Stevenage (H) 21st Feb 2026

I suspect he is. After all he only missed 7 weeks.

I am with @micra on this and I suspect Michael will start with the same starting 11 on Saturday, with Woodrow leading the line and Lowe on the bench.

Dan is Gen Z’s answer to Gen X’s Andy. I blame Alan Partridge.

Good to be adaptable away from home.

Quite randomly and unrelated ā€˜shapes away from home’ for some unknown reason made me think of Toblerone……and why is it always so prominently displayed in every airport duty free shop I’ve ever been in anywhere in the world?

No one’s default choice of chocolate bar surely as it’s kinda awkward to eat and yet there they are these oversized duty free Toblerones like chocolate bike racks. And people buy them. I dunno, just always struck me as odd, like why are they that shape? The only way they’ll fit in the box I guess.

Always the same shape wherever you go. Seems to work…..In duty free shops anyway.:thinking:

Not as odd as the suitcase shops in airports. You’ve left it too late mate.

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I haven’t had one for years (even though I think they’re perfectly OK)…but precisely because of the shape (far easier to clock the difference than a normal chocolate bar) it’s become to me just a classic symbol of the shrinkflation practices that many companies have indulged in in recent years.



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Tony’s Almond and Honey Nougat is very nice and very similar to Toblerone if you want a traditional ā€˜bar’.

But with Mini Eggs being back, I remortgaged the house so I can get my fix before they disappear again after Easter.

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For those considering going, my ā€˜home’ Away game, Leyton Orient, tickets went on sale for ST holders on Monday. Ā£30 for Adult. We’ve been given an allocation of 1264.

Hate being in that corner, but there was a right old muppet in one of the flats in the game in August giving it large and it was rather funny when our fans gave it fully back later on.

My Bolton tickets game this week too. Literally the most boring tickets I have ever seen. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for electronic, but I remember when tickets used to be ā€˜fun’ and made collecting them worthwhile.

Aah Sex Gang Children….a band name that probably benefited from no social media :woozy_face:

Alien Sex Fiend, Southern Death Cult, UK Decay….the list was long. Studded belts, black leather, hair dye and mascara. And why not.

Josh Scowen completed 90 minutes in an academy game this week. I would have thought that puts him in contention for a place on bench on Saturday.

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And if so, who drops out off the bench? Maybe even the unthinkable, Luke Leahy?

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our best midfielders in order (my view)

  1. Hendo

  2. Morley

  3. Scowen

  4. Mullins

  5. CBM

  6. Leahy

  7. Harris

Certainly don’t disagree with your first three

I would put CBM forth above Mullins. That is not being disrespectful of Mullins as he is a really good young player.

To add to that, I think Boyd-Munce has been excellent in his last three/four outings and will be hard to leave him out of the starting 11 right now.

I would have Josh on the bench on Saturday in place of Vidigal as we still have Junior to come on in the wide position up front. Vidigal doesn’t impress me, well as yet anyway.

Harris is the curious one as I can see he is a very energetic type of player who is always a willing runner but I wonder if that will be enough to keep him in the starting 11.

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The midfielders need to be looked at the the formation. We’ve seemingly settled on 4231. The 2 are looking like Morley or Hendo to pass and move. Then CBM or Leahy and id guess Scowen would be the other option for this position.

Harris or Mullibs for the advanced position, they seem different players though, with Harris running on more.

Basically we have a lot of good players in midfield

I would pay a fee. With Fred ageing, Bell would be a long term, and wise investment. He found his level with us and has potential to go beyond.

Shows how strong our recruitment has been that it wouldn’t be much of a shock if we lined up with a midfield of CBM Leahy and Harris in the league.

Got to give credit where it’s due.

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that would be a very weak 3…CBM I do rate however having Leahy and Harris is not a great combo