Collins aiming to put things right (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Still no comment from Di canio then?

would like to see james collins and simon ferry start tonight looking forward to 3 points onward and upwards.



coyr

Redhouse Red wrote:
Still no comment from Di canio then?

Perhaps he's busy getting the lads in for extra training. Or after more players for the squad that seems to gone quiet.
3-0 again tonight i hope.

Redhouse Red wrote:
Still no comment from Di canio then?

STFC player has an interview.

i think paolo needs to take some responsibility for not beating hartlepool... he wasn't wearing his lucky green hat.

Redhouse Red wrote:
Still no comment from Di canio then?

Or maybe he lost his voice after the hairdryer treatment. .

Tunes the sweet that helps you breath more easy.

stokes_stfc wrote:
i think paolo needs to take some responsibility for not beating hartlepool... he wasn't wearing his lucky green hat.

and according to The Rob Hartley Show he was often sitting down. Outrageous !

I think Collins may will start tonight with Benson dropping to the bench, would like to see Caddis back in place of Devera and and Ferry back in place of Miller. Without these two playing I don't think we are seeing the best of Richie down the right. Like to see Andy Williams get on the score sheet, he's working hard upfront without any rewards and for his own confidence the sooner he starts gettin g the ball in hte net the better.

To drop Caddis unless he was injured and to publicy strip him of his captaincy was so so silly by Pdc.
A point on sat was OK so a penalty was missed and the players had an off day.
Makes you think all is not Kosher at the CG,sounds as if the players are scared of Pdc.
As I said last week you either like his style of management or hate it.
Granted a manager must be strict but confident in his palyers.The way he is going on I can see a few more being dropped and heading out of the CG as I feel they will only take so MUCH.
Would be great to get another win this evening however lets hope caddis and ferry get a shout.Stii it's all if's and but's.Pdc needs to focus on man management not a reign of terror as in the end his empire will all fall apart and he will not be remembered for the good things he achieved but only his ranting and ravings

Change of subject Stoke, is it ALL TICKET?

That doesn't apparenty count Stokes

OTR - on our point about boycotting the BBC would not have done themselves any favours with their pre game buil up - ongoing spat!!!!!

Think this backs up the impression Ritchie was giving that they seemed to expect to turn up and win and that is what **** PdC off
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In his pre Crawley non-interview he says we are still a L2 side who have signed some good players but must prove we deserve to be at the top
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Also this shows again his poor man management is only an issue for the fans not the players themselves

Personally I'm over the moon with our clean sheets in the two games this season. I'll say it until I'm blue in the face, that's what wins you the league.

I couldn't make Hartlepool but I thought Ritchie was poor first half against Brighton looked like he may have had a knock. Frankly he was no where at the levels he reached in the first half of last season from late January, regardless of our run. He needs to knuckle down and keep improving with or without Ferry and Caddis. I'm sure he will.

Really looking forward to tonight, another clean sheet and a win tonight.

Spot on there Dreams if Ritchie is the player we all believe he can be - he needs to deliver without the others
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Otherwise they will always have to move as a trio and that will limit their options
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However, saying that I do think a different type of fullback will help him
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As we are at home I would like to see Thompson if Caddis is not fit (everyone seems to have forgotten that both PdC and Caddis have said it is fitness related)
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Thompson can bomb forward more which can allow Ritchie to cut in and have that overlap option he has with Ritchie
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I would also like to see Rooney as Roberts is out - we are at home and Crawley are not Brighton so lets go at them

With our defence we will be hard to beat this year, if the strikers and midfielders knock in the goals I can see a lot of 1-0 wins home and away....

Mallorca, you need to change the record! It`s about fitness with caddis.

I can't understand why the panic buttons are being pressed, basically five new players in the team, they need a couple of competitive games to gel. I think they did brilliant against Brighton , and a draw at Hartlepool , who normally beat us up there isn't a bad thing. If after four /five games we ain't doing very well then press the buttons, but just chill for a couple of games, let the players find there way, they'll come good in time for the Oxford game

mallorca wrote:
To drop Caddis unless he was injured and to publicy strip him of his captaincy was so so silly by Pdc.
A point on sat was OK so a penalty was missed and the players had an off day.
Makes you think all is not Kosher at the CG,sounds as if the players are scared of Pdc.
As I said last week you either like his style of management or hate it.
Granted a manager must be strict but confident in his palyers.The way he is going on I can see a few more being dropped and heading out of the CG as I feel they will only take so MUCH.
Would be great to get another win this evening however lets hope caddis and ferry get a shout.Stii it's all if's and but's.Pdc needs to focus on man management not a reign of terror as in the end his empire will all fall apart and he will not be remembered for the good things he achieved but only his ranting and ravings

Are you really as negative in life as all your posts seem to be , I cannot recall many of your posts being positive even when we are winning. Paul Caddis is unfit and questioned the training regime and was rightly or wrongly removed from his duties as captain, does that one fact suddenly mean we are going to implode ?

London Red wrote:
Spot on there Dreams if Ritchie is the player we all believe he can be - he needs to deliver without the others
.
Otherwise they will always have to move as a trio and that will limit their options
.
However, saying that I do think a different type of fullback will help him
.

As we are at home I would like to see Thompson if Caddis is not fit (everyone seems to have forgotten that both PdC and Caddis have said it is fitness related)
.
Thompson can bomb forward more which can allow Ritchie to cut in and have that overlap option he has with Ritchie
.
I would also like to see Rooney as Roberts is out - we are at home and Crawley are not Brighton so lets go at them

Agree with you both. It goes without saying that all players perform at their best when they have good players around them, but Ritchie is supposed to be one of our best players. If he's as good as most people believe, he can do the business regardless of whether Caddis and Ferry are in the team.

Davethered wrote:
I can't understand why the panic buttons are being pressed, basically five new players in the team, they need a couple of competitive games to gel. I think they did brilliant against Brighton , and a draw at Hartlepool , who normally beat us up there isn't a bad thing. If after four /five games we ain't doing very well then press the buttons, but just chill for a couple of games, let the players find there way, they'll come good in time for the Oxford game

Come good in time for the Oxford game? Perhaps this is a bit controversial but I couldn't give a monkey's about the Oxford game. I'd play the reserves for that one. We have far more important games to concentrate on.

old town robin wrote:
I think Collins may will start tonight with Benson dropping to the bench, would like to see Caddis back in place of Devera and and Ferry back in place of Miller. Without these two playing I don't think we are seeing the best of Richie down the right. Like to see Andy Williams get on the score sheet, he's working hard upfront without any rewards and for his own confidence the sooner he starts gettin g the ball in hte net the better.

100% agree with all your comments/thoughts OTR. Ritchie is only half the player he can be without Caddis and Ferry and I really don't think he will ever deliver on his own without these two making their runs and giving him space. Ferry is one of the best players in our squad and I hope to goodness he starts tonight. Ritchie isn't that fast and much of the time is quite predictable so if the opposition have done their homework and aren't getting pulled out of place by Ferry/Caddis, he can be marginalised. If Ritchie had real pace combined with Ferry's vision he wouldn't be with us now, he'd be in the Premiership. Still think he's a very good player at this level and admire his gutsiness but he needs space and time and he can't always create that for himself. Can't wait for Andy Williams to open his account, looks like a brilliant buy and I reckon young James Collins could be a very astute signing too. Once we settle this could be a great side.

Oi Den! wrote:

Davethered wrote:
I can't understand why the panic buttons are being pressed, basically five new players in the team, they need a couple of competitive games to gel. I think they did brilliant against Brighton , and a draw at Hartlepool , who normally beat us up there isn't a bad thing. If after four /five games we ain't doing very well then press the buttons, but just chill for a couple of games, let the players find there way, they'll come good in time for the Oxford game

Come good in time for the Oxford game? Perhaps this is a bit controversial but I couldn't give a monkey's about the Oxford game. I'd play the reserves for that one. We have far more important games to concentrate on.

i agree with playing reserves in the jpt,but against poxford,it's time we put them in there place(always in our shadow)so we should play our best team and stuff them.

Playing the reserves last season suited us so well?!

I'm afraid I love us to win every game, the one thing about this manager is he agrees to. H's got them fit enough to play 60 plus games in a season. All this whining -ridiculous. Let's go out and win games and keep winning them.

dreamofacleansheet2 wrote:
Playing the reserves last season suited us so well?!

I'm afraid I love us to win every game, the one thing about this manager is he agrees to. H's got them fit enough to play 60 plus games in a season. All this whining -ridiculous. Let's go out and win games and keep winning them.

That's a very good point about the winning habit. It's just that I have very little regard for the JPT. And I think plenty of other people feel the same way, otherwise attendances would not be so poor. But I know the club takes it seriously. For PDC's sake, I would be pleased to see us make up for last season's Wembley no-show by winning it this time. But I came away from Wembley not feeling any of the usual gut wrenching pain of defeat. If defeat doesn't hurt, then winning can't mean so much either.

The BBC didn't do Paolo any favours by airing the Caddis interview just before the game and at other various times, seems like the BBC are intent on causing a rift between players and manager. This whole Caddis thing should be sorted out behind closed doors with Paolo and him having a man to man chat, no need for the BBC or any other media to keep bringing this Caddis saga up, more importantly we have league games to concentrate on which we NEED to WIN!!

Come on you reds!!

stfcknowitall wrote:
The BBC didn't do Paolo any favours by airing the Caddis interview just before the game and at other various times, seems like the BBC are intent on causing a rift between players and manager. This whole Caddis thing should be sorted out behind closed doors with Paolo and him having a man to man chat, no need for the BBC or any other media to keep bringing this Caddis saga up, more importantly we have league games to concentrate on which we NEED to WIN!!

Come on you reds!!

It's no good shooting the messenger. PDC voiced very public criticism of Caddis, and Caddis wanted to make sure the balance was redressed by telling his side of the story. If we are to avoid this sort of stuff in the future, it is up to PDC to keep it all in house in the first place. Once it's "out there", it becomes almost unstoppable.

What's the story with Roberts' injury? Is it the same problem he had while out in Italy? Was hoping to see him flying from the start.

Oi Den! wrote:

stfcknowitall wrote: The BBC didn't do Paolo any favours by airing the Caddis interview just before the game and at other various times, seems like the BBC are intent on causing a rift between players and manager. This whole Caddis thing should be sorted out behind closed doors with Paolo and him having a man to man chat, no need for the BBC or any other media to keep bringing this Caddis saga up, more importantly we have league games to concentrate on which we NEED to WIN!! Come on you reds!!

It's no good shooting the messenger. PDC voiced very public criticism of Caddis, and Caddis wanted to make sure the balance was redressed by telling his side of the story. If we are to avoid this sort of stuff in the future, it is up to PDC to keep it all in house in the first place. Once it's "out there", it becomes almost unstoppable.

Yea your right Den, I shouldn't shoot the messeger, just a bit sick of the caddis/paolo spat being brought up thats all. Hopefully 3 points tonight :-D!

mallorca wrote:
To drop Caddis unless he was injured and to publicy strip him of his captaincy was so so silly by Pdc. A point on sat was OK so a penalty was missed and the players had an off day. Makes you think all is not Kosher at the CG,sounds as if the players are scared of Pdc. As I said last week you either like his style of management or hate it. Granted a manager must be strict but confident in his palyers.The way he is going on I can see a few more being dropped and heading out of the CG as I feel they will only take so MUCH. Would be great to get another win this evening however lets hope caddis and ferry get a shout.Stii it's all if's and but's.Pdc needs to focus on man management not a reign of terror as in the end his empire will all fall apart and he will not be remembered for the good things he achieved but only his ranting and ravings

What is wrong with you?

Read or listen to the interviews again. Get your facts straight.
PDC had to explain why he had dropped the captaincy from Caddis and, after the reaction it got, Caddis then had to put the record straight by giving his side where he acknowledged that he wasn't fully fit. He also mentioned that he knew it was coming before PDCs team talk.

He'll be back in the team soon enough.
Can we let this drop now?

Den I take your point and of course it didn't hurt as much as the play off final against Millwall but if you do get to the later stages it is significant revenue which at our level may help us sign One more player than we might have been able to. Same goes for the Capital cup and FA Cup. Drives me mad when premier league managers play reserve sides. (obviously look forward to Pullis doing this)! I for one am happy we have a manager who has the drive to an every game.

Also I don't blame the BBC and I for one don't blame Paolo. He's damned if does speak to the press, damned if he doesn't. Remember the uproar when he selected the side for Aldershot? Then he explained why and everyone 100% behind him. If he hadn't explained why he stripped Caddis of the captaincy and dropped him we would have had the same issue with everyone jumping up and down.

Quite a few are upset he hasn't spoken to the "press" since the w/e. (not entering the argument London just making my point). You can debate whether he should have stripped Caddis, and whether he should have done it in front of players but lets try and have a bit of consistency. I for one am delighted to hear from our manager and if our players have to develop some thick skin so be it.

Whether his methods will work on someone being paid £100,000 a week time will tell. He may have mellowed a bit by the time he leaves us. Mind you I doubt it.

Up the football league we go. I was first to call back to back. Promotions when we were 10 points behind Crawley in mid January. I'm getting close to predicting back to back to back with Paolo as our manager. I won't yet so Steve can have his coverlet on Paolo leaving this year. I dont see it obviously but I'll hold back at for aother time! Can't wait for tonight.

I believe the Caddis saga has come about because of fitness and frustration. He took longer than expected to recover at the end of last season and that injury well still have been troubling him during pre-season This may have led to frustration, which along with a possible change in night time sleep patterns, may have been a catalyst to the reported problems.

A lot of people have speculated that the way he was stripped of the captaincy has worsened the situation and many have said Paolo was wrong to do it the way he did. The probable truth is that we don't know this for sure and that possibly it is all being made to look worse than it is by eager hacks making a mountain out of a mole hill. This may explain why PDC is not talking to the press at the moment as there is inevitably going to be questions asked regarding Paul.

Personally I would prefer to wait and see what happens. I want Paul to come back and I believe he will when he is 100% fit, but only when this is the case will it happen as we all know how much emphasis PDC puts on fitness.

The result on Saturday cannot be judged until later in the season, it may prove to be a very good point which could have been even better. Early season form does not always give an indication of how a season will pan out and although it is nice to get a good start it should not necessarily be all doom and gloom if we don't.

IMO you need to assess form after 10-15 games as this allows for peaks and troughs a bit more. The first 6 matches are no more than a current form guide which during a season will show numerous different teams on top as they go through good runs. The key is to stay near the top of the current form table throughout the season, something Town did last season after the first 5-6 games.

Looking forward to the match tonight and a good atmosphere though I suspect it will be a bit less heated than the last meeting with the Creepies.

COYMR

Just a few opinions of mine . I agree with Davethered. Bar a missed pen , we would probably have won on Sat. Hartlepool is a long trip and we have done very poorly up there in the past.
Caddis and Ritchie play a lot of interpassing and it worked very well for us last season . We saw that Ritchie was not as effective when Caddis was out and its as simple as that.
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Hoping for a good attendance tonight and a cracking atmosphere, noticed Crawley only had jus over 3000 for thier game on saturday, hoping we can get 3 times that tonight and make it itimidating for the Crawley lads!! Cant wait for the game!!

COME ON YOU REDS!!!!...

Oxon-Red wrote:
I believe the Caddis saga has come about because of fitness and frustration. He took longer than expected to recover at the end of last season and that injury well still have been troubling him during pre-season This may have led to frustration, which along with a possible change in night time sleep patterns, may have been a catalyst to the reported problems.

A lot of people have speculated that the way he was stripped of the captaincy has worsened the situation and many have said Paolo was wrong to do it the way he did. The probable truth is that we don't know this for sure and that possibly it is all being made to look worse than it is by eager hacks making a mountain out of a mole hill. This may explain why PDC is not talking to the press at the moment as there is inevitably going to be questions asked regarding Paul.

Personally I would prefer to wait and see what happens. I want Paul to come back and I believe he will when he is 100% fit, but only when this is the case will it happen as we all know how much emphasis PDC puts on fitness.

The result on Saturday cannot be judged until later in the season, it may prove to be a very good point which could have been even better. Early season form does not always give an indication of how a season will pan out and although it is nice to get a good start it should not necessarily be all doom and gloom if we don't.

IMO you need to assess form after 10-15 games as this allows for peaks and troughs a bit more. The first 6 matches are no more than a current form guide which during a season will show numerous different teams on top as they go through good runs. The key is to stay near the top of the current form table throughout the season, something Town did last season after the first 5-6 games.

Looking forward to the match tonight and a good atmosphere though I suspect it will be a bit less heated than the last meeting with the Creepies.

COYMR

I think we've had a very good start. It's the messages coming out of the club that seem to be causing the sense of unease. I bet there are plenty of other clubs' fans who would wonder why there's all this angst when we've won one and drawn one - without conceding a goal!

Well we'll have to tell them Den!we got a manager who's a perfectionist,with very high standards,rules by fear,want 100% effort every game,wants consistency from each player every game and is a winner who hates to lose,but at the moment he won't talk to press,but he will do vids for LR'S beloved player,which is apparently part of the press!LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oi Den! wrote:

dreamofacleansheet2 wrote:
Playing the reserves last season suited us so well?!

I'm afraid I love us to win every game, the one thing about this manager is he agrees to. H's got them fit enough to play 60 plus games in a season. All this whining -ridiculous. Let's go out and win games and keep winning them.

That's a very good point about the winning habit. It's just that I have very little regard for the JPT. And I think plenty of other people feel the same way, otherwise attendances would not be so poor. But I know the club takes it seriously. For PDC's sake, I would be pleased to see us make up for last season's Wembley no-show by winning it this time. But I came away from Wembley not feeling any of the usual gut wrenching pain of defeat. If defeat doesn't hurt, then winning can't mean so much either.

I'm with Dream'O here - I was really peeved at losing at Wembley...mainly due to the manner of defeat.
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I'd be interested to see how many others didn't feel the pangs of defeat.

SAP, have you not unintentionally agreed with me there? "..peeved... mainly due to the manner of the defeat". I felt that way, but I wasn't bothered about the defeat itself, whereas the Millwall game was a double kick in the goolies - a gutless performance and a defeat that meant so much to us.

I agree Den but I guess what I am trying to say is don't judge until the end of October at least.

The unease IMO is caused by Paolo's passion and his high profile which singles him out for more attention than other managers. Also, although his english is good, I think he is sometimes misinterpreted which doesn't help.

I like his no nonsense approach and I don't believe he is as unapproachable as has been suggested by some.

He has given my family (and the club) a huge boost in his time with the club, we love his quirks and his passion. Hardly a day goes by without either my wife or daughters singing a Paolo related song. I hope the current situation can be sorted, with the right outcome, and we have the real Paolo back very soon and for a long time to come.

COYMR

Den- It appears PdC agrees with you about our start
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Granted its not in the Adver as a rehash of the same interview like normal - but in his build up he has said

"We arrive at tonight’s game after a 0-0 draw at Hartlepool United on Saturday afternoon
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I wasn’t disappointed with the performance, but after such a magnificent game against Brighton, it was difficult to go to Hartlepool with full batteries
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I was happy to confirm our solidity at Hartlepool because we kept a clean sheet and created chances ourselves so we will not complain.
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Over the last two games we have conceded no goals and scored three and that’s a good record.”
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As I said above I think it is the attitude that we were simply going to go there and win which annoyed him
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I'm glad that has annoyed him as it is an attitude we need to stamp out
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I'm full of confidence that this year we will do well - but still know we will have to work extremely hard to achieve that - just like last year

Take the 10/1 available at Corals people it won't last!

I will not moan about the Hartlepool result because all the moaning has already been carried out by everyone and their dog.
But may I please make two moans about STFC not related to Paolo or any of the players :-
1) The official STFC website is driving me mad ! - I know that it must be a national Football Club thing, but what a mess it has become.
What was always my first viewing of the day has now been completely changed, in fact most days I dont even bother to even look at it, and I suspect the majority of fans dont bother either.
Surely this nonsense cannot continue.
2) As season ticket holder in the Don Rogers Stand, I complained last season about the TV screens being turned off before the end of the game, so that the fans cannot see the other football results after the final whistle.
Last Tuesday after the Brighton game - Guess What ? - No Football Results again.
As I stated last season, I am quite sure that all the TV's were working in the Arkells Stand, especially in the Hospitality Suites and the Director's Rooms.
Come on STFC Matchday Experience Administrators, just think about the loyal fans in the DR Stand, and the large numbers that look for the other scores at the end of the game.

Thanks Old-Stager you`ve saved me the trouble of submitting a similar posting !

Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote:
I will not moan about the Hartlepool result because all the moaning has already been carried out by everyone and their dog.
But may I please make two moans about STFC not related to Paolo or any of the players :-
1) The official STFC website is driving me mad ! - I know that it must be a national Football Club thing, but what a mess it has become.
What was always my first viewing of the day has now been completely changed, in fact most days I dont even bother to even look at it, and I suspect the majority of fans dont bother either.
Surely this nonsense cannot continue.
2) As season ticket holder in the Don Rogers Stand, I complained last season about the TV screens being turned off before the end of the game, so that the fans cannot see the other football results after the final whistle.
Last Tuesday after the Brighton game - Guess What ? - No Football Results again.
As I stated last season, I am quite sure that all the TV's were working in the Arkells Stand, especially in the Hospitality Suites and the Director's Rooms.
Come on STFC Matchday Experience Administrators, just think about the loyal fans in the DR Stand, and the large numbers that look for the other scores at the end of the game.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that post Old Stager. (except the TVs and the official site being rubbish of course) Good luck hope someone listens to you.

Bring back Wilson then the caddis fiasco will/won't/ never have happened. He would have have been allowed as much time as he wanted and guaranteed his place place week in week out, and yes another relegation fodder team.
FFs people get a grip.
Work hard you play.
Don't argue.
Respect the manager, after all we all know he's right.
Onwards and upwards.
Looking forward to the win, failing that the good news is they may well go out to 20/1 to win the league. Which we will.

Something doesn't seem quite right with Paolo lately. Not sure what it is. Grieving can be a long process and it must still be hard losing both parents in the space of a year. I hope this doesn't effect the way he is with his players.

Old-Stager,

I don't use STFC Player but, and I don't know whether it helps, I did notice the following statement at the end of the match preview article:

"The club understand some customers have been experiencing difficulties accessing STFC Player. As this is a new version of Player with updated functionality, users are advised to initially clear the cache on their device by pressing ‘Control’ and ‘F5’ simultaneously or refer to the FAQ’s section (www.player.swindont
ownfc.co.uk/help) to help identify the cause.

Should the issue persist, please email customer.services@pe
rformgroup.com and a member of the Customer Services team will respond directly."



Changing subject, is the club not selling tickets in the section of the Arkell's stand next to the Away section. I went on to the on-line ticket section of the club website and there are no tickets available in this large area for any of the upcoming matches !

COYMR

Paul Caddis NOT in the squad to face Crawley Town this evening. @bbcwiltshire

Eastleaze quite right he isn't in the squad, unless he can catch his 6 days up in under a week.

I expect him to be breaking himself in training and I expect him back in the next two games. Everyone can calm down then as we'll have a few more points and clean sheets!

Ps Troy if you could score the first goal and we could win 2-0 tonight that would be lovely!