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He is about 90 to be fair.

Not sure why they’ve never named them. I think as Pride Park itself doesn’t really have any character still, even after all this time, then if this were to happen it would have to be based on people not geography. So how about: * West - Clough Stand (with Taylor suite somewhere) * East - Pickering Stand * North - Clowes Stand (probably too modest!) * South - Hector Stand (or Bloomer, McFarland, or other legend)

Ditto on Wavensmere - I’d have thought no chance. You might get individuals who have made a fortune out of property, such as Gadsby, deciding to spend their own money on football but very little chance a developer themselves would invest; not part of their business model and only likely to lose money. Developers only exist to make money so why would they bother? Clowes is obviously an exception to the rule. But the circumstances very different (still not sure how board of ‘Clowes Developments’ were persuaded to drop a load of cash on DCFC… assume must either all be fans, it’s all David’s money, there are reasons for doing it all in their name and/or he has total control… or I’m completely wrong and it is just DC anyway and not CD at all). Nevertheless, quite a lot of wealthy individuals around who made a wad from property so you never know. As the rules forbid massive spending sprees anymore, then guess the main benefit of an investor could be taking some pressure off DC in terms of covering debt. Sure it would help spending a bit, but I do worry how long Mr Clowes (or Clowes Developments) can (or will) fund the losses we’ll probably accrue.

I agree. If my assumptions about our resources are likely to be accurate - and we’re sensible with the money we have- then I reckon mid-table would be a very good achievement. Higher than that - an excellent achievement. We may well struggle a bit, especially at first. If we do struggle, then I hope people manage their own expectations a bit and we don’t start getting at the manager, players and owner. Sure there will be some who want instant gratification and pushing for playoffs straight away, but hopefully most will be sensible and be patient (especially when the parachute payment boys come to town!).

Some tittle tattle on Twitter seems to be suggesting that we bought the trophy ourselves and that it’s not ‘official’ (and thus we are ‘tin pot’). Anybody shed any light on that? Obviously, the tin pot comments are purely jealousy and I’m not bothered either way, was just wondering?

I think there should be something akin to the "umpire's call" in cricket. If the margin by which they are offside is so small that no human could possibly tell the difference by the naked eye, then the decision goes the way the linesman called it. If that means making the lines a bit thicker or something else, then so be it. Other elements of VAR are there to (apparently) correct clear and obvious errors. While offside is factual, the decision today was not a clear and obvious error; he wasn't standing a foot offside and the linesman was asleep, it was millimetres. Allow for a small margin of error. As someone on Twitter said "I am VAR, destroyer of dreams!". Not how it should be.

Unbelievable. Turn the Man Ure game off at 2-0 to watch Liverpool 'cos it looked dead and buried and then hear its 3-3. Nagdammit!

The EFL will no doubt hide behind their usual "rules are rules... and the clubs make the rules" nonsense. Well, seems yet again that the rules are just plain daft. No common sense. Just about everything that comes out of the EFL, EPL and FA seems designed to make life for football fans worse and, with it, the game.

Love how after we've just won that people are already working out what we'd have to do to not go up! Blimey - talk about glass half full. We get at least a point and we're up (and we're playing Carlisle ffs). Let's focus on that? Not suggesting it will be a walkover, but I reckon if you said a few weeks ago that all we'd need to do is draw at home on the last day of the season against the bottom club, we'd be OK with that.

Can't be long left, surely?

We were probably always going to need 4 points from the last two games to be absolutely sure - too much to ask for Bolton to mess it up three home games on the trot (though there's still time). Obviously, would be nice for Bolton and Peterborough to hand it to us but always pretty unlikely. Main thing is, don't lose today....

How are a Bolton doing?