Van der MoodHoover

1 hour ago, Srg said:

 

If he's a former Palace defender (like that's a pinnacle for anyone), has he been released or is he playing somewhere even worse?

3 hours ago, Big Trav said:

I have names, some decent ones too. I don’t like sharing them due to the fact they’re nowhere near done. 

That Indian cricketer.......Arshdeep.

That's a decent name.

Well, made me snigger.......😉

On 24/09/2023 at 03:24, Stagtime said:

6 week UK trip booked for next year, leave Brisbane 28 April and 38 hours later land in Inverness. 3 days in Inverness then 7 days walking the Great Glen Way from Fort William to Inverness. Nothing confirmed after that but looking to stay somewhere around Derby for 3 weeks then head south. 

How's it going mate? Has it stopped raining yet?

1 hour ago, Magicman said:

Off load Fornah. 

Is that the new midfield 3, 

Karl Off - Freiburg lian

Glyn Load - wrexham youth

Fornah - already ours

😎

2 hours ago, Highgate said:

There didn't seem to be too much spin on it either, ...maybe he was distracted by the fact that he thought the whistle was going to blow for the obvious foul or something! 

And I'd forgotten how bad that Harkes miss was too.... 

I was right behind that goal. I still have nightmares.....

1 hour ago, Comrade 86 said:

My ignore list is getting out of hand.

Eh? Who said that.....

😉

Dunk and guehi seem to be inferior clones of Maguire and stones.

We don't have anyone close to Bellinghams level if he isn't available.

Looks like we don't have much depth below the first xi.

That said, Eze has given it a go.

Not a fan of either Bowen or Gallagher.

It's the first warm up against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Experimental England side, quite a few injuries in Southgates 33 man squad. Probably the most disrupted preparation since Rooney's injury at euro 2012.

1 hour ago, ram59 said:

In fairness, they're not just doing their jobs, they're excelling at their jobs by gaining promotion and earning their club in excess of a £100m. If you're on of a number of players who earn your club a £100m bonus, it's not unreasonable to expect to share a £10-20m share of that money. Where it becomes irresponsible, is when these players earn vast fortunes for achieving nothing.

It looks bad on promoted clubs' accounts during their promotion season but these bonuses are paid out against future earnings in the Premier. I suppose that the EFL must take these bonuses off the clubs' losses when assessing for FFP. However, the Premier league will include these losses when they assess the clubs in future seasons.

 

Sounds exactly like the bankers. "Look at all the extra profits we made you". Until they turned out not to be there. Just like premier League profits.

48 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Lol. They were so good at it they did it again! I was asking about how they made their 'lucky signings', seems that spotting Mahrez helped. But interestingly the huge wages paid relates to promotion bonuses:

"Leicester’s 2013-14 accounts state they spent £36m on players’ wages, £5m more than the club’s entire income – the goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, the captain Wes Morgan, the prolific striker Jamie Vardy and other core players were already on the payroll then – although Leicester said £9.4m comprised bonuses paid on promotion. During the season, in January 2014, Leicester signed Riyad Mahrez from Le Havre for a reported £560,000, and the Algeria midfielder has since been instrumental in Leicester’s promotion and remarkable Premier League turnaround."

If you look for info on Luton's finances - who we should aim to be like according to one poster - then their current losses are down to 'huge' promotion bonuses. It all goes on still.

How to stop football clubs spending money? 😉

Or how to stop players and/or agents demanding huge bonuses for doing their jobs.

As bad as bankers......

12 hours ago, kevinhectoring said:

 It’s just that it’s  embarrassing to be reading about the heroics of 40 year old amateur footballers when there’s a champions league final to be watched 

Personally I'd be more embarrassed about organizing my evening around watching a bunch of sausage eaters and bull fighters bore everyone to death.

But maybe that's just me.......

4 minutes ago, kevinhectoring said:

Can’t we have a separate ‘glory days’ thread ? You lot could recount tales of footie derring do to your hearts’ content and everyone else would be able to decide whether to share the glorious nostalgia 

We're bored Kev.....

There's no rumours, nor confirmed incomings.

We're whiling away time.

Not really a problem though is it? Not distracting you from the total lack of any news or owt is it?

1 hour ago, WarCatDCFC said:

Could we get rid of Fozzy because he too old and I feel like he going to cost us games 

1 hour ago, WarCatDCFC said:

Can we stop buying or bring in old people age 30-35 please

1 hour ago, WarCatDCFC said:

My cut off would be 28 or 29 if they are good to fit in our team 

58 minutes ago, WarCatDCFC said:

We really need to build a team around youth and hungry players who want to play football 

Players from 18 - 27 is the way to go these days or a player that's just 29-30 wants one more run and still play well 

55 minutes ago, WarCatDCFC said:

I hate seeing teams in the premiership buying a guy for 50 million age 34 

52 minutes ago, WarCatDCFC said:

If you are 34 or older and in my team please get out of my club you too old to play football go join a Sunday league team or league 2 team please

Nora........ have you been on @londonbridgeram's course on "how to post each thought I have individually on a forum"?

8 hours ago, MadAmster said:

Thanks. Weirdly, now most of us are 70+ most play golf. I'm out between 3 and 5 times a week on my 20 speed Guerciotti Alero for between 35km and 80km at around 30 kpu to keep the waistline reasonable. Down to 88kg come november, back up to 95 come April. Wash, rinse, repeat.

I reffed for several years but 3 years ago I had 2 breaks in my left fibula following a cycling accident. 2 Ops later I'd lost the ability to keep up with play for 90 minutes. Always said I was never going to be THAT ref... the one who never leaves the centre circle. Kept to my word and stopped.

Did some reffing in the Hampshire leagues in the noughties. I found the fastest running was getting away from the games back to the car (always parked away from the ground).

That was after the 2nd ACL rupture.

On 31/05/2024 at 09:15, MadAmster said:

90 minutes? I played getting on half my career there before retiring at 53.

My best season? That would be 98/99. The team had a perfect record. Played 22, lost 22. We averaged 8 or 9 goals against every game. It could easily have been 20 a game, hence a good season. 8 or 9 a game good? IMO, yes. I'll explain...

I was 44 at the start of the season. The average age of the side was about 50. The back 4 were all good players but the left back, at 52, was the baby of the defence. The central defenders were 56 and 58 and the right back was 60. We were ahead come HT in a few games, level in some and, even when behind, there was usually just the one goal in it. Around the 65 to 70 minute mark, all 4 were done for. That was when the deluge started. Kept me on my toes but you can't stop 'em all although I did stop a lot. I would think a good 80%+ of our goals against came in the last 20 minutes of games. The opposition teams were all 20s to early 30 in age.

Good effort mate. That was presumably before walking football was a thing for the older generation, so they had to keep going in the usual leagues......

1 hour ago, Ram1988 said:

It is. I feel he's a semi reliable source🤣

Me, I don't get past a semi these days.....

13 hours ago, londonbridgeram said:

I'm not too up on the possible available players. But I would be very interested in their commitment and attitude to DCFC. Particularly as I'm sure these attributes will be essential for a difficult, battling season. And, it'd be nice if they could be fit enough to string a few games together.

13 hours ago, londonbridgeram said:

Max Lowe for instance. Not a chance. He'd be better off trying to get back to Aberdeen.

13 hours ago, londonbridgeram said:

Would be ok though with Ben Osborn. He can make peace/amends after that goal in 2015

You're allowed more than 1 paragraph in a post, mate! 😉

11 hours ago, MadAmster said:

All players have training routines they need to follow through the closed season so, apart from their 2 weeks by the sea or wherever, they are in training.

🤣

1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said:

You mean like Stoke signing Johansson last week despite him being under contract at Rotherham (until 2025) and it not being the transfer window?

"Viktor Johansson has signed a three-year deal with Stoke City."

"The transfer will become effective upon the opening of the summer window" 

Rotherham have announced a number of "signings", but not the basis of them.

1 hour ago, ram59 said:

Unfortunately, the way to get promoted to the premier is to generally throw money at it. We are the only club who failed and got punished. Time and time again clubs have been promoted by throwing money at it and have avoided punishment, the list is very long, Villa, Fester, Bournemouth twice, QPR, Watford, etc.

Clubs doing it the 'right way' are few and far between.

Luton, Burnley, Brentford and dare one say, Forest in recent seasons.....

My set have arrived. Didn't think about framing but that's a great idea.

The CEO at Plymouth is a scouser. So the fans have been critical that they only seem to get scouse managers.

He looked today like he needed to get back out on the training ground.

21 hours ago, Steve How Hard? said:

For my missus 50th birthday I presented her with a madeira cake, exclaiming it would be the best birthday cake she ever had. 

She seemed a little underwhelmed at this plain sponge cake until I told her Madeira was where we were flying to in a couple of days time.

Obviously you don't have to be so extravagant but you could do something along the same lines. Maybe a toilet seat and say you're off to Bognor. 

I still don't know why my Eccles cake gift got such a stern stare.......

10 minutes ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

His shooting wasn't very good just now😃

Kyle Walker has been the best attacker imo 

8 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

Now you're just being cantankerous.

He wasn't playing well from the start. Too slow and dithering in possession and unconvincing at picking up and dealing with runners.

I've liked Stones plenty in the past and he's still Englands best cb. But he isn't on it today.

But in the interest of balance Stones has looked better 2nd half moved across. Just did a decent interception to snuff out a dangerous pass towards Fernandez.

So fair's fair.