Ram@Lincoln

We officially offered a contract. All I know

Expect both on loan to be honest, maybe with an option to buy on Joseph as the Swans want rid. (That’s speculation by the way) 

Is Joseph that Swansea youth on the permanent deal? Then Dobbin the young Everton lad on load? Sounds good stuff to me.

Is Joseph that Swansea youth on the permanent deal? Then Dobbin the young Everton lad on load? Sounds good stuff to me.

Ah here we are again! Been told that Dobbin and Joseph are “pretty much done”. Kevin McDonald being brought into the club to play a similar role to Stearman and McDonald will be mentoring Bird and Robinson and this season will aim for Darren Robinson to be a first teamer. Told Knight won’t leave unless a big bid comes in. Knight doesn’t want to leave but cannot be playing in league 1 for ages. Not 100% confirmed this but apparently there’s a gentleman’s agreement with Knight saying that if we’re not up there in the league he will be allowed to leave. Rosenior is pushing hard for Knight and Bird on new deals too. 

Not sure why other fans don’t just get hold of the facts.
- we paid our bills, including wages last year, Bury didn’t hence why they went bust.
- not sure what other penalty we could have got, 21 points is a big penalty
- we haven’t paid a fee
- wages are limited as per business plan and every signing has to be approved by the EFL, no chance of over paying.
- we lost millions not being able to resign players and having to sell them cheap to pay bills. I don’t have an issue with this as it’s our fault going into Administration.
- now the Owls received a lenient penalty for going over FFP, remember we were only just over.
- in comparison they received a lenient penalty for not paying wages, we received nearly as much as them for not paying for 2 weeks, they didn’t pay for months.
time t0 move on

This is a signing which will have rattled many, however we’re on an EFL business plan, limited to contracts we can offer.
Swear some fans would have preferred us to go under, or be signing a bunch of non league players only and dropping down to League 2, then we might be given some slack.
I get it’s a competition, it’s no different in the EFL meetings where owners have only their self interest in mind, but the way some are going on now like their clubs have always been squeaky clean is beyond me.
When Leicester won the Premier League, I don’t recall them being hammered for it as they didn’t pay their bills a few seasons prior, they are still looked at quite fondly for being the club that did the impossible.
Maybe that’s what we have to go on and do now….

There were a few posts on one of the Derby facebook pages from programme sellers saying they've been brought back in to sell programmes again. Fantastic news for sure as I know quite a few people were upset at losing a matchday staple. Hopefully the other things that were dropped will return eventually. Any staff that lost their jobs and haven't picked anything up will hopefully be reconsidered, Shane Nicholson for example on the coaching side and the youth staff that lost jobs.

The queue for the matchday programme near the Clough and Taylor statue was huge. Good to see it, probably everyone wanting to read the interview with David Clowes, like me! 
However,  I am very disappointed to see it uses the same font that the Rampage magazine did, but even smaller as it is only A5.
I find it virtually unreadable at my age, especially when they impose white print over images.
That was the reason I cancelled my Rampage subscription. 
I wonder whether anyone checks this out with disability groups? 

Have finally returned to the nest, fully armed with excuses. 
1. They've changed the traffic management, so the home coaches leave first. Had a sneaky pint in the Yard, and the buses left just as we arrived.
Decided to wait out the traffic, and get a taxi back into town. Swift pint or three in Frankie and Bennys. Two ubers didnt turn up.
The Red Arrow was busier than usual due to the train strike, so we had to queue. Getting more beer from the shop didn't help our place in the queue, admittedly. 
Pride day in Nottingham today, not a taxi or bus free to return home without encountering menacing hordes of biker types. Another few in the Six Barrels, then I somehow got cajoled into leading the march through town!
Arrived home, and burst into 'I am what i am' when the present Mrs Devil opened the door, with a requestioned rainbow boa draped around my neck. Not amused, at all.
Let her have her mini moan, then told her I wouldn't change a single thing about the day frankly, we were celebrating the fact there was even a game and a club to go and see. 
Obviously, promised it wouldn't happen again, and will sleep on the settee tonight.
 

Knew it was our day when I saw about 50 sheep just having a little chill out on one of the road bridges going over the A38.

I felt proud to be there today. It wasn’t about the players on the pitch that have been at the club for five minutes. 
it was about the fans that ARE the club and whose ancestors have been there since the beginning. 
Great start. 

So Sean Robertson offered a contract with both parties really keen. Apparently a young winger/fullback from Villa coming on loan. Wouldn’t surprise me to see 3 loans. We’re still on the hunt for ‘experienced’ RB and GK. Jamal Blackman was an option but now since signed for Exeter. If I hear stuff I’ll put it on here ? 

It’s also a fairly stupid thing from Palace, insulting beyond reason

Also says that Palace have offered only £30k for Ebiowei so it's going to tribunal and we've received £290k for Ebosele. Sickening really. Thanks Mel.

Also says that Palace have offered only £30k for Ebiowei so it's going to tribunal and we've received £290k for Ebosele. Sickening really. Thanks Mel.

But they were playing the 'we're being so good to you card'? 
 

Signing recently released youngsters with an excellent attitude and a point to prove is infinitely better - not to mention more exciting - than the approach which got us into financial strife and ultimately out of the Championship in the wrong direction. 

Ignore them, B4. That's not pink, it's maroon. 

New kit. I see pink @B4ev6iswon't be happy..

I'm getting a nasty feeling here that because we haven't signed 4 Internationals that if all goes tits up on Saturday...the knives will be out.
3 weeks ago we had nowt, Today we have a squad that looks capable of performing to a good standard, LR is waiting for the right players, Whether they are really close or so close he's sleeping with them we don't know.
3 defeats in the last 3 friendlies means very little IMO, Players are getting game time, Others are taking it easy and waiting for Saturday.
I just hope that the knives stay where they belong...in the block.

I imagine the wages would be put in an escrow? The outcome of the tribunal would then determine what happens to that money.
   1. Contract deemed valid - possibly fined for not turning up for work and the club reclaim it.
   2. Contract deemed invalid - club reclaim the money anyway.
Someone else will likely have a better understanding than me though.

Ah, so you're suggesting that any player that "doesn't want to play for us" should simply be released? - regardless of the length of their contract ; how much we paid for them; what their possible resale value is? That will make the football transfer market an interesting place....good grief

The Reading side that won the Championship with 106 points lost their last pre-season friendly 2-1 against non-league Dorchester Town.
They also lost to Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at home, and Farnborough Town 2-1 away during pre-season.
Oh and they also lost their first game of the season 2-1 at home to Plymouth.
Pre-season means nothing.