Ghost of Clough

It used to in the early Rush days. Then we changed back to bums in seats.

Providing you can walk there or have a bus pass!

Okay, back on track with this thread. Some pearls from Hertha's forum:
- How much does this McGoldrick cost?
- the opponent is third division?
- There is more structure in play with the third division team than with us, or am I getting it wrong?
- If I understood the commentator correctly at the beginning, 3-4 weeks ago they only had 6-7(!) players in the squad because of the bankruptcy and their forced relegation
- We play like a German bar team visiting an English bar team on the island and then we go to the pub together and go home tomorrow with a big head. At least that's how it used to be with us, except that we played a better ball.

I knew I was missing someone. Smith to start, Robinson drops to the bench, Aghatise out of the team

With Roberts and hopefully Forsyth battling it out at LB, I doubt we'll see WGP in the first team. Maybe on the bench a couple of times if someone is injured.
The next LB to play for our first team will likely be Moloney once he's recovered from injury. An exciting wing back.
Could possibly see Kei Robinson feature there in a couple of years as a more defensive minded option, typical of a player who is equally as good at LB and CB.

It's essentially the same principle as for U24s.

We have 2 Chester’s? Or is he doing the job if 2 men?

My understanding is, he cancelled his contract under TUPE (so we don't have to pay him anymore), but we still hold his registration for a season (so someone has to pay us to sign him)

Byrne would have had a very good chance to get 15 assists to his name in this team, and go into next season with a reputation as one of the most dangerous RBs in the football league. Could have ran the final year of his extended contract down and moved on with his reputation intact and got a very good wage at his next club.
Instead, he's damaged his reputation on a high risk strategy to earn a little bit more in the short term. Probably the last time he'll be offered a Championship level contract now as well.

Byrne would have had a very good chance to get 15 assists to his name in this team, and go into next season with a reputation as one of the most dangerous RBs in the football league. Could have ran the final year of his extended contract down and moved on with his reputation intact and got a very good wage at his next club.
Instead, he's damaged his reputation on a high risk strategy to earn a little bit more in the short term. Probably the last time he'll be offered a Championship level contract now as well.

Definitely Harry Evans who played first-half v Belper United looking at this photo his dad has tweeted. Congratulations, Harry Evans!
 

1. Announce Roofe on Tuesday when it’s at the height of the heatwave.
2. All eyes turn to Bristol for the inevitable reports of spontaneous human combustion.

Byrne would have had a very good chance to get 15 assists to his name in this team, and go into next season with a reputation as one of the most dangerous RBs in the football league. Could have ran the final year of his extended contract down and moved on with his reputation intact and got a very good wage at his next club.
Instead, he's damaged his reputation on a high risk strategy to earn a little bit more in the short term. Probably the last time he'll be offered a Championship level contract now as well.

With Roberts and hopefully Forsyth battling it out at LB, I doubt we'll see WGP in the first team. Maybe on the bench a couple of times if someone is injured.
The next LB to play for our first team will likely be Moloney once he's recovered from injury. An exciting wing back.
Could possibly see Kei Robinson feature there in a couple of years as a more defensive minded option, typical of a player who is equally as good at LB and CB.

My understanding is, he cancelled his contract under TUPE (so we don't have to pay him anymore), but we still hold his registration for a season (so someone has to pay us to sign him)

My understanding is, he cancelled his contract under TUPE (so we don't have to pay him anymore), but we still hold his registration for a season (so someone has to pay us to sign him)

Byrne would have had a very good chance to get 15 assists to his name in this team, and go into next season with a reputation as one of the most dangerous RBs in the football league. Could have ran the final year of his extended contract down and moved on with his reputation intact and got a very good wage at his next club.
Instead, he's damaged his reputation on a high risk strategy to earn a little bit more in the short term. Probably the last time he'll be offered a Championship level contract now as well.

Byrne would have had a very good chance to get 15 assists to his name in this team, and go into next season with a reputation as one of the most dangerous RBs in the football league. Could have ran the final year of his extended contract down and moved on with his reputation intact and got a very good wage at his next club.
Instead, he's damaged his reputation on a high risk strategy to earn a little bit more in the short term. Probably the last time he'll be offered a Championship level contract now as well.

Byrne would have had a very good chance to get 15 assists to his name in this team, and go into next season with a reputation as one of the most dangerous RBs in the football league. Could have ran the final year of his extended contract down and moved on with his reputation intact and got a very good wage at his next club.
Instead, he's damaged his reputation on a high risk strategy to earn a little bit more in the short term. Probably the last time he'll be offered a Championship level contract now as well.

Points earned in the Premier League since June 1999.
Derby: 121
Forest: 0
It's embarrassing our tally is so low. Imagine how the Forest fans must feel ?

Last season was more like:
GK
CB   CB
DM                 DM
RB   RW   AM   LW   LB
CF

The difference is that Forest's academy setup is well established. Darlow is 31 for example. Bamford 28, Lascelles 28, Osborn 27, Burke 25, Worrall 25, Cash 24, Yates 24, Brereton 23, Johnson 21. Dawson, Reid, Jenas, Morgan and many others before them. 
We started from scratch 10 or so years ago. We had a 5 or so year spell of bringing players through in the Burley era, an another spell in the late 90's, but the club has never had a sustained approach to the academy until now. 
You could argue we got lucky with recruitment, finding Hendrick (30) and Hughes (27) when we did as they were both levels above their peers in our academy at the time. The investment in to our academy has brought a lot more consistency to the players we're producing, as well as the overall ability. It's why the other players who're 23+ now are only Championship standard at best.
Forest have Johnson at 21, possibly Mighten next at 20, then probably someone else the year below, then another the year below him, etc...
Derby have Bird, Knight, and Buchanan (now in the Bundesliga) all 21. Sibley, Cashin, Thompson, and Stretton all 20, Ebosele (now Serie A) 19. Delap (19), Williams (18), Gordon (17), Sharpe (16), Scanlon (15), Kaba (15) all poached off us over the past 2 years.
We caught up with Forest, arguably in greater numbers, but the last couple of years will have likely set us back a little bit. Although we do still have a number of youth internationals still with us including DRobinson (17), Moloney (17) and JThompson (15). 
Of course, you won't see where the academy currently is until about 5 years time when these players are at a similar age of the likes of Worrall and Cash.

By far the biggest problem is the uneven level of competition in the Championship. A team like Hull in the 1st or 2nd year of parachute payments would have a budget 4 times that of a bottom 6 side (where they'd be without parachute payments, or Boro having almost double the budget of the team with the highest non-parachute revenue whereas they'd be mid-table without.
Everyone, except those in receipt of parachute payments agreed this is a problem.
This will absolutely make the Football League a closed shop. It's bad enough in the Championship as things stand, with parachute clubs having 2-5 times more revenue that the smallest clubs, but your proposal creates a gap at least 1000% between the bottom side in L2 and top in NL. To be quite honest, it would be the worst decision ever in English football.
What I suggested levels things out considerably. Distributing parachute payments through all three leagues removes the single biggest problem in the Championship. It also cuts the financial gap between the Championship and L1 down by an average of £4.5m. Total to each league being:
Championship: £672m (down from £800m)
L1: £384m (up from £312m)
L2: £108m (up from £84m)
[with £32m to spare]
The gap between the Championship and the PL for most clubs is reduced by £5m (with a more even playing field for all in the division)
The gap between L1 and the Championship is reduced by £200m.

The direct punishment for entering administration is 12 points and an agreed business plan upon exit. The restrictions put on a club in administration (contract renewals, sales, etc) are indirect punishments.
It's undeniable that the club was punished by not being able to renew contracts. Jagielka being an obvious example.

Unable to sign players. Lost Marshall, Shinnie, Jagielka, Jozwiak, Baldock, Plange and Williams. Unable to offer contract extensions, losing Festy and Ebiowei as a result, as well as losing out on higher transfer fees for other players.