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1 hour ago, The Scarlet Pimpernel said:

So do we know where Jozwiak is? 

Been in Berlin visiting a mate and some people think he’s going to sign for them.

I heard he’s a solid 8/10 when he decides to turnip.

2 hours ago, QuitYourJibbaJivin said:

Not quite but I know when there’s no £20 notes left in my wallet it’s time to go home.

If that was my rule I'd never leave the house

Pretty sure we'll be debuting the new home kit at the weekend. Half expect an announcement today or tomorrow.

28 minutes ago, Sheikh n Bake said:

Couldn't lead a horse to water.

Shambolic decision.

Hope he proves the neigh sayers wrong.

I actually think this could work out great. He played some of his best football when he was the main man at Ipswich. Perhaps goving him the armband is Rooney’s way of giving him that ego boost to get the best out of him. We certainly need his best next season.

Also, from that photo,

looks like we’re gonna try Festy out on the left wing.

How did we find enough players to fill 2 teams?

I think I must've got some of my predictions wrong. Sorry all.

1 hour ago, Anag Ram said:

Wonder if anyone else's transfer forum has been silent for 14 hours? 

Depressing isn't it? 

As soon as it's come home this evening DCFC will release info on the takeover and accounts.

Messi will be flying back to Europe next week with the Copa America trophy. All is seemingly normal until his plane diverts to East Midlands airport where he is then whisked off quickly to Pride Park in time for the Man U friendly to be unveiled in the new DCFC 21/22 kit (White with blue shorts and pink trim to stir up debate on the forum).

People will ask how we signed him with our embargo, which is when Stephen Pearce appears with Rick Parry and pulls his hair until the mask comes off and reveals Steve Gibson who has been impersonating the EFL chairman all this time. "I would've got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids" he mutters as he's led away.

Rooney is free to ring around his mates and see who's available for a kickabout next season. Neymar, Ronaldo and Mbappe all cancel their contracts to join Messi and the most feared attack in the world. Unfortunately, Jagielka and Stearman aren't up to much at the back and ship at least 6 or 7 goals per game. HOWEVER... the newly dubbed "Battering Rams" frontline soon gel and average at least 10 goals per game between them for the rest of the season gaining promotion with at least 12 games spare.

Never a dull moment.

(They all retire at the end of the season and we go on to beat our 11 point record in the prem with a measly 7 points - all draws)

Are you sure it wasn’t 4-1 to us first half? There’s a guy on Instagram saying he was there and it was 4-1 to Derby

So much respect for Cav!

I have to admit, I thought his chance at the record had gone years ago when he couldn't beat Greipel, Kittel, Ewan etc. in sprints he usually would've dominated, but chapeau to him for keeping going and working hard to get back to the top of his game. He's been a revelation this season.

I wouldn't put it past him getting at least 2 more wins before the tour is over.

He'll play against us in that friendly, one of our u23s will injure him for the season. Then it'll transpire that we have to pay his loan fee and wages while he's out. He'll then magically be fit for next season, at which point he'll go to another team in the Championship and be the player of the season.

There's a bit of positivity for ya.

15 minutes ago, Scott129 said:

But why would they choose to do a deal with us?

This is meant to be the biggest merchandise deal outside of the Prem and, judging by the state of our club at the minute, I can't help but feel that there would be better choices elsewhere.

Unless, of course, this is just the Rooney factor, having spent some time over there in the US?

For the record, I'm inclined to agree with you. I just find the commercial side of this quite interesting.

As I mentioned earlier, we seem to be the only team they deal with outside of a top flight league at the moment. It’s weird and could mean something is bubbling away.

The Rooney factor is one thing, but not enough to justify a 10 year deal when there are loads of prem  teams that would be better money spinners right now.

Also has a full press release on their site: https://www.fanaticsinc.com/press-releases/cvl2uxvhmo7i1d1m2z3tkfx7ygl7f4

49 minutes ago, Jubbs said:

https://www.fanaticsinc.com/all-partners Using our old badge on their website though!

Probably because our actual current logo doesn't say the team name on it and will be confusing to people that don't know us.

I've been aware of Fanatics for a while, did some research after finding a job listed for them last year in my field of work. They're obvisouly expanding their net across sports and new international territories, but I'm not sure that this means they will be taking us over.

What is interesting though, is that (I think) we're the only second tier team that they work with according to their site.

Also, when companies the size of fanatics do a normal deal with a minor club (in comparison to the huge global names they work with) it often takes a while for the larger company to acknowledge this on their site and show changes, but having the DCFC stuff on their site this morning when the club has announced it seems to show that there may be more in this.

I could also be overly optimistic and none of this has any relevance.

£3m for Clarke is a bargain. If only we hadn’t spunked all our money in previous seasons…

27 minutes ago, Philmycock said:

Do we have the worst scouting network in football history?

Only when we sign Ali Dia.

6 minutes ago, ossieram said:

Are Unibet owned by the same group that own 32Red?

Yep, Kindred group

4 minutes ago, Stockyram92 said:

Well he said the squad we have is enough to operate with.. do you agree with that? 

He was referring to the squad for the pre-season friendlies. The next sentence (and the sentence before) indicate that we are looking to add to the squad later in the window when it is possible to do so.

Please take on board all of the article instead of scanning for snippets to support a worst case scenario.

"We have a clear plan ready, pending the future ownership." - For me this is a key quote. It seems a lot of us have thought we'll be scrambling in the bargain bin looking for free transfers on cheap wages. But this (to me) reads that the club aim to have some spending power to bring in the right players when we are able to do so. It all depends on when we can get the new owners in place though and lift any restrictions, but Pearce is indicating that it should be in time for us to add to the squad before the end of the transfer window.

13 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

Trivia quiz:

Who does the Stoke man on the right have tattooed on his chest?

Wrong answers only.

His dad

2 hours ago, AndyinLiverpool said:

Ajax or Derby... decisions decisions

The red pill or the blue pill?

36 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Is it just one year or did he mean he's back again next year?

I read “back for another year” as though he’s just extended for a year. I’d be glad to hear if he’s signed for longer though.

I love Festy and his style. I really hope he has a great career (with us preferably). So glad he’s signed, although it’s just one more year, so hope he can push into the first team and earn that contract.

Not to be confused with the other saying...

DCFC in Pink, to make B4 wink ? 

I wonder how we managed to arrange that one?

...awaits announcement of Everton friendly soon.