TomG

Wayne Rooney, Rams legend...........eh?

Wayne Rooney, Rams legend...........eh?

Wayne Rooney, Rams legend...........eh?

Sky Sports News have quoted the dreaded 48 hours for signings players, so expect to see our first incoming player to be on 4th August...
 
 
 
 
2025

Just remember to stay safe everyone today.
Maintain social distancing from any natives of Nottingham and sanitize religiously whilst you are there, wash properly on your return and consider inceneration of all articles of clothing that may have become contaminated.
More of a Nottingham thing than a covid thing at this point, but good disease control measures are still applicable.

Sounds fairly positive, but will it be?

Sounds fairly positive, but will it be?

Steve Maclaren must be thinking WTF?

Salford a difficult game?? Come on, they are also in pre season and a league two side for duck sake! We didn't even look close and technically none of our players scored!
We already have McLaren on the payroll, can't believe we don't have him instructing us and at least playing exciting football even if we lose most games!

I don't know how the commentator can say we are looking slow just because its pre season and we can need to build fitness. Isnt it also pre season for Salford??

Or indeed if we sign him of course!

Reckon Rooney will be a better judge of Lawrence's credentials to be team captain than any fan on a football forum.
For pity's sake give the guy a chance.

Welcome to Everton, Rafa! ?

Welcome to Everton, Rafa! ?

Wont need to go to the early Nigel Clough years as that involved a lot of having to clear the squad & trim the wage bill, we're at that point now, so its time for a sensible rebuild. 

Return to the early Nigel Clough years. As long as there's enough support to drag us out of the current dregs and start some sensible building with an actual plan. At least there's a pretty clean slate in terms of squad.

Why are some folk so unable, unwilling or both, to assimilate a few simple facts concerning these charges? It's no small wonder that fans from other clubs have a poor opinion of us now, when some of our own fans, who ought to be better informed, are themselves the first to jump on any sniff of perceived wrongdoing. What possible benefit is there in wilfully ignoring what we know to be true in favour presupposing guilt at every corner? We've even got folk using the fact that we've not submitted the new accounts inside 48 hours as the latest stick with which to thrash the club. It simply beggars belief.
For the umpteenth time, there were two charges; one related to the valuation of our stadium and was summarily dismissed by the DC; the other related to our amortisation policy which was signed off on and approved under legal accounting standards by independent auditors, the auditors regulatory body, the DC and the ducking EFL themselves, the latter several times over a period of years. The amortisation policy charge was also initially dismissed by the DC for the aforementioned reasons. This left the EFL so desperate to save face that they appealed the decision, the outcome of which was predicted by myself and numerous others on this very thread: a small fine in order to secure the token win they need to maintain any ducking credibility at all AND NO POINTS DEDUCTION. 
At this point, I very much doubt that even the EFL will be willing to risk further embarrassment. They can kid themselves this paltry fine vindicates two years of unwarranted charges and appeals and get back to their principal role as lapdogs to Sky and the Premiership whilst paying themselves inflated salaries for doing so. As for the DC, I strongly suspect that they only agreed to what is a nominal fine in order to save the EFL from falling into further disrepute and to allow us to finally emerge from under an endless series of unfair and damaging embargos and to prevent the EFL from continuing what has become a spiteful and unwarranted campaign against a club whose chairman quite rightly questioned their business acumen. In doing so, they have vindicated Mel's opinion in spades, though the crushing irony of this has unsurprisingly escaped the EFL's notice and who will doubtless be celebrating spending millions to secure a £100k fine for their members' coffers.
If, as I strongly suspect, the EFL do not appeal this sanction, I think we will 'be the bigger man' and simply take the £100k hit in order to allow us to return to football matters rather than spending every waking hour addressing the embittered ramblings and actions of a so-called professional body that seems more intent on undermining its membership than serving it. 

If he scores a hatful of goals for Peterborough this season, do you think we'd buy him back?

And he did get fined for calling Bamford  ‘sausage boy’. Nice?

What do you mean, 'start to panic'?

What do you mean, 'start to panic'?

........ and breathe!

If we've got limited ability in this season's transfer market, full back is one of the last areas we should be looking at!
Some CBs, a creative midfielder and a striker first please!