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Its not all bad news red dogs you got yourselves another away goal - you might get yourselves a record that even we dont currently hold!

7 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

We got all nine points in one season they didn’t get all 12 points in one season 

Whats your point? Its two different situations. We essentially got 3 x 3 point deductions for 3 breaches and would have got another 3 deducted if we breached the terms of the budget. How many breaches did Reading have? I suspect its two, but in either case no need for the woe is me stuff - we aren't being unfairly treated.

47 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

So we got it in full then ! Reading let off to survive and given a great chance to escape real punishment again  - sounds about normal 

They are still getting a six point deduction. How is that being let off? Theyve already had another 6 deducted in a previous season. We only got 9 deducted for breaching the rules - hardly miles apart is it. If Reading enter administration i'm sure they'll be deducted another 12 like we were.

12 minutes ago, Barney1991 said:

Cashin will be sold for the right money so we can strengthen and bird will be sold as for knight if he wants internationals he will be gone and surprised we haven’t added the year on unless it’s out of the business plan amount 

Jason Knight plays for the Republic of Ireland - not a team of world beaters like France. Playing in League one isn't an impediment to playing for the national team and in any case he is still in the RoI squad this season. Wouldn't blame him for wanting to play at a higher level, but it's got nothing to do with playing for the national team.

On 30/03/2023 at 18:05, David said:

Will this include Americans, what with the abortion laws in place now? Or is it just a way to block ownership attempts from the Middle East.

Not the middle east. Just the Saudis. See Man City.

1 hour ago, roboto said:

Have they tried selling their stadium? I've been reliably informed it's around the same value as Pride Park.

3 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:

Pretty pointless moaning about the manager then?

Why is it? We smash minnows like Ukraine and North Macedonia because we pour billions and billions of pounds into our footballing infrastructure and they usually can't compete with such riches. Virtually anybody could take the players we have and beat a team like North Macedonia.

However when we come up against other top teams who can also pour in similar amounts of cash factors such as the management team become extremely important. They can give one team the edge over the other and when it comes to big teams in competitive matches we regularly struggle.

On 24/03/2023 at 07:49, G STAR RAM said:

Really outdated view in my opinion. Ukraine and North Macedonia will be made up of players that are playing across the top divisions in Europe. Malta I will grant you.

The reason we are still dispatching teams like Ukraine and North Macedonia is because we have a team full of quality internationals.

Maybe you should actually look where most of the players in Ukraine and North Macedonias squads are actually playing before accusing someone of having an outdated view.

North Macedonia has a benchwarmer for Napoli and a guy who never plays for Burnley in the Championship. The rest of their players are spread through leagues in the Balkans and the middle east. They are not playing in top leagues across Europe.

Ukraines squad is slightly better in that they have a couple of Prem players in the team, but again most of their players are playing in their own domestic league. The Ukrainian league does have some good teams, but they are not top tier teams and it certainly isn't one of the top leagues in Europe.

The reason we are still dispatching teams like these is because we invest a lot more money into our footballing infrastructure, because we are a lot richer. That is the only reason. 

7 hours ago, Carl Sagan said:

Bayern moved fast to ensure they got Tuchel before jobs like Spurs became more obviously available. 

Now Conte's made his inevitable exit, hopefully Cooper is next to go. 

We want Cooper to stay in place until at least the end of the season. They are bottom of the form table and dropping like a stone. Don't want any kind of new manager bounce over there

People like to moan as you have so clearly demonstrated by starting a thread to moan about other people.

People pay a lot of money to go to these games and if they don't like what they've seen there is absolutely no problem with them making that known to the people who made it happen.

3 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Just hold on a minute, Wendies are 1-0 down to pub team FGR. After losing to Barnsley , Could the Owls be going into meltdown?

Not every turns to s*** in the second half like we do. They've got a good chance of turning it round

Didn't they lose £400 mill over the last 3 years? Seems a bit higher than the acceptable limit, so surely a huge punishment incoming.

Hopefully if its points deduction it can only be applied next season now.

1 hour ago, InstaRam said:

So which Wigan talents are we going to snatch for free? Seems to be the way the football family works...

I truly feel sorry for them...a horrible situation to be in.

We stole 2 players from them for dirt cheap last time they were in trouble and they got revenge by low balling us for Shinnie. I hope we don't take advantage again even if we do need all the free players we can get.

Hope they can get an owner who can last more than a few months this time.

2 hours ago, Jubbs said:

With the loss on Saturday, we are now the least likely team currently in the play offs to finish there.

Such a poor result and performance. 

Does that probability mean the likelihood of us staying in the playoff places or the likelihood of us being promoted through the playoffs?

We still have a chance of autos according to that.

5 hours ago, Bris Vegas said:

I think I read that Blackburn are the only side yet to play at the new Wembley.

I’m not sure if they meant in the top two leagues or throughout the entire EFL.

 

I read somewhere that Ipswich hadn't played there either, but not sure if thats still the case

58 minutes ago, Tyler Durden said:

Think they're playing Wolves at home on the 1st April, not away. 

That one has a classic 1-0 s******** win for Forest all over it.

Just hope I'm wrong and Cooper's the April Fool. 

When I say at Wolves I don't mean its at their ground. I just mean the match. 

As long as the good teams turn up the only winnable home games they have left are Southampton and Wolves. ANd they are s*** away from home, so no worries there

Another place closer to the bottom 3 and only 3 points separating them from bottom place now. Come on lads i believe in you - you can extend your last place record!

If they get nothing at wolves they are going to be in major trouble

18 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

But he's right?

Doesnt mean he wont get sacked. If he's going to criticise the ownership he has to be prepared for the consequences. They are usually pretty thin skinned.

He is absolutely correct though

27 minutes ago, nottingram said:

Can’t help but think that their home form deserting them might be a problem.

Not to worry they have some pretty easy home games coming up towards the end of the season - only the likes of Man Utd, Arsenal and Brighton for them to worry about ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64988328

So southgate basically admitting he only picks players from the premier league?

He says he might have to pick players from elsewhere or the championship if more english players dont start playing in the prem.

So if youre playing abroad dont even bother thinking about playing for england

32 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

Be better to spend less but be able to pay fees. Makes no sense to not allow them but allow more overall spending!

Yeh £12k pw for a player seems quite high by league 1 standards. Would rather be able to buy some players than rely on whatever free transfers are available at the time

24 minutes ago, MadAmster said:

The £4500 wage cap was last season when in Admin. This season, under the business plan agreed with the EFL, we have a £12K a week limit and a maximum spend of £8M.

Not just transfer fees we can't pay. No loan fees and no agent's fees as well. There is, apparently, a review this summer and we MIGHT get some relaxation of the plan...

Ah interesting. Thank you for the clarification.

Its a lot more than i thought we could spend!

1 hour ago, jimtastic56 said:

£8 Million a year on wages does seem a lot for League 1. Some players getting over half a mill per year. There won’t be much in the “War Chest” at this rate. Hope some players really want Championship football and are not enjoying this league too much.

I couldnt find any details on it, so i could be entirely making it up but i thought we were operating under a wage cap of something like £4500 for new players? Some of the wages seem a bit high if thats the case. 

Or was it just that we couldnt pay transfer fees?

Kamil maybe?

You should show him our current squad and how many of them we paid transfer fees for - Forsyth is probably the one we spent most on and thats 10 years ago (if you dont count Bielik who isnt currently with us)

How can someone like Maguire make the squad when he's played virtually the same amount of Premier League game time that I have this season.

Abysmal choice by Southgate but I expect nothing less