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Really excited by these lads. In a shitty season it's been easy to overlook the steady line of talent rolling off the academy production line. I've banged in endlessly about Ebosele, but no apologies on that score. I think the kid is destined for big things. Nothing lightweight about him and he'll be smashing the big lads off the ball and screaming up the flanks in no time. I can see him terrorising a few experienced FBs this season.
Louis Watson oozes class to my eye and I just hope he's managed properly this season. He's a kid who seems to always find time on the ball and always looks up the pitch too. 
Stretton looks as natural as striker as we've seen come through in a long while and I'm hoping in what may be another tough season, these lads can give us something to cheer.

They are a work of art. The club should employ you. ?

They lost 1-0, goal in the first half. Nothing game tbh,.
Ebosele came on at half time, did well in his 1 on 1 defending as usual, didn't really get any opportunity to get forward.
Watson came on after about 80 mins, at which point Ebosele got pushed upfront. I don't really get it tbh, can't see him having a career upfront, seems a waste.
Couple of decent passes from Watson (one to Ebosele I think) but nothing of any real signficance happened in the 2nd half, so nothing more to say than that.

Disappointed for him on a personal level.
Happy on a selfish level, summer of rest and ready fresh for next season.

Good news for us imo, with his injury problems this season it can only benefit us with him having a decent break before preseason. People can criticise him but he played an important part in us staying up.

I think we’d do well to get a deal with the value of £7.5m (Clarke in the £2-3m range and the rest cash).
More likely it’d be a £5m range as everyone knows we need to raise funds.
Good player who I think will flourish under good management. He suffers from being utilised poorly as a Jack of all trades midfielder, when he’s a box to box player.

To be honest, Leicester have been a breath of fresh air, and had stuck two fingers up at the supposed big 4 clubs.  Just like we did under Clough and MacKay.  Nobody thought it was possible in this day and age, but they showed the world what team work can do.
Good on them, I just hope we can attract a family as passionate as they did. 

Championship to Champions League in a couple of seasons.
He also comes across as a decent lad, went from Lampard’s pet receiving all kinds of abuse, never gave anything back, just got his head down and played.
Chelsea player of the season and Champions League winner. So happy for him. 

Quick mention for Lampard, must be some mixed emotions going through him.
Sacked 4 months ago, probably thinking that woulda, coulda, shoulda been him.
Still deserves a lot of credit for sticking by Mount, bringing James through. 
Not sure he had the experience to take them all the way and to win the title, sure he would disagree. 

He isn’t a money man. He is a business exec. If I remember rightly he was CEO when the Emiratis first took over city, think Shinawatra appointed him. He was slated when he sacked Hughes citing downward trajectory of results even though city had only lost two games all season to that point, then it emerged Mancini had already been lined up prior to the sacking. 
I think it is a positive he’s involved as he would definitely not be involved with any time wasters. He also fronted a US bid to buy Newcastle which didn’t happen, they were prepared to make a £300m bid, whether or not it’s the same people it’s unclear. 

So it's now been nearly 3 weeks since the EFL 'won' their own appeal. Is it really that unreasonable to believe that they ought to have agreed amongst their grubby selves what sanction ought to be applied, because the never-ending delays simply appear to be a fairly crude mechanism to keep us under embargo, thereby disrupting yet another critical window.
Some on here have scoffed at the notion that there is a vendetta in play resulting from MM adopting the role of agitator with his communication to all EFL member clubs regarding the short-selling of TV rights. Frankly, I scoff at the notion that no such vendetta exists. Eight months to conduct an appeal into a single aspect of our amortisation policy and yet having 'won', they need more time to assess a fair and proper punishment? Really? Government inquiries are conducted quicker FFS! Really is high time for this bunch of feckless charlatans to poo or get off the fricking pot.
 

Go outside. It's cold. 

Just don't get this hate for them. They've got a strategy and have been executing it well.  What's the problem? 

Really glad this story comes with such a helpful visual. It was unclear from the first sentence exactly what was happening but now I can see that Cardiff's plan is for him to leave Derby - hence the big red cross - and make a move to Cardiff, as referenced by the big green arrow, pointing to Cardiff City's badge.
For those of you unsure what would happen next, he'd sign a contract with Cardiff, hence the cartoon image of a contract in the bottom left.

Regardless of the outcome, the EFL have lost any credibility to govern the league and if anything, our case has brought out the need to completely rebuild the hierarchy in charge of our division.
When the EFL originally lost the case against Mel and DCFC, the honorable thing to do by the EFL would have been to accept that loopholes in the rules were exposed and used to our advantage, however that is not down to the club being in the wrong. The accounts were signed off. They have taken zero responsibility for their part in this mess and have taken all steps to cover their failings. I am a critic of how Mel has ran the football club however I will back him against these muppets.
If the EFL had questioned our practices at the time, the club would have needed to accept the consequences for breaking rules. This was authorised by the league. If I was at work and I signed off somebody's documentation, I would be the one responsible for any repercussions if there were problems. 
Not fit for purpose.

Gerroutofit, bloody cold, it’s nothing of the kind. 

Just don't get this hate for them. They've got a strategy and have been executing it well.  What's the problem? 

Just don't get this hate for them. They've got a strategy and have been executing it well.  What's the problem? 

What’s Willem Defoe managing Brentford for?

I think the phrase is "If a tree falls in a Forest, and no one is around to hear it, will it still remind everyone that they won back-to-back European Cups in the late 1970s" 

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And yes, send me money to No Limits limits and restrictions ltd

Quite a frank and open interview here with Jordon Ibe, mental health discussions start around the 20 minute mark.
Hope he's getting the support he needs and that he can continue to work his way towards the team for next season.

We shouldn’t pay money for anyone as we have been keeping all the other clubs in credit with crap purchases and then they have the cheek to complain that we spend too much. 

Wednesday fans all seem glad to be seeing the back of him.
Fletcher is a consistant 1 in 4 striker, could do worse, but we really need to be looking at a 1 in 3 as our main striker.
Josh Knight, 23 year old centre half just had a really consistent season on loan from Leicester to Wycombe and about to be released. Someone young and hungry, but not naive.
 
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