Gee SCREAMER !!

To say he was an early developer is an understatement.
I was in his school year so played football with and against him regularly. He was a monster at 14. So much quicker, stronger and athletic compared to your average 14 year old. He ran rings around us and other kids of decent quality. It’s why he was playing England U17 despite still being in year 9/10. By year 11 he was barely in school anymore as at 15/16 he would have been training at Forest full time before making his debut at 17.
Long story short. It’s amazing how once he turned pro, he no longer stood out at a physical specimen and in contrast looked quite slow. He is amazingly only 5ft 9inch (he towered over everybody in my school year), and slight.
It has made me realize just how athletic top pros are.
Man City’s Nathan Ake looks small. But even he is two inches taller than McGugan (and myself being 5ft 9inch too).
Crazy.

Never been convinced by that one.  But so he reckoned. 

Tonton Moukoko.  Whatever happened to him after we beat about 12 of Europes best teams to his signature. 

Florist should be made to start on minus 10 points each season. 
Basically for being a load of w@nkers.
 

Giles Barnes.  A dose of Billy Big Bollox and a crude Stoke midfielder doing the damage.  Rather than playing his way back to form and fitness at Derby, he chose too go on loan to Fulham and never got a game.  

They stopped the sale of the club in December 20 by refusing to accept the findings of an independent panel of trained accountants and property law experts by creating a panel handpicked to go back over all charges using a League 2 ground as a model.  Derby were also given no right to re appeal.  They also kindly released two set of fixture lists for two divisions in case they decided to relegate.  This to placate a club who weren't in Derbys league during the time of said offences and despite us adhering to the deadlines they set for resubmitting accounts.
Not forgetting we only had to do this as they threw their toys out and put together a handpicked panel of friends who insisted on them after they lost.  They then may or may not have refused a Covid loan .  Bit sketchy.
They then deducted points based on a ruling that wasn't in place and advised if we didn't challenge the administration penalty they would assist us in all matters to get a sale as quickly as possible.  Then they decided to let Gibson hold up any sale and the American ambulance chaser constantly threaten to sue without any actual clarity of figure or reason for 5 and 8 months respectively.  This in order to save their own arse and outside any legal framework within administration as an actual court listed creditor.
To further hamper our chances they allowed our nearest relegation rival to sign Andy Carroll and 6 players over the course of the season despite now advising Reading being able to stick to the business plan drawn up was always a challenge.  Whilst allowing this, theyonly allowed us to agree one year deals with a clutch of promising youngsters who have left for sod all and tore up Marriotts one year extension- pre administration.  Despite bringing in 4.5 million pound in January sales they then decided we couldn't give a 4 month contract to a 38 yr old player on 4 k a week.  Previously they had advised this was OK .
They then retrospectively changed the rules and gave leniency for covid for all other clubs after we'd been reared. Stoke for example have written off 80 million in losses and sold the stadium and 60 million debt from one family member to another without any investigation or punishment.  I worked out that if they'd done this previously any punishment- originally thrown out remember-  would have been 2-3 points less for us.
Now we have the joy of Peterboroughs deferred 3 point penalty strangely deferred till December for no reason I can see.
I know you requesting this in jest.  But a quick overview saves the other 1000 pages.
 

Giles Barnes.  A dose of Billy Big Bollox and a crude Stoke midfielder doing the damage.  Rather than playing his way back to form and fitness at Derby, he chose too go on loan to Fulham and never got a game.  

Eh.    Was only 10 years ago Man City had won 2 league titles and last won something in 1975 .  Look how that turned out. We've finished runners up on 3 other occasions as well and broke the British transfer fee on numerous occasions.  3 times as recent as the 90's with buying and selling.  The real litmus test is how long you've played top flight and it's significantly more than half and greatly masked by the last 15 years.  

Eh.    Was only 10 years ago Man City had won 2 league titles and last won something in 1975 .  Look how that turned out. We've finished runners up on 3 other occasions as well and broke the British transfer fee on numerous occasions.  3 times as recent as the 90's with buying and selling.  The real litmus test is how long you've played top flight and it's significantly more than half and greatly masked by the last 15 years.  

They really couldn't wait to go mate.  One even lied about going on holiday with his girlfriend to Amsterdam while he was meeting Udinese officials .  There was a reason he didn't play for a month.  

I can't work out why his shoes have been pixalated/blurred out...
Hang on...those are his shoes 🤯

Drove over it a few times during construction .  Less chance of finding a penalty spot than during that Man City match.  Absolute bog and god knows how many chemical preventing barriers.  

This just popped up on my youtube.
 

They really couldn't wait to go mate.  One even lied about going on holiday with his girlfriend to Amsterdam while he was meeting Udinese officials .  There was a reason he didn't play for a month.  

Ahhh them were the days lad 😁
 

This. Allowing teams to dodge financial restrictions while significantly strengthening their squad by signing experienced PL/international players for a fraction of their real wages isn't really playing fair by the other teams in the division.

Looks like another splendid manoeuvre.  Great thread.  Rangers are gutted 😂
 
 

Unless it's Brice Samba against Derby

So they were paying this geezer 90k a week wages in the championship and he cost 15.5 million.  dERBY Is CHeats who  breaks da rules

Rather go up this year, which is still very much possible by the way despite what some on here think

I'd go back tomorrow.  Worth 15 points a season when it was pumping.  Today's superstars would s*** themselves at every throw in.  Weird as charged. 

I'd go back tomorrow.  Worth 15 points a season when it was pumping.  Today's superstars would s*** themselves at every throw in.  Weird as charged. 

Yup, that would be the one. 

Like a one-armed waiter.