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    Gisby got a reaction from SKRam in Summer 2021 Transfer Window - Suggestion Thread   
    What we wouldn’t give for a Paul McGrath like figure, dodgy knees and all!!!!
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    Gisby got a reaction from Premier ram in Summer 2021 Transfer Window - Suggestion Thread   
    What we wouldn’t give for a Paul McGrath like figure, dodgy knees and all!!!!
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    Gisby reacted to RoyMac5 in Summer 2021 Transfer Window - Suggestion Thread   
    Don't be daft, signing a couple of experienced pros on short deals, when we've lots of youngsters and a shortage in certain positions ain't the same as paying silly money for players like Anya and Blackman.
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    Gisby reacted to Gringo in Yankee Doodle Derby   
    I missed the word overall in front of running. 
    My post was in support of Mel Morris who according to many document leaks on the internet had very serious health issues over the past 12 months including in one document which was headed as an "offer for sale memorandum"  which contained the statement that he was suffering from cancer earlier last year and undergoing treatment, I therefore get angry and take exception to assertions that he has gone missing has lost interest and is lacking in communication with a very hostile subset of supporters, all of whom appear to pile on without quoting anything other than their opinions which invariably are suppositions about conjecture.
    Give the guy a break.
     
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    Gisby got a reaction from Jram in Could we defy the odds next season.   
    I’m on board the ‘deluded train’. Always am before the start of every new season. Whatever our circumstances or prep during the preseason I convince myself ‘this is the year’ & we’re going to smash it!!! ??
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    Gisby reacted to Sparkle in Yankee Doodle Derby   
    Fair enough on your opinion, my opinion is that Mel Morris spent £200 million of his own money supporting various managers wants and unfortunately most of that has been spent on average players with little sell on reality which results in our situation. All of that is a big shame which has been sprinkled with some bad luck at just the wrong moments but we are where we are.
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    Gisby reacted to jono in EFL Verdict   
    What really stings and gives life to the allegations of a vindictive nature in all this, is the “the EFL reluctantly” .. why reluctant ? There was some wrong doing, the Independent panel gave a sanction .. so that’s it .. why “reluctantly” ? It stinks as an attitude and is fundamentally wrong on so many levels. You have a system where there is a complaint and a system that provides for an independent panel to adjudicate but somehow the The body that represents the clubs, that drew up the system in the first place isn’t prepared to accept its outcome in an appropriate manner .. Why would you appeal or even reluctantly accept a verdict given by a system you designed ? The independent committee is designed to give a balanced view, to remove the partisanship the EFL shouldn’t be showing in any case , but clearly is. 
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    Gisby reacted to i-Ram in EFL Verdict   
    You may be right regarding your second paragraph Kash, but do we really yet know how good his coaching and man-management skills are? Which senior players have made comments to suggest he might not be up to the job? Waghorn perhaps, but I can’t think of any others.  
    As for our youngsters, have they regressed because of him, or did many of them experience a difficult second year of pro-football? It is ‘easy’ to come in for a few games at the age of 18/19/20 and make a really positive impression, offering glimpses of star quality. But the Championship is a long, hard demanding league, and many of the players who make other teams tick are hardened, expererinced professionals. In my view Buchanan, Sibley, Knight, Bird, etc., suffered last year not because of Rooney per se, but because too many of our experienced players were found wanting, because we were in survival mode from November onwards, and because our squad was so wafer thin because of injuries that some youngsters were being played in too many games, often out of position.
    I am at heart a happy clapper, so I think a few astute signings by Rooney could make the world of difference to our youngsters in the coming season. I don’t see it being the shitshow others keep stating it could be.
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    Gisby reacted to DCFC1388 in EFL Verdict   
    Not my opinion, but some outsiders and maybe even some insiders who may know more of what he had to deal with than us fans do will see that he dragged a broken club under an embargo off the bottom of the league and kept us up in difficult circumstances. 
    Then there is Rooney as a name plus his probable contacts within the game in terms of clubs, staff & agents. After all Lampard got Mount, Tomori & Wilson from his name & contacts.
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    Gisby reacted to BucksRam in EFL Verdict   
    I get the pessimism but c'mon, chin up, we haven't even kicked a ball yet.  Now more than ever the club, and in particular the players need our support and voice.  I don't expect autos, play-offs even but I really do think things will come good.  Until I see a big red R next to us in the table I will have faith. 
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    Gisby reacted to Abu Derby in EFL Verdict   
    Gibbo and the EFL - the tail wagging the dog. 
    That little twerp had better be squeaky clean because if I were the EFL I’d want to be assured that he practices what he preaches. 
    He needs to concentrate on his own business which is running a small football club with very few fans, limited history, located in the arse end of nowhere and with a pensioner as a manager. 
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    Gisby reacted to Gritstone Ram in Wycombe threaten to sue and send us into admin. if we stay up!   
    Apart from that though things haven’t been too bad.
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    Gisby reacted to Tyler Durden in Martyn Waghorn - gone to Coventry City   
    Hopefully his judgement of players is better than his fashion sense....

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    Gisby got a reaction from Hathersage Ram in Martyn Waghorn - gone to Coventry City   
    Sorry much as he deserves credit for playing his part in saving us on the final day of last season he’s done little else IMO. He’s past his best, will be another year older next season and is on the way down career wise. Harsh but the Club comes first, there will be younger, better & cheaper out there so I’m not fussed that he’s gone. 
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    Gisby reacted to Phoenix in EFL Verdict   
    Surely the disadvantage inflicted on the club by a 2 year embago (almost relegated) far exceeds any perceived 'advantage' we have derived from overspending (promotion thwarted by clubs who have bent the rules to a far greater extent than ourselves without punishment).
    There have been so many changes of attack by the EFL, it is plainly a vendetta.
    It's all been said before but it irks me that they plainly make things up as they go along. Now the rule about selling stadia. The only thing that surprises me about that is that it doesn't have a date retrospective to when ours was sold.
    As for penalising clubs for taking advantage of (legally) submitting accounts late due to COVID, when they did the same thing themselves just highlights the double standards they apply.
    I hope that MP, who someone on the forum wrote to, recommends an investigation into the machinations of the EFL.
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    Gisby reacted to Derby blood in Martyn Waghorn - gone to Coventry City   
    All the best to Waghorn, gave his all for us, his goal kept us up, and i think he will do ok, at a average size club like Coventry, think his best days are behind now. 
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    Gisby got a reaction from RoyMac5 in Martyn Waghorn - gone to Coventry City   
    Sorry much as he deserves credit for playing his part in saving us on the final day of last season he’s done little else IMO. He’s past his best, will be another year older next season and is on the way down career wise. Harsh but the Club comes first, there will be younger, better & cheaper out there so I’m not fussed that he’s gone. 
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    Gisby reacted to Jimbo Ram in Martyn Waghorn - gone to Coventry City   
    Coventry, stable. They haven’t even been playing at their own ground. Don’t think so…
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    Gisby reacted to RoyMac5 in Martyn Waghorn - gone to Coventry City   
    What was Waghorn's excuse for being crap the rest of the season bar about 60 minutes?!
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    Gisby reacted to Comrade 86 in EFL Verdict   
    Load of subjective nonsense. From your own carefully selected texts...
    "We accept that the club has at no time sought to mislead the EFL"
    "In all other respects (bar the one line in our accounts describing out amortisation policy) we accept that the club has acted with candour and transparency in its dealings with the EFL"
    If these appear damning condemnations, rather than mealy-mouthed excuses for their inept handling of the investigations and subsequent appeals, then fair enough, but we'll have to agree to disagree. It was openly accepted that the EFL failed to understand the methodology used and the terminology that described it. Somehow, that has morphed, in the minds of some, into some carefully orchestrated campaign to hoodwink the EFL.
    The focus should not now be further baseless accusations levelled at a club who have been driven to the brink, but rather on the astounding lack of professionalism displayed by a sporting body who have shown themselves to be both hugely hypocritical and vindictive in equal measures. If their board had an ounce of self-respect, then resignations would be being submitted as we speak, yet despite this pointless and ultimately fruitless campaign against the club, their noses will remain firmly in the trough.
    Frankly, I think the club have remained remarkably dignified in the their conduct over the course of the last 18 months, certainly when compared to the EFL, Gibson and that utter gobshite of an owner at Wycombe.
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    Gisby reacted to Indy in EFL Verdict   
    Their statement is pathetic. If your own lawyers are telling you there’s no grounds for appeal (as DCFC had said in their own statement a week ago), then carrying on talking as if we’d done something worth a points deduction is deeply unprofessional. 
     
    Prattling on about rule changes due to something we’d done is also unprofessional. They drafted the original rules, and could easily have said straight line amortisation is the only permitted method. The fact that they didn’t is their own oversight. 
     
    Petulant, idiotic organisation. 
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    Gisby reacted to Van der MoodHoover in EFL Verdict   
    Given that the EFL are in charge of the rules, who are they pressing for a change from? 
    I suspect that the source of the deep disappointment is the shredding of their reputation as a competent regulator.... 
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    Gisby reacted to Comrade 86 in EFL Verdict   
    Appealing would simply prolong the process and with it the embargo and would likely end up costing us a deal more than the notional £100k fine. I can't see it personally. With new owners waiting in the wings and a new season only weeks away, it's time for the club to get back to footballing matters and to leave the wonderful EFL ruminating on how 'regrettable' it is that they've failed to drag another member club into administration. I'd also wager that we're about to find out that Wycombe's owner is all bark and no bite too. 
    As for those claiming we're still 'screwed' would you care to show your workings? Given you seem so intent on making sure fellow Rams remain unsettled and concerned for our future, I think it'd be only fair if you offer some plausible numbers to indicate whether and by how much you calculate that we've overspent. 
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    Gisby reacted to LeedsCityRam in EFL Verdict   
    Can i just take this opportunity to commiserate with the directors of Wycombe Wanderers on this breaking development

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    Gisby reacted to Anag Ram in Yankee Doodle Derby   
    Oh god, for a minute I thought that was Matt Hancock. 
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