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Mrs Ince, is that you?

Mrs Ince, is that you?

I don't think it's actually that unusual for older players to do some low-level youth coaching at other clubs while still playing. I'm sure Bucko was coaching the kids here while still a Burton player, wasn't he?

I don't think it's actually that unusual for older players to do some low-level youth coaching at other clubs while still playing. I'm sure Bucko was coaching the kids here while still a Burton player, wasn't he?

I don't think it's actually that unusual for older players to do some low-level youth coaching at other clubs while still playing. I'm sure Bucko was coaching the kids here while still a Burton player, wasn't he?

I don't think it's actually that unusual for older players to do some low-level youth coaching at other clubs while still playing. I'm sure Bucko was coaching the kids here while still a Burton player, wasn't he?

I think an interesting part of this that doesn't get mentioned so much is that the clubs that are being linked with all these moves - Al-Nassr, Al-Ittihad, Al-Hilal and Al-Ahli - have all been taken over by the Saudi Public Investment Fund very recently. Only in the last couple of year have clubs in Saudi Arabia been legally allowed to be privatised companies, but it looks like there's a real push on the part of the Saudi state to pump up the status of the league through major investment in a select few clubs before selling these clubs into private hands.
Incidentally, I don't believe that the AFC has any FFP restrictions, which is why they can offer such exorbitant amounts of money with little prestige or revenue. I actually wouldn't be entirely surprised to see some owner in the Championship exploit this at some point. We already see it happen with European clubs, but the FFP still has to be balanced between them. What happens if the same arrangement happens but one of the parties has no FFP restrictions?

I don't think it's actually that unusual for older players to do some low-level youth coaching at other clubs while still playing. I'm sure Bucko was coaching the kids here while still a Burton player, wasn't he?

Had to smile at this headline in the Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12160713/Nottingham-Forest-target-Leeds-Tyler-Adams-Steve-Cooper-looks-streamline-squad.html
"Nottingham Forest target Leeds' Tyler Adams as Steve Cooper looks to streamline his squad"
Streamlining the squad by buying more players. That's a new angle.

Had to smile at this headline in the Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12160713/Nottingham-Forest-target-Leeds-Tyler-Adams-Steve-Cooper-looks-streamline-squad.html
"Nottingham Forest target Leeds' Tyler Adams as Steve Cooper looks to streamline his squad"
Streamlining the squad by buying more players. That's a new angle.

Had to smile at this headline in the Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12160713/Nottingham-Forest-target-Leeds-Tyler-Adams-Steve-Cooper-looks-streamline-squad.html
"Nottingham Forest target Leeds' Tyler Adams as Steve Cooper looks to streamline his squad"
Streamlining the squad by buying more players. That's a new angle.

Had to smile at this headline in the Daily Mail
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-12160713/Nottingham-Forest-target-Leeds-Tyler-Adams-Steve-Cooper-looks-streamline-squad.html
"Nottingham Forest target Leeds' Tyler Adams as Steve Cooper looks to streamline his squad"
Streamlining the squad by buying more players. That's a new angle.

Wouldn't get my hopes up if I was a Wigan fan

Incidentally, he's Bristol-born and Derbyshire-raised.

This is how I imagine the Norse axeman holding back the English army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge must have looked (one for the history buffs)

This is how I imagine the Norse axeman holding back the English army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge must have looked (one for the history buffs)

This is how I imagine the Norse axeman holding back the English army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge must have looked (one for the history buffs)

I've insisted that if Arsenal were to lose the title race to Man City, it's not really a bottlejob and they've still far exceeded expectations this season, but If Arsenal don't get a result here and Man City are allowed to win the league with three games to go, I might have to change my mind on that.

Far cry from the opinion some had of him here:
 

Far cry from the opinion some had of him here:
 

Far cry from the opinion some had of him here:
 

Far cry from the opinion some had of him here:
 

You really have to worry for them. Feels like rather than things improving for them after administration, it seems to have gotten worse.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65559061

The inactive Bury FC and the phoenix club Bury AFC are planning to merge and return to Gigg Lane. Good news for a club that's been through an awful lot.

Of course if we hadn't cheated Boro out of that last spot, they'd have walked the whole thing