Reggie Greenwood

4 minutes ago, jameso said:

Korey Smith

Good shout 

8 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

He came to us with a broken foot, played a bit, then spent months out with a back injury he got picking up a wallet he'd dropped getting out a taxi.  The original man of glass.  

Lee will forever be fondly remembered for helping Yeovil in that play off game at the council tip 😅

6 hours ago, Gerry Daly said:

Kris Sleeuwenhoek and Jason Kavanagh. This pair were pinched from Wolves and were supposed to be future superstars. I don't remember Kris playing at all for our first team and Jason had a minor career with us as a not tall enough but reasonable central defender 

Kris suffered a major injury that ended his career as I recall 

8 minutes ago, TomTom92 said:

If funds are that tight then maybe it would’ve been better practice to have not signed either Vickers or Nelson and allocated their wages to a striker instead?

Build from the back said the great BC 

43 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

Piss take as per with this lot. How have they been allowed to bring in anyone without assurances on their current debts being cleared. Where is their point deduction for breaking their embargo with EFL facilitation. Far more questions to be answered than when we we were stopped  extending  Marriotts contract and we were only allowed to give youngsters 1 yr deals costing bloody millions. 

I wonder if the recent signings have had there registrations approved by the EFL yet ? Might be interesting if not 

2 hours ago, Ambitious said:

Now that clubs are taking shape in League One, we can probably get a look at who is likely to be among the runners and riders. 

In terms of candidates for the top 2 - 

Bolton - I expected Bolton to be our main challenger this season, but don't think they've done a great deal in the transfer market. Lost Bradley and Trafford who are both excellent young players. Still, watched them against Everton and they looked good and I think they will still provide a threat. I also expect them to do well in the loan market once that really starts to gear up. If I'm a Bolton fan I'd be confident of a top 6 finish - and a run at the top 2. 

Reading - awaiting a potential points deduction, I believe? So maybe not. Regardless, they've started adding quality to the squad and want to add up to 10 more. Lewis Wing is a very good signing - Knibbs, Smith and Savage all on the young side but have potential. They've had a shocking pre-season, though, so if you read anything into that it could be a slow start for them. If there is no points deduction, I would anticipate a top 6 finish. One to watch for the top 2 perhaps? 

Barnsley - like Bolton, I expected them to be there or thereabouts. They already some decent players in their side, but pre-season hasn't been great for them. Duffy was an excellent manager and I don't know if the replacement is going to be able to replicate his success. Mads Anderson is a very good player who has left. They will still have aspirations for the top 2, I'm sure, but a weaker side than the one who finished last season. 

Blackpool - lost a few players, sold a couple more. They've brought in Joseph, Norburn, Pennington and Morgan that should keep them competitive. Top 6 will be the aim and if a couple of these younger lads do the business then perhaps even top 2. 

Top 6 - 

Wigan - like Blackpool, lost a few players but have now started to add to their squad. They're going younger with the players they're bringing in, will start on -8(?), so although may not trouble the play-offs. I don't think they're going to be an easy game for anyone this season. 

Portsmouth - A lot has been made of their signings, but I don't particularly see a lot of quality within them personally. Reegan Poole is a solid defender, the likes of Whyte and Scully could provide a threat at this level. They've had one semi-serious friendly against AFC Wimbeldon and lost. Difficult one to read, inexperienced manager to boot. I would say top 6 hopefuls, but far from a favourite. 

Peterborough - Lost a couple of their better players, although still have JCH at this venture. They will no doubt threaten the top 6 as they always do, one of the better teams at finding diamonds in the rough. A team with a lot of speed and athleticism. I still anticipate plenty of movement both in and out from them so will be difficult to call. 

Charlton - they've signed a couple of good players, Isted and May look solid, also said to be very active in the market still. They were far from brilliant last season, but do have some quality in their squad: Dobson, Hector, Leaburn. Rak-Sakyi will be a big miss. I do fancy them to go well this season if they add a few more. Leaburn and May upfront is an exciting front two - especially if Leaburn can stay fit. 

Oxford & Bristol Rovers will have some optimism this season too. 

Objectively, if you look at Derby in comparison - lost our top goalscorer and one of their better players in Knight. Although. we have increased the depth of the team and loaded up on defensive additions. A question on our attacking quality (yet to be addressed) but realistically a very experienced side, under an experienced manager who look better built for the rigors of the season. 

I'd go for a top 4 of: Blackpool, Derby, Bolton and Reading (barring any point deduction). Charlton, Barnsley and Portsmouth to fight it out for the final two spots in the play-offs. I could see Barnsley missing out in all honesty. 

Reading under an embargo again so may not be able to get those 10 players in now 

1 minute ago, FlyBritishMidland said:

£250k is not our total budget spend.  The point Warne was making was that if he is to pay a fee in that region when you add the wages, etc on top it eats into a bigger proportion of his budget than a free transfer.  By signing a free transfer he can make 2 or 3 signings for the same money.  £250k is part of his total budget.  He has to decide how manage it to get best value.

Plus if you blow a big lump of budget on one player who then goes and does his ACL or similar then you really do have a problem. 

3 minutes ago, Sparkle said:

If anyone is interested the result is on the Leeds website 👍

Can’t go on there without needing a shower in dettol afterwards 

42 minutes ago, ziggyram59 said:

From what I remember if we had signed Lubos Kubik and Ivo Knofilchek they would have been the first foreign players to play in the old First Division. 

For Derby Tewfik Abdullah from Egypt 1920. 
Oldest for any club Walter Bowman 1892 from Canada for Accy Stanley  then Max Seeburg Spurs 1908  from Germany 😉

25 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

Odd that they’ve put out a bit of info about it but no scorers or anything and there’s been nothing from the Derby. With all the boredom and sudden lack of output from the club I’m finally joining @i-Ram‘s Twitchers 

On the DCFC website now but no score mentioned 

26 minutes ago, sage said:

I'm organising Belper Tapas Trail on 8th and 9th of September. All (or most) of the Real Ale Pubs in Belper Town Centre are doing snacks and small dishes between £1 and £3, to have with your pint.

We have Indian, Greek and Spanish themes so far as well as traditional English food. 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/315307714215853/events

 

     

Will get the good lady to check this out as I don’t FB , tweet , Instagram or any other media 🦖🦕

27 minutes ago, cstand said:

Worm Has Turned closing 30th July according to DET.

 

Not surprised , last time I went in the Ay Up was undrinkable and the good lady’s cocktail wasn’t up to much. Never seemed to be enough folk in to be sustainable whenever I walked past. 
Not really my sort of place as not a fan of craft beers 

45 minutes ago, alram said:

i am not sure what YOU find so hard to understand? The £40 is SUPPOSED to be set aside for the tax man when the bill is due to be paid.

 

If you spend that money you cant pay the tax man, we couldnt pay the tax man, and kept using the money set aside to run the club - thus increasing the tax bill to an unsustainable amount that we could not pay.

 

so out of the 72 clubs, 2 didnt accept it, one of them was us with the most unsustainable tax bill of the lot. hmmmm, yes....

 

no idea why you continue to defend what he did, must be stockholm syndrome or your his grand son

Mel didn’t reject the Covid money , we along with others under restrictions were not allowed to apply for it. 
For all Mel’s sins this was not one of them and caused us major problems. 

34 minutes ago, BaaLocks said:

The Beeb are so desperate with sports though, completely priced out of the market and with no option but to over promote minority sports. Women's football is, largely, still that and so they over index it beyond belief at every turn (yes, someone is going to tell me that thirteen times in history more than 60,000 people have watched a women's football match and excellent, all power to the elbow). But compared to many sports women's football is still not tier one. If it was Sky or BT would buy coverage.

And so it was somewhere bordering on obvious that they moved the news to BBC2 so we could have coverage of New Zealand playing Norway on BBC1. If had been the final, with England in it, then maybe but for a game between two teams - one of which hadn't won any of their previous 15 World Cup matches - was a bit much.

Not because it raises my ire at people watching women's football - I'm not the knuckle dragging troglodyte some may think in that respect. But because this is license payers content and they are honour bound to present content that best represents the needs of the majority. I can't stand Eastenders but I do recognise that for many it is the best thing on the box.

I’d rather the BBC put this on or other home grown sport than give it to American Sports ( NFL) which should be on commercial channels 

1 minute ago, Andrew3000 said:

Good spot that, 10 goals in 30 something games for a 20 year old is impressive. Looking online he's been injured in preseason and that's prevented them deciding whether to loan him out or not. They may prefer a champ loan for him of course. 

These suggestions do offer optimism that loans can work out very well at this level, even though often  you are having to take a punt on a raw talent with so little experience.

Not sure Boro would want him playing for a competitor in the same division ? 

7 minutes ago, rammieib said:

Translated for you into "We can't attract anyone"

We seem to have attracted quite a few so far . Bradley , Elder , Wilson , Washington etc 

Not sure that I despised any players but if I did one for ones with no heart or desire…….step forward John Harkes ( he of the 2 yards miss v Leicester in play off final ).

3 minutes ago, admira said:

520. Current club not displayed. 
 

Henrich Ravas , Youth goalie who was released 

1 hour ago, Srg said:

I think we’re going to see Bird with more licence this season, it’s going to be a huge season for him.

Thompson has done wonderfully this pre-season to earn trust from the management team and I think he will be a good part of the squad this year. 

Still time for one the potential 3 new signings to come into all this yet. 

Bit confused with Sibley because Warne said next week in his interview but we’ve been told longer?

Apparently felt a bit of tightness in training so he has been put back a couple of weeks in recovery 

2 hours ago, Turk Thrust said:

Hmm. Not sure what to say. I wasn’t amazed. It was just good football highlights. Why was it brilliant?

The players are actually female French players but with the heads of the male players super imposed on them. 
 

Rooney and Cash on for Bradley and Nelson 

Just now, Mr. P said:

£6 for a pint of fizzy Burton well water! 

Recycled fresh from the urinals. 

5 minutes ago, NottsRam77 said:

In what world is anyone paying £5.30 for a pint of carling 😂😂

I I wouldn’t drink it if they paid me the £5.30 

5 minutes ago, JuanFloEvraTheCocu'sNesta said:

Can you imagine the meltdown in here if we ended up 3-0 down to a side a league below us? 

I wonder if Stoke have a similar forum that's currently going bananas over this?

They are had a quick glance on oatcake 

4 minutes ago, Millenniumram said:

He’s certainly the greatest left back we’ve had in my time watching - partly because he’s pretty much the only LB we’ve had! Remarkable longevity really, I was watching Craig Forsyth play when I was 13!

No-one else really come close. Most the other left backs we’ve had (Malone, Olsson etc) have all been largely s****.

Olsson worth a mention for the winner v the treetards