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11 hours ago, DiggerB said:

 

Ward?

Don't know how I forgot about him, but yes, if he's on the pitch he's more than capable.

5 minutes ago, Tamworthram said:

It’s difficult to make a true comparison with Ebou. Francois has been playing for a team that narrowly avoided relegation so you’d expect him to be exposed to more defensive duties. I also often question such stats. On the basis of those figures what on earth has Ebou been doing all game, why is he such a fans favourite and why would we all love it if we could sign him? I must be missing something.

Doesn't include miles covered, I guess. Ebou would be right up there in that. Hard to put into stats the overall affect on the rest of the team as well. 

10 hours ago, Eoghan1884 said:

Tyrese Francois, a 23 year old Australian out of contract at Fulham this summer on loan at Vejle Boldklub in Denmark where we know we’re looking. Fulham have kept him around for the last few years giving him the odd game here and there. His defensive stats are incredible and is the 98th percentile for defensive actions. 

His defensive stats in comparison to Ebou Adams per 90 to show how good his stats actually are. He’s left footed so the two of them could actually play together pretty should we get them. 
 

Lots of positives about him as he knows the English game, works hard, is on a free and is at a good age with up side.

An actual suggestion... bound in realism based on cost, age, need and stats. What is this thread turning into?

2 things, he's quite short at 5ft 8 and he's currently team mates with Raul Albentosa.

1 hour ago, ram59 said:

I think that we will need at least one dead ball specialist to replace CH.

Sibley did a pretty good job from corners. 

The one thing I would say about Bird is that as good as he is, and as great of a person he clearly is, there was so few games where you ever came away thinking he was the best player on the pitch. 

Going to any Championship club for a certain style of play is just dumb. Managers come and go, styles change quickly. 

2 minutes ago, Jram said:

Jordan Henderson to be our Championship equivalent of Hourihane 

can see sell him the Derby dream?

6 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

I think that would fair if he was off to a top end championship parachute club or lower level prem club.  He's gone to Bristol City, the 13th placed championship club till the end of time.  He clearly wanted a move regardless of situation as that move makes no sense at all. 

That’s where I am at with it. He clearly wanted new scenery. Obviously, at the time we weren’t up, but now we are, there’s a world we could finish above them this season. 

Just now, Anag Ram said:

I haven’t seen anything from Elder to suggest he’s a Championship player. Looks a bang average squad player to me.

Have to agree. Wouldn't want him first choice. An athlete (who's been injured a lot so far) who isn't much of a footballer.

29 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

There must have been some sort of “Trigger” in the contract of Elder . He is one of Warne’s favourites and PW busted a gut to get him on for a couple of minutes whenever he could . He did take a good corner when he came on one time .🤷🏻‍♂️

I love a good conspiracy theory as much as most Forest fans, but you have to at least get the basics right.

4 minutes ago, RaminBerlin said:

My attitude at 18 stunk and now I’m 32, a boring lawyer with 2 kids. People change and if he’s good he should be given the opportunity to change. 

You sense Warne would be a big proponent of that.

2 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said:

More than one minibus load and that place will be at capacity.

3,000 capacity the article says. 

9 minutes ago, Carnero said:

My god John Percy really has become a mouthpiece for Forest & Marinakis. Latest article being how brilliant their recruitment has been when their team has mustered less than a point per game excluding deduction and only stands above the 3 newly promoted teams.

Did Marinakis make him an offer he couldn't refuse or something?

They could literally stay up with the points total they have now, which is 29. Even if they didn't have a point deduction it's only 33. Nowhere near the supposed safety of 40 points. It's a terrible season however you slice it, they shouldn't have been anywhere near relegation with the three promoted teams being so unbelievably poor.

I like that. Warne touched on how important he felt it was in his post-season interview. Good friendly to have there too.

2 minutes ago, nottingram said:

Had a good game against us at PP

A little bit like when Ebiowei when he left us though, you wonder a little about their motivation when they finally find a home after bouncing around loads of clubs only to choose to leave as soon as they start to impress. 

Not sure a year long contract is much of a commitment to a home though, in fairness.

Hale would likely know of him from Southampton. His wiki is interesting, definitely had some issues over the last few years.

4 minutes ago, MadAmster said:

If an extension is triggered, surely, those players are retained unless we pay them off or can sell them or get a loan deal. Until such a deal is struck they remain retained, don't they?

Correct, but they'd show on the retained list under a section for extensions. But my point is, if Warne had a blank slate, I'd imagine there might be some he would not have chosen.

Just now, kevinhectoring said:

I’d assumed most of the ‘options to extend’ negotiated over the past year or so were at the club’s option, not the player’s option …?

Depends on the contract. Some of them will be automatic based on things like appearances.

11 minutes ago, MadAmster said:

The released list is an easy one to put together for PW. You've done a grand job but we, as a club, need to move on and I don't see you as part of that move.. thanks and goodbye and remember, I will text you to the ends of the earth.

Retained list? Different kettle of fish, IMO. Tell player X you want to keep him. Make appointment with his agent. Come to an agreement on wages OR fail to. Get contract signed or not. Will that happen so quickly? It could be that the negotiations have already taken place and the contract is there, rubber stamped, just needing a signature... but that may have been a dangerous game to play. Player Y gets told, we stay in L1 we'll offer you so much a week. However, if we go up, you're on the way out. Does that demoralise the player or motivate him to either persuade PW he was wrong OR to convince other clubs he's worth a punt? 

My guess is the retained list will be out towards the end of next week. Having said that, I lose more bets than I win 😉

Retained list will include "contracts offered" so doesn't need to be signed to come out. I would also imagine discussions will have taken place over the last couple of months.

I don't think the released list would be ideal for Warne either. There's going to be players who have triggered extension who he likely wouldn't ideally want to keep for a Championship team.

He was good on FM a couple of years back. Therefore, a must sign.

8 minutes ago, Andrew3000 said:

Is he highly rated? I know was training with first team in the summer and he had a few bench appearances since which would indicate he is. However, people who cover U21s rarely seem to mention him. 

Been injured I think a fair bit this season. Sure those who go like @angieramwill confirm

Posh notorious for getting a lot of money for their players. It’s an expensive pool to fish from. Would like to think we scout more rough gems than that nowadays. 

13 minutes ago, GboroRam said:

Even Tyskie fails to deliver what it used to. Everything tastes that bit weaker as recipes are tweaked, abv falls a bit as the company saves a hapence per beer. Multiply by the millions of cans sold per year, it works out a fair amount of money. But they push the envelope until the product is a shadow of its former self. But the suits are happy, which is the main thing. 

It’s a duty thing that the Government taxes higher ABV more. More and more comes in at 3.8% or even lower just to make the same margin they were before. 

9 minutes ago, Topram said:

Hope not he looked like an absolute donkey when we last played them

Also got a year extension that I'm sure they'll trigger.

5 minutes ago, NottsRam said:

So is this the end for Ramstv altogether?  

No, as RamsTV was always aimed at the overseas fans, and that hasn't changed.

2 minutes ago, Rich3478 said:

Do you think is a deliberate ploy to make the blackout the bad party rather than sky? Leading to it being scrapped and then sky just stream everything

Always has been the bad party. It should just go on % of ticket sales. If ticket sales are good, it can be on TV. If they're not, then the game isn't on.