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Forget Marriott, Scott Malone getting needlessly sent off had a more detrimental effect on the play off final. 
 
Still would’ve probably lost mind. Villa were just a better team.

Forget wages, I’d be disappointed if we didn’t have at least £3m in the transfer kitty. 
 
But alas I know as much as everyone else on here, which is why I can’t get my head around people saying they wouldn’t spend £900k on a goalkeeper. We might be able to afford it.

Surprised he’s committed to a club so early in the summer. 
 
Evan’s must have charmed him and played on the good times they shared previously. Good signing for them but we can do better IMO.

5 minutes ago, Magicman said:

Like to see us get Alfie May would be a good link with our strikers 

Think that ship sailed last season. Could’ve picked him up for £250k instead we’d be looking at £1m+ now.

Just now, Eoghan1884 said:

https://t.co/QT9Y8koQZQ
 

I found the article from a local jorno from the Yorkshire post who thinks Hourihane has been in talks with Barnsley and is going to sign as a player coach.

i think that makes a lot of sense as Hourihane has made it very obvious he wants to get into coaching ASAP in a lot of interviews he’s done.

Hopefully he’s moved on. Wish him well. 
 
I know clubs that operate a head coach model can make signings without anybody at the helm. But would be surprised to see him go Barnsley whilst they are without a gaffer.

JCH gone Rotherham.

Dylan Williams anyone? Not sure how his career has gone since moving to Chelsea. But looked a very good prospect when fleetingly used.

1 hour ago, Srg said:

No, look at retained lists of every other club. Those players would just be filed as Contract Offered. 

True but it doesn’t exactly breathe excitement having Collo, Smith and Barkz extended and then Sibley, Wildsmith and Thompson as maybes. 
 
Theres probably nothing too it. I just thought I’d fire a theory out as to why it’s taking longer than others. 

2 minutes ago, McArthur Park said:

Or maybe it's just because they've been in Vegas til the middle of last week?

Maybe I guess we’ll never know.

16 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

What delay?

In comparison to other clubs. 

Is the delay due to some ‘key’ players holding out for a better deal? Wildsmith and maybe Sibley spring to mind. 
 
It does seem for whatever reason that we’re sitting on this topic, would be surprised if there’s no particular reason for it.

Ticks a lot of boxes on the face of it but seems to be a younger Hourihane which seems odd as the general consensus is that Hourihane wasn’t a Warne type player ie. Not athletic. 
 
Guess a freebie brings a relative reduction in risk. Ultimately I don’t know enough about this one and will bow down to Warne and co.

Peterborough seemed to play within themselves last night. Almost like they didn’t want to go full tilt in case Oxford on the break. By the time they twisted their arm at 70 minutes Oxford looked comfy and happy to keep getting ‘injured’ every couple of minutes. 
 
Think Bolton will win the final.

1 minute ago, Bris Vegas said:

Not sure how relegation playoffs could ever work. The two losers of semi-finals face off in a one off game at Wembley? That would be rewarding failure.

Not sure of any competition in the world where losers advance to a next stage (aside from WC 3rd/4th game). 

No need for Wembley, just whichever team finished higher in the regular season gets home advantage.

As a fan that trundles to a handful of matches per season the increased TV coverage benefits me. Plus as a man that has limited hobbies, the more days footballs on the better.

However trying not to be selfish i do think the 3pm blackout needs to be scrapped. 

I know there's arguments about lower league teams losing out but I reckon it would be worth a trial even for a season.

2 minutes ago, RadioactiveWaste said:

I was with you until your last paragraph.

I'd rather reinvigorate the cup competitions than invent the NBA play offs (the NBA invented a cup this last season) and absolutely no to relegation play offs, they'll just end with teams who proved they should go down over a whole season having a get out of jail card.

I do agree with scrapping FFP as it currently exists. My thoughts are along the lines of controlling a clubs debt, as it's debts rather than spending that gets clubs in trouble.

I can survive without the play offs idea, was just a spur of the moment thought to keep most teams interested and something to play for until the very end. 

FWIW i'd have the bottom two automatically relegated and then 15th - 18th battling it out for the final drop. But ultimately i don't think the PL would ever trial something like this.

I'd be intrigued to see how we would reinvigorate the cup competitions. It may be a generational thing but i hold very little feelings towards the cup comps.

PL is just a very well marketed league in comparison to the rest of the worlds top leagues.

Pretty sure without fact checking that all the top leagues are dominated by the same few clubs. The PL is no different.

The sad part is, that due to inflation, the money and the amount it requires to take on a big team is so vast from the early 90's to now that only the mega rich can turn a team in to a force. Unfortunately FFP etc. has even stopped that now. Look at Newcastle, they're fighting at the right end, but they're a million miles away from winning the league in the next few years. 

Part of me thinks FFP should be scrapped and if a billionaire wants to buy the league then good for them. But i appreciate that no financial governance does lead itself for smaller clubs potentially going bust. 

Ultimately the PL is nowhere near the most entertaining league in England. Its very American but maybe the PL would thrive from having a league title and then a play off system to crown the overall season winner. Maybe even implement a relegation play off to drag more teams in to the jeopardy. However the latter suggestion won't ever happen whilst the money between the PL and the EFL is so vast. Close that gap and it will benefit all the teams in England bar the top 6. 

4 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

Didn't the Poland manager come out and publicly say he had to play at a higher level then league 1 to stand a chance or am I imagining that? 

Think so chief

30 minutes ago, McArthur Park said:

May I ask why? It's their job, does everyone like the job that they do? Or do you do a job because you happen to be good at it? 

I do a job because I need money.

But I’d say 90% of footballers do it because they’re good and have an interest in it.

Its more school boys/girls dream so to have someone doing it to a good level who doesn’t like it is just bit unsavoury. 
 
Just my personal irk.

6 minutes ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

It’s an interesting take you’ve got, so in the absence of proof that another team wanted him or the club didn’t try and offload him it’s all Anya’s fault, yet you can’t prove he had no interest in playing, how do you know he wasn’t doing all he could to be picked to play? Clubs are likely only going to show an interest in him if he was given an opportunity to show his ability on the pitch right? Can’t earn himself a move if he’s not in the shop window type thing. 

Looking at it objectively it was a massive failure as signings go taking into account the fee and wages, but it’s not on him that we paid the fee, or gave him the wages and contract. To hold such personal blame and dislike against him as a person seems odd to me, chalk it down to bad business by all parties involved and move on. 

Obviously haven’t got any proof but this was a seasoned footballer not some rookie. I’d be astounded if we didn’t receive a few loan offers where we paid 70% or something like that. 
 
Not his fault we paid the silly money but it says it all that he’s now retired. 
 
Can’t help it, footballers who don’t like football irk me at the best of times. Add in how it shafted us and my dislike quadruples.

3 minutes ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:

This one finished for him start of December though.  We still had 25 games. 

Doubt he would’ve got called up playing in league 1. 
 
He pretty much single handedly kept us up in the Cocu/Rooney season so personally I have no ill feeling towards him.

Don’t hold anything against Bielik. His wage was too high for a league 1 club and world cups come every 4 years so can’t fault him for wanting to get that gig. 
 
Think Buchanan is by far the bigger snake and i can’t help but revel in his situation.

2 hours ago, Jourdan said:

He can’t be surprised. Hull have been one of the biggest spenders in the Championship in the past 12 months. The owners are ambitious. You have to keep pace or you will fall on your sword trying.

He needs a club that he can grow with, a club that can complement him in a sense of where they are in their respective journeys. Hull have designs for something much bigger at a much faster rate obviously.

A better fit for him would be a club like Plymouth. He has a similar playing philosophy to previous coaches there (Schumacher and Lowe) and they are not yet fully established at Championship level and have modest resources. It’s a challenging job but one where it can be stable and mutually beneficial.

Completely agree. Think he could probably sit it out for a safer bet than Plymouth but definitely needs a club that isn’t desperate for promotion (see us and Hull).

Even though he’s showed promise he’s still learning the ropes. 
 
Wonder who Hull will bring in, Cooper is the favourite at the moment which if it comes to fruition, the sacking becomes more understandable.

5 minutes ago, nottingram said:

I don’t know what you do for a living but if the company you work for gave you a fixed term contract then chose not to assign you any tasks, you would probably not go elsewhere for (let’s say) half the money where you might or might not get assigned tasks. 

If he ever refused to play for Derby that’s a different matter but don’t think there’s evidence of that? In Rowett’s season he was selected in an emergency, came in and did well. 

But my job isn’t a dream job. 
 
It’s his prerogative not to kick a ball again. But I just find it poor that he had no interest in playing.
 
If somebody can prove that nobody came in for him or that we refused to loan him out then I’ll take it back. 
 
We’ll never agree on this one because out of all the players to grace our shirt he’s up there with my most disliked.

Just now, nottingram said:

Derby gave him an X year contract on £Xk per week. That they chose not to pick him to play football in that time is up to them

But the fact he had no interest in playing football once he got the golden ticket is poor in my opinion. Complete poohouse.