kevinhectoring

How do you get your daughter to stop bringing her dog round, which pisses on the carpet and upsets the cat. And how do you stop your son using your debit card ?

I agree with all the finance professionals on this forum ( apart from that podcast guy Maguire  who visits occasionally), who all agree that the amortisation policy did not break any rule.  But if you are a Director you have duty of care that's more than just being an employee. Morris policies generally were risky ...even if the only risk was of having to write off players values Pearce should have been against it really.
 

How do you get your daughter to stop bringing her dog round, which pisses on the carpet and upsets the cat. And how do you stop your son using your debit card ?

How do you get your daughter to stop bringing her dog round, which pisses on the carpet and upsets the cat. And how do you stop your son using your debit card ?

FTFY
A petard was a medieval bomb planted under a castle walls. It could hoist you but not hang you
Pedants are Go 

How do you get your daughter to stop bringing her dog round, which pisses on the carpet and upsets the cat. And how do you stop your son using your debit card ?

Condoms

So you agree with sage?

I think you’ve been listening to too much media rubbish 59. Of course the majority of United fans that attend games come from Manchester but United have fans from all over country, indeed the world and obviously some attend games periodically. The simple fact is that United get more fans through the turnstiles on a bad day than the likes of Wanderers and Derby get on their best days. I think history is much more relevant than gate sizes when judging clubs. Under Cloughie, my personal ever favourite manager, you won two Championship titles 50 years ago but other than that you’ve won nothing other than one FA Cup in 1947. We’ve never won the league, runners up twice but have 4 FA Cup wins. We have spent the 12th most years in the top division in our history and you’ve spent the 15th most so I’d say we’re both pretty successful and should be proud of that. If we were the only club in Lancashire we’d arguably be getting average gates in the mid twenty thousands like you but we’re not and aren’t likely to but it doesn’t take anything away from the fact Wanderers are a club with a long and proud history and so are Derby. We’re both fortunate to have clubs with a rich history to support since we formed the original league all those years ago and that’s what makes the game tomorrow so special not the fact that one gets a few more thousand than the other through the turnstile. Actually to put it in perspective, we’ve just lost our best player Dapo Afolyan to a German club St Pauli who are fighting relegation from the Bundesliga 2 and their average gate is over 30k!! Beat that. ?

Let's hope we can bully the opposition and stick it to them...

many accountants on here were saying the amortisation policy was fine  As were the auditors.    
Every board would be a revolving door if people did as you suggest.  

 
 

many accountants on here were saying the amortisation policy was fine  As were the auditors.    
Every board would be a revolving door if people did as you suggest.  

 
 

He wasn’t strong enough to stand up to MM - but if he had, he’d have been shown the door. Q went out of their way to defend him and say how helpful he was to them

... as I think you’re suggesting. 

interesting question, whether DC should have had a clean sweep. I’d guess SP wanted to stay. I’m sure he’s loyal and  has affection for the club. And after the melt down, would he have found another job?  On the other side I’m sure the decision to retain him would only have been made after DC’s people had seen him at close range. And so far they have made good decisions from the look of it 

Having seen him at close quarters since July, if David Clowes is happy with him in post, then who are we to quibble? Plenty of time to source a replacement but they seem content to carry on as we are. That's good enough for me.

Re attendance chat, well I think we're (rightly) proud of our attendances this year (home and away) so there is a lot of focus on that as despite really tough economic times and recent club traumas our support has been great. The fans backing has gone a long way to take the pressure off our new owner (a local hero) as the fans have turned up in regular big numbers despite the fact that we could barely field a team halfway through the summer so better than expected ST sales against that backdrop were a real boost for the club. Also, personally I just love seeing those headlines that favourably compare crowds in this division to those much higher in the leagues.

Totally get the scoreline sentiment. At your place I just thought, lets at least not lose this and just keep fingers crossed that we go one better. I get that it's a chance to make ground on competitors but before a ball was kicked I'd have take that draw all day long.

As for who to watch well it's been one of the pleasing things I reckon, we've had goals shared out quite a bit. McGoldrick has been outstanding but has had the odd niggle and illness and I think we've been trying to use him sparingly. He's looked different level at times though. I'd expect him to start on Sat. Mendez-Laing down the flank is a real handful if he's on it. Despite conceding 2 last week we've been tight at the back with Cashin really starring but he'd had a slight niggle but should hopefully likewise be good to go on Sat.

Scoreline ? Toughie.. hoping we can nick this one, possibly by the odd goal (2-1?) but a draw would not surprise me as you lot are in really good form too.

My lad has a season ticket but barely comes, he got put off at away games due to the constant beer throwing and standing. Our tickets are in the North stand so relatively all quiet but it doesn't help, he's been scared already.

Midfield without Knight
 
 

Can't lose Knights energy to facilitate Collins, he isn't offering enough.  Could play him up front with a pacy striker and alternate one up top with two wide but I see no sign Warne would use that option. 

Cheltenham away was the 81st ground where I have seen Derby play. My first match at the Baseball Ground was in 1966 aged 8 when my Father and Grandfather took me. First away game was Villa Park in 1968/69 during Clough and Taylors promotion season. Cheltenham's ground made me feel I was back in the 60's again (how lucky we are with Pride Park).
I stood behind the Derby dugout yesterday and loved it when Paul Warne popped round the side of the dugout and exchanged some jovial banter with the Cheltenham fans behind him. All in the best possible taste and another throw back to the good old days. How many grounds could that happen at nowadays ?
Finally, I don't think I have ever witnessed home fans applaud an away goal in the way the Cheltenham fans around me did with Birdy's screamer. A sporting response from football supporters very rarely seen in the modern game.
A great day yesterday but back to the 21st century next week against Bolton.

I've absolutely no problem with the act itself, but I really don't see the sagacity of not only admitting it in a publicly aired interview, but also laughing about it.
Gob shut, or blatant lie.  Either is a much better option!  ?

Maybe that's why Cashin is top
 
 

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We've got to start the player with 8 goals in his last 6 home games.

Not sure it’s a battle, reckon he might be finding it easy not to smile these days 

Not sure it’s a battle, reckon he might be finding it easy not to smile these days 

Bird has loads of silky finesse and an excellent football brain. More strength wouldn’t go amiss for sure.  And it’s also about athleticism - speed, agility, stamina - he needs to be working on all that. 

Temperament is key as well. It’s clear from hearing him speak that off the pitch he’s a lovely guy. On the pitch he needs to less lovely  - he needs to pretend he’s Roy Keane, unpleasant though that may be