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It would not surprise me that the FA Chief Exec Mark Bullingham has taken money from the top 6 for this decision. It would not have been made if they had consulted the clubs first. This needs a strong response from clubs by boycotting the Cup.
It's totally crazy how weak our football institutions are when it comes to dealing with the big clubs. At least in France and Germany they force the bigger team to play as the away team as they got rid of replays in the 70's. They even force the squad numbers in france to still be 1-11 and they cannot make too many changes from the previous league fixture.
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10 hours ago, Gee SCREAMER !! said:
Seems like the dry pitch has been a tactic of Garry Monk probably to eliminate any form passing into spaces and getting turned around on their fairly small pitch.
I can imagine there will be a bit of a head scratch as to whether to play Bradley with the 3 at the back as according to opta Cambridge concede more set piece shots on goal (170) compared to Leyton orient (152) but Cambridge however have conceded 8 less set piece goals so will we have a threat on set pieces it seems hard to tell.
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I think we've seen enough Championship football to know that largely the teams that linger near the bottom has some form of football or financial instability. Just take this season for example, the bottom 13 teams have had a change in manager during this season, some with multiple changes. This idea of sacking Warne as soon as he's promoted the club just screams Chansiri.
The only goal should hopefully we get promoted will be to stay up and Warne more than deserves his shot and dare I say more than achievable when there's plenty of basketcase clubs in that league who will spend most of the summer in a manager recruitment rat race.
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2 hours ago, David said:
More Puma horror shows.
Can't forget the one piece Cameroon kit.
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From a quick look of their weekend fixture vs Charlton the pitch didn't seem to be in a good condition. Nathan Jones described the pitch as 'rustic at best' and 'they haven't watered it in 8/10 years' and it didn't allow for free flowing football.
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Same lineup and setup as Northampton besides Smith for Hourihane
Wildsmith
Nelson Bradley Cashin
Wilson Sibley
Adams Smith
Thompson
NML Collins
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There should be confirmation for us I guess this week. Bespoke kits as well.
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43 minutes ago, Ram-Alf said:
Have we had this Referee before?
Wycombe Wanderers v Derby County (19:45)
ALEX CHILOWICZ
Declan O'Shea and Alistair Nelson
Fourth Official : Samuel Fudgehttps://www.efl.com/news/2023/december/12/former-mls-referee-alex-chilowicz-becomes-efl-official/
American ref who has moved over here seems quite experienced 237 MLS games in 6 years
17 games in EFL 58 yellows 0 Reds
Started the season in League 2 and Reffed in Champ for the first time last week with Rotherham vs Millwall
Steve Evans thinks he can ref in the prem
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16 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:
I was doing my usual nosing of expiring contracts and spotted the lad from Huddersfield as one of the championship players we might pass on the way up the football league (along with a couple of Rotherham midfielders 👀).
I don’t know much about the J-League, or any of the Asian leagues really, but I’ve always admired the players that have come from that region to do well in European football. There’s often an added commercial element when signing players from say Japan or South Korea with fans from those countries having a good reverence for their compatriots and the clubs they join, could be an added bonus of a talented footballer and increased profile in lucrative markets.
The past few years European teams are realising how technically good the current generation of Japanese and Korean players are which has been a legacy of the 2002 world cup.
It's also a cheap market to get into. A lot of players usually go to Belgian, Austrian and Dutch teams on loan with a view to buy (£1 mil max) and see if they can handle playing abroad. These European teams can then cash in a year or so later for loads more what they paid.
Mitoma was the first signing by a English team that sort of bypassed Europe where they bought him for £4 mil loaned him to a Belgium club. If they let him get signed by a European team first he'd probably been worth £20 mil.
Cardiff did this in Jan signed a very good centre back Tsunoda and have loaned him out to Belgium.
If definitely a market we should look at.
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38 minutes ago, SamUltraRam said:
Gateshead currently 2 - 0 after 30 mins - both set up by Dajaune Brown.
Gateshead commentators saying league scouts there watching Dajaune
Is he contracted to us after this season or we likely to get mugged again by the big boys academies ?
It's probably scouts from league 1/2 teams who are scouting for loans next season. We're probably already getting loan offers.
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5 minutes ago, Elwood P Dowd said:
it was a good save
Chris Martin doing some world class falling over
Everytime santos touches him it's a pure wardrobe masterclass 😂
- Elwood P Dowd and Mimester
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Luke Thomas nearly put Bristol 1-0 up
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Portsmouth 1-0 up already
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13 hours ago, Scott129 said:
Do you have a favourite team?
I always keep an eye out for Cerezo Osaka's results, mainly because of their dashing pink kits (Sorry, B4).
Yokohama F Marinos is probably my favourite team since under Big Ange they played some of the most entertaining football i've ever seen. If Spurs back him this summer I think they could seriously challenge next year with an aging Man City core and Liverpool without Klopp.
J league has become so much better in quality especially the physicality and the speed of play in the past 5 years or so. It's easy to watch since most of the matches are on Youtube for free if you happen to wake up at 6/7 in the morning on a Saturday/Sunday.
Another Japanese transfer suggestion is Yuta Nakayama at Huddersfield who is on a free in the summer. Did his achilles halfway through last season and been a victim of 7 managers at Huddersfield since he signed so not had the best of experiences but is an International player when fit and ready.
Very similar to Forsyth who was originally a Left Mid before transitioning to Left Back/Centre back and could replace Fozzy should he be gone in the summer. Yuta could play Left of the 3 or even left wing back in Warnes preferred 3-5-2.
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3 hours ago, Eoghan1884 said:
A very realistic signing if we go up and Birmingham go down would be Juninho Bacuna.
hes an amazing box to box central midfielder or a hard working winger and has 7 goals and 6 assists in 39 games for a struggling Birmingham side.
He’s only 26 so is coming into his prime years and his defensive numbers are just as impressive as his offensive. Wins lots of tackles and wins possession back high up the pitch.
aswell as that Koji Miyoshi would be a good option from Birmingham also if they were to go down. He is 27 and can play on either wing, he’s got 5 goals and 6 assists in 37 matches but only 24 starts. Another player who can play a variety of positions and roles.
His contract is also up in 2025 so wouldn’t be overly expensive.
With both players living in the area they could be easy to pick up as we’ve seen with so many of our current squad having come from other midlands clubs.
Miyoshi seems to have begun to settle playing in England so I expect a big season from him next year. As a J League fan I remember him scoring this cracker to make it 2-1 against Gamba Osaka.
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30 minutes ago, Poynton ram said:
Castore? Seem to be signing up a number of teams. Think Wolves and Newcastle have their kits, not sure if any clubs outside the Prem/Spl though?
Castore have bought the UK/Europe licence for Umbro recently so they can make money in football but not through their own brand.
They have had loads of problems since they've been making football kits from shirts ripping, missing badges even badges upside down!
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Post match thoughts: Get him on the plane Gareth!
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6 minutes ago, sage said:
He seems to play the odd game then disappears, but is never mentioned by Warne re returning players.
I mentioned yesterday this is now the 4th spell he's been out of the team and has only completed 90 mins 6 times in his 25 appearances (2 of those in cup games). For a senior player who's probably on a decent wage for another 2 more seasons we should be getting a far more reliable player.
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Hopefully the EFL should get a better funding deal from the Premier League over their recent sale of TV rights in the next year or so that should address some of the losses but a big factor in the share of TV money will be dependent on if we are a Championship club. This is probably factored in by Clowes.
Currently Championship clubs receive a 75% share of the EFL cash (L1 15% and L2 10%) and the latest offer from the Premier League is worth around only £3.15 mil more next season per Champ club than what they currently get.
The Premier League’s current international television contracts generate around £5 billion for a three-year cycle.
EFL clubs believe the offer represents around 14.75% of the combined overseas media revenue of the two leagues, depending on the exact figures of future television deals. However, it is well below the 25% the EFL is looking to secure.
The Premier League has argued the amount equals around 21% once transfer levies and other payments are considered.
This is where hopefully an Independent regulator steps in soon to guarantee this money for us and other clubs in the EFL alongside getting rid of parachute payments. My worry is how does the league stop an increase in players wages negating any increase in TV revenue.
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Updated predicted table from footballwebpages
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Match Thread: Cambridge United (a)
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Celebratory punting on the Cam anyone? I'll bring the pimms!