7 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

Replay because of ‘misapplication of rules’ has precedent in England in non-league case, at least. However, if misapplication is applied to video refs, it opens up much more.

The ref apparently didn’t see Ivan Toney move the ball and the foam for his free kick goal against Forest. It could be argued that video refs did see and their inaction was a misapplication of the rules in a goal situation.

I saw a clip online of Dermot O’Leary answering questions on the Toney goal and he denied VAR can get involved but the seemingly deceitful way he avoided answering questions makes me doubt him.

Legally, refs were the final arbiters and given leeway for human error. That seems to be ending and as well as more legal challenges to results, I fear we will have ever growing stoppages in games as VAR is involved in every key decision and officials spend more time clarifying advice.

Sadly we are hurtling towards F1 levels of the result only being a preliminary classification 🤬

Clubs will employ video analysts to scour through games to find breaches and appeal for the game to be replayed as something did not comply with the letter of the law (not necessarily the intention of said law)

Schrödingers transfer theory

Nixon - hope - winning the race

Sounds about as convincing as a club statement 🤣

(hopefully Nicko is right tho)

And it begins… (game to be replayed in part due to VAR)

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/68116985

3 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

Unlikely. They've probably never heard of Wharton either. They may not even know there's an offer in for him. But they understand £20 million. And they'll thank their favourite son Steve Waggott on a job well done

Unless they have been told that he is /will be worth 50 million…

5 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Not sure how these things work but surely we paid City for the use of their facilities and when Rangers pulled out we played whoever we could find or lose out (assuming a small amount of money).

Not sure we could charge someone to play against us when the friendly was for our benefit.

Could be wrong though.

Sorry - thought that City were due to play Rangers from the beginning?

13 minutes ago, roverblue said:

If I could target any position for a signing it would probably be right wing/forward. Someone with blistering pace and some tricks. It’s like playing with 10 men with Moran and Markandy out there. 
 

Think Moran is suffering from not having Dolan on the pitch. SS, Dolan and Moran linked up well and Dolan did a lot of pressing that meant Moran had more space 

4 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I personally think defending set pieces is far more of an Achilles Heel and an area which opponents are targeting. Tomasson spoke last week about players winning personal battles and I agree with him. For example if our centre halves are designated markers from set pieces and their direct opponent wins the header then he has not done his job. Far too many or our capitulations have been because their opponent has won their individual battle all over the pitch. Until we get that sorted out we will continue to ship goals.

Gallagher winning a near post defensive header really highlighted that. Stuck out like a sore thumb in comparison to what had gone before 

37 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Not if some scouts with serious interest wanted to watch him to assess his fitness before reporting back to their clubs then they can bid.

Not that i think it's the case here but behind closed doors games have been known for such purposes.

If true that Rangers pulled out at short notice then I wonder if we played the game partly to give returning players a run out but also for a fee for playing the match? 
We seem that desperate for cash and SW would be unlikely to say no…

1 hour ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

I think these sorts of claims tend to come from posters on this website with no evidence to support them.

Usually yes and then eventually disproved or categorically denied by the club (as with Morton).
That is what stuck in my mind but it could just be my memory playing tricks and is just a post in here without basis in fact

11 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Confirmed by who ?

That is what I am trying to remember - if it was GB, JDT or someone else (Waggot??). 
I remember similar claims regarding Morton were dismissed as incorrect - which is why I was surprised until our true financial position became evident 

14 minutes ago, broadsword said:

I wonder if he also gets told who to play?

Wasn’t it confirmed that Moran and Hill agreements included gaurantees of gametime?

Not sure if it was literal or that there were severe financial penalties if they didn’t play…

1 hour ago, broadsword said:

Does he actually have any bloody say in transfer policy?

No

Me being lazy but does anyone have the (rough) figures for each year regarding Venky’s contribution to make up the shortfall? (Feels like it has been 20m regardless during the last 10 years…)

37 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Why did the scouting not pick up that Leo couldn’t catch a fucking cold! Surely we watched him. Or was it just a case of seeing that someone had bid for him and not wanting to miss out.

stinks that we blew any money that we had on him when he looks very very poor. Can’t see him ever being any more than a back up.

Actually could see the potential and logic IF he was 20-21 but at 24 he should be further on to justify a fee.

Also to be fair - he has the Marx brothers defending in front of him and (yes I know it is bollox but…) statistically was way ahead of Pears prior to the weekend.

All that said - right now we need Pears to come in and Wahlstedt to work hard in training and maybe level up muscle wise…

1 minute ago, TheRevAshton said:

I don't think Gallagher is going anywhere.

Money from his sale would not be reinvested, JDT and Gregg know this - so they won't let him go.

I suspect this is part of why Ennis must be loaned out and soon - easier to then argue that Gallagher is needed (numbers wise - ability is judged to be of secondary importance by our leadership)

From a distance the current supporter discontent is more about recent results and our head coach not “parking the (presumably leased) bus” despite the bloody obvious lack of players capable of doing that and a point blank refusal from his bosses to recruit such players…

For whatever reason - even when he was grossly overachieving - many see JDT as a bigger problem than our bent owners, dumbed down operations and a CEO/leadership that does not want success on the pitch.

Mindblowing 🤯

10 hours ago, Upside Down said:

I never said anything about resale.

Agents get their fees regardless of whether there is a transfer fee or not.

Agents (like players) can negotiate a bigger fee if there is no transfer fee involved…

The only loser is the “selling” club

2 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Is that him, Ben benson or the actual bloody coach. 

Made me chuckle - nice

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

That is a very obvious “please sack me” 

49 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

It wasn’t a sarcy Q BTW…that City game is my personal low point, though recently we’ve had Fulham (h), Rotherham (a) which are right up there. 
I think we should be grateful WBA seemed satisfied with four today…

My wife suggested we could turn it round when Garrett scored - I told her that WBA would start trying again and score a 4th… 
Didn’t have to wait long to hear the sweetest words in marriage - “you were right” 🥳

3 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Can’t even get the score right. The club is hopeless 

A club full of dedicated proffesionals 😉