Pretty much word for word, I've just cut out his waffle of "errr from my point of view....errr at this moment in time.." Yeah, we know Tony. Because you're in a press conference...being asked your point of view....right this moment in time! 🤬🤬 While we're on time he asked: "How far do you want to go back, do you want to go back 3 years, or do you want to go back 30 years?" What's with the stupid riddles? He's one step off chatting about seagulls and trawlers. God what I'd do to be the reporter. My answer would be: "I'm mainly interested in 2 very specific times Tony, 5 years ago when you took over the club, and right here today. Can you run through what progress has been made at the club in between those two points?" No doubt the answer would be: "Errr pandemic, errr young players, 3 matches in a week, clubs relegated from the Premier League, errrr Shearer/Sutton, 1995.......errr I respect the fans and they're welcome to their opinion.."

"It's very hard to criticise the football club and heirarchy........because they lose 20 million pound a year......" Wtf is this nonsense. That's the exact reason to criticise it. If losing money is the criteria for success he must think Derby County are the best run club in the Country. In fact, at least Derby took the gamble and tried to achieve something, got to a playoff final and it could well have turned out different for them. We lose the money without even trying anything. Like bumping into your pal at the pub: "Had a nightmare today, lost £50 at the bookies, really weird cos I didn't even put a bet on." 🤔 That's how big a losers the club is at the moment, and he's trying to justify it like we're the idiots. Infuriating.

Not even the highest ever Euromillions won last week would rescue this club, that's how bad things are. But don't be negative about it, start trying to see the positives, remember we're all just moaners and whingers on this forum. 🙄

Certainly feels that way. I can't picture a team with fight in it since the trend was set with the pathetic surrenders to Spurs & Wigan when we got relegated. In fact it feels like the last battling team had Robbie Savage in it ffs. But maybe my memory is being harsh.

It's a 24% win average. Which Google has told me is the exact figure for relegation from the Premier League. I'm aware we're not in the PL, I don't have the will for life to bother researching the Championship, prefer for us all to agree it's absolute dogshit, for what feels like an eternity.

Looks like just a knock from a strong challenge. Not too worrying.

Not sure such people exist in 2021, so no biggie. Am thinking the stadium chat is probably best done in OT in relation to knife crime, keep this thread for sport. 👍

The reasons are irrelevant to me, therefore so is any wrong information or rumours. If the club doesn't manage to sign up players on new contracts who would be important assets to the club then it is a failure, full stop. Of course you don't blow your salary cap, but this isn't one or two players, it's a handful of them. If all these players are not keen to sign up then there has to be 'a reason'. Could be money, ambition, bad atmosphere at club, manager, owners etc etc. What does it matter? We're fans on a forum so obviously going to speculate, but really the actual reason(s) are immaterial, the only thing that matters is that they clearly exist. Is there another club out there in the whole Football League potentially about to lose such a high percentage of their best starting 11 through contracts running out? 🤔 I genuinely don't know, but doubt there's many, if any. (Derby maybe). Stinks of rank bad management from top to bottom and over an extended time period. Sorry, but no amount of "You don't know what I know!" is going to change my opinion on it currently. If a bombshell comes to light that clears it all up and makes me wrong I'll eat humble pie. But at the moment, I'll stand by my anger at the situation, which is growing day by day. And couldn't care less which rumours are true or BS. That's just like the "but we played well" argument. Counts for sod all if you don't get the result. And the result here is names on dotted lines.

Very good point. I'd love him to be asked questions like this when he rambles on about Brentford.

Anything would surely be a huge improvement on whatever level he speaks now.

Spain would make perfect sense for Ben I just realised. If he's potentially going to play for Chile the next 10 years he'll want to get fluent in the language. Hadn't thought of that before. Could well be where he'd want to go.

Send it SoccerAM. Can see Jimmy Bullard getting in on a bit of that action. Could be their celebration dance after scoring penalty in ProAm.

He's a young professional footballer at semi top level. I'd expect him to head which ever direction offers more money and opportunity to play at highest level. Ideally, the best combination of the two. Won't make me any less pissed if we lose a fortune on him and he goes on to smash it elsewhere. Won't blame him for it though. If I imagine he's a mate of mine asking for advice, and I took the blue/white specs off, I really don't like the thoughts that come to mind.

Seconded. They were insufferably arrogant fans when they were crap, imagine how unbearable it will be when they get good.

People talk differently when in an informal setting than when in a professional environment. I know loads of scousers and geordies similar. Probably explains it. I once spent a brief amount of time with the Dalglish family, and couldn't understand a bloody word Kenny said. Any questions he asked me I just nodded, said 'Yes', and hoped for the best. But whenever he's on TV every word is clear as day. Your story checks out.

Does happen. They might have something in the small print about computer glitches. Like in @simongarnerisgod's example if a technical error had added zeroes to turn 2 to 1 into 200 to 1, they might have a get out. But that hasn't happened with the BB bet. They are bona fide odds. So they would have to stand by them. Anyway, this guy still got his 1.7 million after computer error, albeit he had to legally fight for 3 years: https://www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/man-wins-court-battle-over-betfreds-refusal-to-pay-out-1-7m-jackpot-12268508

Hell of a stat, do you know the time period/matches played for each?

Yeah, it instantly exposed our lack of cover in defence in the space of about half hour.

The fan near this microphone is a happy chap. Sounds like he's really enjoyed the match.

Out jumped? I don't think he left the ground.

Was that a big deflection? Or did it just go right in corner?

Virgin media version wasn't working for me (and loads on Twitter), but I rebooted box and kicked in. Had to do same for AJ fight on Sat.

"....one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I can see." John 9:25

I'm sure it's not your intention, but comments and tone like this are coming across as a bit rude to me. Basically saying- you thickos don't have the mental capacity to correctly deal with this information. You could make this statement about any of the 92 football league clubs. Mainly because football fans are often kept in the dark. (For good reason sometimes.) Also feels a bit like you're asking us to fully believe your non-founded half story, because you're telling us it is way more credible than all the other non-founded stories we've heard recently. Surely no surprise you're getting a bit of pushback here. Your prerogative to keep your cards close to your chest. But calling us out for not being more positive about the news you haven't given us is slightly bemusing.

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