I think taking it forward to a arbitration panel is not necessarily about getting the player but about showing the EFL that they have a problem and getting the process reformed. If we look at it no club has ever taken it this far.

I think we are the first club to take it this far to an independent arbitration panel. Either way it goes I think the EFL need to overhaul their appeals process and go straight to an independent panel. We had 3 clubs deciding on our appeal and 2 of them were playoff competitors in Millwall and Middlesbrough, so they are hardly going to look at the case in an objective manner.

I think behind the scenes he has done a lot. Transfers are just one area he is responsible for. But he has managed to have most of the training gear and tech upgraded, upgrade medical department and gear, expanded analytics side and scouting and he is improving a lot of things at the academy. For once since our relegation or probably since Sam's sacking we are investing and replacing on things we should be doing. So I see a lot of positives from his appointment. It's just the January window was very poor. It just looks like the evening of the 30th of January, Venky's gave them a bit more cash and they unfortunately couldn't get things sorted. I think if there is a repeat of this then it's probably time for a change. I think we really need to change club secretary however as this is not the first time he has come up short.

If we were put up for sale there would be a lot of interested parties willing to buy us. Our problem is that Venky's never sell their businesses but close them down when they lose interest or don't want to invest anymore in them. Sadly I think we are stuck with them

Which is why we believe we have a case to appeal.

The relegation clauses etc in the player contract were all agreed and submitted with the initial deal submission. The issue according to Nixon was that the deal made no mention of what happened if we were relegated to L1 this season. I believe we argued that's covered in not gaining promotion but the EFL wanted specific terms added to the loan to cover if we are relegated to L1.

I think when they signed Thomas, they were convinced they had a striker joining who would benefit. I think if we signed, Thomas, O'Brien and a Striker we would have finished 3rd.

To be honest with the issues in India and the Adani fallout etc, I would be very happy to have our financial situation sorted for the next few years and not have any fear of Venky's deciding to liquidate us.

He comes across very well, and you could tell he is itching to tell us whose fault it really was. So they are using the same process that was put in place since Silvester arrived. That's several we have lost now due to this process. Hopefully now the process will be changed. I wonder who the striker they had lined up is?

All of his wages

Make sure we don't go up. Everything is reviewed and more oversight in Premier League than EFL. Although reading the leaked Football white paper I am not sure we would get a license at the moment to compete

It seems we forgot to send the player registration form for both players.

Coaching wise, I think GB is the highest qualified coach we've had at the club for over 10+ years

Everything is complete, pics, interviews, social all completed before 11pm on Tuesday.

A good question? With his links to SEM he should have been the first out really but it does make you wonder that they haven't left. I really don't know why he hasn't been sacked on multiple occasions.

From the guidelines, the only people who can register players with FA are club secretary and CEO. Same with submitting squad lists etc.

He is club secretary, so it is his job.

Why, he doesn't look after the paperwork. He got the deal sorted etc, Sylvester had to submit and didn't.

When we were relegated under Kidd we lost a small % of fans. When we were relegated under Venky's it went of a cliff. I am not sure you can say it was the relegation that caused attendances to drop, it was rank mismanagement as well as the fans not being listened to.

It is Silvester that looks after that side of things, ensures paper work is in order, everything signed and submits to all relevant authorities. As Glen pointed out yesterday, Silvester still has very close ties to SEM.

There has to be something more to it as it's meant to be a full online system now we use to register deals on

Wouldn't it be Silvester as he is responsible for paperwork and registering deals with the league being club secretary.

Both I would expect.

I still think he'll go for less than £8m but we'll see if he gets sold which one of us is right. If only we could buy him , our forward issues would be solved.

Yep their new owner has managed to finalise a deal to buy the stadium at a good price so can now invest.