Did we take the other one to arbitration too! Im only asking as I’m wondering if we made identical mistakes or different ones!

Purely on the £10 million fee, surely you’ll concede that if we’re not promoted Forest wouldn’t have been due the money and if we are they could still choose to sell him to us for the same fee. I think they’d find it hard to prove , if we don’t go up, that we would have done if the signing had been completed. Huge potential losses indeed, but I’d argue very few provable ones. Still a big fuck up though!

Why would we have to pay O’Brien’s wages when he still has a contract with Forest? Appearance bonuses etc I could just about understand but not basic wage O’Brien himself would have to mitigate any perceived losses - I believe he can still move to the MLS, it might not be ideal for him but it is still an option that’s available.

I think if they wanted to do that they shouldn’t have gone to arbitration because we can now all see in black and white that it wasn’t (solely) his fault

Shouldn’t who they’ve drawn be a factor in the odds?

Go on Mercer…

Sobers?

18/19th March

I see we submitted a Notice of Arbitration on 13 February and an amended Notice of Arbitration the following day. Did we manage to mess this up first time too??

It will be alright, just cough when the Dr tells you to…

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I’m presuming those things aren’t linked 😁

Of the non wins, did you note how many were draws and how many were losses?

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Maybe have a crack at ‘in that way blue and white army’

Why does not being able to afford it, being ill, or being at work count as an excuse - surely a ‘true fan’ would be there come what may (insert sarcasm emoji here)

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Thanks for the clarification - that makes much more sense (as someone who has had managers who couldn’t give a …😁)

I’m sure you’re right that they’ve not spent the money on the pitch because they just don’t want to. I know it shouldn’t be one or the other but I just wondered at what point (if at all) people would choose improving the pitch over improving the squad. Id want at least a centre forward and ‘all action’ midfielder first

It can also help if your boss knows that you’re wanted elsewhere

Thanks for working that out for me. Seem like a decent offer then, only problem is if someone can’t ‘commit’ to attending until closer to match day (date for Burnley unknown, not sure if others could still be moved) Maybe a slight tweak would be that it’s £99 if you buy tickets to all five matches even if you do so ‘match by match’ They certainly are trying - that’s an improvement in itself

Of course, but this is a far far better option than him wanting to leave because of a lack of support from above