I’m fairly neutral on the GB thing but I think there’s a difference between saying you take responsibility for something and actually taking responsibility for something. I’d say the latter involves actions as well as words - I guess we’ll see if any are forthcoming.

That’s an interesting theory - do you think the signings to date back that up?

What is it you like about his movement? - I’ve never seen him play so I’d be interested to know

Perhaps GB is very good at making things sound better than they are?

He was their ‘National talent ID manager’ - he obviously brought his notebook with him!

I wonder if we could do a ******* useless in a honest way 11 - I’m sure we could manage a dishonest one!

Is Hirst the worst striker since Chris Brown?

Well the club is on its knees…

That’s because the league is shit too 😁

Semper cras, numquam hodie? nah, definitely not as good as Arte et Labore

This isn’t directed just at you - what lessons have the club learnt since Venkys took over? Maybe there are some but I’m struggling…

Oh we will have, but I’m not sure we’re on about once here

That is currently under review

Maybe part of updating the processes could include not employing idiots in the first place…

To be followed by?: ‘We have carried out a full review and will be actioning our findings in due course’

Reactive not proactive?

“…hopefully once you’ve heard…” i guess ‘technically’ you can hope for something without looking for it but personally I think it’s the same thing.

I think it’s because you can’t look at any one issue in isolation. As every one of us is very aware, this isn’t the first mistake they’ve made…

I think any point on the day was too late. Not having come across a situation before doesn’t mean you shouldn’t already know how to deal with it should it arise. That’s unless it’s something very niche that you couldn’t possibly of thought of beforehand - and this certainly isn’t one of those Fail to prepare, prepare to fail Edited to add - Broughton said they’d been talking to O’Brien’s representatives for six weeks…

I’m glad it won’t take a genius or the club will never work it out…

I was just postulating. Even if it was these technicalities (or others) - they should already have had the answers. If it was my job, and trust me you wouldn’t want it to be!, I would have long since gone through all the transfer regulations, written down any queries I had, and clarified them with the EFL so that I knew exactly what I would have to do in any given transfer situation. I think it’s called preparation - or just plain doing you’re job properly. I don’t see why the EFL would have asked about the immediate relegation issue, but like you say surely that information should already have been to hand. I personally, don’t see any complications beyond possibly the obligation vs option to buy thing I mentioned earlier - but as mentioned above I’d have clarified that point with the EFL before it became a ‘live’ issue Miller11 - I was replying to Revidge and have managed to quote you by accident

We only have a four point head start!

I’d presume the EFL would only check the legality of the contract and not whether we could afford to meet its obligations. I might well be wrong though!

I’m wondering if the legal advice sought was over the wording of 47.3.1 of the regulations which includes supplying ‘any contract which it proposes to enter into which gives the club…any rights to the employment of the player…’ I wonder if they didn’t know if *any contract* rather than *the contract* meant it only needed to be provided if it had already been agreed. Or it could be *proposes to enter into* rather than *has entered into * raised the same question. If either of those were the case I’m not sure how they thought you could sign an *obligation* to buy with Forest if the player wasn’t also obliged to sign with us(ie contract agreed) It could also be that the guidance for this section only confirms options to buy (which I’d suggest is in essence just agreeing a fee in advance) are allowed in loan agreements but is silent on allowing an obligation to buy. I thought the Brereton deal had been an obligation to buy though, was that actually confirmed by anyone?

I don’t understand that either, a contract only has to say what conditions it has, not those that it doesn’t. The club said what would happen if we were promoted, allegedly they asked what would happen if we were relegated - why not ask what would happen if neither was to happen as well??