RevidgeBlue

Well, yes it does, unless they're coming in on a free (which would indicate they're not going to be much good anyway) And hypothetically, even if they did come in on a free but were on 20k p.w. (which you'd expect anyone half decent to be on) the Gueye money would be gone in less than 2 seasons. The maths dont add up whichever way you look at it. It's like I've always said, (decent) strikers cost money which is why we nearly always neglect those positions and end up with cheap squad fillers in other positions instead. Another couple of TGH's on subsidised wages anyone?

Id say League1/League 2/non League personally the way things are headed. Think our Championship tenure will be extremely brief now.

💯 but as 47 er says that doesnt excuse the owners in any way before RF99 starts!

We've got TNT with Virgin Media but it would appear to access Discovery + Id have to enter into a 12 month contract at £24.95 p.m. So that'll be a hard pass from me.

I can't understand why people are constantly talking as if "the boycott" is the be all and end all and only form of protest which will take place For the Watford game the planned form of protest is a boycott. I can't see anything whatsoever wrong with that at all. For the game after that I would hope the prescribed form of protest is something different and the same again for the one after that and so on and so on.

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Yes, but as we've seen several times already this season they could get injured in training or get injured in the next game after that or slip in the shower at home or something. You can't not play players on the basis they MIGHT get injured for me.

Was about to post similar - if it is indeed correct that Alebiosu, Cantwell etc have been offered new deals then presumably they aren't competitive offers otherwise the first we would have heard of it was when it was reported they'd re-signed. So the whole process is basically pointless unless they are prepared to be competitive. Many Thanks for the report though. I was mildly encouraged to read the owners were allegedly annoyed about the pitch. Let's see if that annoyance translates into remedial action in summer as promised. Id have been even more encouraged to hear him concede that the owners were also annoyed with the performance of him, Pasha, Gestede, and League position etc.

On reflection this could be a really good idea. Once the planned boycott is out of the way maybe there could be a "Venky's out" match. Don't know if it would be logistically too difficult to organise but we could try (as far as possible) to fill the ground with people holding up a red card. People who have already voted with their feet like me could go down as a one off and hold up a card saying something like "Ill be back when Venky's leave" and those who are still going could hold up a card saying something like "Venky's out" or "No season ticket renewal for me". Or just "Venky's out!" for everyone. I'd be prepared to order and pay for a card in advance. Just throwing ideas out there - could probably do with some fine tuning but there's possibly the basis of a good idea in there especially if someone like M-B would be prepared to participate.

Im not sure what point it is you're trying to make with the above post but good for you. That's your prerogative entirely.

Why did you? Please enlighten us.

Would need a decent take up amongst matchgoers though.

I'll do that no problem but Im not sure if me saying I won't go back until after they've gone is that much of an enticement for them. Existing season ticket holders indicating an unwillingness to renew - rather more compelling I suspect.

A thing I noticed was that on the left hand side of the box it appears to list the trophies we have won without specifying the years we won them in** which you would have thought was an absolute minimum requirement. ** They seem to have trouble with that overall.

I absolutely despair if there's any truth in that rumour. Why do we persist in chasing shite that we haven't actually pulled the trigger on in previous windows? Kargbo and Hedges also spring to mind.

Not wanting to sound like Im having a go, (this is just my opinion) but ....they've had a rest all week. The sports science department should be able to assess if anyone is actually genuinely struggling otherwise it should be the strongest possible side. Ohashi needs to play, he's the only fit senior striker we've got. Baradji isnt even properly match fit yet, talk of resting him? - blimey. Cantwell - need his creativity. Toth in for Pears - anyone genuinely struggling or "in the red zone" rest, otherwise should be the strongest possible side. ** We need the win and some momentum. ** It won't be of course.

Is he really pissed off? Edit: Or will he conveniently forget what he said about wanting signings in early and bat on regardless? I dont know of course, but my money would be on the latter.

It's all good then. Despite results and his history at former Clubs we actually have a genius of a manager and fifteen wins out of the last 21 incoming to sneak into the play offs. Phew, thank goodness for that, for a moment there I thought we were in trouble!

Fair point but with strikers Id rather have them generally in the right areas where they can cause the most damage. All crying over spilt milk now though, hindsight will show us whether it was a good move to let him go at that price or not.

I didnt notice any lack of effort, I thought his movement was very good and he didn't waste his energy in the wrong areas or chasing lost causes. If I had any criticism of him here it would have been that his finishing wasn't clinical enough but I thought that would come with more game time.

Yep, the culture of do the bare minimum to protect your own position. And yet as much as I dislike him, he's still probably an upgrade on the current fella.

At a rough guess I'd wager the questioning went something like Bayes: Well Val you've been at the Club nearly a year now, what are your thoughts? Vi: Well yes it's been a challenge, we had a big turn over in summer so we're in transition etc etc we've had a lot of bad luck with injuries etc etc we havent had the rub of the green with officials etc etc but there are signs the squad are gelling and everything is coming together etc etc

What a wonderful picture that top one is. It just sums up what the game is all about -providing joy - and sort of typifies everything we've had taken away from us over the last 15 years and particularly over the last two or three.

Course he did. Id prefer it if he won some football matches.

You'd have thought there'd have been a summary on the official site or in the local media or something.