Nope. How would that line up "comfortably survive" when it only scraped home on the last day of the season and due in large part to SS and the fact Leicester had been on the lash all week? Barely a goal in that line up. Plus Derby and their supporters will be on the crest of a wave - initially at least. We're in the depths of despair before a ball is kicked - and that's likely to be an optimistic take unless something unexpected happens in the transfer market between now and the end of the window.

Doesn't Park have a bit of a history for signing Japanese players? I'm not sure this lad will come off if he signs but I applaud the lateral thinking behind it.

Don't forget the excruciatingly sickly beaming mug of the DOF next to the player showing off about what a great deal he's pulled off.

Better draft Gregg back in specially for that.

Oh my word. The volcanic ash cloud all over again.

Even if we sign the Japanese lad, still think we need at least one more striker regardless of whether SS stays or goes and we will need a lot more attacking impetus in general assuming he does leave at some point.

The puns that were made, with absolutely no malice intended, had no connection to China or Chinese people so if indeed you are Chinese then technically yes you are. However we've both made our respective points so I'll leave it there.

I know what you're saying but blimey, that'd be a stretch. Bit like saying "Who could we possibly get who is better than Mowbray?" * ** (Magnified by 1000.) *The next guy in ** And probably the one after that

Does it not seem more and more likely as time goes on that it was Waggott and/or Pasha scuppering these high value incoming deals? I'm still not having it that Silvester conducted hundreds of deals over the years without a hitch then all of a sudden forgot how to do his job. But not with outgoing deals.

I dont know if Ill get into trouble for this but don't you have form on this site for screaming "racism" at the most innocuous of things? The posts you are complaining about were puns with quite clearly no malicious intent intended to any race of people or no intent whatsoever to minimise the seriousness of war. The broader discussion is about signing a Japanese player which everyone is particularly excited about. If anyone was opposed to his signing purely on the basis of his nationality then you might have a point but the exact opposite is the case. I don't know how you manage to get out of bed in the morning, you seem to get so easily offended on other people's behalf.

You don't need to be prickly about it. All anyone wants is an indication from the minutes that Waggott was given a good grilling about the overall financial situation and the 20th of August hearing and was pulled up if he was being obviously economical with the truth or evasive with his answers.

No, sorry. Didn't mean to create the impression I was on the Forum. I was for a period in the PL era.

If that comes off and turns out to be a success then fair play - bit of thinking outside the box there. As the other player we're linked with however is Baath (who we we were after last year) I won't be holding my breath.

Always the same, the Club have to approve the minutes then o2g needs to type them up and publish online. I can almost guarantee everyone will be disappointed when they are finally revealed.

Yes, this aspect is particularly noticeable, and worrying. You'd have thought the guy from Leeds, Cooper, would be worth a 2 year deal for example.

So those and the answers will appear in the minutes?

Did you get chance to ask the lengthy list of questions you said you'd prepared?

You beat me to it. Looking at this person's twitter account as a whole he just seems to speculate/state the bleeding' obvious. As for what he's just posted above there he's simply retrospectively posted an opinion with the benefit of hindsight based on what's happened (or hasn't happened thus far. A lot of people will be daft enough to lap it up though I've no doubt.

Ouch. The penny is dropping.

I mean, that's not telling anyone anything they don't know is it? The question is will the Court case go in the Club's favour and if it does, will there then be significant investment in the squad? If the answer is yes but still no, we really are screwed.

See above.

Don't disagree with anything you say. I'm not expecting anything of value from tonight, I personally think this is such a crucial matter that a separate meeting should be demanded at which the gloves should be off and everything should be gone into forensically in minute detail. I mean if the Club is going under, who cares if the new kits are all really nice or there's a new flavour of pie on offer this season or waiting time for refreshments is likely to be less?

Or even in the local media more to the point. It's like there's a parallel universe in LT La La land in which things are just chugging along as if everything was perfectly normal. Nothing to see here.

Not that it would ever happen but I'm not sure how it being reported that the FF walked out because they weren't satisfied with the answers they were getting from the Club would reflect well on Waggott or "play into his hands". I'm anticipating that the extent of the "inquisition" tonight will be a comment from Waggott that the Club are hoping the Court will follow the precedent set when they allowed a transfer of funds previously at which point everyone will nod and murmur appreciatively in agreement before moving on to the next agenda item. Hoping to be proved wrong.

Couldnt do any worse than Gallagher. Must be closing in on no goals in 20 games now. Dolan we would miss I'd say.