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At least bringing Ribeiro in rather than De Neve seems sensible on the face of it.

This never happened in the old days that I can recall. Now it's something similar every other week. Did no-one ever suffer medical issues at football matches in years gone by?

Good win for Watford from our point of view.

Something the Club didnt pay for obvs. It's lovely. Well done to all those from the Company concerned.

The criteria for signing players SHOULD be "Are they good enough and/or will they make a difference" Not "Id sign him but only if he's cheap enough". Going nowhere in the long run signing players like him and (a few years ago) Hedges. Might just about keep you in the Division if you're lucky.

I seem to think it was at an absolutely ridiculous time - Monday or Tuesday afternoon maybe? 6-1 win? I think I was in art class at the time sneaking score up dates courtesy of Radio Blackburn (as it was then) via an earpiece on a tiny transistor radio.

I agree with Hasta. Pears is not very good but tbf he has been fairly faultless since we had no choice but to bring him back in. It would have made zero difference having Toth in nets, the goals that have been conceded have been down to individual defensive errors or poor defending as a unit.

(Kicks over Hornets nest) Perhaps Tuchel won't be as lucky with the draws as Southgate was! 😅

Surprisingly hard first game. im not vehemently anti Trump like many people but that ceremony where he got the made up peace prize was beyond ludicrous. He looked like Muttley begging for a medal off Dick Dastardley. What the hell are FIFA doing getting involved with shite like that? Stick to the football.

Hereford v Newcastle 1972, Ronnie Radford has to be the seminal FA Cup moment? The other moment I remember is Jim Montgomery's unbelievable save for Sunderand against Leeds in the '73 final.

As we've seen with the red button for mid week games that would surely be the death knell for the competition. Agree with the nostalgic comments above - when I was a kid and there was no live football on TV apart from the Home internationals, England qualifiers and the FA Cup Final - Final day and the build up was the highlight of the year. These days a lot of it is a bit dull. The broadcasters dont help themselves when they choose to show an all Premiership tie - it's still all about the David v Goliath ties and hoping the minnow can pull off a massive upset. There was a fantastic match involving Spurs and a very small non League outfit last season and when you get something like that it's still the best competition in the world by far.

Horrific at the moment. Heavy rain and very strong winds. The forecast I saw for tomorrow was better. Light rain all morning up until about 4p.m. then heavier rain. With winds half the strength of currently. So you'd expect it to be ok but who knows with this lot. Isn't it ludicrous that we have to be on pins every time there's a bit of rain. When's this drainage sleeve getting done?

Agreed. Absolutely bog - standard, like Hedges before we signed him, not the sort of player we'd need to sign if we had any aspirations whatsoever of moving forward at any point. Therefore no surprise whatsoever to hear we appear to be going all out to try and get him. (On the cheap of course)

Ah ok. I'll bow to your superior knowledge. 🙂 Thought you'd always said previously they had their "investment" in the Club down at £220m. At £33.5m it's somewhat more attractive especially if Brockhall is included.

I know! I was agreeing with him. 🙂

Don't think even Roar would get one with his past history..........

Agree with most of your post, but, (if you had the money) would you pay (at least) £55m for it tomorrow?

That's what that over-rated "Championship experience" gets you. "Let's replace them with some relegation specialists from obscure European Leagues. Think of how much money we'll save!"

They really are taking the piss with these. Beamo was a figure of derision back in the day and for many years after his retirement from playing. In later life he was Commercial manager for many years of course and I remember being on the Fans Forum when someone suggested the Club bring out a DVD to commemorate something or other when the team was still good. Beamish's response to that was to pour cold water on it saying - "Who here has a DVD player?" Everyone just looked at each other. Who the hell is picking these nominees? Mowbray, (Buckley - nothing against him per se but come on) and now Beamish. No recognition for the likes of Sid Puddlefoot Howard Kendall and (Sir) Kenny Dalglish. Has Damien Duff been awarded? Next month, Jim Iley, Steve Kean, Bradley Orr and Lucash Neill.

It's a mixture of poor game management, poor substitutions, and inherently poor players without the backbone or fire in their bellies to see the games out. But hey, let's pin all the blame on the officials instead

If they continued to refuse to write any debt off, I'd consider the requirement for any prospective purchaser to give us at least £55m (and rising) an absolute bar to finding new owners. Who'd want to give us that much in our current state? (If we unearthed another couple of Adam Wharton's - maybe) I wasn't even aware of the 25% rule until the Wednesday situation cropped up. Ludicrous imo.

I had a look at the supposed rationale for this rule online and the thinking behind it appears to be the hope than non footballing creditors get a reasonable shake. No good if it all goes to the person/persons who caused the problem in the first place though, it seems a ludicrous rule to me - a reward for bad ownership. According to Simon Jordan the 25% requirement was why his consortium pulled out of the running to buy Wednesday. They didn't fancy handing over a large wedge of money to Chansiri.

So, going off the Sheff Wed situation, am I right in thinking that if the V's were ever to put us into administration, due to the EFL "25p in the pound" rule, any potential purchaser would have to pay them a minimum of £55m? That could be extremely problematic.

After the Preston game?

Very good!