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Carter for me

Completely incompetent without VAR backing him up. It happens every time.

I think PNE did really well when they went down to 10 to be honest. They kept stretching us despite being a man down and were a lot more attack minded than I expected. Thought Hyam was poor today and Beck had a very mixed game. Pears and Carter were good. Thought Hedges made some really bad decisions and needed to get his head up. I don’t know why we don’t sit crosses up in the box when Gueye is on, really need to work on that as he will score headers for fun. Need to see some replays on some of the incidents, but the ref was obviously going to send one of ours off. Slightly disappointing we didn’t take all three points, but by no means a bad result.

Pears Carter Batth Hyam Beck Travis Tronstad Dolan Ohashi Hedges Gueye I fancy us to absolutely hammer them.

Another really good day! looked like it was going to be a frustrating day for Yuki, but it turned into a really memorable one. That second goal in particular was awesome. If he gets chances he will score. Mentions for Carter and Beck, again, who were both brilliant, but I thought Dolan was MOTM today. The Bristol defence will have nightmares about him for the next couple of weeks, never game them a seconds peace. Some really intelligent play too - Yuki should’ve done better after a great ball in the first half, and he was great for the 2nd goal.

Nearly 2 weeks on the training pitch before this one. Plenty of time for Eustace to have a good look at his new players and for those with fitness issues to get more up to speed. I trust Eustace to pick the right team more so than either of our last two managers. Won’t be any strange experiments a la Mowbray or nonsensical droppings like JDT did on occasion.

I’ve spoken to a few dingles today thinking we might be able to have a good conversation about yesterday's game. I’m embarrassed at how naive I was being. A few of their takes… Scott Parker was helpfully telling Eustace he needed to calm his players down as they were all getting carried away with the occasion, and Eustace squared up to him. Gueye, Travis, Carter, Hedges, Beck and Brittain(!!!), are all filthy and should all have been sent off. They completely dominated us, they peppered our goal, we created nothing. ”What disallowed goal?” - they have expunged Dolan’s disallowed winner from their collective conscience. One who did acknowledge it reckoned everyone had stopped and Trafford would’ve saved it if he’d still being playing. On the Burnley channels it’s not even on the replay. Weimann’s goal was a fluke and was all down to Trafford being too far off his line. Their other keeper would’ve saved it. We couldn’t live with Koleosho, who definitely loves Burnley and is really happy to be there. Rovers fans were the quietest fans that have been to Turf Moor in years. They couldn’t hear us at all. Our play was extremely dangerous, their players were getting thrown around and repeatedly punched off the ball. Our game plan was to injure them. Its a miracle we escaped with a point, and it’s mostly because their poor depleted squad is so decimated by injuries and they had to blood so many players who had only trained for an hour or so. I should’ve realised that the slightest shred of honesty and/or humility would be too much for them. Even the best of them is completely bitter about the heights we hit under Jack. They (in)breed it into their children - teenagers singing with glee about his death. Their insular nature makes them very weird too. “We won the league at Ewood - that’s something you can only dream of”. So obsessed with the second division, as if it’s a bigger achievement than winning THE league at Anfield. Funny how much they complain about Waggott only giving them 2,000 tickets, yet every one of them you speaks to claims to have been there, even those who haven’t set foot on Turf Moor in a decade. It’s like this horse in joke they go on about… a weird desperate attempt to try and counter the inbred jibes that hasn’t permeated as far as Padiham. I can’t wait for January 4th!

Dolan sometimes criticised very harshly by Rovers fans. He is frustrating at times but it was only an incompetent and completely incorrect decision that prevented him becoming a hero for the ages yesterday.

Disagree on this one Chaddy. We had Gillett for the Newcastle cup game last year and he was absolute dog shit. Missed loads of decisions including a hand ball that was straight out of the NBA. Just another incompetent poseur who can’t do the basics of his job because he’s become lazy and reliant on VAR.

Came through City’s academy, so some nerd will have manipulated some “numbers” somewhere and given him an arbitrary base value of £15 million that all the other data led recruiters will adhere too. Honestly I think he’s a really bad keeper. Weak as piss, error prone, frequent lapses in concentration, positional suspect, and cocky as hell. I wouldn’t be in any rush to swap him with Pears.

Did you notice Benson stropping off “injured” in the dying stages? I’d be livid if one of ours had done that. Stories of unhappy and striking players usually have some basis in truth. I’m glad they kept hold of Trafford though, really bad keeper. I think anyone who took the piss out of Eustace for all his togetherness talk last year will regret doing so pretty soon. It’s helped us look the side most deserving of three points today.

It shouldn’t exist purely for gestures. They’d have been down to 7 players and no manager after about 14 minutes if he’d booked one of theirs for verbally demanding bookings.

Off topic but those “pushover” newly promoted sides Derby and Oxford both got good results today. We’ve had a cracking start to the season and significantly strengthened our side in the last couple of days. No reason it can’t continue.

They are the worst of the lot. Can’t function without VAR.

Oasis tickets and a point against the Dingles has made me very happy! The officiating was a disgrace, and we win that with 11 men or a competent ref. Didn’t look to be anything wrong with Dolan’s goal from the away end. That rule for imaginary card waving seems optional, though this prick had a right spring in his step once he realised he could get his red out. It discriminates against foreign player cos Burnley players were constantly verbally persuading him to continue his mission to book our entire team, not to mention their rat of a manager who looks like a smelly, noncey secondary school teacher. Gueye speaks little to no English, and it would’ve been immaterial if the ref had booked their man like he should’ve. He gave one foul throw all game despite the dingle taking the exact same throw every time, we only got that one cos of Buckley’s appealing. I was worried when we went a goal down. Brittain, Hyam and Pears were the three players I was most worried about and all could’ve done better, but I was impressed with all three of them overall. No criticism for any of the lads in blue and white today. Big praise for Owen Beck with a real debut to remember, also really enjoyed McFadzean down the touch line… he put in some serious yards encouraging those on the pitch. Massive credit to Eustace though. Surely he’s gone a hell of a long way to proving any of his lingering doubters wrong.

I was thinking the same. He will have to set off very soon if he is.

Pears 😡 JRC Carter Batth Pickering Brittain Travis Tronstad Cantwell Ohashi Gueye

Rankin-Costello certainly hasn’t been at his best so far this season, but some of the criticism is well over the top. He’s scored one already from this more advanced position where he looked our best player in preseason. He was one of very few players to come away with any credit last year, primarily when playing in midfield, in fact he’s been consistently very good since his resurgence started under JDT. There are definite worries around fitness and durability, and questions about what his best position is, but calls for him to be sold and claims he is a bad player seem silly and knee jerk. Yes he had a shocking last half hour against Blackpool, but contrast that with Millwall away on the final day of JDT’s first season - putting him in midfield in place of Travis turned that game around. And while he probably does need dropping on current form I’d be loathed to leave him out on Saturday given that he is one of the few players we have with a bit of a nasty edge.

Is there anything in this right back link? If we do get a right back in today I’m predicting a swap deal tomorrow, Brittain for Dembele and cash our way.

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Problem is they will loan in at least that many. Players on massive wages who aren’t quite breaking in to top half Premier League teams but will get a full season at Burnley then a £20 million transfer to a bottom half Premier League team in 12 months.

Venky’s need a No Objection Certificate every time they want to send money. They don’t have to go to court to get this, but they have previously taken the Indian Government Department responsible to court to challenge their decision not to allow one. It stands to reason that if the ED has objected once, they will continue to do so. It also stands to reason that it would be absolutely bonkers for the same process (apply, reject, appeal to high court, be allowed with conditions) to be repeated time after time. We’ve been told about the precedent, which would suggest that Venky’s apply for the No Objection Certificate, get rejected, but the ED grudgingly give permission with attached conditions (so not without objection) as set out in the earlier ruling. Precedent is a cornerstone of law, and you’d expect there to be consistency in decisions. Perpetual, repetitive court cases surely wouldn’t happen. I suppose the ED might dig their heels in, but if a judge felt they were being unreasonable or flouting previous judgements I think they would eventually come unstuck. All this is pure speculation on my part by the way. If any of the above is true, Venky’s should be saying “Steve, here’s £20 million. Get those forms filled in and account for every penny for the next 6-12 months. Wages, tax, agents fees, stadium upkeep, lawnmowers, stock for the shop, a new PA system, bills for cleaning, advertising, petrol for the bus, hotel bills, flights, balls, bibs, grass seed etc etc. We’ve set aside the same as a bond. Then with the transfer fees you’ve recouped buy some new players and have a crack at getting promoted while P&S and FFP aren’t an issue.”

The case that was supposed to be heard today is one which Venky’s are the petitioner and the Government department is the respondent. In other words, this is a case brought about by Venky’s against the Indian Ministry of Finance, so any hopes of them being “found guilty” and being forced to sell were absolutely miles off. It relates purely to them (VENKATESHWARA HATCHERIES PRIVATE LIMITED) wanting to be able to freely remit funds to Venky’s London Ltd. Without going over old ground too much… Venkateshwara Hatcheries Private Ltd have been under investigation since 2021. At some point in 2023 they were denied the no objection certificate they had previously been granted - this is required for any Indian company or individual who is under investigation to send any money abroad. On August 16 2023 it was stated the full investigation would be concluded in 15 days - it wasn’t, and none of the documents on this case are linked to the investigation. They may be online somewhere but I don’t think so, and I’ve never seen them. Venky’s lawyers also stated on this day that the investigation was entirely separate to this case. The court eventually allowed remittances with the constraints we all know about. Waggott says that he has been told by Venky’s lawyers the precedent has been set and they can now remit funds whenever they want. The relevant wording is inconclusive to me, I don’t think it’s clear whether this refers just to that one 11 million remittance, or other ongoing amounts too, but I’m no legal expert… The official line is they want the guarantee removed, not that they can’t send money. I don’t know if they have to go through the rigmarole of applying for and being denied an NOC, then requesting a court date, then fulfilling the previously agreed actions… or whether they can just send money providing it is guaranteed and costed. I’m rushing a bit here. But all the available court docs are here: https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/court/judegment_orders?pno=1148363 Theres quite a few bits that I’d like more clarity on, but we’d probably need the judge or Venky’s lawyers to provide it.

It’s good is best the drop. My best result was just shy of £200 on the standard free game

If it’s option C I don’t think that would be the punishment. If the final outcome goes against them I expect the result will more likely be an enormous fine and then crack on and do what you want again. I also think if they’d just held their hands up and coughed up a fine months/years ago this draw out saga could’ve been avoided.