Throwing Bad Money After Good - the EFL and Beyond 2017-18

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That is my understanding; I'm not sure what difference that is supposed to make, but our club board seem chill about it so I am not worrying too much.

Tim, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 11:46 (six years ago) link

i guess it means we won't get players like ben stevenson nabbed a couple of weeks in with no means to replace him

nxd, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 11:55 (six years ago) link

I guess? But I don't see how it stops you / us having players nabbed one week in (or no weeks in) with no means to replace them?

Tim, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:07 (six years ago) link

our club board seem chill about it so I am not worrying too much.

^^ qf use in a future thread title

Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:13 (six years ago) link

well for cov, sisu don't seem to keen to buy players so we kinda rely on free transfers in the summer
quite loose terms for supporting it from me i guess haha

nxd, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:19 (six years ago) link

We've bought (IIRC) three players in the last 15 years or so, and one of those was £10K.

Tim, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:23 (six years ago) link

touché :)

nxd, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 12:25 (six years ago) link

haha wasn't trying to touché! I guess this will stop clubs panic-buying when they start a season really badly, but that aside it just seems to change the date without changing the conditions. I imagine there are times when a club thinks things are all sorted for the autumn and then they get blindsided by an unrefusable bid at the last minute but I bet that doesn't happen often.

(Regular placeholder here to note that Chelsea still haven't paid a fee for Ethan Ampadu; rumour has it we're after £3m and they won't budge over £1.5M. Tiny sums to them, massive to us. Going to tribunal, at which (no doubt) they'll be paying expensive representatives handsomely in order to keep the fee to us as low as possible. He has already seen first team action and Conte's always on about how good he is. Gah.)

Tim, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link

dang that sucks
i'm about 7 years into the future on my champ man game and he's now a chelsea regular - and we all know cm games turn out canon

nxd, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link

ChampMan OTM. (That £1.5m would not quite equal our entire gate receipts for a normal season, by my rough calculations, but would go most of the way.)

Tim, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 13:33 (six years ago) link

well there goes my pub excuse for the day

Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 March 2018 10:55 (six years ago) link

Today's FL fixture list is a pure Murdoch's wet dream/Osborne's deficit target being met type cause for celebration.

calzino, Saturday, 3 March 2018 12:25 (six years ago) link

fuck it i'm going to the pub anyway

Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 3 March 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link

The brave soldier on

Google Atheist (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 3 March 2018 12:58 (six years ago) link

Due to pressure put on the club by transactivists, #MillwallFC have informed me that they cannot host our event, TRANSGENDERISM AND THE WAR ON WOMEN.
The event will still take place on March 14 at a new venue.
Sad day for #lesbians #feminists #freespeech

I have a number of questions...

Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Saturday, 3 March 2018 13:53 (six years ago) link

sad they can't play that one on home terf

imago, Saturday, 3 March 2018 14:02 (six years ago) link

kudos

ogmor, Monday, 5 March 2018 13:49 (six years ago) link

The week I'm having we'll get done tonight

Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:30 (six years ago) link

Here's hoping

Windsor Davies, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 19:31 (six years ago) link

Still time

Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link

just sipping in and savouring some of the misery on Radio Leeds and it's almost better than the half decent Rioja I've opened.

calzino, Wednesday, 7 March 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link

couple of perfectly nice Leeds lads in the pub who i commiserated with as i was rolling in the luxury of this total evisceration

Under the influence of the Ranters (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 7 March 2018 23:06 (six years ago) link

"The real problem with Radrizzani is that he thinks we are an ordinary Championship club like Brighton or Huddersfield. We can never get promoted on the cheap as expectations rise if we are any way successful and, even if we are not, we are still a huge game home or away for every club in the division, and never get a fair crack from referees"

low hanging fruit from the commentzz section!

calzino, Thursday, 8 March 2018 10:44 (six years ago) link

some (of our) fans are the worst but the stench of sour grapes coming from Leeds et al is really pungent

Finnegans woke (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 8 March 2018 10:54 (six years ago) link

i've had enough

imago, Saturday, 10 March 2018 16:55 (six years ago) link

steve evans manager bounce consumes se london football club

imago, Saturday, 10 March 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU7GY2hXAAAB2LJ.jpg

calzino, Saturday, 10 March 2018 17:09 (six years ago) link

*hides under bed, weeping*

imago, Saturday, 10 March 2018 17:13 (six years ago) link

came home at half time because i'm dying of alcohol poisoning but that may look like a lame excuse now

Finnegans woke (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link

am willing your boys on nv, there’s still time left

i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link

and they’ve just been robbed of a pen there

i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link

think that's stuck a fork in it

Finnegans woke (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link

oopsy daisy

i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:16 (six years ago) link

at least i'm at home with a satay rather than being mercilessly piss-ripped by Leeds and City fans in the pub

Finnegans woke (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 10 March 2018 19:18 (six years ago) link

yeah, we're having a meeting with the EFL. he's pathetic, i'm pretty sure we're not in breach of anything, and i would anticipate no more than a token slap on the wrists if the FL decide we are.

meanwhile i haven't been able to bring myself to look at the Express and Star since Saturday because the sight of idiots panicking makes me feel poorly.

Finnegans woke (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 13 March 2018 11:13 (six years ago) link

those grapes I got from Leeds Market the other day were very unripened.

calzino, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 12:55 (six years ago) link

Ffs

Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 20:38 (six years ago) link

Performance against wolves the other day was the best I've seen us play in years, of course we blow up at the first opportunity

Windsor Davies, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 20:40 (six years ago) link

is warnock really going to get cardiff back in the epl

imago, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link

cockroach neil

imago, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 20:58 (six years ago) link

cov 2 1 up against luton so far! p great result if we can hang on

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:17 (six years ago) link

i for one welcome warnock getting fired 10 games in next year

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:18 (six years ago) link

dang i spoke too soon :'(

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link

Well I'd have taken a draw pre game, sure we won't concede a third like villa

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:27 (six years ago) link

Isn't it still 2-1?

groovypanda, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:32 (six years ago) link

came up on my phone as an erroneous equaliser
haha now they have equalised i have become mystic

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link

I was very confused at the pub when that just came up
surrounded by villa and man u fans so its a bad night all round

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:36 (six years ago) link

luckily my mix up cushioned their 87th min equaliser

nxd, Tuesday, 13 March 2018 21:44 (six years ago) link


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