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Looks like the love child of Ian Dowie & Peter Beardsley..!

Good to see Gas Legend...the dopester...Darrell ‘appy dayz’ Clarke, doing so well at Walsall. Better manager than LJ apparently according to the Blue Few and a couple of belters on here. All went wrong for him when he accidentally sold Matty Taylor for £9.7 million below his valuation. Easily done I suppose.

Assuming there is no miraculous saving of Bury, or reinstatement to the EFL to play in League 2 next season with a new owner- probably not so likely, a few things that should IMO happen now. Bottom 2 Divisions: A better distribution of cash/solidarity payments. A beefed up fit and proper person test- an independent body if necessary, maybe preferably. Proper enforcement of the 55%-60% limits to go with the increased/better spread distribution in the respective Leagues 1 and 2, and a stipulation that if extra owner investment is to expand the turnover, then it must be a bond/cash as opposed to loaned or borrowed money at these lower levels. Monthly monitoring of accounts by the EFL. At the FIRST sign of distress, an embargo is imposed as a holding position. They cannot make the issue worse therefore- something automatic e.g. late payment of wages for the first time might trigger say a January embargo. At Championship: A removal of the regulation, or perhaps an amendment- either sale and leaseback of fixed assets no longer count towards FFP or all clubs allowed to do it once. If I had my way, clubs who haven't made efforts in other ways e.g. Aston Villa and mostly Sheffield Wednesday until Joao sold, shouldn't be allowed to have done it. Conditionality would have been interesting, but how enforceable? Total clarity of the regulations and punishment for breaching them. The points tariff is a start but offsetting of losses with stadia sale/leaseback a joke and particularly for those who haven't sold key players- see point one in this. Monthly monitoring for these too, with the soft embargo as a holding position when possible problems arise. Should be automatic e.g. late payment of wages. This would improve a lot of the current issues- but is the will there?

Would anyone really want to get married here?

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks the world today is a lot nearer George Orwell's 1984 than I would like.

How can nearly 4 times the amount of home fans, to away fans be only just?

This is no particular opinion on the homophobic chanting at the Mem, but I firmly feel we are but a few years away from almost everything being deemed offensive and therefore illegal. What was mildly annoying in 2000 will be a jail sentence for someone in 2030. There is no end to it. Chanting someone has a "slaphead" will be construed as offensive. Pointing out someone is a speccy-tw** will earn you a conviction for hate crime - a new law from 2028 which doesn't allow you to make any comment about someone's appearance. You might think I'm talking crap, but you'd have said the same about current laws 15 years ago and the relentless influence of social media will see the shift continue.

I suppose it doesn`t actually need to be written down any more since it`s universally accepted as the truth now...…………………..

3 1/2 to 1 about the same as they are out numbered in Bristol then ????

Did they go via Sunderland, then?

Edited to ensure accuracy.

Hey you guysssssssss

Ian Holloway on TALKSPORT this am, talking about Arsenal /Spurs match. Bemoaning the lack of a Bristol derby as his side of the town are rubbish.

I never go in there, you have to watch what you say.

My mate who has a stutter was telling me about his Nana. By the time he was finished we were all signing Hey Jude

How much are the Bristol Sport training socks retailing for..? You know, the ones that their players have been pictured wearing....

Did The Post really report that?!! I don’t remember that but surely da gas hordes outnumber all home fans - it’s what they do - I remember when they called on the ‘Gas Invasion of Notts County’ - around 900 turned up .... not too shabby, but hardly an ‘invasion’ - I went onto their forum and asked when they were considering an ‘invasion of any of their home games’ - instant ban, no sense of humour that lot! ???

Every championship manager has an insane budget to any league two boss...

How can that be right if they are the 6th richest club in the world?

But are going to build a new stadium ??

Everything about this article screams non-league. Getting all excited about losing in front of less than 3k fans in some backwater. The gas would be much better off back in the Vanarama where they feel like some sort of big fish.

Sure there's more to add! Good plan, no charge or debt, or at least identical quality. Agreed. Is it always asset stripping though? In the sense of you might get an owner who borrows against the ground to get funding to try to move up the Leagues quickly. Wildly irresponsible of course and shouldn't be allowed, but not necessarily corrupt. Believe that was part of Day's plan and I certainly could envisage a not necessarily cash rich, but ambitious owner doing just that- Dale in fact or someone like him could be a primary candidate for such a stunt- if it wasn't for the aforementioned asset stripping past of course. However whether it's corruption, looking to make a fast buck or simple ambition turned into grossly irresponsible ownership, yeah agree with your post- it would put off those types of owners for sure. On another slightly odd note, I wasn't fully aware but it regards Bury and the suspension of fixtures- they played pre season friendlies with mixed results and performances. It is why I do believe that Shaun Harvey, might have let them have a crack (wholly against good sense) of starting the season! Also the fact that he was a disastrous CEO of the EFL. Would the description of him as an effwit be unfair- to effwits?

That's great in its detail. I would however bring in one additional caveat that will stop the crooks being interested in the first place: For any future sales of clubs approval will only be given if no charge or debt is allowed against the ground, whether secured or unsecured, and the ground can only be sold if and when an alternative ground of at least identical quality is in place. Take away the ability to run up debts against the ground and the tap of easy credit is turned off; take away the ability to sell the ground and the asset stripping doesn't work.

According to this post, the vote was 8-0, unanimous. Do hope Mark Ashton didn't vote for it...at least at minimum not without the proper chance for any of those bids to stand or fall. Also worth noting that 2 of those who would've voted for it- Nigel Howe and Stephen Pearce- were at clubs who stretched the FFP Rules. John Nixon- of Carlisle- at a club whose manager openly said Bury and others in their boat should be expelled pre season. Should've been a vote of the 72 IMO! Had there been a unanimous/majority of sufficent numbers voting for expulsion then nobody could complain.

The government won't intervene. We've lost the vast majority of great pubs serving communities across the country. Arguably closer to the core of their communities than even football clubs are. The government did nothing to stop it, even perpetuated it. Our government are full of inhuman narcissists. Good luck.

Dats da foinal turd fer me

Hahaha, when scrolling down I seen the initial picture and immediately thought of that! He certainly hit every branch on the way down when he fell out the ugly tree.

Over 22k sold now. Very impressive given it's still 7 weeks away!

Bought my tickets for the Bath game which is still a month and a half away. I thought I would be alright waiting a bit, but already over 20k sold! Apart from the (very expensive) Lansdown Stand there is only one block left where you can get anything other than single seats, so I've had to slum it in the end block in the Atyeo. Unbelievable really for a game so far away. Nailed on for a sell out.

Don’t know about married,who in their right mind would want to play football there.

Is that Darrell Clarke?

Possibly. I can see the target market

So you win again - Hot Chocolate "Who knows the secret of the Black Magic box?"

Weddings is a really good idea as they could wheel the temporary stands around onto the pitch as they could double up as marquees especially with those lovely blue and white canvas roofs which look like bunting if you close your eyes. It would all look lovely in front of that cricket Pavillion. Its no surprise they're advertising about conferences, is it. They know all about that as they've recently been in one.

Unless they've changed the rules recently weddings might only be conducted in venues that were permanent structures with solid roofs that were publicly accessible - which if still true rules out most of the House of Tents.....

Pc world , sorry I get my coat I just couldn’t help it had to say it .

eBay Got this in too...

The only people that are constantly persecuted IMHO. Weird isn't it? Everyone else is offended but a white, caucasian, heterosexual British male can't win. We're not LGBT, of a different race or religion, just normal, average, British blokes. Political correctness is killing this country. If this offends, I really don't give a shit my little snowflakes, report me.

Can all the politics please **** off elsewhere so we can concentrate on taking the piss out of the scum in blue? I believe there are ample places for such non football debate on the non football board. Many thanks to all in advance.

There have been reports made to kick it out about the homophobic chanting at the game, sadly a little more offensive than the original poster quoted I still don’t understand why people feel the need to chant homophobic or racist chants at football matches , it tarnishes every fan of that team with the same brush . The law is clear , don’t do any chanting of that nature. There are 100s of other chants which can be sung. I don’t think it is the world gone bonkers , it is more that the world is so much more diverse and inclusive and a very very small minority of “ fans”choose to show how behind the times they are in front of their mates. When they are spoken to one on one by us they almost always are ashamed of their actions and words, yet still it goes on. ? It is not difficult to sing chants that are not homophobic or racist .

He’s liquidated 47 companies That’s what he does How can he ever be ‘fit and proper’ for a football club

Just noticed these player ratings from midweek……………Crikey, they must have played Brighton off the park! Now I can accept their first eleven playing like Worldies as usual, but check out the rating for the 'Crowd'. We've really got no chance ? smudge1 First Team Posts: 769 Posting Level Next Level in 231 posts Aug 27, 2019 at 10:32pm via mobile Quote Post by smudge1 on Aug 27, 2019 at 10:32pm Jaakkola 8.5 Hare 8.5 Davies 9 Craig 8.5 Kilgour 8 Leahy 7.5 Clarke 7.5 Ogogo 9 Upson 9 Victor 7 Nichols 8 JCH 6 Smith6 Rodders 6 Ref 9 Crowd 10 GC 9 Brighton 8