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That's what I thought...

"Are you sure that stand holds 11000?, " "Yes it's a long way away"

So, about 4-day Test matches...

Thats next seasons end of season awards sorted then....

Managed to struggle out for the first time in months. Basically all running fitness has evaporated and I am back at square 1. Onwards and upwards.

Managed to get out lunchtime today for a first round Bristol of the year. Beautiful day for it and even running up Park Street didn’t hurt (much...)

The gift that keeps on giving...

Is that photoshopped? Both of them look like their heads have been superimposed.

Muppet on the right... "This shirt stinks like some dirty pikey has been wearing it for the last couple of years.." Muppet on the left.. ""Take it home and wash it kid... you're gas now"

That's extremely disrespectful to Newport County.

Park St Is on my list. Did Bridge Valley Rd Saturday afternoon then up over the bridge and up through Begar Bush Lane and down thru the by then dark Ashton Court woods. 16k in total.

That’s a bit disrespectful to Newport County.

I love 5 day cricket but I think the world (except England) seems to generally agree 4 day game is the way to go. Means we won't get games like that one anymore which is a real shame.

The reminder. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/birmingham-city-could-face-new-charge-over-che-adams-xtd0dbnd8 Some quick key word searches also threw up the following from a week or 2 later: This was something I vaguely recall from the time. Birmingham wanted £22m for Adams, Burnley bid £12m and they rejected. Birmingham therefore waited until the summer when they got £15m, but that doesn't appear until this seasons accounts as there seems to be no sign of it. Think their "plan" was to sell the ground this summer or by June 30th 2019 and maybe one or two other useful players, Adams then in 2019/20 season. EFL need to check if that was at fair value too- though it seems like it could well be! It makes sense in a way albeit for a smaller deduction as it's a breach of something less specific than the big ticket loss limit- by keeping him they gained a sporting advantage despite still at that time being over the limits. OTOH a club has the right to try and get the best right for a player...it's a hard one but those goals/assists would have gained points for Birmingham- albeit unlikely they go down anyway but if they sell at that price they may fail FFP again! This could set a very interesting precedent moving forward, these secondary charges for not selling in January windows!

That's for later though, onto Birmingham- and will look at various comparisons later. This is another good scoop for Matt Hughes though- he called something like this back in February last year, after the closure of the January 2019 window! I'm also interested to see if St Andrews was fair value or not- I think it actually might have been, ironically. Worth a reminder of what Hughes wrote last Feb!

All based on rumours. Rumoured overspend. Rumours of what the EFL wanted to do ? If you want us so severely punished, you would need evidence. Not hearsay. Everytime Aston Villa buy a player there seems to be opposition to it. (And I am a fan who feels we did overspend in 2015/16 and were extremely fortunate to win promotion last season to seemingly escape some of the consequences)

Absinthe...The Damned (A bit circuitous.Absinthe is made with wormwood...Wormwood Scrubs)

Well according to one report I read, Tammy wants them to up his wages to match Hudson-Odoi’s 128k a week! That’s 19 year old Callum Hudson-Odoi! If true it’s obscene...

" I dont believe it.... came all the way to The Mem and they've sold out of pegs ! ''

don't know either of them

Quite like this new Rovers manager. Four games in charge and still yet to win a game.

The EFL really didn't enforce their own rules and regulations correctly, did they- looking again at them! In particular, 2.3- should they have not got in Independent valuers etc AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION- if it even appeared in the Projected Accounts that was? Which in most cases, I really doubt they did! Secure funding appears a bit of a red herring here. Essentially this means checking the accounts afresh after adjustment if necessary. Fair's fair, they did eventually with Sheffield Wednesday!! A good example would be Butland and Gray- assuming this was in Birmingham's Projected Accounts for 2017/18, as in we'll fail BUT Butland and Gray sell on clauses will save us, for this 3 years at least. When that didn't happen, they were in trouble. Absolutely the case here...what proof is there that the transfer will take place- is there a deal in place, paper trails etc? Standard. Shouldn't the soft embargo for Aston Villa that was apparently there in May 2019 have continued until compliance guaranteed? At bare minimum. Well Middlesbrough suing is a bit of a breach, but the bolded bits...*cough* *looks away* *whistle, snort* etc That's a laugh! Am interested in the thoughts especially of @Davefevs @downendcity @chinapig and @Coppello

Unlucky da fish !