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Wish they would stop trying to copy us. Same with their videos, but of their latest journeyman or youth undisclosed fee / free / cast off / loan signing. Everything they do is a 'Budget' version. They embarrass themselves. Can't wait to see them try to emulate a new player on the roof......of the tent. That should end well.

Probably as good a time as any to remind ourselves about their cringy efforts at ‘Mind the Gap’ ? Right before they got a new tent! The gift...

Listen.... I'm 77 and I cannot wait forever. FFS ask them to get a move on...

Further P&S news. Reading appear to still be under some kind of restrictions some of their fans on Twitter seem angry and to be blaming the Football League for the missing out on a loan for Roman Riquelme from Atletico. Talented youngster, sure he won't come cheap? Linked with Bournemouth. It was totally predictable though for anyone who followed their accounts- Kia Joorabchian the super-agent who apparently helps to advise their owners was ranting on Talksport earlier about the current financial regulations. About to listen to it myself- maybe interested @Davefevs @downendcity @Coppello @chinapig @CyderInACan Should be good! You might also be interested @havanatopia and @The Gasbuster I remember a while ago we all queried whether they were within FFP.

Courtesy of our own @Gert Mare

I think it is highly likely the clubs involved here have done this specifically to highlight the stupidity of the current arrangement at a level where some teams don’t get crowds of 1000 anyway.

Hahahahaha, I’m ******* howling. Good work @Gert Mare?

I think the crazy bit is the fact the game they'll be watching is happening only a few yards away behind the blacked-out windows.

What's crazy about that ? No different to watching it in a pub. Surprised City haven't done it in the Sports Bar. Would certainly create a nice bit of revenue. As long as rules of social distancing are met i.e. table service, no more than 6 etc then it's all good. I'd certainly go.

Kia not understanding the difference between Jordan saying Governance not Government. Kia I’m sure is looking for a fast buck. Let him “sink” £50m into Derby, Forest etc. I reckon he’d end up with less than £50m of his outlay....although he will have dreamed off a percentage for himself. Not just having a go at him because we all hate agents / 3rd party owners like this....I listened to him several years back, and not every player owned by him makes him £millions, but in Brazil for example, you can acquire player ownership so cheaply, you can play the numbers game.

9pm local time, so 8pm here.

@ashton_fan I certainly don't want to derail the other thread with FFP/P&S chat but I can outline how it's changed as a result of Covid. As we can see, this is aspect one of the change- went from rolling 3 years to taking in 2017/18 and 2018/19 as usual, but instead of the most recent season being the assessment point this adds up the two and then splits them in half. Plus. I'd trust the EFL under Parry to make a better fist of it than if Harvey still ran it! This is no green light to go on a spending spree- wonder if a few clubs will be caught out by UEFA if they've spent significantly without making good cutbacks in other areas and sales and qualify for Europe within the given period. I digress! That is the usual- current season=T, last season=T-1 and 2 seasons back=T-2. In other words, 2019/20, 2018/19 and 2017/18- supposedly assessed in March but seems scope to do it retrospectively as in the past 3 seasons- so for tis season it'd be 2018/19, 2019/20 and the 3 years to 2020/21 assessed in March 2021 but... Now... 2017/18, 2018/19 and then the mean of 2020/21 and 2019/20- submitted in March! Given they would have actual figures for 2019/20 this should increase the chances and ability of the EFL to genuinely assess in March- they'll have 2 real results and the 50% of the real results for this rolled up period- shouldn't be difficult! Usually it's T, T-1 and T-2- now it's T and T-1 averaged, T-2 and T-3 standalone. Looks to me as if the deadline for last season was extended from March to the 26th August- Rule 2.2.3 seems to be deleted so unsure what that was. However, it's not a free pass... What I therefore find intriguing and maybe Devil is in the Detail a bit, is that does it give Statute of Limitations- maybe it gives the Football League scope to go back years analysing?? Is there Devil in the Detail? Very helpfully, here is the P&S template of what clubs submit and what it looks like. I applaud Parry and the transparency. https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/efl-rules--regulations/appendix-5---financial-fair-play-regulations/ There's obviously more than I've put, but these are for me the relevant parts of the changes. PS- I suppose in light of the changes, that Template should read T-3, T-2 and Mean/Average of T-1 and T. PPS- also forgot this bit! Unsure even I can work this bit out fully though! ? Assuming that's to help get a figure for clubs who have not been consistently at this level- most notably been in both the PL and Championship but where to start... In theory, it could even reduce the allowable upper limits for clubs across both divisions but that can't be right...Lower is easy as it's £5m regardless of division, but higher...hopefully the EFL will have it all in hand!

Yes. Friday October 16th 9pm kickoff

Always jumping the gun. Remind me, was that the new tent with the 'Ghost' Row M? It's a bottomless pit of gift provision. Priceless...like their squad.

That's easy, a picture of theit latest tramp on top of a blue bin should do it. Actually, that could be difficult getting him/It out of it in the first place!

Haha, pussies. Probably realised how ridiculous it was to mock us whilst in the absolute state they’re in.

Yes I know, just wondered why criticism of him would make someone a racist.

ALL GASHEADS MUST BE DESTROYED

Somehow I don't think it will have the same amount of solid gold (or is that pi55 stained) material that they inadvertently provide with consumate ease!

Not county cricket but I’m sure you cricket lovers will like this . Unbelievable

When they were in Division 5 you had to scroll down 6 pages of Ceefax league table pages to find them after checking our position.

Aix en Provence apparently?

May as well ask @Dr Balls this. In your view, what would weekly cases need to fall to within the next few weeks/month or two for Test events to begin again- much side of anything this side of Christmas in your view- what might the magic figure be to resurrect Test events any time soon? On a side note, I see Middlesbrough has now gone into some kind of local measures or enhanced support/monitoring- wonder if Test event v Bournemouth played a role. The North East was already heading that way, yet a Test event with 1,000- I dunno. Saw this on another forum and maybe...but maybe it's been superseded. 3-6 week review is more promising, maybe!

It worked in Sweden as there is still a social contract that the Government is there for the people, which is what retains trust, and why they have done what was required. Pretty much the same in Germany. It’s not the case here because quite rightly many feel that Johnson & co don’t really give a stuff about them as long as they are alright, plus Cummings et al are allowed to “interpret the rules” however they see fit, but we have to follow them and get blamed for spreading the virus by breaking them. One thing that annoys people more than anything is hypocrisy, and this lot are full of it!