Silvio Dante

Ah, thanks - BBC report originally just said £5.3m and didn’t indicate it was an instalment. Makes more sense now and indicates FIFA viewed Sala as Cardiff’s player

See the FIFA ruling is now in and Cardiff have been ordered to pay £5.3m to Nantes for Sala. Seems a bit of a fudge - if he was their player, then surely full fee payable. If not, surely nothing. Be interested to see the logic in 1/3 of agreed fee being the decision

Is it too early to say I think this is now a good first innings score when you consider the pitch, pressure and other scores at Taunton recently? Doesn’t make us clear favourites but very much in the hunt....

They’ve responded now: Yep. Potentially as big as Derby, Wolves, Boro and West Ham. That’s average attendance 55,000 West Ham. Jesus ****ing Christ they’re dense.

Possibly. I can see the target market

This might just be over...

Literally, two of the sixes clearing catchers by inches. Git.

Finished on 157-9 Disappointing after the start but there is literally no pace in this pitch. This may *just* be competitive

He’s our man. Back on and started nb/nb/wd

Nope. Just seems a very slow pitch and we’re misjudging it. Need Waller and RVDM to bowl well

And Batty unfortunately - now 111-5, two good Foakes stumpings But on the plus side, Dernbach has two overs left

Going a bit wrong now, 90-3.

Banton caught on boundary off Tahir for 47. 80-1 off 8.1

Luckily enough I’m at the Oval. Banton hitting it all over, switch hit to Tahir first over. 70-0 in the 7th

https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2019/aug/27/david-squires-on-bolton-bury-and-the-threat-to-our-football-clubs?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Squires. Always worth reading for the (sometimes gallows) humour but the last frame really sums this up

Jesus, they’re gullible. I work near temple meads. There is already likely work on the prior “arena island” for offices, restaurants etc. There is also a large space by the cheese grater and more in the office district earmarked for a hotel. There is a multi screen cinema less than a mile away. You build there, all you’re building is a stadium. The infrastructure won’t come with as its more of an industrial area (notwithstanding paintworks) and the hotel/leisure requirement is covered and better located - So, what “investors”, hitherto uninterested in the rovers would actually fund this as damn sure Wally won’t...

Slightly inaccurate I think. In my understanding, the bucket collection at Forests game was to raise money to pay the staff at Notts who hadn’t been paid for two months due to one of many shyster owners in English football these days. This wasn’t to save the club, it was to stop likely low paid staff going to food banks and letting them stay in homes. So, in that circumstance (which, tbf, is likely to arise under Wally), and for those people, yes, I probably would. Sorry...

Another T20 launching in Ireland, Holland and Scotland - see Pete Trego is off for a stint in Rotterdam https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/27222261/eoin-morgan-represent-dublin-franchise-inaugural-euro-t20-slam

It does feel fairly poor that over the last 30 years or so (bar a couple of seasons in league one), Saints have been a bigger club, at a higher level than us, relatively local and we haven’t formed links. Seems like we could have used them and vice versa - unless there is some bad feeling over their local satellite academy? Not suggesting a feeder club, just when you see what we’re doing with Newport’s, Walsall’s, Torquay’s now when we were lower we didn’t seek similar localish links. To tie back to the topic, clearly LJ/BCFC and Darrell Clark have a decent relationship from Clarke’s attendance at games and us sending Pring/Holden to Walsall. Just proves what a bunch of ****s they were to enact the “no transfers” policy after Matty Taylor when LJ clearly wouldn’t have minded giving players to Clarke as a coach

David Howells on loan in about 2000 has just pinged into my mind. Because he just seemed to have so much time on the ball at our level despite seeming bang average in the top division

Dryden? Dani Rodriguez?

I’m sure the club did this a couple of years ago - men’s game kicked off first followed by women’s game. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39681629

Looks like the blue few may be on the move again from the headline and location...

Don’t worry...they’re looking in the normal place for a replacement...

Gasfest ???