Merrick's Marvels

Not for long.

Hopefully Adieu not Au Revoir. Bakinson 2.0. Not what we require at Champ level.

Old school!

"I hope Marvin genuinely reflects on why he lost, on his behaviour, and improves it as fundamentally we NEED more Black representation in parliament. Perhaps by asking why his reaction to failure is always about blaming others and not actually himself and how he could do better next time." Who does that remind us of? "his extreme touchiness, thin skin and refusal to brook any criticism or political disagreement without resorting to gratuitous passive aggressive abuse or going into victim mode" And again! "I think you also need to look at the people who ‘run’ him….he doesn’t make his own decisions, Kevin Slocombe does…. Slocombe is the wannabe Alistair Campbell who has made some ridiculous calls in their time in power in an attempt to ride on the coat tails of Marvin believing image is more important than substance" That's Slocombe, a sorry gAsshole.

The Blue Flame.

Yes, I thought this the other day - God forbid we produce any more quality players, as there are some who couldn't cope on here. Oh for the days when we had sh!te players no-one wanted - life was so much better!

What do you mean by "up front"? The money we get right now? Or the money we get now and also the guaranteed sum we get next summer or a number of summers after that? I'm going to guess at somewhere around 15M right now plus a further 5M spread over a number of summers to come. The remaining 5M to be made up of potential add-ons - so specific sums that could be paid on completion of a certain number of PL games, on winning international caps etc etc I don't doubt both Wolves and Bournemouth can find 25M for the player. The negotiations have always been about how the payments of that fee are structured. For our own FFP purposes, we have a plan of how much we want 1) right now, 2) over the next summer or two, and 3) by way of potential add-ons. And Wolves don't have the wriggle room to 1) pay as much as we want right now, and 2) want to pay the future guaranteed sums over a longer period than we want. For arguments sake, they can probably lay their hands on, say, 10M now and another 10M paid in small amounts over several years. Our FFP plan going forward is based on receiving a bigger sum right now and the remaining guaranteed amounts (excluding the add-ons) over a shorter time period. It seems Bournemouth have now dragged themselves into a position where they can meet our payment plan.

Moyes knows he can't have another poor season in the League so it seems like he wants a particular type of signing to replace Rice - 1) experienced, 2) British, or at least with PL experience. I can understand why he doesn't want to risk his job by signing - 1) flaky foreigners who've never played in England, 2) teenagers who've never played in the PL. But his position has been weakened by all the money he and Biff wasted last summer and also the appointment of a Technical Director with completely different ideas about recruitment. When you also factor in the owner's ego, who insists he handles transfer negotiations - imagine Steve Lansdown doing that! - you have a recipe for disaster. I wish Moyesie and Biff all the best but West Ham's transfer business has been a shambles so far. Oh dear. What a shame. Never mind.

It doesn't need saying, again, but I will. These people are morons.

Looks good. Coventry away 1977, by the looks of it. What time are you selling from?

Well done to all involved.

Yeah, thank gawd Dick de Alien (emphasis on Dick) hasn't said he's re-signing!

Wasted on that p rick, mate. Better to just put on ignore as got nothing to say. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Pitiful.

Who says?

The bloke's Gregor McGregoryface. Enough said. 200 pages before the season starts, surely. Eddie Nketiah eat yer heart out.

Because he's a p rick? Genuine question. Although the evidence is damning.

Pussy's what? Anyhoo, no way Aussie are pussies, mate. They are insufferable cu nts though. Geddit?!? Not joking, mind.

Great news.

Interesting, where did this come from?

Yep, it's all in the head with this kid as there's nowt wrong technically.

Out with the dog now but have recorded both episodes to watch later.

There's 2 episodes i think. Not watching the first one as Palace are on and might catch a sight of fat fruity Francis. John Cleese and Peter Cook are supposed to be in the studio with Brian Moore, mind. That might be worth watching!

Don't panic - ITV4 at 11.30

Yes that was the game you went to by the sounds of it. And the oracle - David Woods' book - says we won the corner count 19-2! The game that's on today was refereed by Lester Bloody Shapter. Say no more.

That was the following season, 78-79, which ended in the same scoreline (1-3) but we played very well and twice hit the post. Forest were unbeaten in 30+ games at the time and obviously ended the season winning the European Cup. Unfortunately the game they're showing today is from the season before when we didn't play so well. It was on New Years Eve and the programme broadcast on 1 Jan 1978.