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I get it in terms of his location but he’s been through all this at Chelsea, why put yourself through it again? Judging from Twitter and their forum he’s going to be on the back foot immediately, a bad start and it’ll be very difficult to win them around

Nothing to see here, just the normal every day photo of a barrier knocked over

Back on at 3/1 now behind Nuno

It’s just the tweets from the previous page, it’s no more cans now than it was then

Not a sighting but my wife wrote to the club and asked him to sign a birthday card for my 30th

Did you hear this from someone who is usually right?

It wouldn’t make sense on any level. I would be very surprised if he goes to a red listed country with his family in England, even if it’s a potentially short term problem

You'd imagine Warnock would love him at Boro

Well done everyone, we got through the whole season without changing the thread title.

Scott Carson ffs

So is it possible the outcome of this will be that they can point out that other clubs are in breach of the O&D rules and either risk upsetting them all or have a change of heart over ours?

It does feel like a bit of a last resort. Why would the club wait until now to jump in? Is it just the timing because of the ESL fall out?

They're not going to give away big news on a podcast so unless there's an article out during the day tomorrow I wouldn't expect much.

Let’s be honest if they don’t go up they should have a great time next year. If their owner puts in even a small amount they’ll attract the best League One can offer, they’ll piss the league and enjoy some of their horrific away day banter with fans allowed back in stadiums.

I like him, he's been one of the few bright spots recently. Definitely better as an impact sub against tired legs but he is getting quite adept at finding a way to the byline. He'll probably look better when he's got Wilson to pick out rather than Gayle/Joelinton. Obviously his progress is always going to be hindered by the "coaching" team but we have far bigger problems than him.

No Pope for them

Think of it long term. It’s not going to happen under Ashley but let’s say Staveley and co own us, I could see them selling a tiny percentage. I imagine any new owner would do the same as it’s getting the fans onside immediately. A lot of people think we will go down and not come back. The value of the club will plummet and eventually Ashley will leave. By then the Trust could be in a position to own or part own the club. If the mackems (and various other clubs) had done this they would have been in a position to do something when their club was on its knees. It’s safeguarding, if we get taken over by someone filthy rich it won’t matter and it’ll go to charity anyway. Don’t misconstrue this as the trust trying to buy the club tomorrow.

Alex is great, he always comes across well and on a personal level has been very supportive and helpful with a few bits of writing I've done on NUFC. I have a fair idea what Thursday will be and I suspect it will divide opinion between "what's the point" and "good for them" which is basically the same as every discussion involving the Trust on here.

We must be the only club where the players who don’t go on International duty don’t train and still get injured

Players under contract have more value. Players with value means the club is worth more, almost as if Ashley is preparing for a potential renegotiation of price. All businesses do this, usually it would be customers signing new contracts to secure the value. Not everything is a massive disaster

I tried to think of the reasons Ashley would stick with Bruce (https://cfbfootball.com/2021/03/22/dave-black-why-stick-with-steve-bruce-5-potential-reasons-why/amp/?__twitter_impression=true) and using Ashley logic, the two times he has changed the manager we have been relegated. He stuck to his guns over Pardew and Carver and we ultimately survived. Ignore things like the improvement under Benitez and the probability that had he changed manager sooner we might have survived, in Ashley’s mind not doing anything works

It’s a sham of a club, even the fucking team news is leaked by about 5 different people. Everyone knows who the mole is except Bruce and his pals

Frankly having their name on that trophy as a constant reminder of the level they are at topped off with the winning goal being scored by a player called Gooch is all quite hilarious

Didn’t you say the same thing a number of months ago though? I guess we aren’t actually any further forward since then!

So basically we wanted the chairman of the arbitration panel removed which has been denied. They do however have to release the findings in public although the key personnel will be kept anonymous, so shouldn’t be any shenanigans. I still don’t see how we can win here if it’s all down to the director issue