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I really wonder who and how we pursued the credible alternatives, was Lankshear a possibility, and who else ? Did we look at Ure for example ? Or did we spend too long pursuing the Serbian bloke from Lazio ? Spertsyan Mk II it seems.

Bristol City ? Deserves credit for that don’t you think? Lincoln, inexcusable I agree. Overall fearing you’ll be proved right mind, but trying to give some balance in assessing him on limited appearances.

This is one reason you really have to question our response to it, and legal advice we brought in. Why didn’t we create over the possible fact members of the panel might be conflicted before the event ? No good bleating about it afterwards and trying to recover lost ground. Badly handled it seems. Seems we were badly advised and tactically naive in our approach. Parsons has taken much of the blame for a muppetry approach, but shame Dragan didn’t send in the big guns from the outset. (IMHO as someone used to say)

I don’t think he was the profile we needed as a CF to rotate with Larin and think we could have aimed for better BUT in fairness to him in limited appearances; Scored v Stoke Nearly on hand to toe poke another v Millwall (had it not gone in) Showed some power/pace v Bristol City to create for Azaz. That doesn’t seem a bad return, and is promising. (Yes he was shit at Lincoln, but above gives some hope of what he might achieve).

Think you’re missing the point. By bringing him in on loan and not spending big on a CF we freed up funds to buy Dobbin. Clouds, silver linings and all that.

Surprisingly moderate. I was expecting longer. Think most would have accepted a six week ban, let alone it being suspended.

Reading their forum there are some hysterical and self righteous bellends there, some still wallowing in enjoying their victim status. But there are many reasoned posters just saying get over it, let’s move on, get on with the season. Fair play to them. All in all, just a range of opinions some more reasoned than others. Typical of any online forum and set of fans. Including our own.

From what I’ve read yes it is specific to the spying

It must be getting pretty crowded at Martin O’Neill’s flat in Winchester now. Good job Gary O’N moved out.

This was also my understanding and recollection of the description given by the club at the time of its launch in 1974.

Christ all fucking mighty... talk about milking it. Wonder if Kieran Scott and Kim needed therapy and counselling for the trauma they've suffered. I'm sure it'll be available as part of a victim support package. Liverpool have a rival for the Biggest Victims 2026 at this years awards.

Remember those. That looks like the one from the first Shoot magazine, and certainly matches the date of it. First one at start of 1969/70 season. League positions taken from end of that season I think.

Why not just show support for Tonda (if he’s still here)? And the team of course.

Not sure that works if it’s a tribunal. It’s not the same as facing a jury where the argument might be that publicity jeopardises a fair trial. That said, it might help to shape the mood around the hearing. Something we missed earlier in the year it seems.

That’s not true though is it ? There’s a difference between paying them “their worth” and paying them what they think they’re worth. For JJM we weren’t going to match silly money for a teenager reported at the time that he’d been offered at Chelsea. Gomes is a shame he left but at the time I read that one of his gripes was limited prospects of a pathway to the first team and not being involved or around the first team often. Perhaps mismanagement or perhaps someone at SFC at the time didn’t think he was that advanced.