OldNick

you maybe right there CB, but you are just a club suck up and you'd let them dump in your mouth and you'd say thank-you.

Surely we keep off loading our big wage earenrs each year and replacing with up and coming players who would be on less money

If you say so, but it is not spending lots of money but in any business the better quality of the raw material the better the finish. I cant seem any fans out there saying we have a squad of the same ability as last season, add to that the extra games we have to play. Ralph told us that the money in in the first cull would be spent, that never materialised and it hasn't since. Yes you may say we had a better season on season finish but that was during a couple of seasons where the top teams were in flux. Things have changed and the chance we had has slipped away

yes and I assume there could be a brass plate on the wall in the Virgin Islands or the like for a holding company to draw income.

there are good and bad ones, perhaps having one that will go a little more for success would be nice.

does she get interest on her loan?

No but it does have something to do with the fans perceptions. I agree with both of you, in that we have to give the manager time and he could turn out to be a gem, but also that batman is correct in that you dont have to have worked in the game to be able to assess a player etc.

I just think that the fans moral has been knocked as we get to a decent position year on year and or heroes are sold from beneath us. Slowly people will be turned off as they will see that they are being mugged off. If the plan is to develop and sell, perhaps the owners should drop the ticket prices

Im not enamoured about the club or manager at present but we do have to give him sometime. The decision has been made and so we have to follow the project

Turks that is the most amusing post for a long time. What happened to the 'In Les we trust.' and Ralph knows what he is doing lol I do agree what you put though, it is about time we as fans stopped accepting that we are happy to take mid table and actually go out to win something. I want to watch us win something with my daughters and grand daughter, not them seeing having to accept 'over achieving by finishing 8th.' nonsense. The only way to get long term fans is to get them enthused by supporting a club that wins things, not producing players for other clubs to win things. Mid table is fine if you win a cup of course.

apparently it was a great result as they were in a league above them last season

Long had still a way to run and a defender was also coming across.Whilst I agree that Long would have won the chase, I'm not sure he is that good at finishing when through

Gemmel, it is not like you to be so judgemental after one game. The lad was obviously a tad nervous in his first game, and also the pressure is on him to be a goal scorer as we haven't much else. Give him a chance, I don't believe he is an Henry but we need him to do well as our midfield ain't going to score many, and Long is hardly prolific. I saw the highlights and thought that Target put in a few decent crosses that Pelle would have loved.

we are back to players seeing that sulking gets you a move. If the club really did want to set a precedent and let a player rot until the contract is finished so that it warned future players then we should have done it some time ago. As the clubs policy is to develop and sell they are happy for the player to look the bad guy as they take the income in. on this occasion I think the club would be doing the right thing, Fonte is 32 and deserves a chance at the top table. If it was a lower team then perhaps not, but the chance for him to play for Man Utd, sadly I think it will end like RL. I think Hutchinson at Sheffield We'd is decent. He is not tall but reminds me of a young John Terry, brave and committed

I assume you are alluding to Cortese, the 3 players were? Osvaldo Ramirez, and? Im sure there will be one but i cant recall. I thnk it is hard to criticise a Chairman who backed the manager with money, Cortese would not have chosen the players, but les, Mitchell and of course the manager. You have to consider that whilst it was ML and his money,NC was the man who convinced Marcus about the great invesment. Leicester had of course been on a championship winning run at the end of the season previous. i think also there was talk of us being interested in Vardy.

I thought Colin Murray had walked in principle as the Sun (Murdoch) had bought in to Talksport

If Phil was there he wouldnt remember what colour bikini but he would be able to slip a golfing story in about it Lol

No, it is her business and she gets a great return, but excuse me for not worshipping the ground she walks on.

Yep and 31 1/2 hours until we start the post mortem lol

As Del boy would say 'its a nice little earner, Rodney'

I suspect you have under estimated. As the year goes on there will be local inflation that will also impact on your other costs, not just the dollar purchases. Im glad you believe its worth it, Im not sure the majority who voted to leave really were prepared take a 200k+ hit. Sadly people who voted remain also wil have to take such medicine.

Isnt it odd that now the vote has been made, the BBC are not concentrating their time on the Syrian refugees not coming in their boats into Europe. They musyt have stopped coming now Brexit has happened

GM, how has the commodity price inflation due to the pound falling affected you? I know that a roofing company told me this week that their lead is costing 10% more, not all will be down to that but th costs will be feeding through in a minute. Obviously our exports will be cheaper

http://www.hl.co.uk/news/2016/8/9/brexit-bulletin-what-the-rest-of-the-eu-wants interesting, and if we got away with that it could be not too bad.

I would also be happy with a mid table finish, but I find it sad that our fanbase in the main is happy to accept being also rans. We get close and then fail to invest in our achievements to push us on. It is a great business model if you own the business but as a fan I find it depressing and frustrating.