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It's nice to know that you're worried, but it wouldn't bother me in the slightest if the FL said that there was f**k all to pay. All they've done so far is get in the way. ACL, for better or worse made their decision when rejecting the CVA, they'll have to accept what the FL say now. If you...

"I'm the six foot skinhead, behind the home goal. The lads here are great, they've even given me a Chievo shirt to wear. Run over and give us a big hug and kiss, they'll love it." ;)

Thanks Otis. I accept entirely your general point by the way - we shouldn't tolerate schools set up that refuse to teach science, using your example. All politics aside, this concept of free schools and academies which can now sit outside a national curriculum seems odd (and frankly backwards)...

I'd class Darwin as a great man too, but with respect I think you're misrepresenting his views if you think they align with yours. From what I understand he was a man of faith who became an agnostic rather than an atheist (a more scientific approach, I'd argue). He certainly didn't rail...

Cunning trap, NW. If anyone pops up on here asking "A crusty batch of what?", you'll have outed them as a non-Cov plant from one side or t'other. Like it. ;)

In fairness if the club really are saying, "we'll pay ACL whatever the FL says we need to pay (when they finally decide)", then I can't see any reason why the two sides can't be talking now. There's no need to wait for an FL decision, imho. Who is supposed to be picking up the phone to whom...

Maybe it's just me, but I tend to read 'chill out' as 'shut up'. Maybe you need to chill out. ;) I don't care who organises it, but I would prefer that it's organised properly (as I suspect would SP). For what it's worth I'm surprised that we're seemingly so disorganised (again) in our...

That is my suspicion too mate. ;) I sometimes wonder if me, you and few selected fans could do a better job. Just amongst the fans I've met I could cover off a decent level of French, German, Polish, Italian, Russian, Danish, Norwegian and Ukrainian. If you can do the warmer climes (Spain...

Hi FP - I don't know, in truth. But if they are using an agent I'd suggest that they're not using a particularly good one if it's not clear who or when they're playing with only a few days left before travelling. I'm not aware of other clubs suffering from this problem, even when they play...

I don't have an issue with who we're playing in pre-season. There's probably some science to it, but broadly speaking I've always assumed that it works on the basis of gradually improving the opposition so that you face the better teams closer to the start of your season. Regardless, what I do...

I'm not sure there's much scope to appeal against the FL. The FL control the golden share, and also seem to have carte blanche to do what they want in terms of points deductions for clubs. They've managed to work themselves into a tight spot though - litigious owners on one side, a government...

What's wrong with looking at the past form of a player? If you're trying to analyse how well he might do, it seems fair enough to me. I'm not saying he'll be a disaster here, but I think it's fair enough to have a look. What's the problem?

I like the sound of Tudgay, he always seemed to be knocking them in at Sheff Weds - but then looking at the stats he's actually not that prolific, a one-in-four kind of striker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Tudgay Not that I'm slating him before he signs - he's consistently played at a...

Ah, maybe it's just me being grumpy, but I don't want to see a football shirt on the Godiva statue either. Saturday as a temporary thing for the march is fair enough, but after that I don't see it as necessary or appropriate - imho.

Erm... I can see the point here, but we've go to watch that we don't get all Daily Mail about it. The vast majority of faith schools don't go for this sort of stupidity - there's about a million kids in CofE schools, and an awful lot in other faith schools that won't be learning that...

I'm all with the 'peace & reconciliation' riff Rob, as you know. But you can't do that while one side persists in trying to take the other to court. You can't consider it a sideshow if it continues to threaten your business. It also doesn't help when the other side piles in and starts...

And for Grendel, whom I specifically try to ignore but is sometimes (sadly) quoted - don't try to put words in my mouth. If you're trying to call someone a liar, then be a man and do it yourself, rather than trying to posit it through another mealy-mouthed post. It seems though that he's in...

How do you know it wasn't reported to the appropriate authorities? It's clear the Football League were aware of something odd, hence the bizarre agreement to pay ACL £590k. And you've just made exactly the point yourself, ACL didn't like the outcome, and the CVA is a voluntary process. If the...

I'm sorry Ian, but that's just plain wrong. The reason for rejecting the CVA was given, ACL thought it would legitimise a process that they saw as deeply flawed. The 'V' in CVA stands for 'Voluntary' - if a business can't satisfy its creditors for whatever reason they are under no obligation...

You're not going to get any argument from me about SISU and what they've done. And with respect, I'm not being disingenuous here either, at least to my understanding of the word. There's nothing hidden here that I'm aware of; ACL have stated what they want, and I'm saying that in this case it...