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As long as our clubs still exist I don't really buy into the punishing the fans angle of this argument. Fans are punished anyway when their teams don't play well and get relegated, its just the natural order of things, and is part of the pitfalls of supporting a football team. I would definitely...

We definitely need a bigger, stronger back up to Kelly than Eccles who I don't see being up to the Championship. Can't see us spending £1m on a player to be a back up though.

I disagree. Martin is a target man, whereas our style of play requires our man up front to run the channels, which Godden had started to do really well by the time last season was curtailed. I don't see Martin doing that, who I think would be much more effective in a team playing 2 up front, and...

Westbrooke played his part for us last season and is a neat tidy player with the odd goal in him. I suspect however he will not be dynamic enough to feature regularly in the Championship barring injuries, and will be down the midfield pecking order behind Kelly, Hamer, Shipley, O'Hare and Allen...

It's not exactly the Corinthian spirit to spend more money than your rivals, and to buy better players, when you haven't got the money to do so. It is grossly unfair instead to penalise clubs who have been financially responsible. Both Wigan and Sheffield Wednesday have cheated and deserve to be...

If teams seek to cheat the rules in order to gain a competitive advantage they deserve to be punished. By cheating they are ensuring there isn't a level playing field to start with, and not taking this action would encourage others to follow suit, demeaning the competition even further.

With the examples you've given, you would be mad to do so. Bobby Gould wasn't manager was he?

Was that to do with the Tevez/ Mascherano transfers to West Ham?

Haven't the women's team aligned themselves with Coventry United, and isn't Grendel's pal - Kalns, one of their main protagonists? Can't see any link up if that is the case.

He was very impressive and seemed to fit in well. Will have to be careful with unnecessary fouls though, particularly around our own box. We did well last season in terms of discipline, and if as it seems he turns out to be a vital player for us, we could do without too many sending offs and...

Is it that big an event? Yes Australia are a top team, but the standard of Scotland in Rugby League will be the equivalent of Luxembourg in Football.

Targeting Duggins seat would be a good starting point.

Looks like I was wrong about Charlton fans actually getting elected, but this makes interesting reading nevertheless. https://www.castrust.org/2013/07/if-you-know-your-istory-the-valley-party/

..... but Charlton have already shown this kind of action can work, Writing to an MP or Sports Minister is completely futile though!

Thanks Shmee I respect your views, but just to respond to some of the points you have made: 'Wasn’t this tried?' When and by who? I remember some independent candidate trying to hitch hike on the club's grievances very late in the day, but that is the opposite to what I'm suggesting. If I...

First of all I must apologise, as I am currently working abroad and do not expect to return to the UK until 2023, so I acknowledge that the following is a case of asking people to engage in something I can't do myself until that time, and if people want to criticise me for that fair enough...

I completely disagree with enforced wage caps. It would be ridiculous for say if Villa were to get relegated and pulling in 30,000 crowds, but were then expected to have the same wage limitations as Wycombe, pulling in 6,000 or so, simply because they happened to be in the same league. FFP was...

Seems as good a way as any of judging a clubs historic status as any. Back of the fag packet calculations show that without our Birmingham & Northampton seasons our average would go up to about 17,500, so still in the same position. These recent BCD games should bring down a few averages though :)

Dublin and Bellamy weren't at the club at the same time so he got mixed up on that, but nevertheless still interesting to hear, particularly about Bellamy. The trouble for us and largely why we got relegated was that unlike at his other clubs, for us Bellamy didn't perform well enough to put to...