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  1. 17 minutes ago, PlayItLivo said:

    I'm not sure Preston will be looking to bring him back to play him. More likely that they'll be looking to sell. But it won't be for a nominal fee. 

     

    I think the likes of MK, Peterborough, Charlton will all be looking to put up very hefty fees to sign him.

     

    Sadly, I don't see us being able to compete. If he keeps scoring and has 15 or so goals by Jan you're probably looking at 500k as a starting bid.

    I heard Fleetwood are already trying to negotiate a deal for him.

  2. 38 minutes ago, deckyd said:

    Hows the weather? Any chance of a waterlogged pitch, someone on another thread had mentiond the weather.  

    The current forecast is terrible. 13 hours of heavy rain before kick off and continuing through the game.  Last year I'd expect this game would have been called off. I seem to remember though, that they discovered a collapsed drain over the summer which was causing the poor drainage, so hopefully the game will be on.

  3. 4 minutes ago, unsworthlatic said:

     

    Must admit I had a cursory glance on Sunday regarding yellow cards (looking for clarke mostly - only had 3 somehow!)

     

    Gardner was on 5 but he didn't have one on Saturday so he should have been suspended previously!

     

    Interestingly, Banks is on 4

    Someone asked Matt Chambers about this on twitter. He said that Gardner is listed as having 5 but actually only has 4 officially.  So he should be ok for tomorrow.

  4. Great to have it finally confirmed. The best thing for me is that he has got us playing genuinely exciting football for the first time in ages.

    As someone else mentioned, I thought Moisley got off lightly at the press conference. I was expecting one of the journalists to ask a question about whether or not Abdallah had a say in the appointment.

     

    Did anybody else hear Wellens make a comment about "big Al and his camel", right at the start as they were sitting down?

     

  5. 2 hours ago, rudemedic said:

     

     

    Fane is not going to say his manager is crap, either. 

     

    Of course he's not, but you should probably watch the interview. His English isn't great but it's not just the usual footballer speak where a player rolls out bland platitudes about the guy  who picks the team.

  6. If you fancy a laugh go and have a read of the Burnley fans comments on the match report and articles about Saturday's game on the Lancashire Telegraph site.

     

    One of my favourties:

    "The thing is you arrogant 2hats have been found out .you were all spouting about how you were going to storm league 1 and come straight back to the Chumpionship " your words not mine "some of you halfwits thought you were going to go the season unbeaten lol .The infamous ewood park ejection seat is primed and ready for mowbray the messiah,if the mighty Plymouth turn you over tommorrow. Even the Oldham fans were ripping the pi55 out of your clueless classless laughing stock of a club .IN VENKYS WE TRUST"

  7. 17 minutes ago, League one forever said:

    One bad call from Shez over the summer was giving Green another year.  I would of said goodbye. 

    In one of his interviews Wellens said he was a big miss because he was good at orgaising on the pitch and carrying out instructions. But he also said he was still a long way off returning. I don't think his injury has ever been disclosed other than it being some sort of achilles problem.

  8. There is an interview with Fane on the OS in which he is very complimentary about Wellens. He says he is a "very very very very good coach".

    Asked what he has changed, he said he has given them more confidence, saying several times that they now play without fear. He said he doesn't shout at them when they make a mistake and just encourages them to forget about it and keep playing. He also said that Wellens is very well prepared with regard to the opposition's strengths and weaknesses.

    I think it's well know that Shez enjoyed giving out a rollocking from the touchline and may be didn't focus too much on the opposition.

     

    In his own interview, Wellens is similarly complimentary about Fane, saying that the work he does is the reason that Byrne and Gardner can do what they do. Gives him a few other compliments too. He certainly doesnt come across as someone who doesn't rate him, as some here have suggested.

  9. Byrne loves playing for us and really wants to stay. He recognises that he wouldn't fit in with the style of play favoured by lot of teams at this level and feels appreciated here.

    In his man of the match interview yesterday he made it clear how much he's enjoying it here and  also  made it very clear that he wants Wellens to get the job.

  10. 3 minutes ago, Clifford said:

    The reason Scholes has turned it down before is the lack of investment makes it a very hard job. I'm told he has met with us, I suppose if he is appointed that means we have some decent funding. He wouldn't meet without interest in the job, if he thinks the money isn't there then he will probably walk away.

    Yes, I was told the same by a mate of his last time the job was available. He's very aware that he needs to make a good impression in his first job or it could be the end of his managerial career before it's really started. He's always felt previously that it's almost an impossible job for a new manager with such limited funds, hence his "right job, wrong time" comment.

  11. 53 minutes ago, adamoafc said:

    Wellens interview with BBC RM today he says he knows scholes has been interviewed for the job. 

    Yeah, that was a strange one. The interviewer opened his question with a long winded introduction saying that he knew that Scholes had NOT been interviewed but had been at the club offering technical advice about the squad, then Wellens contradicted him in his answer saying Scholes had been interviewed.

     

  12. I suspect some of this story is true. He probably is friends with Wellens and did take the reserves. But I have a feeling the rest of it is a bit of speculative journalism.

    The tone of the article doesn't make it sound like a done deal, given the way it talks about Wellens also being willing to assist Seedorf. I think Nixon might just be making an educated guess that he will be Richie's assistant. He could just as easily have been doing him a favour by giving him a bit of work experience required for his coaching badges.

  13. 9 hours ago, Buckshawlatic said:

     

    Not sure anyone is blaming Gerrard per se but there are ways of conducting yourself. I've never been in the position of being payed late but I do have a professional code of conduct to follow and that includes a social media policy (I know Latics have a the latter). If I behaved liked that on Twitter I'd be sacked no questions asked and late wages would be no wages. Being payed late is absolutely unforgivable - there are legal and correct channels to follow - cringeworthy posts on social media aren't the way in my opinion 

    Sacking Gerrard for complaining about wages not being paid would be the sort of PR disaster even Barry wouldn't contemplate.

  14. 6 minutes ago, oafc1955 said:

    Spoke to the lad in the ticket office today and he’s now been paid. Says it happens fairly regularly and he’s never been too concerned about it.

    Although it really shouldn’t happen at all when it does, the press, media, and the usual suspects on here blow it up out of all proportion.

    I posted something similar on another thread with regard to the attitude of some of the staff towards it. i.e. one of them told me that they are paid late regularly and are used to it now. They don't worry too much about it because their money always turns up, usually within 3 or 4 days. In fact, this particular person was quite annoyed that someone had decided to go the press with their complaints.

    Let's be clear though, it's no way for a business to treat it's staff, regardless of how relaxed they are about it.

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