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Agree. Which a competent barrister would've chipped away at with doubt. Counter experts etc. plausible explanations. But, reading reports, she appears to have blocked some of that defence work. Guilty conscience? Depression? Self harm?

I'm absolutely convinced it was spite. Some kind of protest having been lied to about the summer transfer window. Same as the opening game v Brentford with no subs in 25 degree heat. It was spite. I'm sure of it. No other explanation Edit; further evidence he was selected through spite was after eye Chelsea game, Rodgers hinted that Ward had asked to be dropped. Said something about him 'being a very honest lad and very self critical'.

Compare and contrast with last season; 30m total on Abdul, Stephy, Mads, Winks, (the yunus and Coady being - for any club - the unavoidable and inevitable duff signings) ...Doyle was middling

I actually think the Winks / Skipp / Wilf trio was a very decent PL midfield and from memory gave us very respectable performances v Villa and Palace. But Cooper jettisoned the idea. V Wolves, we have to avoid the fiasco at Newcastle and Brentford and actually play a third midfielder. Our strongest available starting xi imo will be Stolarcyk JJ, Vesty, Okoli, VK Skipp, Winks, Soumare Buonnotte Bilal or Stephy Daka (yes, absolutely ahead of Vards) Ffs just keep us stable and solid and some pace up front to bother wolves (Vards simply hasnt got that pace anymore)

By all accounts he didn't look comfortable when he was being brought on. On a human level, i do feel for him. And as has been said before on this thread, he has come across in the occasional interview as a nice fella. Doesn't matter how much you earn, your confidence and self esteem are gonna be pretty bruised knowing you aren't up to it and knowing that colleagues and supporters know that too. It's imposter syndrome on steroids.

Rudkin goes all the way back to Matty James being given 4 years on 30k+ a week with his ACL already in tatters ....there's loyalty to a player - but that was always pushing it.

New defence team claiming expert witness has changed ages his mind.. This is a story never going away.. I wonder if there will eventually be some kind of quiet compromise and she ends up doing 15-20 years and then being released on appeal. The legal system almost hedging its bets. I don't think anyone can ever confidently work out what's gone on here.

Is pedigree petfoods in Melton still going? And Mcvities and Jacobs Crackers in ashby?

I'm guessing that was connected with the wonderful old Marconi site on scudamore road.

I remember doing my bit for Ward in a boozer watching the Qatar world cup when he came on as sub. Getting him a cheer as he came on (and meaning it, he was one of our lads, as you rightly say) Two minutes and two goals later Wales dreams were over.

Because, ruud's agent got in touch and presumably this guy's didn't. We only appoint manager's who approach us. The exception to the rule was Pearson from Hull. Who of all people, Birch was involved in recruiting him. Says it all.

The thought had crossed my mind too. But then Iversen was on the bench for the league cup games. Which suggests he is available for selection. Also, the manager needs only play a straight bat 'Daniel isn't currently available for selection' if he's being prevented by the board from playing him.

Love their stuff and love the factory is a proper old Aylestone hosiery building

Are Triumph motorbikes still made at Hinckley? Gone but not forgotten; Sketchley dry Cleaners Wilko's Premier Drum Imperial Typewriters Edit to add the old Thorn Lighting site on Melton road and fox's glacier mints 🥲

I'm worried that this Dawson is still around. His catastrophic experiment at Brentford showed up that he isn't cut out for this. Any normal coach who's seen Ward in training would've immediately warned Ruud it's a no-no.

Yup, on the face of it my comment seems absurd and childish. But it's deeper than Ward . Firstly we'll lose with him in goal. And probably heavily. But the real point is two fold. 1. To painfully watch a new coaching set up learn what we as amateurs already know. I don't want to watch Ruud learning on the job. He's paid to know more than us armchair pundits. No matter how little time he's been here. 2. That the club is in such a mess and so badly run that the lad is even still here. We all had to watch an agonising 26 games where his selection alone got us relegated ....I just cannot accept that he's still here two years later doing the same. The Top / Whelan / Rudkin axis is as bad as is possible to be. I just can't support such a visible symbol of their incompetence.

Yup, worth highlighting that comment. We should all never confuse being rubbish at football with being a nice guy. That's why, even tho I slaughter the guy on here, never resort to personal insults. From what little I've heard of him speak, I agree, he comes across as a really decent fella.

I like him but 25m was a joke. Same as spunking 5m on a little boy for the u/23s. And 10m on Cannon last year These people - Rudkin etc - wouldn't last 5 mins in the business world.

Haha ...for my own benefit/sanity!

I'll never watch a competitive (ie anything other than early round league cup) game again where he represents us. Live or on telly. Said it after relegation, I meant it and still mean it.

Err, JJ, VK and Vesty have all surely had the 'pleasure' ...Faes too

A well run, functional business would've pulled Danny in at the end of relegation and told that we'll honour his contract but his registration will be released and he's free to find another club. There's no need to embarrass him and make that public. Him and his agent would be free to negotiate a deal elsewhere without needing to find the money he is due. Likewise when Enzo purged the remaining coaching staff, leaving the club at the mercy of Enzo men, a well run club would've kept the coaches on in another capacity. Thick as pigshite down there

Football gods I'm afraid will throw wolves a bone with an injury time winner. They always do. Arsenal did us last minute. Following week the gods gave us Southampton.. Bournemouth fcked Ipswich last kick of the game last week, gods give them a gift at wolves..

We could get away with Iversen for the wolves man city and Liverpool games...and then hopefully mads is back or at very least Stolarcyk is ready Repeating the earlier point, the Sadler , stowell thing was yet another example of club admin boneheadedness....ok, Enzo didnt wants the lads but the club could've really tried to keep them and create a role. Maybe Sadler for example could've been seconded to work/coach/manage in another league, MLS for example. UEFA. Whatever. There's so little imagination down there it's unreal

I agree that was probs the decision making process. Thems the details tho. A manager is paid helluva lot of money to know (find out) these things. Off on a tangent, bit it was one of the tragedies of Enzo (and the club) jettisoning Sadler and Stowell.. discussed this in a thread the other day. You need some long standing steady Eddie's at the club who can provide wise counsel and a frank commentary on what's what at a club.