Everyone's favourite authoritarian petrogiants really seem to be ramping up their sportswashing efforts this summer, and also appear to be changing their strategy. In addition to buying European clubs and pumping them full of cash to soften the damage from executing gay people and beheading...
Ourselves, Brentford and Villa are in for him apparently, according to the Daily Heil. Can play either left-back or centre-back. He's 22 and has made 118 appearances for Hull and 29 for Cheltenham on loan.
Anyone seen him play...
Hobbs stress fracture. Lansbury stress fracture. And we're having to rely on Jonathan Greening.
Injuries are piling up at the moment, and with an increasing list of long-term absences, I thought we could use a thread summarising them all and lamenting our luck.
As of 15 Feb 23, I make it...
Head of UEFA, Michel Platini, calls for a sin-bin style of punishment to replace yellow cards, similar to how it works in rugby.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25235277
Personally, I think this would be a great idea, but I can't see it ever happening. If it did we'd be screwed as well!
Sky are reporting that we're interested, alongside Brighton and Wigan.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11727/9055605/several-championship-sides-chasing-belarus-international-renan-bressan
I've never heard of him, but Wikipedia tells me he's an attacking midfielder who plays for...
Now that the transfer window is open, it would be good to have a place where we can update and discuss other teams in the Championship and their signings. There's considerable back-logging of frees to do, but I've put them all here and I can update every few days or so:
Barnsley - Christian...
Daniel Taylor of the Guardian is reporting we are interested in him, a twenty-one-year-old winger at Walsall. Huddersfield have already had a bid turned down. Has anybody seen him play?
Source: Daniel Taylor @DTguardian 1m
Little transfer snippet: #NFFC strong interest in Walsall winger Jamie...
The BBC are reporting that three top-half Championship teams are chasing Dundee United Striker Johnny Russell. If one of those turns out to be us, would it be a good signing? He seems highly rated, with Serie A club Catania having three bids rejected already...
After today's disappointment, it's time for us to look ahead to another year in the Championship.
Billy needs to get his head down and get his signings in as early as possible, and we need a fair few. There will be a lot of teams challenging next year:
Reading
One of...
A thread for all our jealousy to seep forth. Cardiff have finally beaten their demons and not crumpled on the run-in, securing promotion after a slightly anti-climactic 0-0 draw at home to Charlton. All the ''they're not even English!'' cries on Twitter from the xenophobes are most amusing.
Fawaz is taking emails from anyone with questions about the club. Very interesting move, I love how open he is with the fans. I just hope the usual pond-filth doesn't email him ''y dindt u sine Boyyed!?''
http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/any-questions-for-fawaz-al-hasawi-747897.aspx
Sky Sports Forest @SkySportsNFFC 17m
"@indykaila: Nottingham Forest are scouting #Liverpool right winger Kristoffer Peterson and will make a offer for the player. #LFC #NFFC"
Obviously, this seems flimsy at best and is more than likely Twitter nonsense. But, if it is accurate, do you think...
Watford have been placed under a transfer embargo until the end of the summer window on August 31st, due to 'financial misconduct' from their previous owner. Thoughts on whether this will effect them with their Udinese/Granada system? Obviously a lot depends on whether they get promoted...
Sky are reporting that we are after Man City full back Reece Wabara. The article doesn't say whether on loan or permanent, but as he has just finished a three month spell at Oldham, I'd assume it is on loan. Competition from Watford, Birmingham and Bristol City...
Apologies if there's a thread already, quick scan of the first page said there wasn't.
Admittedly its from a pretty random source, but we're supposedly in for Dagenham & Redbridge forward Dwight Gayle, currently on loan at Peterborough. Thoughts?
http://www.fansfc.com/story/43064.html...