Windass transfer in doubt

BCFC chairman JR and 'Ull City chairman ... whoever he is ... are admittedly 'poles apart' on the valuation of the new Humberside superman 'Bigger Than Any Club' Windass.

"We value him at a couple of turnips and 'Ull value him at about 200,000 quid." JR said
"Obviously we have reduced our price since the Wigan offers came in the past years. However, we still think our valuation is reasonable, plus the trainees need something to eat in the off season."

The Stripped Pussy Cats have no comment and I wouldn't publish it if they did.

Windass did give us a quote, but it was mistaken for a cover version of a Sex Pistols record for his entry to American Idol.

Paul Jewell was meditating at the time we asked him to comment about the transfer offers for Windass he never did make.

10 tell tale signs you know Stuart McCall is really becoming City's manager:

10. Neil Warnock becomes the assistant toilet cleaner at Valley Parade.
9. Everton and Rangers try to sign ‘the young McCall’
8. McCall goes on holiday to Florida, cannot be contacted by The Club and is sacked.
7. Baddiel and Skinner write another song. ... “he's coming home, he's coming, Stuart’s coming home”
6. A religious holiday is declared in honor of the “Third Coming”.
5. Julian Rhodes issues a new match sponsorship "Become an assistant manager for a day".
4. The Boy From Brazil comes back to life.
3. Everybody starts wearing ginger wigs.
2. Bobby Campbell comes out of retirement and is immediately sold to Hull.

and the number one sign you know Stuart McCall is coming back to City

1. A ginger haired person is seen falling off a car near Valley Parade.

Poor Man Utd fans

Those poor Manchester United fans, being made to pay 45quid to get into Fulham’s ground last weekend when Bolton fans only paid 25quid. Three observations here

(1) it’s a demand and supply thing. If more Man U fans want to travel than there is space then prices go up.

(2) In a football world far, far away Man U were one of those teams that pushed to keep all home receipts for league games. They contributed to the deep divide we see today in English football and the way teams look for quick cash and allow themselves to be taken over by foreign investors.

(3) Most of the Man U supporters probably live in London anyway so they saved on travel costs!!

Well done Fulham!

The End of CT

Not too sad to see CT go. Only worry is how long DW will last without Windass and JJ. DW doesn’t look like he is going to play again so that is 3 quality players lost.

It’s a strange move by Rhodes at this point of the season. 6 games into the season yes, sack CT, but not 6 games into the New Year when the transfer window is closed. I’m sure JR made up his mind to sack CT after the Millwall FA Cup defeat, but it took him this long to pluck up the courage to do something. I’m all for DW being a success, but I do get worried when an ex-defender is a manager. Defence is a different mind set to attacking and scoring goals.

With the end of CT era I’m going to open up this blog to a rant about football in general.