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There is a lot I don't understand about this case. But what little we do "know" seems to come from rough and ready translations of foreign news reports.
And neither newspapers nor online translators are exactly renowned for their accuracy.
Common sense would suggest that if this really were a serious assault with a rock, in France, resulting in a skull fracture then it wouldn't take four years to reach court in another country, Chair wouldn't have been advised that he didn't need to attend court, and the prosecution wouldn't be recommending community service.
AND, even our basket case of a club would have hotshot lawyers swarming all over it if they thought there was even a chance their prize asset could end up doing le porridge!
I was basing that on what he has done in his career so far. He hasn't been afraid of going to new countries to get the experience.
But you are probably right. Now that he is here in England it might take something big to tempt him away. Who knows, Bayern Munich might have another vacancy in twelve months time.
Lots of fans at rival clubs are casting envious eyes at our shiny new manager.
But he has had less than one season with us. And he hasn't stayed in any of his jobs for more than two years, so far.
Any Championship club with a vacancy to fill has Steve Cooper, Paul Heckingbottom, Liam Rosenior and Gary Rowett to choose from. All four are out of work, and all four have achieved more in the Championship than Marti.
Any ambitious Championship club willing to trigger a release clause would almost certainly have Carlos Corberan top of their list for Santa. Not to mention Danny Rohl.
I doubt that Marti will leave us for another Championship club before the start of next season. Although that's not to say he wouldn't be tempted by a job in another country if the opportunity was there.
You can make deals and announce them any time you like. There's nothing underhand about it, provided you're not tapping up players who are under contract.
Rotherham have already been busy with their keeper off to Stoke and several new signings already announced.
The transfer window exists for registration of players. No deal is complete until the registration is done.
I would be amazed if we haven't identified a few targets and already made a few approaches. And I would be just as amazed if we haven't been negotiating with some of the clubs being linked to JCS.
I'm going to be slightly contrary and say D is a bit harsh.
The defensive unit has been one of the best in the Championship under Cifuentes. That can't be achieved without a keeper who is doing his job right.
I wouldn't disagree with any of the criticisms. But keepers (like strikers) tend to have their mistakes getting stuck in the mind because they are usually costly.
Personally don't think we should give him another year, but C/C- would be about right for me.
Not sure why we are still picking at this old wound. He's hardly going to appear in hoops ever again.
Dozzell hasn't even made the bench in Birmingham's must win games against Rotherham and Huddersfield, which suggests he is unlikely to be offered a deal up there if Rowett is still in charge next season.
What might be worth a look with the benefit of hindsight is this reaction to us signing Dozzell by Ipswich fan and avid Championship observer Benjamin Bloom:
I think "damning with faint praise" just about sums it up.
All the teams beneath us have at least one game against another side beneath us. Obviously they can't both lose that game, but neither can they both win.
I think 50 points will be enough to stay up. I can't see shot-shy Birmingham getting that many. And Blackburn will need to find some form from somewhere given their tough run-in.
Most major American sports operate a salary cap, and that's in addition to the draft system that tries to ensure the best young players get distributed evenly across all teams instead of being hoarded by the wealthier clubs.
Baseball has a luxury tax which is a variant on the salary cap. Teams are allowed to exceed the salary cap but get "taxed" for doing so. Part of the taxed revenues are then distributed amongst teams that stuck to the cap
Not sure it would work in English football. Major American sports don't have promotion/relegation which greatly complicates matters, as does parachute payments.
We all knew the club was skint but he rolled into town giving it the big 'un about new signings. He was still banging on about Danny McNamara coming in when any fool could see we couldn't offer him anything he wasn't already getting from his boyhood club.
A more likely explanation is that the he was told the finances were tight but thought he could pressure the owners to spend by throwing names around and getting the fans worked up. And when that didn't work he had to play the victim and act like he had been sold a dud!
The Bromley bullshitter being outbullshat by Lee and Les! That would be poetic justice.
Oh I'm taking the White City train y viva Cifuentes We play the way they do in Spain y viva Cifuentes For Marti the Catalan matador, pinched from Sweden To see the Queens Park Rangers score, Cifuentes por favor
I think there are a lot of counter-arguments but I'm no financial wiz so it would mostly be rhetorical stuff like...... "if we're such a car crash why don't our experienced and successful businessmen owners do a Mel Morris and cut their losses?", etc.
However, Niall probably does know more about this stuff than I do and at the time Tony Fernandes sold up he suggested that TF's shares would have been worth around £30m.
If the money that Reilly paid for his shares is anything to go by, then Fernandes will have received about £30m for his stake. If he paid his share towards the funding of the club he was probably in for about £100m.
At the recent Fans Forum it was stated that the existing owners bought the Fernandes shares.
If that is true, and assuming they paid at or near market value then that is a big chunk of change to throw into the pot if you really believe you are holding a losing hand!
Perhaps our owners are reckless optimists. They might be naively chasing losses they'll never get back. Or maybe they see opportunities in all of this that simple financial illiterates like me can't see.
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