Think this is how ownership changes should be done. Largely quietly and in the background with the first news really being confirmation that all is done and dusted. Meanwhile at Reading... :roll: The new owner says: "The football world is evolving very fast and our priority will be to integrat...

Wycombe have just been taken over by a Kazakh billionaire: link . I don't know what they'll be able to do under FFP, but the article talks about youth development. The current Chairman will remain in place during a transition period. Let's hope they're billionaire owners are as good as AZ and Dai.

Wonder how much belly aching there will be from the Brum support. Can't possibly be their fault for being cr@p and having owners that made another cr@p managerial c0ck up could it? It's their fans' fault that one set of crap owners sold them to another crap owner? You'd think our fans should know b...

Birmingham City's relegation got my thinking, they can be added to the list of teams I've seen us play in the top 3 tiers. Having followed the club closely since 99/00 or so, the list currently includes Wigan, Bolton, Charlton, Stoke, Portsmouth, Derby and Swansea to my memory. Got me thinking, we m...

Harsh introducing to English football for Birmingham City's owners, but that Eustace decision was utterly moronic. Will be interesting to see if they learn or if it's another hopelessly incompetent owner with money to burn.

No drinks within sight of the pitch. We've got to find a way past this - especially as the fan base gets more middle class. Session ales only? My gripe is with the fans who made them introduce the rule. Sadly at 95% of matches I go to, I see at least a handful of "fans" who provide ample ...

Cheers for doing this IR. I am amazed I finished = bronze medal position. Next season will be tricky to predict, but if the ownership goes through I think we’ll finish top 8. I believe the 2025/26 season will be our year, 20 years on from the 106 points. Next season I can see 8 - 10 reasonably stro...

Much as it's fun laughing at Leeds, I still fancy them in the play offs. They will likely face a WBA side who have lost their last 3, and Southampton are not in great form either. Norwich are the ones to watch, but fundamentally I think Leeds are a better team than all 3, even if that guarantees not...

Following up on previous Companies House observations, it looks like new Articles of Association have just been added to the Club’s page - https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00053703/filing-history Could be nothing, but seems incredibly unlikely it would be anything ...

Most right minded people in the world hate Leeds. I have to be very polite with friends and colleagues where I live; the sense of entitlement is obscene. Relegation last year really hurt them as they thought they were "back" in their rightful place and the wilderness years were over. Ther...

Refs to announce to the stadium why a VAR decision has been used from next season :| They tried that at the women's World Cup and it was a huge opportunity missed. For a judgemental handball, where it had clearly hit an arm but people were not convinced it was handball, they would simply say to the...

777 sound like a right bunch of shady fcukers, feel very fortunate Dai didn't sell us to them - they seem just his type.

Yep, big name signing on top L1 wages. Avoid.

You can judge keepers qualitatively on points won and lost and how many matches they define. For Button, I can only think of one positive potentially match defining save. Against Wigan when we were 2-0 up, Abbey gave the ball away for a 1 on 1. Button saved, game could have been very different had h...

Good luck shifting him. At best a loan where we pay two thirds of his wages. Maybe. But we are not talking Liam Moore here on 35k pw. Although he might be our top wage earner it is still modest for the league we are in. There might be someone willing to match his wages. It won't be especially modes...

Well stocked in the keeper department. Button is 35 and I am reliably informed he is our highest earner. As you stats prove there is very little difference between him and Pereira. So from a purely economic point of view button can go. Imo. Good luck shifting him. At best a loan where we pay two th...

BarryWhiteRFC 8th June.

You fcuking better not win. Not sure the fanbase can take waiting another 5 and a half weeks.

I think our objective for next season should be progression and not necessarily promotion (though if we over achieve great). If there are good free transfers available (e.g., like Smith, Knibbs and Wing last year) go for it, but otherwise we should be looking to our academy as there is plenty of tal...

We were probably the biggest wildcard in hindsight. Totally unpredictable. Then you always get a couple surprise packages like Stevenage and Orient plus underachievers like Charlton. But the top 2 wasn't very surprising, the playoffs involve all of last year's play off losers and the bottom 4 provid...

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