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by tmesis
04 Mar 2024 20:39
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Big money for the Championship, absolutely not. Big money for L1? Most of Holmes, Yiadom, Wing, Smith, Knibbs, Button absolutely, maybe Azeez, maybe Mukairu. NGW would have been. McIntyre would have been. Ejaria would have been on fairly good Championship money and we'd have had to cover a lot of i...
by tmesis
04 Mar 2024 17:15
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2658
Views: 1806506

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

Not defending the whole points deduction system as I've been a critic of it for many, many years - but one argument that made fot it actually impacting an owner is that they decrease the value of the owner's asset if they want to sell it - e.g. a L2 club has a lower market value than a L1 club. Of ...
by tmesis
04 Mar 2024 17:08
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Mark Bowen said we had a top 3 wage bill budget on BBC Radio Berkshire earlier this season. That probably counts the academy as well though, as I doubt we have many players on big money. With a (first team) squad as small as ours, we'd need to be paying well over the odds to have a high first team ...
by tmesis
29 Feb 2024 20:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Carlisle United (a)
Replies: 131
Views: 11164

Re: MATCHWATCH : Carlisle United (a)

Total respect and admiration to all the fans making the mammoth journey up north Saturday , safe journey Love a good road trip me. Going up tomorrow night as don't fancy getting up at 6am on a Saturday for this one. I never mind a long drive to a game. It's the journey home, especially if it's dark...
by tmesis
29 Feb 2024 20:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Or we could do a Bolton and go into a season with no senior players. We'd get relegated for sure, but it would keep us alive and the transfer fees from like likes of Wing, Knibbs and Smith would help us survive. And Bolton are doing just fine now. Bolton's overheads are way lower than ours. I don't...
by tmesis
29 Feb 2024 16:47
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Well, they may not expel us at that point but if there is doubt about us as a going concern they will want to avoid the situation they had with Bury where they had to suspend their first 6 games as they didn't want them playing any games until proof was given that creditors could be paid off. When ...
by tmesis
29 Feb 2024 11:10
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2534
Views: 2080533

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

Much more sporting success there compared to our relegation rivals. A 3rd party observer might say Reading are gaining a continued sporting advantage compared to their competitors, by being able to maintain a superior playing squad which it can't actually afford. And our rivals are all sticking to ...
by tmesis
29 Feb 2024 11:07
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

We're probably too expensive compared to the options they're looking at. I bet loads of interested parties see us as a good opportunity and a potential bargain as a club in crisis. Then they contact our cnut of an owner, get given a ridiculous price and it's over. Best way out of this is probably s...
by tmesis
27 Feb 2024 18:06
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2658
Views: 1806506

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

However . . . The continued existence of clubs has to take priority over all other factors. The rules, 'fairness', the integrity of the league .. . none of it is more important than a football club being able to continue operating and the EFL needs to recognise that. I guess if "do nothing&quo...
by tmesis
27 Feb 2024 17:27
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2658
Views: 1806506

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

What does our summer look like if we know from the outset that Dai can't/ won't pay our bills? No Knibbs/Wing/Smith/Savage, perhaps Holmes and McIntyre sold. Maybe we'd still get Dean and Button. Put it this way, I think we're in a better position with the players and the points deduction than the ...
by tmesis
27 Feb 2024 17:22
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2534
Views: 2080533

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

Is there a cut-off point for points deductions? The season ends on the 27th of April. Could there be a situation where we stay up by a point, then get deducted points because we missed a payment at the end of April, or May even? I think (but not 100% certain) it's the same as the old transfer deadl...
by tmesis
27 Feb 2024 16:38
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2534
Views: 2080533

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

Is there a cut-off point for points deductions?

The season ends on the 27th of April. Could there be a situation where we stay up by a point, then get deducted points because we missed a payment at the end of April, or May even?
by tmesis
24 Feb 2024 19:56
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Shrewsbury Town (h)
Replies: 150
Views: 9146

Re: MATCHWATCH : Shrewsbury Town (h)

For all the criticism of Button, not entirely justifed for me, we could still have won the game with a small degree of composure. Instead it was just a smorgasbord of individual errors, from miscontrolling the ball, to poor passes, to poor decisions, to not learning how to pick out a player in the b...
by tmesis
23 Feb 2024 22:47
Forum: The Team
Topic: Who do you consider to be a rival?
Replies: 49
Views: 2842

Re: Who do you consider to be a rival?

Bolton, always Bolton, similar modern day trajectories, and they fukkin’ owe us….always will I do dislike everything about Bolton because of that day, but in no way would I call them 'rivals'. They are just a club I don't like. I think knocking seven past them was quite cathartic. They did also put...
by tmesis
23 Feb 2024 08:13
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

"Go Now" by The Moody Blues
by tmesis
22 Feb 2024 21:25
Forum: General Football
Topic: The Non - League thread
Replies: 10441
Views: 1424964

Re: The Non - League thread

Sounds like the owner there bought in with his sights on moving to a new ground and developing Plainmoor. If they can get a new owner who is interested in the club, rather than a property development, this could work out OK for them in the long run. A club in administration should be cheaper to buy,...
by tmesis
20 Feb 2024 16:32
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Port Vale (h)
Replies: 201
Views: 13455

Re: MATCHWATCH : Port Vale (h)

stealthpapes a win takes us to touching distance of 40 pints and we won't need too many more than that to stay up*.


Anyone who can stay up after 40 pints is doing exceptionally well
by tmesis
18 Feb 2024 10:55
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

traff
tmesis
traff Selling out the FA cup behind a paywall is the latest choice that says oxf*rd the fans.

FA Cup ties will still be shown on BBC and/or ITV under the new deal.


Leftover scraps after "Top Picks"

Isn't that the same as now?
by tmesis
17 Feb 2024 21:55
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3098
Views: 1335629

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

traff Selling out the FA cup behind a paywall is the latest choice that says oxf*rd the fans.

FA Cup ties will still be shown on BBC and/or ITV under the new deal.
by tmesis
17 Feb 2024 21:50
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Portsmouth (a)
Replies: 192
Views: 13890

Re: MATCHWATCH : Portsmouth (a)

WestYorksRoyal Though in the interest of balance, we have some pretty detestable fans on the Twittersphere too.

Let's face it - the twitter spats are our bellend fans who think they are being funny v their bellend fans who think they are being funny. The odds of anyone coming out it with any credit aren't good.
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