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Winston Biscuit Takeover of Wigan complete

Good news for them. He’s a local man and a billionaire.

The quotes also highlight the extensive work done by the local MP to help get it through....

If we need the local MP to step up, wer'e toast....

Of all the noise on Twitter, this guy used to be a long time local journalist so he may have the sources he claims.

Interesting times ahead.

Sympathetic to Bowen, but if seemingly the entire operation of a multi-million pound company employing nearly 400 people rests on one individual then that's a massive problem. A pub shuts if the landlord suffers a bereavement, a corner shop or fish and chip shop maybe, but a professional football c...

Dellor's pontifications...

Did confirm that Bowen is out on compassionate leave which had been mooted on Twitter but first confirmation from someone with known sources at the club. ok, fair cop, he did state that he is on compassionate leave - but didn't another journalist put that out there yesterday? In terms of tangibles,...

All will be revealed tomorrow at 830 on BBC Berks - Dellor is giving an update :D well, that was embarrassing literally nothing but baseless speculation Did confirm that Bowen is out on compassionate leave which had been mooted on Twitter but first confirmation from someone with known sources at th...

Mid Sussex Royal All will be revealed tomorrow at 830 on BBC Berks - Dellor is giving an update

well, that was embarrassing

literally nothing but baseless speculation

Given this one came out of left field, doesn't it just show noone knows anything?

There used to be a few ITK posters on here and other social media, but no more, it seems.

I don't know, but I did read somewhere that his 3 year Reading deal in the championship wasn't too shabby - but then that article had Hendrick on £50kpw as our highest paid player and presumably we only paid a fraction of that. Given our predicament, a nominal release clause + a drop due to relegati...

Seems reasonable, particularly if his 3 year deal has a relegation clause that reduces his alleged Championship salary.

Eamon Dolan Stand is £350 (renewal price w/o a kid) vs £305 for the last decade or so. Renewal was £325 last year Perfectly reasonable explanation on the club announcement for the rise, absolutely no surprise to see people losing their shit about it. You have to wonder what the owners do it for not...

I blame the cakeism of the last decade...

you can have a sustainable team or a competitive team

you can have a rich owner or you can pay for things as fans

If people think you can have it all, they are deluding themselves...

Eamon Dolan Stand is £350 (renewal price w/o a kid) vs £305 for the last decade or so.

BHA are in hock to their owner to the tune of £500M. So while things are going well now, it's hardly the sustainable model that people on this forum appear to want. He's still a billionaire owner with a hobby, he just happens to be either good at it or on a hot streak - his firm charges the club for...

Is anyone ITK regarding relegation clauses in contracted players?

For example, Ince jnr.

Goal for me is better season than recently with promotion within 3 seasons. Minimum expectation is 14th next season. Ideally pushing for POs / autos. Start rebuilding the club on a sustainable footing with a medium term plan rather than short term reacting and only thinking of the immediate season ...

I don't get how we rebuild given the dramatic drop in revenue in L1.... Unless the owner gambles again and supports an (unsustainable for L1) budget for 1 season... Which will lead to more problems if it fails. And given the grief he's getting for investment/spend/loading debt to date, why should h...

I don't get how we rebuild given the dramatic drop in revenue in L1.... Unless the owner gambles again and supports an (unsustainable for L1) budget for 1 season... Which will lead to more problems if it fails. And given the grief he's getting for investment/spend/loading debt to date, why should he...

I don't see how this isn't an existential threat and therefore I'm unhappy

not a name, but I've always thought that former defenders/defensive midfielders don't end up making very attacking managers - their perspective around the importance of not conceding over emphasizes this side of things. Granted, PINCE wasn't a defensive manager, more a non-attacking manager - we did...