Low point of the Dai era

[WestYorksRoyal]

Thought we'd have this poll to remind ourselves how dire the past 8 years have been. Perhaps we can pin it so that if we moan about an uninspiring result against Doncaster, we can remind ourselves how much worse it could be. Struggling with specific moments from the earlier years; I toyed with Clement's dire tenure but I think it should focus on moments.

I voted Shrewsbury. Off pitch issues have been awful, but nothing brings emotions to the fore like a last minute loss. At the time it fell like the wheels were falling off everywhere and it was hard to see anything positive.

[Vision]

Thought we'd have this poll to remind ourselves how dire the past 8 years have been. Perhaps we can pin it so that if we moan about an uninspiring result against Doncaster, we can remind ourselves how much worse it could be. Struggling with specific moments from the earlier years; I toyed with Clement's dire tenure but I think it should focus on moments.

I voted Shrewsbury. Off pitch issues have been awful, but nothing brings emotions to the fore like a last minute loss. At the time it fell like the wheels were falling off everywhere and it was hard to see anything positive.

Weirdly the Shrewsbury game gave me a little hope on the pitch. We played pretty well for most of that game but Selles removed Smith and Ballard I think and we just failed to pick players up at set pieces late on. My overriding feeling was that if Selles holds his nerve and stuck with the original line up we'd fine. Thankfully he did.

To answer the original question, any time you don't pay your staff in the lead up to Christmas (or any other time for that matter) has got to be about as low as an organisation can get.

[Snowflake Royal]

I've gone for the deal falling through in September, that really felt like there was no way back.

[rabidbee]

Bearwood-gate was the only point when I - briefly - thought that the club might actually be heading towards extinction. But as that was clearly hysteria, I've gone for the takeover falling through in September. It feels like we've lost nine months pointlessly.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Bearwood-gate was the only point when I - briefly - thought that the club might actually be heading towards extinction. But as that was clearly hysteria, I've gone for the takeover falling through in September. It feels like we've lost nine months pointlessly.

What annoys me about that is the Olise money paid back Couhig and helped keep us in purgatory. That should have been a game changer amount on money for a L1 club and it's been wasted.

So yes, fair vote.

[dontbedaft]

The September deal fall-through was definitely a terrible low, but I think that Bearwood was when I felt the lowest.

[Uke]

Not paying staff was when the true colours were shown

[Linden Jones' Tash]

Notwithstanding all the subsequent shenanigans with China etc, I always worried that dropping to League 1 with the financial timebomb laid by Gourlay etc would be existential for the Club.

Assuming all goes through, I'm just grateful the club as it stands still exists....

The rest is a luxury.

[Mr Angry]

Not paying staff at Christmas was for me as a low point in the history of this football club as I can remember in well over 50 years of supporting the team; missed open goals, last minute defeats, even relegations - that's all part of what being a football fan is all about.

But failing to pay your staff - and at Christmas? Nothing is worse than that.

[Stranded]

Not paying staff at Xmas is as low as the company got.

Bearwood was a strange one, it felt low at the time but given how things have transpired, it now seems as if that may have been Couhig's first attempt to secure leverage to buy the club. If he already owned the training ground, then purchasing the rest would have become a lot easier.

[Hound]

Been lots of lows haven’t there…

I can’t really remember the Xmas one - did they get paid just a bit late or miss Xmas entirely?

Relegation was shit but at the time there was a thought which almost transpired for a bit that Dai might splash a bit of money again and it could be quite exciting. In fact the football has turned out more entertaining

Bearwood was weird - definitely a low but again a bit of murmuring that Couhig was after the whole club. As said if he had bought it we’d prob have been sold months ago

So sale falling through in September for me. Evidence Dai just didn’t really want to sell and a massive let down

On the pitch I actually think for me it was that Joao miss. Knew we weren’t making the play offs after that and years of pain would follow

[Scutterbucketz]

Bearwood gate was the lowest. Selling our training ground to lowly (no offence intended) Wycombe showed how fukked we were.

[traff]

April 1968
The month the despicable ophidian was born.

[Sutekh]

16 May 2017, when his deal to take ownership was finally approved.

[Hendo]

Bearwood followed closely by the deal falling through in September.

[katweslowski]

Easy one for me. It was bearwood day. I drove to the gym and had heard lots of rumours or read tweets I think abnout it. I had BBC Berkshire on during the journey and Tim Dellor was confirming the news.

The basic principle being that Rob Couhig wanted to buy the training ground, and that it would be used by Wycombe. There was rumours and thoughts that maybe Reading would share it or be allowed to use it.

I remember very clearly crying as I was listening. I thought it was the end as I see the training ground as the home and heart of the club - it's where the players/staff go everyday, where they have tactics meetings, etc.

One extra cruel twist in this particular day is going into the gym and one of the other users was wearing a Wycombe shirt. I live just outside Wokingham, so it's not a common occurrence - in fact can't ever remember seeing a Wycombe shirt around here.

[stealthpapes]

Thought we'd have this poll to remind ourselves how dire the past 8 years have been. Perhaps we can pin it so that if we moan about an uninspiring result against Doncaster, we can remind ourselves how much worse it could be. Struggling with specific moments from the earlier years; I toyed with Clement's dire tenure but I think it should focus on moments.

I voted Shrewsbury. Off pitch issues have been awful, but nothing brings emotions to the fore like a last minute loss. At the time it fell like the wheels were falling off everywhere and it was hard to see anything positive.

Weirdly the Shrewsbury game gave me a little hope on the pitch. We played pretty well for most of that game but Selles removed Smith and Ballard I think and we just failed to pick players up at set pieces late on. My overriding feeling was that if Selles holds his nerve and stuck with the original line up we'd fine. Thankfully he did.

To answer the original question, any time you don't pay your staff in the lead up to Christmas (or any other time for that matter) has got to be about as low as an organisation can get.

Yeah, Shrews away was a solid performance with a dire ending, but all the signs of survival were there.

Plus after the game, I watched someone verbally abuse Selles as he was loading the coach. As we found out was the case many times that season, he was chipping in and carrying the bags, doing the loading with the rest of the management team.

No matter what happens on the pitch, doing that was out of order.

So, it was either not paying staff at Xmas or Selles having to buy lunches from Tesco for his team or one of the other little things that surfaced behind the scenes.

[Millsy]

Asking for the low point of Dai's era is like asking for the wettest part of the pacific ocean.

[Horsham Royal]

Bearwood was weird - definitely a low but again a bit of murmuring that Couhig was after the whole club. As said if he had bought it we’d prob have been sold months ago

At the time, didn't Couhig say something like "be patient ... you don't know the whole story" which would tie in with Bearwood being a tactic for getting the whole shebang.

[traff]

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