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Ok, so as we still don't know what the squad is really going to look like yet until we start getting the trialist family to sign or some more loan players in.  I will start to put the squad up in the poll later in the week so don't bother voting yet, but in the meantime I thought I should start the thread so that people can start putting their names in the hat for contributions...

Money will start to be collected the first week of August (after payday)..

Anyone that wants in, say so on this thread. Minimum £10 contribution, but if you want more goes at winning a prize just say how much you want to put in..

Go...

Yq

I'll put in £10

Im in for a tenner.

Tenner from me Berni.

Tenner from me

Yeah go on, I'm in. Sooner put a £10 into this than playing fantasy league so yep, count me in.

£10 from me.

As we sponsored Yasser last season, don't we get first dibs this season?

£10.00 from me.

£10 from me

In for a tenner.

Tenner for me also.

£20 from me

Yep you might be right.  I need to make contact with the club.  I'll get a date as to when the cut off is..

Probably jinxing this now, but was last season the first time we've sponsored a player that hasn't left (yet)?

Get fucked

£20 from me

Yes we really must work harder this season on hounding out our chosen favourite. Although tbf you'd have thought sending tans along to the sponsors' dinner malarkey would be enough.

Tenner from me as well

£10 from me...the Great Kasim, if we can.

I'm in for £10 again this year.

Cooper replaced Kasim at the dinner though, and Cooper very nearly left. Perhaps that's how this actually works?

Ah, I'd forgotten that. Maybe that's why talks really broke down with Wednesday - over the "No making me sit with fucking idiot pissed up fans at dinners" clause he wanted in his contract?

It was my fault

in for a tenner

A decade of English poonds sterling yarp

So you're committing for the next 10 years? That's very good of you.

If I was MC i'd have taken one glimpse of what was awaiting him and fucked off for good there and then. Bet he doesnt volunteer next year.. Anyway I'm out as doing the London Reds one, but for anyone interested in having fake auction bids put in for them, even if i dont win I'll be there. you'll be pleased to know.

Happy to put in £10

OK, so the vote is updated with where we are today, I will add/remove players if anything changes.  I have reset the vote, so anyone that did vote previously for Ty or Nathan should vote again.

I have contacted the club to ask for info with no response coming back yet.  Once we hit the first week of August I will start PM'ing you with paypal details so that people can pay up with their nice new fresh pay packet just been opened :)

The vote will run until as late as possible depending on hitting the number we need to hit and getting info from the club (though I suspect we will know the answer well ahead of time)..

Any problems/questions let me know..

Oh, and if I have missed any players/news of changes please keep me updated on this thread so that I can update (I used the squad list thread, so you can blame Costanza).
Cheers
Berni

Added the new Frenchies, let me know if any other signings have passed me by..

£10 from me too.

Has anyone from the club made contact regarding sponsorship this season? I have been off put until the squad is finished but either take up has been incredibly high or they have been rather slack this season..

Lack of communication from the club, surely not.

im in for 10 and im gonna win something this time

...and as i think kas will not be here for a season,i vote robert

I have made contact, they have come back to me but are unable to give me details as yet.  Looks like they haven't really sorted out the details as yet.

Having said that, we are nowhere near the figure we will need yet, so unless there is more interest shown it may be a mute point anyway..

Behave.

Found out its £650 a player this year.  Gone up by £200 each year for 3 years now and I'm not paying that through the business so will chuck £10 into the townend sponsor pot.

Can't see us raising £650 through the TEF. Oh well, never will get to that sponsors dinner then.

I'll up my bid to £20

I'll go £20 too. Maybe you can keep us updated on the pledges? In case one of us wins the lottery or something ...

Yeah Ill go to £20 if it helps us make it.

If everyone that voted (31 currently) pledged £20.00 then the total would be £620 and almost there. I am up for it if everyone else is. I notice last year the first post started with only vote if your going to donate £10 and there were 85 votes. Looks like take up is significantly down

I'll do £20

Fine, I'll up to £20. Good luck.

Yeah, I'll up mine to £20.

Add me in for £20

go on then i ll up to 20

I'll also up it to £20

I will up mine to £20 as well

go on then, £20

really sorry but i cant afford 20,can i still be in for 10?

I'll do £20 (don't think I originally voted in)

£20 will get you in the pot twice, £10 once so all good if you still want to put in £10.

I'll leave it a few days for people to opt in and then add up to see where we are.  Still haven't heard back with details from the club yet.  For £650 it will interesting to see what else they chuck in for the money.

Instead of having home player and away player shirts you get the 1 player. Not sure if you get 2 shirts though. As far as I am aware nothing else extra compared to previous years. piss take

Agree. Have a word with the club Berni, we're not a business sponsor and even then they shouldn't keep upping the rates by stupid amounts. It's goodwill after all?

Sorry, only going a tenner if it's not enough then the club can go and fuck themselves for overdoing it. Take heed fellow TEFers  :crash:

I'm in for £10

So there is no separate home and away sponsors now?

So if we retain sponsorship, do we get to fight whoever else sponsored kassim for the right?
Also, won't the sponsor dinner be half the size - if its going ahead.

£20 from me

I'll speak to Adam later this week.

Wainright? He's on Paternity leave for a week or so.

Ah yeah, forgot about that.  This is probably why I haven't heard anything..

Count me in

you need to say an amount mate

Ill be in for 10 sobs

I cry when spending money too. Unless you meant sovs?

OK, I have had the details through, exactly the same as last year but with the hike in price, you will sponsor the player outright and not the home/away kit.  We have a week to decide if we want to retain Yasser.

There are some excellent benefits on offer to all player sponsors and they include:
A signed shirt from your sponsored player, to be presented at the Sponsors dinner
A dedicated player appearance (with your sponsored player – one per season)
Four complimentary tickets to the Sponsors dinner. At this event you will spend the
evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities
Two complimentary main stand tickets to a Sky Bet home League One game
Acknowledgement of your shirt sponsorship on the shirt sponsors page in the
Match Day Programme for all home games
£650
(INC VAT)

I will do a quick add up of what we have pledged so far so that we can make a decision.

Official list of players released with this information:

Lawrence Vigouroux (GK)
Nathan Thompson (Captain)
Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill
Fabien Robert
Jordan Williams
Jordan Turnbull
Drissa Traore
Yaser Kasim
Michael Smith
Nathan Byrne
Kevin Stewart
Jonathan Obika
Will Randall
Lee Marshall
Josh Cooke
Jermaine Hylton
Tyrell Belford (GK)
Anton Rodgers
Ellis Iandolo
Raphael Rossi-Branco
James Brophy

Who got Yasser to be their bitch for a day last year?

MarkyTee

OK, so a quick add up puts us at £460 at the moment (ironically we would be there at first run for last years price)

So we need another £190 pledged if we are going to hit this..

There are 12 posters still at a tenner, if 10 of those pledge another tenner we will be good.  Either that or shout out to the TEF lurkers out there and get them to pitch in..

To be fair it's closer than I thought it was, I am sure we can find 19 more £10 pledgers?

I'm in for £20 (from my original £10).

Same

Ok, had a pledge PM'd to me and with these additions we are currently at £510.

Keep going guys, anyone else planning to up their figure to £20?

Another pledge by PM so we are at £530.  Would be nice to confirm to the club that we are in for a player before the weekend.

Come on people, we can do this..

Go on then, I will chuck in £20

Count me in for £10!

I usually contribute, but really sorry I can't put in this year.  Currently on mat leave and hubby got laid off on Monday, so every penny counts  :(

Hit 'B' instead of 'V', but yeah, I do cry...

That all said...ill go in for £20, why the fuck not.

Ok, put me down for 20.

From 10 to 20;  have pm'd you about payment requirement; well done, looks like just a very few more to get us over the line now.

OK.  With the extra on here, and some additions by PM (one very generous) we are at £630.  So almost there.

As soon as we hit the target I will send out payment details so that I can start to pull that together.

Good work people, keep It up..

Don't worry, by the current trend we will need you back in next year :D  Sorry to hear about your hubby's job, I'm sure things will turn around soon.

I can do £10

OK, a tenner needed.  Any £10 pledgers left willing to up to £20?

We have hit the target due to another PM.

It doesn't have to stop there though if anyone else wants in, as mentioned there were a couple of larger contributors that could drop down if anyone else wants to be in on the draw.

I will notify the club that we want to take up our option on Yasser (as the vote was pretty clear) and start to send out PM's to everyone with the payment details.  When paying please let me know on this thread that you have made payment, and also mark your payment with your forum name so that I can match them, I don't know all of your real names.

Good work to everyone involved.  Barry is hopefully going to provide me with a logo that the club have requested (I am guessing that this is for the program).

I will keep you all informed.

Cheers
Berni

£20 sent via Paypal.

£20 into your bank acc, cheers mate

20.00 sent via PayPay

This has just reminded me how much I dislike the site's logo. I'd sort of forgotten about it.

£20 sent.

Paid

Everyone on this thread that has pledged along with those that PM'd me should now have received a PM from me with the payment details.  I have seen a few payments coming in already, thank you.

Any problems or delays just let me know and I will make it work with paying the club etc.

Once everything is confirmed and we are into the season (probably Sept/Oct) I will set up the draw for prizes again like I did last season.  Prizes will be

1.) Signed Shirt
2.) 2 tickets to the Sponsors Dinner
3.) 2 tickets to the Sponsors Dinner
4.) An opportunity to book Yaser for an event/personal appearance

I will take the free tickets again, unless anyone has any issues with that?  My name will not be in the draw though the same as last year.

I have confirmed to the club that we are taking up our option in Yaser and will be looking at paying (at least a decent lump) by the end of next week, so if possible do your best to get all payments in over the next week.

Cheers
Berni

Paid

Paid thru bank

I'm up for £10 or £20 whichever you need, only just come across the thread...  :girlgiggle:

Paid via Bank Transfer

Put me down for £10. When do you need it by?

Paid through paypal

Paid through bank transfer.
Thanks

Just paid, through paypal.

Paid through the bank ref WTRRA.

Paypal transfer sent.

A tenner in your PayPal account Berni.

Cheers for organising  :pint:

I'll stick you in for £10.  I'll PM you the details..

OK.  I'll PM you the details.

Bank transfer done.

As mentioned in the thread about Ben Jackson:

Now we seem to be getting extra volunteers for the Player Sponsorship and have surpassed our total, I offered one of the biggest contributors some money back as they had offered quite a lot more than everyone else to get us to our target.  They have declined but suggested that any surplus could be donated to the Stratton Bank roof fund on Neville's behalf, so that Neville's name can be associated with improvement to the CG.

I think this is a great idea.  We could let Neville's family know what we have done, as well as get the Trust to highlight it (if possible).

I would like to know what everyone thinks about this idea before I move forward, but if everyone is in agreement I would like to open this up to anyone that wasn't particularly interested  taking part in the player sponsorship but would like to contribute to this idea for Neville, as I am already in the process of collecting money anyway, it won't take too much effort to open it up to anyone else.

We are already £30/£40 over our target and I think we could get a decent pot together if others that were not necessarily interested in the Player Sponsorship would like to contribute to this idea for Neville.

Feedback would be appreciated.  Donations can be highlighted on this thread or PM'd to me if you would prefer.  However if anyone has any objections then I understand this also.

Let me know your thoughts people.

Bank transfer done.

Nice idea Berniman.

sounds good to me berni

£10 paid using paypal

The NevilleW Paolo, It's Paolo stand?

 8)

Trust happy to tweet it, and can ask for a mention on the website too if required.

Sounds like a great idea

Great idea.

I've just paid my £20, bank transfer.

Paid by Bank Transfer  :)

Who you lot going for Yas? Think were going Jordan T.

Yeah Yasser

Don't forget to rig it so we all get to the dinner again ;)

Paid via Pay Pal

Paid via PayPal.

Just a bump on this.  Those that haven't paid (that haven't let me know when they are going to pay) please look at paying up this week.  I am looking at paying as much as possible of the £650 by Friday.  I think there is around £180 left to come in.

For those that have paid up, thanks for the speedy responses.

Cheers
Berni

Paid

Paid today.

paid this morning

paid

Just another reminder.  7 outstanding payments still waiting to come in, I know about a few of them but please look at getting yours paid if you haven't so far.

Thanks
Berni

I should be able to pay up by the end of this week Berni.

I have just paid for this by paypal.

OK, another nudge on this.  6 people left to pay (2 of which have let me know when they are due to pay).  £110 left to come in.

I am heading down to the club tomorrow, and will probably pay the whole £650 (covering the rest myself) so those that I am waiting on please either pay up or at least let me know when you will be able to pay.

Next step will be to name and shame :D

If you vote in the poll at the top, are you required to pay?... I thought/hoped that was just a bit of fun..

Name and shame berni

I bet Jaybox voted for Storey.

Cmon people.....don't fuck him about!

Yep one of those was me, thanks for reminder, money sent

No, only if you posted that you wanted to contribute..

OK, 5 more left to pay.  2 have informed me when they are going to pay, the other 3 I have PM'd one last time..

I am heading down to the club now to pay the full £650, I will cover the extras for the time being.  £590 collected of the £680 that was pledged.

Make it happen people..

We are all paid up, Yaser is officially our bitch for another season..

* Hopefully

did you get a sell on clause inserted?

I did actually ask that question and if he did go we would get the pick of anyone else that is available..

I put an early shout in for the new Jordan Stewart because he excites me so much and he is really dreamy..

For fuck sake, you'll be out of Kleenex soon.

:D  I use my socks

Paid by bank transfer.

Message in your inbox.

Thanks Guys.

Ok so I have collected £620 so far with another £20 to come in on the 26th when a poster returns from holiday.  So I am going to name and shame the 2 posters that have not paid or responded to my constant chasing.

MarkyTee
Singingiiiffy

If anyone knows these guys outside of the TEF please nudge them and tell them to login and let me know what is going on.  As it stands (once the holiday maker is back) I will be at £640, so if I don't hear from these 2 this week I will be taking their names off of the list and asking for somebody to stump up another tenner for an extra name in the pot for the draw.  (I would put in but I have already contributed £20 and my name is not even going to be in the draw)

Cheers
Berni

If you need an Ayrton Senna give me a shout.

I've messaged Marky, he's a night worker so probably still asleep.

Thanks guys, let's see how we go this week then.

 :-[ Finally done! If it saved my login id have noticed your messages. I only login to argue with someone

No you don't.

Yes he does!

Messaged you, Berni. Will sort out the hard currency for you tomorrow.

All good, so now I know what is going on we should be all done and dusted by the end of this week.

Thanks people..

Is Robert still available?!

I doubt it

Lawrence?

Let's see if he goes first, then I will start asking the questions to see who is available.

Berni, when will you be drawing the prizes?

Fuck the shirt.....I reckon we could have all of Coopers garb...

When's the draw?

I know, I have been slack on this, been mental at work.

I will do this over the next week

So in preparation:

1st Prize - A signed shirt from your sponsored player, to be presented at the Sponsors dinner
2nd prize - Two complimentary tickets to the Sponsors dinner. At this event you will spend the
evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities
3rd Prize - Two complimentary tickets to the Sponsors dinner. At this event you will spend the
evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities
4th Prize - A dedicated player appearance (with your sponsored player – one per season)

I am taking the 2 complimentary match tickets but will not be in the pot for the draw.

For every tenner that people contributed means your name is in the pot (so the generous fucker that chucked £50 in will have their name in the pot 5 times)

I will put a number to everyone's name and ask some regular posters (that have not taken part) to pick a number between 1 and ?.  Those that have contributed more than a tenner will have more than one number against their name (not grouped numbers).  I will PM some posters this week to get some numbers.

Once I have all of the responses I will let you know when the winners announcement will take place.  Winners will have to PM me their details so that I can inform the club of those attending etc.

Hopefully that makes sense.

Good luck all

Have you got the signed shirt... On recent showings I suspect Kasim will not have the motivation to sign it!

I was wondering if we can change our player for someone who gives a fuck. Maybe Lingy?

Shirt will be handed out at the sponsors dinner.  If Kasim is not here we will get the first pick of any other incomings, start looking at the some non league squads now...

Unfortunately he won't be going anywhere as no fucker will want to take a punt with his performances since January

Supposedly Lingy is a very good man-manager. Hopefully he will 'fix' his attitude. 

If I don't win, can I have a night out with Berniman please?

You're going to make me jealous !

As long as you are paying...  You can join us Ells, he can afford it :D

Have sent the PM's out.  When I have them all in I will announce the winners.

So.....if you haven't got a message....you ain't won.

Or has he just PMd the number requests?

Yes....that's it

That's it :D

I know 3 of the 4 winners, just waiting for the last reply...

What are the odds?  I asked 4 people to pick a number between 0 - 64 inclusive. 

First person picks 37
Second person picks 18
Third person picks 18
Fourth person picks 37.

Add them to your lottery numbers people :D

2 people have/are re-picking..

The 18's are blokes. It's the age of the women that they desire.

The 37's are Reg and Normy, it's half their ages.

Suprisingly high actually- there's some really good studies out there on what you get back if you ask someone to name a number between 1 and 10 - basically nobody picks from the extremes

That's what I meant. A normy distribution.

Ha, one of the 37's was Reg :)

All winners are in, so I will post them up during the course of today in X-factor stylee for dramatic effect..  Some controversial winners...

4th place prize winner soon..

I picked it as it's a nice prime number, stick it in the Sieve of Eratostophenes and it comes tumbling out. Also I feel a bit sorry for it as it seems of no use in one of those letter equations.

4th Place prize winner:

4th Prize - A dedicated player appearance (with your sponsored player – one per season)

Picked by Costanza

The winner is Ginginho

Congrats...

Ooh, cheers!

What does that mean exactly? A dedicated appearance?

If nothing else it will be his first dedicated performance of the season!

You can get Yasser round to do the dishes.

Nah he is way to good to do that

It means that you can request his attendance at an event (things like presenting trophies at a football do etc.) or meeting a kids team etc.

Last season it could only be done on one night a week (I think Thursdays) and has to be arranged/requested well in advance..  MarkyTee won it last year and I don't think he used it..

If you have any questions or ideas, let me know and I can ask the club.

3rd prize winner, and a controversial one at that:

3rd Prize - Two complimentary tickets to the Sponsors dinner. At this event you will spend the
evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities

Picked by Ardiles

The winner is Sam Morshead

Will he be allowed entry?  Will he be in full journalist mode?  It should add a bit of spice to the night anyway :D
Just remember Sam, you are there representing TEF...  No fighting with the chairman/owner/occasional manager, or Shaun Hodgetts for that matter..

Congrats..

That's fantastic

That is fucking superb!!! I can feel a national news story brewing out of this. 

give the bopards hell..

whoop i'm def buying tickets now

If Sam wants to swap, i'll take the two tickets to the sponsor's dinner and he can get Yaser round to do the hoovering or something :)

2nd Place prize winner:  And a somewhat less controversial winner (due to the fact that he also won it last year)

2nd prize - Two complimentary tickets to the Sponsors dinner. At this event you will spend the
evening with your sponsored player with photograph opportunities

Picked by Pleasantly Plump Audrey/Chang - Audrey

The Winner is Herthab  for the second year running, you jammy fecker...

Congrats..

First Place Prize winner will be announced in a couple of hours  :D

Hahahaha. Amazing. I better check with the club in advance. I certainly won't be in journo mode, though.

Did he forget?

Much as I'd love to win, Sam winning is brilliant, I love it.

Ha, sorry...  something hit the fan at work that I had to deal with..

Ironic post though..

1st Prize winner:

1st Prize - A signed shirt from your sponsored player, to be presented at the Sponsors dinner

Picked by Reginald

The winner is Samdy Gray

Somebody will have to pick up the shirt at the sponsors dinner..

Congrats buddy..

boooooooo

<sigh> looks like a night out with Berniman then. Ok, Ells can come along as well and be

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 ;)

I thought they were kumquats for a second and wondered what the fuck you were talking about  :doh:

"Kumquats". Hmmmmm. Possibilities there...

Don't worry, I'm a lightweight these days so will probably have a couple of pints, slope of to the bogs and never come back..  Gooseberry problem sorted :D

Wahey, cheers Reg!

About time I won something after all those years of running the thing.

You almost lost it by default for calling last years draw a fix :)

No probs....I assume cheque in the post, as agreed?

Fix !!  ;) :D

And on that note - thanks very much for doing this Berni. Top man!  :clap:


AAAAARGHHHH!!!!!!!!! NOT A FUCKING CHEQUE!!!

Well you will just have to be patient and wait 12 months..  :D

Do you accept BACS?

I wanted a Czech, but sadly beyond Samdy's means.

3 poor bastards with hertha's "joke" all night ;)

I'm sure I used 2 jokes, on rotation, all night?

It was just the one.. Anwyay Hopefully i'll get a ticket to hear it again, as I've forgotten what it was!

Well done everyone....

Haha, im thinking of buying a ticket too if we can again. Was a great laugh last year

Just a FYI, I will PM those that are attending:

A night  with Swindon Town Football Club !

Firstly, thank you for sponsoring Yaser Kasim for the 2015/16 season and for your continued support of Swindon Town Football Club.

A date for this year’s Player and Management Sponsors’ Dinner has now been set and will take place on the evening of Tuesday 3rd May 2016 between 7pm and midnight.

The Legends Lounge at the County Ground will once again be the venue with BBC Wiltshire’s Shaun Hodgetts hosting the event. The evening will consist of a two-course meal followed by some after-dinner music from our resident DJ. There will also be a selection of great auction and raffle prizes up for grabs on the night as well.

Throughout the evening, players will be presenting their respective sponsors with a replica of this season’s home shirt. Photo opportunities with players will also be available.

As a 2015/16 player sponsor, you will receive four complementary tickets to the event for you to attend with three guests. Additional guests are also welcome at a price of £30pp (including VAT).

If you wish to attend this year’s Sponsors’ Dinner, please confirm places for any additional guests by 26th April 2016. An itinerary  for the evening will follow in due course.

Thank you once again for your support.

I won a ticket in the half time draw on Saturday for this, so i'm gonna buy another one and treat my Dad.

See you there Phil

Whoever picks up the shirt, let me know and I'll arrange collection from you. Ta.

What? Like at a game??!!!

Yeah, that joke's getting a little old now.

I'm still enjoying it.

I can pick it up for you if you like Sambo

Yes please, tans.

He only made that offer so he can get his picture taken with Yaser :D.  I want to know what Ralphy bids on in the auction this year..

Can i come.

I can order extra tickets for £30 pp.  Do you want me to enquire?

If you could mate. Who is actually going?

From the TEF, Tans, Ralphy, Sam Morshead & guest.  It sounds like some other TEFers will be there also as part of other sponsor groups.

How many tickets do you want? 

PM me details of names and I will inform the club.  You will have to make arrangements to pay for the tickets ahead of time.

The club has the names of the attendees, so just clock in when you get there.  Any problems let me know.

Tans and Samdy can work out the picking up and hand over of the shirt...  It will be interesting to see if Yaser turns up this year..

Yaser is currently in Iraq

Again? Hes only just been out there!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/7015170/Yaser-Kasim-fled-streets-of-Baghad-and-Saddam-Husseins-tyranny-now-hes-at-Swindon.html

Ha ha, that headline makes it sound like from the frying pan to the fire :)

SwanIsea bid a million for him in January? I find that difficult to believe. If true Power would have sold him, surely.

I liked Kasim when he first joined and there's no doubting his talent, but I'll be glad to see him gone. I don't blame him for wanting to go on to bigger and better things - it's only natural, but I think his attitude is poor and has been for a while. We apparently have an option to sign him up for another year in the summer. I'm guessing Power will take the option and then sell him. But he's not going to get the big name move that he obviously thinks he deserves by playing with the apathy he's shown over the last year.

I read the printed version and it definitely didn't say "Swansea bid £1m" but something far more tentative. "A rumoured £1m move to Swansea never materialised", or something. I wonder why they changed it.

That said, the entire story is a bit behind the times. Not exactly top notch journalism.

One of his Iraqi associates on Twitter made a comment that Swansea had made their interest know to player and club for about a month prior to the window, telling both that it would happen.

Personally don't understand the criticism he cops these days - still one of our most valuable assets and best players but has not been 100% for a long time - certainly most of this season.

Is he still 'one of our most valuable assets' - when does his contract expire, if its this summer (I may be wrong and we have extended it) isn't he essentially worthless now?

it was mentioned earlier we have a 1 year option, so not worthless

Power confirmed on the last phone-in that he's in effect under contract for another year as we have an "option" on him.

Kasim's exit will probably be one of main stories of the summer.

Kasim wants Town exit

Town activate Kasim clause

Kasim wants Town exit

Town will sell if valuation is met

Kasim wants Town exit

Club makes bid for Kasim

Kasim desperate for Town exit

Club reject initial bid for Kasim

Kasim desperate for Town exit

Clubs matches Town valuation for Kasim

Kasim delighted to sign for new club

Swindon Town sign Yaser Kasim on loan until January

Sunrise/sunset

you missed out Yaser Kasim flies out to Iraq to play in Asian Cup tournament October/November 2016, but does manage to squeeze in appearances at home to Scunthorpe and away to Southend before he goes. The Scunthorpe game features 2 free kicks which float harmlessly into the Stratton Bank, and another that ends up straight in the keepers hands.

Looks perfectly sensible, apart from you missed the bit where outraged fans demand to know where Kasim money has gone.....

I have been asked by the club to provide our vote for player of the season for the sponsors evening, see below:

Dear Paul,

On Tuesday 3rd May at our Sponsors Evening , we will be presenting Player of the Season. We would like you to please advise us, of your player of the season.

We will then be drawing someone at random from our Sponsors to present this award on the evening.

If I could have your name of the player you wish to vote for, back by 25th April.

I have started a poll off in another thread, all TEF members are welcome to vote and I will submit our choice to the club before the 25th.  I get the feeling that it will be a landslide anyway, but it is not for me to talk for you lot..

Can we vote for Sam Morshead? :)

I bet Sam's name somehow manages not to make it into the hat to present the award :D

Tonights the night. Will they let Morshead in? 8)

Samdy, do you want to pm me your address and ill send you the shirt, or do you want me to get the club to keep hold of it and you pick it up from there?

or do you want Sam M to tweet a picture of the shirt 65 minutes before the event kicks off ;)

Is it a buffet?  ;)

Yeah, if you could send it to me tans that would be great. I'll PM you.

It'll be fine. I think.

Kasim is a fucking top bloke. That is all.

Morshead won 50 quid pizza vouchers :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Only meet him once, but totally agree.

BRING ON THE BIG BOOTY BITCHES!

Brad Barry wins players player of the year

Obika wins goal of the season and Player of the year. Well deserved

I just want pictures!

:D

Keith scott and Ajose

I've never seen someone who resembles a : D face more than Yaser, love that grin

What the fuck is Putin doing on our Sponsors night?

It's good that they went to a loving home

Great to see Keith Scott there, first Prem winning goal and all that.

Was there any oddly-easy-to-learn rumours/news?

You wont get a response for hours silly. They'll have been out on the piss with the players again.

What is going on with Kasim's little finger?

I'm sure Ajose was delighted to see Brad Barry get player's player.


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Nope!

We got him to ring our mate who is a diehard wycombe fan, Scott was his hero when he was a kid.

No, not any rumours that i can remember of

And gave them away. Whole story, Tans.

Didnt know that!

Sorry one thing, the 3 french guys have gone back to france

tans, that shirt and tie combo is horrendous.

In hindsight, i agree. Ive got your shirt mate, will post it over the weekend

Any of them coming back or is that the last we will see of Robert?

Gone i reckon

When luke williams was asked by Shaun regarding where we are aiming to finish next season he replied "don't know really as don't know who is going, who is coming in and if there is any money available" when pushed on table finishing position he replied "maybe playoffs?"
Great all planned out then?

If it was planned out, did you expect him to stand their and detail it all to you? Giving you a list of players leaving, primary and secondary targets, playing budget and exact targeted position for next season?

I expect him to at least say we have targets lined up (power said we had signed 2 already on radio did he not?) that he believes will make a difference.There was nothing just complete apathy.

So he tells Tans or somebody from the TEF in confidence what do you think would happen?  Tans would have sold it on to Sam M. before the evening was out although it may not have knocked Leicester off the back pages!!!  No, the club is right to play their cards tight to their chest, look what happened when we declared an interest in Bradshaw and Nicholls!!

Why when he knows that he could say that we have Messi, Neymar and Suarez lined up the majority of our supporters would moan - it just isn't worth saying anything.....

Yeah, but they were just PR bids  ;)

pmsl

Sounds more like honesty rather than the standard PR bullshit clubs up and down the country are churning out right now. And I suspect you'd get the same answer at most clubs in Leagues 1 and 2 right now. Impossible to say exactly what their plans are until they know the ins and outs. That doesn't mean they don't have targets, plans, "If we have £x then we can do y or otherwise z" etc. But as others have said, Williams would be a fool to share those at a supporters dinner. Sounds like you'd rather have been fed a standard line?

Had a good night!

Both Tanswells bought stuff in the auction I'm hearing? Spill the beans.

Otans bought a pair of signed boots

Thats his new workwear sorted for the year then.

 

Only Ollie won stuff in the auction. James won a signed print in the raffle.

Was Football Phil there last night?

No i would have heard him!

Otans also puked up in Kasbah afterwards

That was classy! Someone then stood in it. Is Morshead alive? Remember his dancing?

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Is that a kebab shop or some kind of ropey nightclub?

Some bar, id never been before. Never again

Sounds like it might be closed on health and safety issues ;)

Tans you don't like any bar to be honest, turning into Victor Meldrew!!

Alive. Groggy. Few people get to see those 'moves'.

Never in a million years were we willing to put the cash up for Bradshaw or Nicholls. Power likes to chuck a name here and there of an up and coming lower league player to wet our appetites. Similar to when we went after Connor Goldson. Shrewsbury called our bid for him 'derisory'

Interesting that our supporters will always immediately believe whatever PR other clubs put off about us rather than what the club says?  ::)

So no way would he put up cash for anyone, but then you say he made a bid? I'm confused, if the bid had been accepted then we would have paid cash. Has it come to a point where the power bashers argue with themselves to keep regurgitating the same old unsubstantiated stuff?

you know full well they meant offer the type of cash required to actually be successful.

whether he's doing it to appease fans, to smokescreen around real targets, to unsettle them and act as a stalking horse on behalf of someone else, for shits and giggles  or even because he genuinely thinks we've a chance of signing them ( for peanuts in a sideways move for the player) - nobody can really say.

I heard, from a source that I trust to be reliable, that the Bradshaw deal was a goer but didn't go through for reasons other than what was being bid/offered.

That is all, make of it what you will.

I'm still yet to hear a genuine reason with what's wrong with trying to get a bargain in these instances.

The worst thing that can happen is the offer gets turned down, bloody nightmare!  Make 10 of these kinds of bids and 1 will probably suceed.

Yeah you are right, yours is the correct answer, we don't know, but the anti lp brigade do apparently, and use it as a fact every fucking time.

Adver talking bollocks again then. Traore 'injured in training' & Robert also unfit according to them. Sounds as if they're both out of favour rather than injured if they've already gone back to France!

Orrrrrr maybe one is injured so gone back to france the other is unfit with one game left and gone back to france.

Yeah, I'm no fan of the adver but this time they're only reporting what they've been told by the manager. Plus, as DRS mentions, they could be injured AND in France.

Yeah, agree with that & probably didn't put my point across very well. Could be what DRS has said but I'll stick to my guns. Don't believe Robert is 'injured' for one second. Thompson apparently laid into him in the changing room after the Wigan game for a lack of effort & we've hardly seen him since!

Hey?!
He only came on in the 70th minute against Wigan and set up the goal! I think you bee a new 'sauce'.

Only what I heard. I'm a big Robert fan & will be gutted to see him go for what it's worth.

Early promise which soon fades away.

The story of most Frenchmen to have played in League One and League Two. Robert is no different.

The French don't 'alf have a habit of fitting their stereo-types.

Maybe we should give French players 3 month contracts. That should sort it.

I know this is somewhat premature, considering we haven't signed anyone or had any fixtures released to get excited about, but are we going again for next season?

Wrong thread I know, but when are the fixtures due?

22nd I believe. Although the Prem fixtures are out next week

I can run this again this year if you all want, although I am happy to hand over the baton to anyone that wants it..

I won't be kicking it off until July at the earliest though if you do want me to do it..