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[Fred Elliot]

Im finding this all a bit weird.  A thread about our financial situation has turned into a thread about some sort of rivalry with some club I really dont give a shit about.  Dosteyevsky has gone from a bit mental into full on charlie sheen on a weekend bender levels of hysterical mentalness.  There seems to be a bit of green street, some racist and homophobia discussion as well.  Its a bit odd.

In the meantime we have our chairman wanting to sell and the football world declaring we are disgusting whilst other examples of football excess go unremarked upon (afcb signing 2 permanent and 1 loan deal today.  How many players and how much in wages do they actually need to spend) ignorant of the fact that all that's happened is that we have run up debt which is about a third of that championship bristol city are run up in one year but we've taken over 5 years to do it.  

Apparently whilst in league 1 Huddersfield (accoriding to one of their own fan) says that their wage bill was not the highest at 7.5mill.  And a doncaster fan reckons their wage bill is 0.9 mill higher than ours this season as it stands.  But we are still villified by idiots as a shocking example of excess.

In the 5 years the current people have been in charge we've had great entertainment (allright we've had paul hart as well but that was still entertaining watching his 4-3-3 not 4-5-1 discussions).

Hopefully someone will buy us, Im not really worried.  Its all part of the rollercoaster of being forever STFC.  

great post Sir

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Im finding this all a bit weird.  A thread about our financial situation has turned into a thread about some sort of rivalry with some club I really dont give a shit about.  Dosteyevsky has gone from a bit mental into full on charlie sheen on a weekend bender levels of hysterical mentalness.  There seems to be a bit of green street, some racist and homophobia discussion as well.  Its a bit odd.

In the meantime we have our chairman wanting to sell and the football world declaring we are disgusting whilst other examples of football excess go unremarked upon (afcb signing 2 permanent and 1 loan deal today.  How many players and how much in wages do they actually need to spend) ignorant of the fact that all that's happened is that we have run up debt which is about a third of that championship bristol city are run up in one year but we've taken over 5 years to do it. 

Apparently whilst in league 1 Huddersfield (accoriding to one of their own fan) says that their wage bill was not the highest at 7.5mill.  And a doncaster fan reckons their wage bill is 0.9 mill higher than ours this season as it stands.  But we are still villified by idiots as a shocking example of excess.

In the 5 years the current people have been in charge we've had great entertainment (allright we've had paul hart as well but that was still entertaining watching his 4-3-3 not 4-5-1 discussions).

Hopefully someone will buy us, Im not really worried.  Its all part of the rollercoaster of being forever STFC.   

Most of the stupid comments either come from tinpot teams like Shrewsbury or Crawley or local ones so it's hardly surprising. They've been jealous of our success for a long time.

[Ward93]

Where's an oil rich Arab sheikh, or a Russian oligarch when you need one?

Would we really want an Abramovich-esque, power-hungry owner who did nothing in the fans interest? PDC would not be sticking around for long without creative control

[herthab]

Would we really want an Abramovich-esque, power-hungry owner who did nothing in the fans interest? PDC would not be sticking around for long without creative control

Yeah. I'd hate to be bankrolled like Chelsea and Man City and enjoy premiership and European success. Much better scrabbling around the lower leagues, pretending self sustainability is possible whilst at the same time demanding success on the pitch.

[Coca Fola]

I wouldn't want some mega rich foreigner owning the club, they would get bored quickly.

[jonny72]

I wouldn't want some mega rich foreigner owning the club, they would get bored quickly.

Quicker than our current mega rich English owners?

[Saxondale]

Im wondering if Im going slightly mad, but havent we got a really small squad?  In comparison to a lot of other teams.  First team squad on the official website including loanees is 23.  A lot of other squads are running at about 35 - 40.  So we have a small well paid squad by the looks of things.

Ah fuck, Im confused by all of this.

[Coca Fola]

Quicker than our current mega rich English owners?

At least they know what it's all about, a Russian or Arab would understand nothing about the club, the fans or its history. Look at what Tan has done to Cardiff.

[SuggWillSugg MBE]

At least they know what it's all about, a Russian or Arab would understand nothing about the club, the fans or its history. Look at what Tan has done to Cardiff.

Taken them to the top of the championship? Where we aspire to be?

[Flashheart]

Im wondering if Im going slightly mad, but havent we got a really small squad?  In comparison to a lot of other teams.  First team squad on the official website including loanees is 23.  A lot of other squads are running at about 35 - 40.  So we have a small well paid squad by the looks of things.

Ah fuck, Im confused by all of this.

It is about 23-ish. It's not really small, just about average really. I made a thread about it a while ago and compared with other teams.

It is definitely not the 'massive' squad that some people seem to think we have though. That's another myth that people propagate at every given opportunity.

[kerry red]

Surely the sale of the club to someone who will be prepared to pump some more funds in, is preferable to being still owned by a reluctant non-football loving owner.

There is always the chance, of course, of being taken over by a Venkys or Channrai(?) type.

Am failing to see, though, how owning a club on the up, with a charismatic manager the media loves, with no outside debt whatsoever is stressing him out.

[Saxondale]

Seems that Shrewsbury, who apparently we have a problem with, have a bigger squad than us.  25 according to their official website.

[jonny72]

Surely the sale of the club to someone who will be prepared to pump some more funds in, is preferable to being still owned by a reluctant non-football loving owner.

Not as preferable as running the club within its means and not being reliant upon someone pumping funds in, which inevitably ends up in a scenario like Portsmouth and lots of other clubs.

[Coca Fola]

Taken them to the top of the championship? Where we aspire to be?

At a cost. If someone came in and gave us shit loads to spend but made us play in yellow how would you feel?

[herthab]

Not as preferable as running the club within its means and not being reliant upon someone pumping funds in, which inevitably ends up in a scenario like Portsmouth and lots of other clubs.

Portsmouth and Blackburn can be countered by Chelsea and Man City.