ThreeDrawsMentality
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« Reply #9660 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 16:48:22 » |
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Are you starting a collection? If so, I’m in.
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ThreeDrawsMentality
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« Reply #9661 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 16:50:25 » |
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Trying to think of any clubs where fans have successfully boycotted games or left early on mass in protest about ownership but hit a blank.
Luton in the early 2000's ring a bell. Documentary on the BBC (available on YouTube) about it too. Believe Power was involved in that consortium too.
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« Reply #9662 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 16:52:35 » |
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Luton in the early 2000's ring a bell. Documentary on the BBC (available on YouTube) about it too. Believe Power was involved in that consortium too.
Cheers I’ll check it out.
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Clem, hurry up and sell up🤡
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« Reply #9663 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 17:30:56 » |
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I didn't say that, but anyone outside of this circle of chancers would be an improvement at the moment.
Its like voting Labour in the hope they won't end up being as big of cunts as tories. Like they're politicians and they probably will end up being cunts as well, but you probably want to take your chances with anyone but the current mob.
I’m politically homeless The Tories are bad, but promise me Labour are worse- have lived through several Labour governments and every one been beyond terrible.
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« Reply #9664 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 17:38:33 » |
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I don’t get this we are not an attractive proposition
1) We now own the ground 2) big gates for this division 3) history 4) potential within our catchment area
Problem is at the moment is the chancers and hangers on. We are told that we spend out £8.2m a year with over £2m in admin expenses- what does the admin expenses consist of exactly?
Looking at Exeters accounts on lower gates than us even fan owned in the short term we would be better off
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« Reply #9665 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 18:00:01 » |
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I am going on boxing day because it's boxing day, would have gone if we were playing Sutton. Couldn't give a shit that we happen to be playing FC Hollywood
Ditto
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« Reply #9666 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 18:53:09 » |
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I don’t get this we are not an attractive proposition
1) We now own the ground 2) big gates for this division 3) history 4) potential within our catchment area
Problem is at the moment is the chancers and hangers on. We are told that we spend out £8.2m a year with over £2m in admin expenses- what does the admin expenses consist of exactly?
Looking at Exeters accounts on lower gates than us even fan owned in the short term we would be better off
The issue isn’t what is known, it’s what isn’t known.
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ChalkyWhiteIsGod
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« Reply #9667 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 19:53:11 » |
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I’m politically homeless
The Tories are bad, but promise me Labour are worse- have lived through several Labour governments and every one been beyond terrible.
Yeah same. I wouldn't vote for Labour either but it was the best analogy I could think of. I don't have to vote, but I do have to give a shit who owns us, unfortunately.
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« Reply #9668 on: Sunday, December 17, 2023, 23:28:54 » |
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Swindon attendances are an oddity really. Our highest league finish in my time was 89/90. I've just had a look at the attendances and we only got over 10k at home when there was massive away support - Wolves, Oxford, Portsmouth, Sheffield Utd & Newcastle. Even if we got a team to those heady heights again, what level of support could we get?
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"I think there's nine games free this season... umm it's too much"
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« Reply #9669 on: Monday, December 18, 2023, 01:40:27 » |
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The issue isn’t what is known, it’s what isn’t known.
or maybe, what could be known?
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« Reply #9670 on: Monday, December 18, 2023, 03:39:53 » |
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Robert.... Very right what you are saying. Trouble is it's probably gone to far down the track for this to happen. In truth we don't even know who the club is owned by any longer. All we do know is the shareholding and shareholders and 1 x Director. The side agreements are not shown and therefore not visible. We then wonder why no good person wants to buy into this shit situation.
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« Reply #9671 on: Monday, December 18, 2023, 08:49:48 » |
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I heard, and is probably bull shit, that Austin is on circa £10k a week. Now that is poor business if true.
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #9672 on: Monday, December 18, 2023, 08:53:24 » |
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I heard, and is probably bull shit, that Austin is on circa £10k a week. Now that is poor business if true.
Not a hope in hell is he on anywhere near that, £2k pw at absolute most, some people love streading lies and a few believe them too.
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We're not really violent people... this is our first gun.
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« Reply #9673 on: Monday, December 18, 2023, 08:59:35 » |
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I heard, and is probably bull shit, that Austin is on circa £10k a week. Now that is poor business if true.
That would mean more than 1/4 of the overall budget going on one player. No chance.
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« Reply #9674 on: Monday, December 18, 2023, 09:05:45 » |
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I heard, and is probably bull shit, that Austin is on circa £10k a week. Now that is poor business if true.
For that much, he can start knocking down Stratton bank in his spare time and put the vacuum cleaner around the place.
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Parasitic freeloading season ticket holder scum
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