Supercockle

Patience son, it’s not 10pm yet. Plenty of time for more signings.

More than we were prepared to pay and in the case of Shaw as an example, more than any club has been prepared to pay since. If anyone was prepared to pay his current salary, I imagine Celtic would release him in a heartbeat. They may go on to have decent careers; as Hirst appears to be forging out, but for us at the time their contracts were up for renewal a combination of their demands financial and in terms of expectations to be in the and around the first team meant they rightly moved on. They got more money, we didnt get lumbered with paying more money. It worked for everyone.

I’d say we’ve made the correct decision not to give them the contracts their agents wanted, rather than got away with it.

What sounds like the occasional clanking of a scaffolding pole has been the highlight for me.

I realised after I’d posted and mine was *d out.

It’s ***** Not On Normal Courtyard Exercise. They wrote it on the doors of the sex offenders at Wakefield Prison.

Bonkers what people write and others choose to believe. I heard a rumour it will be £250 a ticket if we get in the top six and tickets will only permit you to watch 10 minutes of the game. I also heard the players hate working for DC because he’s a fucker for twisting anyone’s nipples and banging on the toilet door when they’re having a shit.

Too many of our fans act like they own the club and their opinion should be heard. Half of the fuckers probably don’t even contribute a penny to clubs annual income. DC deserves a medal for still being here, despite the constant attacks from people who know 3/8 of fuck all.

I’m not sure I get the uproar. If we want to have a more competitive squad, we need to raise as much money as we can. Putting up ticket prices is inevitable. Should it be right that we’ve sold 22,000 then we will average around 25000 regardless of how successful the season is. IF we do well, we might have some 30k crowds. We also get to rinse away fans for more every game too. It was no surprise to me that prices went up, though I’ll admit I didn’t anticipate such a hike. We’ve had since Christmas to decide if we want a season ticket and those that chose to buy early were rewarded. I get that season tickets don’t work for some but those who walked up to 4-6 games last season can still afford to come; it will just be less games per season. Therefore the club still get their money. Some won’t come as a matter of principle, there is that risk but it won’t be many. The time for arguing that Twenty is Plenty etc is if we ever got to the Prem, when ticket income becomes a significantly smaller percentage of income. Being financially competitive and keeping prices cheap don’t mix in the Championship.

Arguably not a recruitment model to follow in this instance.

I think we’ve got to be realistic. We have to learn from previous mistakes.

You certainly wouldn’t pay 4 x and give 3 years to a man you had doubts about. It was a no brainer.

Whereas for me it’s probably one I’ll revisit. I barely had to touch it.

Glad he made the statement. Should shut a few up for a couple of days. I like DC I wonder if the comment on wage structure means we won’t be able to afford Smith and some of the others being touted?

I’m coming round to the parting of ways. Moore thinks the squad (with 6+ additions) won’t make the playoffs, Chansiri does. DC has rolled the dice that he can find someone who can do a better job. If he doesn’t do a better job than Moore then he’s in no worse a position (because Moore presumably said it was a consolation year) and if he does, he’s getting closer to where DC wants us to he. He’d already seen that Moore had his limitations and then DM backed up his thinking when he talked the team’s chances down. I’m in the garden drinking and smoking after 5 days at Glastonbury, so my thinking might be a little askew.

It’s mutual consent, so for me Chansiri instigated it but Moore and his team know they have job offers so being freed from their contracts will help them get better deals. I think Chansiri knows who’s coming in and probably made that decision during the 8 game run. I know nothing though and have had to have a beer on the strength of the news. I saw a screenshot saying betting on Carlos was suspended.

And took all of his staff with him? I doubt it.

He wants to get into the Prem. It can’t be about a lack of budget.

I don’t think Moore will have gone because he didn’t have the budget. We’ve not had a budget since he came (other than we can offer good wages) and he’s never moaned before. Perhaps more that DC wanted to spend and didn’t trust DM with the money. Who knows. It will all come out in the wash.

That is a shocker. Im disappointed he’s gone; yes, because of the last two games of the season but mainly because of the way he’s given the community their football club back. He cared about the fans, saw the club was broken and did a lot to fix that IMO. Im sorry to see him leave the club. I don’t think anyone thought he’d take us to the promised land; as a manager most of us questioned his ability but he’s been good for the club. I wish him well, unless he joins L**ds in which he would be considered deceased.

F) Marvin Johnson

I had the same thought though couldn’t remember how I got there.

I’m guessing it’s James someone but the only James I can think of are O’Connor and Quinn.

Birmingham away

How much were they last season?