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Good way to lose a friend!

The cashing in of all assets worth something, the future wage cap seemingly being administered, the all out effort to increase value by bringing in cheap punts all across the squad as well as own youth, the effort at being more self sufficient. All that would normally point to a club gearing itself up to be more attractive to go on sale. Not here though i don't think, it's more of an effort to allow these lot to hang on to it through managed decline whilst they have financial issues. On the up side we have what various other clubs purchased by big money didn't have. Own stadium that doesn't ever need expanding, proven academy system, a 15-20k average attendance potential in this league. We don't have big money generating ability obviously but neither did a lot of others and it isn't something every buyer is looking for. We have everything else even before you start on the history.

Of course it isn’t like for like, it’s just an example of how English football is the place to be, and how potential owners are falling over themselves to get involved.

6 home wins in 2025. Dire.

Wrexham was bought for around £2m and wasn't £200m in debt when they took over though. Any potential buyer of this club won't give a toss about our history or being founder members of the league, they want to know about revenues, fan base etc, and that's where we have a problem unfortunately. That's not to say there may be people out there willing to invest in the club 🤞. We can only hope We have in my opinion hope for something similar to what Ellis Short did when selling Sunderland and wipe off the debt in order to avoid going into administration. An article from that time...... Since taking over from the Drumaville consortium in 2008, Short has already written off more than £100m by capitalising a large chunk of the money that was initially loaned during the early years of his reign. Throw in the money that was paid to actually buy the club in the first place, and there is every chance that his total losses during his spell as Sunderland chairman will exceed £250m. That is quite some sum. His desire to hand over a club that is debt-free is commendable, although as previous failed takeover discussions prove, it was probably the only way for him to devise an exit strategy that did not involve placing Sunderland into the hands of the administrators. Short could have opted for administration, thereby reducing his own liabilities and negating the need to personally pay off the banks, but that would have crippled Sunderland for years and possibly decades to come. By avoiding that course of action, the outgoing owner has lived up to his pledge to be a sympathetic custodian of an institution he professes to love. He deserves credit for the course of action he has taken, although any praise for the manner of his withdrawal has to be tempered by an acknowledgement of why Sunderland are in this almighty mess in the first place. A decade of decline has occurred on Short’s watch.

Perhaps tangentially but on tinpot clubs v ‘pedigree’ clubs. I’m sure many on here have played sport of all kinds at school/local league level. And I’ve seen (from both sides) when a ‘pedigree’ club plays ‘newcomer’/’tinpot’ outfilt. So in cricket, the pedigree club playing against a ‘tinpot club’ away laughs at the crap pitch, the crap pads, the crap tea, the crap scoreboard (if there is one), the crap pavilion (no showers etc). But then the ‘tinpot’ team shows great togetherness on the pitch and roundly defeats the complacency of the ‘pedigree’ club. Or another metaphor springs to mind (sorry, pinot). Rovers are like all those poor post 1st World War 1 officers who can’t get a job but go round with a certain front retaining that aristocratic air but any discerning viewer can see the threadbare uniform, the whiff of decline and lack of capital. Good luck tomorrow lads -I'll be watching. 😉

Now imagine that Neymar transfer happened next summer!

I was in the Blackburn End for that game. The noise of the ball going in off the bar was insane.

Saw Ross Noble at Leamington yesterday. Not music but he was brilliant. His pitch for getting a musical version of The Human Centipede starring Elaine Page was hilarious. If you don't like strange, stream of consciousness based stuff then you'd hate it.

***** hell,that was one bad vindaloo i had last night

Pasha and Gestede are fu**ing me so now I am fu**ing you.

no christy,you can`t go back to chorley,i know they`ve got a bigger squad than us and better food at full time,but i need you here

The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes

Misery? Reality. And I agree, it could be tough but there is nothing to fear as such. As for the players escaping this misery - sounds like another post from backroom staff blaming home fans for dire performances. Edit. VI in charge for just over 9 months - played 15 home games and won 3. That might have something to do with misery and poor attendances.

Anybody watching the game last Friday night could see the smouldering embers of a good club and fanbase are still there. Anybody watching on Tuesday would then realise it needs a flame thrower under it and quickly. All those running rovers and any of the ownership watching would just be thinking damn it Gudjohnsen we need you putting them away you're earmarked to be the next big sale son.

Ramones - I Believe In Miracles

This weekends games for our loanees Saturday 12:30 kick off - game on Sky Sports + Olson & O'Grady-Macken - score/update Saturday 3pm kick off O'Riordan - score/update Edmondson - score/update Wood - score/update Farkas - score/update Boggan - score/update Wolsoncroft - score/update Sergeant - score/update Sunday 2am (UK time) kick off Duru - score/update No game this weekend (team played on Thursday) Barrett

Regardless of backing, ambition or ‘upward momentum’ the point remains, it’s Wrexham we’re playing tomorrow. We’ve beat numerous teams within 1 point of them along with teams above them away from home this season. Like any game in this league it will be tough but it’s honestly no wonder the players look to escape this type of misery, which I’m pretty sure won’t be on show in Wales tomorrow.

Let's see what happens. It'll all come out in the wash.

That's the crux of it, despite what JH said above which I entirely agree with, the Stadium could be falling round down round our ears (we're not quite there yet) but if we were ten points clear at the top of the League everyone would be relatively happy.

He's 6ft plus, should be winning, plenty of ariel battles.

Or nine, if McLoughlin gets another yellow.

I can't understand, why Baradji didn't start against Q.P.R.

When it does end, we are in desperate trouble, unless these bunch of losers, start winning games at home.

Ismael "So remember team, don't forget what I told you this morning and let's make sure tomorrow we are fully aligned." Montgomery "What ev's boss. It's 12.30 already and Im famished bruv. Im off to Nando's innit".