11 hours ago, Gordon Gekko said:

Are we really giving Wednesday the chance to bring 7k to the game at Ewood which literally could end up being season defining, seriously WTF

Waggott gonna Waggott

I wonder what the contract with Sodexo is.

If they had half a brain between them, then there would be a clause depending on ST sales i.e. if we sell 8k, 10k, 12k, 15k+ season tickets we should be getting different income from Sodexo. It's bad enough they just offload all that to any old 3rd party, but financially it gives us no incentive to have more people in the ground if it's just a fixed fee regardless.

1 hour ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

Where does this put us for the three year profit and sustainability window?

Edit: I've just taken a look and for the past three years we've had the following losses:

20/21: £6.6m

21/22: £11.2m

22/23: £20.9m

Which comes to £38.7m which is just below the £39m losses allowed for a three year window. Suspiciously close if you ask me. Also leaves us with only a £7m buffer for this season's losses.

Unless I'm completely misunderstanding how it works.

I guess we can thank Adam Wharton for helping us tick over for another year or two. Next accounts will have wages down and Wharton money so I’d imagine will be below that £7m buffer but who knows with the Venkys cooked books. 
 

The big wigs would have known our situation in January so I guess that explains why we were desperate to get him out the door to the first club who came knocking 

We owe £4m in player purchase instalments that could rise to £6m. Who the fuck is that on? We haven’t signed anyone for years. 

6 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

‘Material uncertainty exists that may cast doubt on the company’s ability to continue as a going concern’

Well, there it is in black and white. 14 years into their destruction and the accounts state that there is a material threat of insolvency.

I think a similar paragraph was in Burnley’s latest figures too. 
Not sure it’s anything particularly standing out to previous, and it’ll likely be in most Championship clubs reports as they ‘chase the dream’ of the big money league. 

English Football is just so unsustainable. Can’t be long until it all blows up. 

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

That horse has bolted they've missed the chances yet again presented to them by a couple of seasons over achieving.

After this season and the nonsense off the pitch again next season is a hard sell even with 20 quid knocked off early bird.  People have seen through the bullshit and know the only intention at this club by those running it here and owning it over there is to tread water year by year.

No other ambition apart from the filling squad with youth to keep costs lower so it would take one hell of a radical price cut to boost numbers.

Otherwise aside from hanging on to as many of the hardcore as possible minimal discounts and gimmicks won't have mass appeal.

Yeah I agree, prior 2 years saw our best opportunity to restore the base but the clown in charge as always got it wrong (here buy a 5 game bundle instead where you can save £1)

Like you say, why would anyone want to part with their hard earned to these muppets who have cocked up 3 consecutive transfer windows by not doing their job properly even though they realistically work a handful of days a year. 

54 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

Birmingham going down after the USA investment couldn’t be any funnier. Genuinely hilarious.

Tom Brady rocking up at Barrow 😂 

2 hours ago, M_B said:

Said coming off today, the Wednesday game may actually turn out to be a must not lose. 

Yeah, a draw against them would mean only 4 games for Wednesday to gain 5 points on us. 
Would defo take that, though I’d hope we don’t set up that way

Only 2 more points needed in my opinion. 

With 5 games left, if we get to 48 it means Birmingham or Wednesday need 7 points from 5 so can only lose max 2 matches each. 
Thats not even taken account of the other 5 teams below us.

Good point and we’re very close to being safe.  

57 minutes ago, roverandout said:

England player in 6 months 

Fans loving him on socials. If he was in a United shirt he’d have his call up already…..cough *Mainoo* cough

Sort of proud, also just hits home that he should be in a Rovers shirt in the prem instead 

I have a sneaky feeling we'll get something from this. Saints are now in a 'playing for nothing' mentality until May, and if any other team could match us for a soft under-belly it's these guys. There is more on the line for us, so hopefully we play that way. 

Surprised to see that Rothwell, Smallbone, Sulemana and Walker-Peters were all on the bench on Monday for them. They would walk into most Championship teams. Rothwell in particular had a spell where he looked steady for Bournemouth in the Prem so i'm surprised to see he doesn't play much now.

Leicester make £90m loss last year, and that includes both Fofana and Maddison transfers (as they extended the period of publishing results to include Maddison which sounds dodgy alone). 

They had the biggest wage bill outside of the ‘big 6’ and still got relegated. An average wage of £90k per week per player!!

Based on what I read, even with promotion they’d have to find another £45m before June to avoid a points deduction in the prem, without promotion god knows what that number is but they’ll be in absolute free-fall. 
It’ll be tough cheering for Leeds, but Leicester really do not deserve promotion like this (I think Forest did similar and got up). Then again Leeds probably have similar accounts too. 
 

thread from the fans discussion if it’s if any interest to anyone

https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134474-accounts-2223/page/4/#comments

4 minutes ago, Hasta said:

They’ve got promoted, spent just £4.6 million and are proving that you can actually outperform the parachute payment clubs if you do it right. 

Yep, fair play to them. Would love them to pip either Leeds or Leicester to a top 2 spot. 

2 hours ago, RV Blue said:

Tronstad has barely got a mention on here, he’s excellent.

He’s had a few in this thread in particular but yes he is player of the year in the “without Szmodics” market for me. 
Noticeable how shit we were vs Swansea, Millwall, Plymouth without him and how much improved we’ve been against Boro, Ipswich, Sunderland since he came back in. 

2 hours ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

On Twitter Rich Sharpe notes that only one player starting was recruited in the last three windows.

Have we actually recruited anyone in the last 3 windows? 😄 I just remember deadline day cock-ups 

7 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

The Boro, Ipswich and Sunderland performances have been a lot more coherent and we’ve deserved more than the 4 points out of those 3 games. Massive win that, and I’ll sleep a lot easier tonight!

 

Yeah I agree with that. I feared the worst after back to back home draws and shocking displays against Millwall and Plymouth.

But we’ve much improved since then - personally I think it’s because we ditched the useless 5 at the back, but also maybe because we got Tronstad back, and then Hedges and JRC too

4-0 down and this clown is doing this 😂😂😂 he’s a shit Robbie Savage 

Drink it in lads and lasses. We’ve had some seriously shit days recently so let’s enjoy this for all we can. We’re safe and we’ll be heading to Burnley again next year  

Venkys Out 

Amazed how much space Szmodics had for both goals, both basically from the same blade of grass. Sunderland must well and truly be on the beach.
We’ve certainly been the better team. Let’s hope it’s more of the same for the next 45

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He's a fantastic player at this level. 

He certainly is, keeping fit is his biggest issue unfortunately. But we always look a better team with him on the pitch 

Hold on and win this with a few other results going our way and we’re as good as safe!

We really do miss JRC when he’s out injured. He’s a difference maker creativity wise. 

14 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Thought he got a 3x game ban for a straight red, tbf. Always happy to be proven wrong!

Who do you think our starting CBs will be with himself, Carter, Wharton and Hyam all fit? (Open for all)

13 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

We're tighter at the back but we still concede every game. Yeah, you try and figure that one out.

At least the soft lads don't have someone demanding more from them anymore. 

The whole club is fucking pathetic. From the owners to the supposed senior management to the weak as piss soft cunt players to the so-called fans who remain silent whilst this all goes on.

 

It is so depressing. At least the majority on here know the main (or complete) blame lies at the feet of our owners. 
 

Is there anyone else other than Exiled who still think we’ve actually stabilised since the change in manager?

Almost identical points return and some horrendous football. At least the players have it cushty. Might get back to donuts and head tennis from the Coyle days. 

Pathetic from top to bottom and I’m sick of it.