Jaybako

If he is successful in getting rid of DC he can have my entire salary and one of my kidneys

As far as I understand it The majority of the revenue of an away ticket goes to the home team. Only a small portion of the away ticket cost is given to the away club to cover admin costs etc So I’d wholeheartedly support any fans who continued to go away

Fines for pitch invasion have historically ranged from £10k to £70k. I’m not sure he’d even notice let alone care.

Sadly I think we’re probably both right. He’s so deep in the financial poo that a fine for pitch invasion or a complete loss of match day revenue wouldn’t either make a difference to him. He’d just chuck them on the pile with the rest of his debts and put his head back in the sand.

I respect your opinion mate, but I disagree. I think putting £0 further revenue into his pocket is the only thing that’ll make a difference. And if we really want to cause national / international reporting waves then a game where not a single home fan, season ticket holder or POTG, attended would be unprecedented. It’d get mentioned in every football supporting country world wide.

I’ve got to be honest, I’m firmly in the ‘no pitch invasion’ camp. Massive respect to those that did it for acting on their convictions and doing what they believed would help, but I just don’t think it will. If reports are to be believed the players, manager and staff don’t want it. Risking points deductions basically invalidates everything they’re trying to do on the pitch. The best an invasion gets us is a bit more national reporting, but we’ve had that for months anyway and it’s done fizz all. He doesn’t give a fizz. Sky sports contacted him directly and he basically told them to fizz off. He couldn’t give a fizz what the press, the fans or football figures are saying. The only thing he cares about is money, and that’s the only thing that will eventually shift him. If fans want to do anything constructive now it’s basically an all out boycott. Nothing else will work. Don’t go. Don’t buy tickets, food, beer or merchandise. Completely and utterly defund him once and for all. Starve him into selling, or financially cut his throat until the HMRC or the regulator takes the decision out of his hands.

He’s missed payments 6 months out of the last 8 and we keep saying this every month. Yet 1 month later, here we are again. I’ve stopped believing it now. Missing wages and getting embargoed clearly doesn’t bother him at all. No further pressure comes with it. It’s toothless. I don’t know what will finally force him out but it won’t be this cash flow / wages issue because he could give a **** about it. Maybe the HMRC. Maybe more players walking away. Maybe a full players strike. But certainly it has to be significantly more than what’s been happening so far.

A back 5 consisting of 6 players. Sneaky. I like it.

My dad was there, as were his testicles, so in a sense, yes I was.

I got last minute tickets with my dad, my gf and my brother to the home game against Southampton in the 94 season I think. We sat in the bottom row of the west, directly behind the goal. Grobelaar talked to us on and off through the warm up and 1st half. He sang to himself most of the match. He said he liked my dad’s moustache, said my girlfriend was pretty, too pretty for me, and he threw my brother an unopened pouch of lucazade sport as a souvenir and then asked for it back half way through the first half. Bonkers.

Well I, for one, am completely stunned by this surprise revelation that I absolutely did not see coming from a million miles away.

This is what’s been baffling me to be fair. Last year it we tried for various senior pros and 5 or 6 young prem loans, ending up with Beadle and a brilliant but fairly unknown Shea Charles. It seemed obvious that it was known around the league we are a basket case club, and that DC wasn’t prepared to pay the money needed to get these better players. So fast forward to this year when we are now actually confirmed as the biggest basket case ever, and we’ve got absolutely zero money, and Man Utd are in serious discussions about sending us Amass, plus Collyer if we can swing it! Plus whoever else we’re talking to. Not a single thing at this club makes sense.

Ahhhh. No. Not unless by ‘late’ you mean ‘incompetent’. Then in that case, yes.

Journalists can ask what they want relevant to all aspects of SWFC, and so they should …… but I’d be amazed if HP hadn’t been fully briefed before hand to stick to football matters only. Im guessing he’ll straight bat all other topics.

Other than it being relevant to Bannan, my initial instinct was that this referred to the few U21’s Joe Crann has reported we’ve recently had on trial. They would still need to be registered as SWFC players and would still be paid a wage. Surely the EFL would block their signing in the same manner as any other? The absolute absence of even the slightest rumour regarding senior pros makes me sceptical that we’re trying to register anyone for the 1st team.

Well that’s yet another kick in the nuts, but it’s not surprising. The EFL are currently actively sanctioning him for not being able to pay the existing contracted players. Allowing him to register new contracted players would be farcical. I was living in hope we might just squeeze a few frees in before the window closed - but in reality I know the squad we’ve got now is the one we will have to survive with until January. Keep up the good work DC

At the end of the day, talk is cheap. We’re at a point now where discussions between ourselves, itk’ers, journalist interviews, national news editorials, quotes from prospective buyers all effectively mean f all. Anybody can say anything they want on or off record - the only thing that matters is a deal being officially offered, accepted, ratified, signed and completed. Until we hit that point it’s just an ever continuing circle of hope, speculation and misinformation.

Only if they want to come and play for free. Or more likely, judging by DC’s ongoing performance, only if they agree to pay us £7000 a week to play.

Anybody, and I mean anybody, who says one single bad word, boos or insults Bannan or Palmer this coming season is full on getting throat chopped. In an era where we are being destroyed by a man who couldn’t care less about the club or the fans, these 2 are SWFC through and through. True fans. They care as much as we do. They are literally pivotal to any faint chance we have of surviving. Team spirit, effort and fight is all that’s going to get us through, and the kids will need leaders. Build the starting 11 around Bannan, protect him on all sides and let him see if he can perform a miracle.

They’d only do that when a sale is agreed or all but agreed, not just interested. They need legal assurances. It’d be like putting a new kitchen in a house that you are potentially interested in buying, that you’ve only viewed from the outside, knowing that the current owners are insane and that there are 3 other families also in discussions.

They are his employees. If he decides something how can they change it? He decides everything, they follow his orders, or they leave / get sacked.

Quite literally, the reason we are in this mess is because it is him and only him.

Take away the players, coaching staff, ground & training ground and what exactly will we be fans of?

If the worst happens and DC sees £ signs and moves PC on to a prem team then I wish someone at SWFC would have the sense to insist on 3 season long loan players coming back our way - either top under 21’s or fringe senior pros with actual quality. Getting PC back on a season long loan would be the icing on the cake too.

Obviously opinions vary on BB, but personally I think he is absolutely pivotal for this upcoming season both on and off the pitch, and with the fans. I can absolutely see the team finally being set up to maximise his abilities and I can also absolutely see the pathways out in place for his coaching career.