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Clearly had that line lined up since Wednesday and was going to use it regardless to earn more '100% Blaaaaaade' points

^^^^ Spot on

Not sure how long it can wash...he had plenty of these players for a full season and he's now had them for 10 games this season. Their squad is so big he can afford to take the ones he didnt want out and he still has plenty of options I wonder if they'd brought in Sean Dyche after Seles and he'd had these results what they'd be saying.

Is Charles really that far off? Surely if you have a shoulder injury as a keeper once you're training again (,ie handling/catching the ball) you must be pretty near fit It's not like a keeper needs the same level of match fitness as an outfield player.

Anyone else find that strangely enjoyable? Obviously not nice to lose but we seemed to have plenty of possession and I thought we played some nice stuff against what should be one of the better teams in the league. Yes, they maybe took their foot off the pedal a bit, but even so it was nice to see we are capable of being competitive. Maybe my expectations have been lowered too much but I actually found that really encouraging.

So you agree he was right to leave then?

So you're saying they made the right decision because they realised the club was being run by a "ridiculous moron" but my post makes no sense? You're agreeing with me but my post makes no sense?

George Hirst is now playing for Scotland, possibly going to the World Cup, has played in the Premier League and is probably earning more than 90% of our squad We're on our way to League One and haven't paid our players regularly for the last 8 months. I'd say that justifies the decision to seek other opportunities

He may get a surprise in January if he's expecting to strengthen. They've got a squad full of players on whopping contracts but they're almost condemned to a third season in the Championship (or worse) already. That third season comes with a big cut to their parachute payments and they can't risk going into season four (without parachute money) with the sort of wage bill they have now.

Remember their hands are tied to some extent. Their duty is tonthe creditors. They only need to ensure the club survives and the new owner passes the EFL/IFR criteria. That might not mean we end up with the most ambitious owner or the one with the deepest pockets

mate, it's just some attendances of clubs that had a similar gate to us in the Prem and how they've changed. Just thought it was of interest. Nothing sinister / odd!

For comparison across same periods and how EPL attendances have grown... Spurs (average 24/25 61,127) 99/00 Premier League 34,912 98/99 Premier League 34,174 97/98 Premier League 29,144 96/97 Premier League. 31,067 95/96 Premier League. 30,548 94/95 Premier League 27,068 93/94 Premier League 27,255 92/93 Premier League 27,878 91/92 First Division 27,761 Everton (average 24/25 39,191) 99/00 Premier League 34,880 98/99 Premier League 36,203 97/98 Premier League 35,355 96/97 Premier League. 36,188 95/96 Premier League 35,427 94/95 Premier League 31,369 93/94 Premier League 22,912 92/93 Premier League 20,457 91/92 First Division 23,141 Man City (average 24/25 52,519) 99/00 First Division 32,088 98/99 Second Division 28,273 97/98 First Division. 28,197 96/97 First Division 26,753 95/96 Premier League 27,941 94/95 Premier League. 22,674 93/94 Premier League. 26,334 92/93 Premier League 24,698 91/92 First Division. 27,641

Yeah you may be correct i do remember costs of £3m being thrown around though when administration was first mentioned. I suppose what I meant by over and above is the amount of positive PR from KW and his partners. Obviously i'm paying closer attention to our admin period than anything in the past but it does feel like KWs knowledge and understanding of the club and fanbase is helping to have a way more positive impact than may have been thw case if administrators with no real connection to the club had been appointed.

Hope you're right. The ideal scenario would definitely by DC getting the square root of f all and therefore the new owner being left with more money to invest in the rebuild

According to Keiran Maguire, these are the B&T team's horly rates. I think ir's been said there's a team of 12 in there currently. By the looks of that maybe costing an average of £400 per hour. That's about £40k per day, so maybe £200k per week 10 weeks = £2m. From what i've read in the past re cost of administration that's probably about right, and to be fair they seem to be going over and above what you'd expect and are pulling in a hell of a lot of cash at the minute.