Sanchez_Jenks

They've enjoyed kicking us whilst we're down, hopefully it's the last chance to do that for a long long time. Even by the time we play at Bramhall Lane we'll hopefully have a much stronger squad with round pegs in round holes. Mismanagement for years laid bare for all to see today, but we're days or weeks away from what should be a much brighter future. Take it on the chin as much as it hurts and as bad as it was.

This is the rock bottom from one man destroying this club. Onwards and upwards

Desperate times, desperate measures. Asking players who weren't being paid to also not play in positions they'd specialised in their whole career. All on one man

Tenuous link - I processed the CHAPS payment Forest made to QPR for him in about 2009. If resurrecting this thread was for anything, it was so owlstalk readers could learn this completely pointless piece of information

This story highlights what we all feared. He had no intention or inclination of letting go. He was going to hang on as long as he could or whatever cost to the staff and fans. It had to be forced off him. It makes me worry as to how he will behave as the major creditor.

I'll add to the above points that it's still not a cheap venture to take your family to a Wednesday game thanks to our old owner who should not be named. Pleasing to see the suggestion this will be addressed in the future

Just watch, this will become the model of how established teams should remove bad owners. If you can afford to push an owner to the brink (as I don't believe Bury and Macclesfield could), the not a pound in the ground has proven more tactically sensible than pitch invasions and similar. It's also a fair bluff called to Blackburn fans and dare I say it, Man United under the glazers. We didn't want to boycott, we didn't enjoy it. It starved people of their wages. But it worked and we won. We have earned a lot of admiration, especially how quickly it flipped back to throwing money into the club.

You're spot on. Both companies are in administration.

Speculation based on unpaid tax bills and how that normally goes or in the know that HMRC intend to come knocking? Hopefully the latter because that really does trigger end of days scenarios as it did last time when Milan had to step in

Best thing *apart from* the emergence of Weaver. Jokes aside, nice post

This is the sort of international break content I pay my subscription for (I don't pay a subscription)

Wonder how the players who chose to stay and withdraw notice feel. Did they know next to no signings would be made and they'd be whipping boys for the year. Suspect they knew they'd likely be relegated but be part of a squad this thin?

Heard Barry models his Barnet on his grandad in his memory

Vultures. Our only hope is like Bannan, lowe and others staying for the greater good means this lad doesn't go dummy out to force a move. First choice at a championship club at his age is a great position so if we can, sort his wage to shut any potential agent noise up and bed him in. His brother being in the crowd shows that he's not going to be rushing to leave. The only thing that could impact this negatively for us is once again....the owner

Same logic. We'll be close to sale in October. Contracts drawn up, pens ready. We get our first win of the season. He doubles the price. They walk away. Go bust next summer instead of taking reasonable money. Curse that Leighton Palmer.

The wage George wanted was excessive, but in hindsight should have been accepted. Not long after he was frozen out we had a striker injury crisis. He'd have played loads and then when we went into League One. Both parties should regret how this went as I'm sure the Hirst family would rather have a son with 150-200 appearances for Wednesday. Of course they'll not care as much as we do because he's doing alright for himself without us.

This feels like a very good window into a personality that would rather lose something for nowt than feeling someone got one over on them/a bargain

Agree. Seemed more that he felt he would lose some self respect by jumping off a sinking ship whilst leaving the staff behind.

He waited as long as he felt he could to either see a takeover was happening or Chansiri could sort the mess out. If he leaves I interpret it as neither is happening, so we should be very worried if it does. Hopes that Röhl came back because a takeover was due were seemingly wrong and it was purely contractual politics. Bannan leaving tells me nothing is changing fast. He won't take £7k and as his contract is up, he can't wait for October for embargoes to clear or an eventual takeover. We're dooooooomed.

Whilst nothing new, this is at least going out with Martyn Ziegler's name on it. Chief Sports Correspondent so it is getting senior attention at broadsheets

Thanks for this. Needed a laugh and this had me howling

If the rumours of Chansiri owing a lot of people are true, this at least stops him using TV money to clear non footballing debts to save his bacon. Which hopefully means those people force him to sell or similar. It does feel like a lot of the transfer money received has not gone where it should

Cook pass Bhanbiri

As in all of us let it sink in that we are far behind the likes of Derby County and that should embarrass us all chippy

Problem is Derby have a solid stadium and regularly produce good youth players. We are getting a bit better with the latter but are training and academy facilities are behind the likes of Derby County (let that sink in)