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  1. Something by A Massive attack?
  2. The first point has been reported elsewhere, so along with the elephants and blessings etc. its hardly surprising. What I would say, is that many supporters wear lucky pants, hats shirts etc. or have a strict routine on match day, which is not really different. Believing that any ritual or action can affect an outcome is on a par with religion, so I'm with Rőhl on this one. It may be quirky, or laughable, but it doesn't make anyone a fruitcake. If you've ever crossed your fingers, you've bought into cultural superstition. Having said that, I do think he suffers from behavioural problems and that's been far more damaging to our club.
  3. Thanks for this Jake. Hopefully clears up a few of the questions that have been going back and forth since the original video. If there are any other developments that you hear about, please share the info.
  4. And Woden is the Anglo-Saxon name for the Norse God Odin, so 5th Century at least.
  5. Yeah, but apart from all that. Everything's going great right?
  6. I think so too, but he has a track record of being stubborn and delusional, so I'm just trying to reassure people that whatever happens, sooner or later it's game over.
  7. The club has been making a loss year on year, so if Channers intention is to run it without any personal funding, it will get wound up in a matter of months. He can't hang onto it and I don't think he wants to. One way or another we'll have a new owner before the season ends, hopefully because the stubborn fool accepts a reasonable offer before control of the club is taken from him.
  8. A narcissistic idiot who has a penchant for wearing Hindu women's clothing?
  9. It was mentioned earlier that naming a possible chairman is not a breach of NDA. Naming a buyer is a different story! Make of that what you will.
  10. Blades fans will be annoyed that they can't make an incredibly witty and highly imaginitive joke based on his surname.
  11. And what if the deal falls through? He's skint remember. When Chansiri talks about trust, it's a one way channel. He doesn't trust anyone.
  12. Crikey, is he helping with the building repairs of the North Stand? Hero.
  13. It wouldn’t surprise me if with his petulant nature and irrational demands, DC has caused negotiations to stall. There are interested parties, but maybe they are now looking at the long game. Let the guy struggle to hold onto the reigns until it all implodes. There won't be a quick turnaround, but they, unlike DC, will understand that the supporters are by far the most valuable asset at the club. Players can go, Staff can go, even Stadiums can go, but dedicated fans will remain and thats all you need to completely rebuild a team and take it back to the highest level. Sheffield Wednesday will not end. At some point it will be under new ownership....and if the new custodians have sufficient funds and expertise, it will be a worthwhile investment. Smart investors will know that. We are worried as fans because we anticipate our club being incapable of competing on the field in the short term, but from a business perspective, you just need a client base, funds and a vision. It's irrelevant how the business is performing short term as long as you are confident of increasing its value over time. Sure they'd like to get involved straight away, but with DC still trying to call the shots, a deal may not be possible, or even advisable until he is no longer in a position to negotiate.
  14. It spent a fair bit of time out of the water, mostly due to the owner making terrible and costly decisions. Sound familiar?
  15. I used to work on a vessel that flew the Mongolian flag. A country which has no sea. The owner was just like DC....incompetent, a bully and dodgy as they come.
  16. A combination of two things. The prospect of finding a better opportunity elsewhere looking bleak plus the possibility of Sheffield Wednesday delivering the potential that attracted him to us in the first place actually looking more likely than it has ever done. From a buyers point of view, the rising stock of youngsters being developed from the academy demonstrates that Rőhl can be trusted to take the club forward in the short and long term.
  17. Could Textor not arrange loans of players before completion? Maybe he's thinking, no way am I giving this bloke 5mil up front to sort out his immediate problems. Encourage him to sell his young players for a profit, I can replace them. I mean if the deal falls through, he hasn't lost a great deal and the loans could be fully paid through their parent clubs. It's a very risky strategy in football terms, but financially it would be audacious, but viable. Textor (if it's him) seems to like a challenge.
  18. Darren clearly had the right credentials to make that judgement. He was a big manager for us.
  19. So the good news is that Bully is back! Yay!
  20. I know of one young player at Derby who through a legal loophole was able to rupture his contract extension, but although there were payment issues, it happened when there was a takeover and Derby later received compensation, so I guess it's not always clear cut.
  21. As opposed to the brown coats and SS in right wing Nazi Germany who were really nice people and just misunderstood.
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