LJM Owl

I didn’t even know 5 embargoes was possible. We truly are a record breaking club under Chansiri.

Every single competent Prem and Championship club should be coming to scout our games now - we’ve got at least 3 18-20 year olds playing every game (more once Charles is back) that could probably be picked up for less than £1m in January (except for probably Charles). It might seem like they’re vultures but really it’s just been a competently run club.

We’re not losing millions - the wage budget is now significantly lower. He has cash flow problems, but P&L wise we’re probably doing amazing and if he survives to January, he probably keeps hold of us for a lot longer. The only hope we have now is that the loan at the end of this month doesn’t get rolled again - if he has to find the money, he’s f*****.

There’s a player in there but he really does need a loan at a lower level. Personally I think Weaver would be the better option if we’re set on having to play a young lad back there - seems more composed. He could do with a loan spell in league 2 for the second half of this season to toughen him up a bit for next season imo.

He’s still trying to hang on btw. If the debt gets rolled at the end of this month (up in the air currently), he’ll be here for another 12 months at least.

We’ve got a points deduction almost certainly due - depending on the size of it we could be negative at Christmas. Miles off it and it’s the fault of 1 man only

I’ll be honest - I don’t think this is the mega bomb drop that the trust think it is… It’s basically just summing up what everyone already knew - Chansiri is exceptional wealth… just not exceptionally wealth enough to run/fund a club of our size anymore. He’s still wealthier than 99.9999% of people will ever be.

Not in the championship - 23 by Rotherham is the lowest points total. Depending on the size of the deduction, we could be well under that imo.

If you’re looking for a ‘realistic’ free agent 11, I think this would probably be about the best we could do: GK - Alfie Whiteman (26) RB - Joel Ward (35) CB - Kortney Hause (30) CB - Liam Cooper (34) LB - Jamal Lewis (27) DM - Jairo Riedeweld (28) CM - Josh DaSilva (26) CM - Andy Rinomhota (28) RW - Duncan Watmore (31) ST - Emmanuel Dennis (27) LW - Nathan Redmond (31)

Fairytale endings don’t usually happen unfortunately - we as fans just need to make sure we show them appreciation for what they’ve done at the club. (Personally I don’t think either of them leave/retire this year if Chansiri does go and we get relegated anyway - I imagine they’d both want to end with us getting promoted again under a new owner)

Looks like two of the three players referenced by Biggs was Jaden Heskey and Sam Rak-Sakyi. Wonder who was the palace youngster?

Honestly I just feel sorry for the young lads that were probably hoping to kick start their careers today with a loan move to a championship side.

The worst thing about selling players now is you just know Chancer is prioritising cash up front - when in reality the best deal for someone like Charles would have addons and a future % of sell on fee built in. We’re probably going to end up with £2m now rather than 20-25% of the next sale which could be multiple times that.

I feel absolutely sick at the thought of Charles been sold. Genuinely can’t put into words the hatred I have for Chansiri (at least not without breaking the swear filter).

I’m sure the clubs insurance would love that…

City or Chelsea must have at least half a dozen each that need loaning out.

Looks like Heskey and Amass will be approved. Tbf if you’re in Pedersen position, you should just be ringing up every prem club asking if they’ve got an 18-20 year olds who need a championship loan but don’t need their wages paying.

Coventry also paying £4m for Luke Woolfenden. Genuinely transfer fees have gone mental for average championship players.

And so it begins…

League 1 is Cadamarteri’s level currently - if we weren’t such a mess, he’d have another season loaned there probably. Charles is probably too good for league 1 next year but he’s also got a long term contract with the club and is worth a lot more than what Chansiri could probably sell him for in our current position.

If we finished today without selling anyone (or signing anyone), as awful as it sounds, I’ll be content with that. Selling Charles or Cadamarteri would be absolutely disastrous for the future of the club imo - they’re going to be the leaders of the squad next season when we’re in league 1 and likely playing most of the young lads week in week out.

Not gonna lie, if we sold Charles and Cadamarteri with an agreement for them to be loaned back and then couldn’t actually register them, that would be hysterical. Like at that point, you just have to hold your hands up and say that Chansiri is a legitimate idiot that fiction writers would envy.

The problem is this doesn’t really only impact DC - it impacts the fans, the coaching staff, Man Utd and the player himself. I understand they want to force him out but not let us sign a player literally for free is insane.

I don’t really understand the EFLs position on this - if the players are coming in effectively for free with their parent clubs paying wages and no fees etc, why are they blocking it? I agree that we shouldn’t be signing players for wages we can’t prove we can afford but stopping us from signing players for nothing seems really malicious.