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by Stranded
03 Apr 2024 07:30
Forum: The Team
Topic: Hob Nob Anyone? player of the season 2023/24
Replies: 44
Views: 2333

Re: Hob Nob Anyone? player of the season 2023/24

5 games to go it's that time again, who is your player of the season? vote now. hobnob only allows 20 options on a poll. So I went to transfermarket.com sorted players by appearances and removed the players who fcuked off in Jan like Abbey Holmes vickers etc. The below list is In order of the numbe...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 16:03
Forum: The Team
Topic: The Magic Number Thread
Replies: 164
Views: 13594

Re: The Magic Number Thread

There are also many examples where the teams at the bottom just keep losing true to form. See 2018, 2019 and 2022 where the key reason we survived was not our own efforts but the incompetence of others or points deductions. Didn't we stay up in 2018 with fewer points than we have now? Yep, we someh...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 15:16
Forum: General Football
Topic: European Leagues Thread 2012/2013
Replies: 5251
Views: 616470

Re: European Leagues Thread 2012/2013

29,500 in attendance yesterday as Alemannia Aachen win 1-0 in the German 4th tier which is a regionalised amateur division They are strolling to the league title Real sleeping giant of a club, with a massive catchment area being right on the borders with Netherlands and Belgium and a good hour west...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 15:06
Forum: General Football
Topic: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round
Replies: 8687
Views: 1315352

Re: The Manager Sack Race/Merry-go-Round

Plymouth fire Ian Foster after just 3 months in the job after a run of just 1 point and 2 goals in the last 9 games.
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 11:31
Forum: The Team
Topic: The final 10
Replies: 23
Views: 2421

Re: The final 10

Rovers have been getting steadily worse as their very outside chance of a play-off spot disappeared and there was no chance of them being dragged into a relegation battle. Over a 12 game form, they are 17th and that is the best it gets, over 10, 8, 6 and 4 they are lower in the table and have failed...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 11:18
Forum: The Team
Topic: The Magic Number Thread
Replies: 164
Views: 13594

Re: The Magic Number Thread

Yeah 90% sounds about right - I am going to assume no more points off now as wages must have been paid and with the loan payments for April should be made on time. Looking at form over past 6 for us down then you get the following: 1. Reading 9 pts 2. Port Vale 7 pts 3. Cambridge 7pts 4. Fleetwood 6...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 10:05
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17234
Views: 3209802

Re: Rival Watch

They'll be ecstatic that Charity FC are turning up then. 4 defeats in 12 (3 against the current top 3 sides) really isn`t so bad. Our away record after losing the first 8 away is W3, D5, L4 which is not shabby when 3 of those losses were the top 3. I think we'll win at either Bristol Rovers or Burt...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 09:31
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17234
Views: 3209802

Re: Rival Watch

They'll be ecstatic that Charity FC are turning up then. 4 defeats in 12 (3 against the current top 3 sides) really isn`t so bad. Yes it is. Especially as it's 5 defeats in the last 12 - have won 6 though - so it's not too shabby really. In context, only 9 sides have lost less than 5 games in the l...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 09:28
Forum: The Team
Topic: Record Watch 23/24
Replies: 268
Views: 177544

Re: Record Watch 23/24

Surprised you all missed Chesterfield. They won the National League by a mile, and were on course to beat 106 easily. They seem to have gone on cruise mode and have only one win in five. Lost again yesterday, cannot now do 106 8) If that league counted then it would already have been beaten. Wrexha...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 08:08
Forum: The Team
Topic: Rival Watch
Replies: 17234
Views: 3209802

Re: Rival Watch

Burton, Port Vale and Cheltenham are 5, 6 & 7 points back with 5, 6 & 7 games to play respectively. It’s a tough shout to get 1 PPG more than the team you’re chasing so I’d fancy our chances that 2 of them won’t manage it Agreed, I think next week will pretty much finish off the relegation ...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 07:58
Forum: The Team
Topic: The Magic Number Thread
Replies: 164
Views: 13594

Re: The Magic Number Thread

15: Exeter - 66 16: Cambridge - 63 17: Charlton - 62 18: Shrewsbury - 61 19: Reading - 60 (58) 20: Cheltenham - 59 ...................................... 21: Port Vale - 57 22: Burton - 55 23: Fleetwood - 49 24: Carlisle - 42 Magic number is 13 (15) - with 15 left to play for. :?: We officially can...
by Stranded
02 Apr 2024 07:56
Forum: The Team
Topic: MATCHWATCH : Bolton Wanderers (a)
Replies: 147
Views: 6767

Re: MATCHWATCH : Bolton Wanderers (a)

Weird game in many ways especially if you look at the stats as we equalled the amount of shots of Bolton and they only had 1 more on target than us but they probably had higher quality chances. Can't do much about a 25 yarder in the top corner but the ball should have just been cleared quicker, Dors...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 16:13
Forum: General Football
Topic: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread
Replies: 5615
Views: 561119

Re: Generic clubs in financial crisis Thread

Morecombe's owner woes continue as they are the latest to be put under a registration embargo for failure to pay tax on time. The owner there essentially refuses to finance the club sufficiently or sell for a realistric sum. Sounds familiar.
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 16:11
Forum: The Team
Topic: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge
Replies: 2554
Views: 2442165

Re: Embargos, HMRC Payment defaults, non payment of wages, the usual under Dai Wrongge

With the exclusivity announced, has there been a confirmation from the club that HMRC and players wages will be paid in full and on time for the rest of the season, thus eliminating the possibility of the suspended deduction of a further 2 points being enforced? If we hadn't paid HMRC (due last wee...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 16:09
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3267
Views: 1525264

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Of course, which is what I infer in the last paragraph. We obviously don't know who the other bidders are/were, so it's possible these are the best option atm. I'm concerned by a number of red flags from the limited information we know about this group. And obviously, they may not get EFL approval ...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 15:05
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3267
Views: 1525264

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

The sweet spot is rich enough to invest well, but not so rich they can afford to piss it all away and it not matter to them. You want them to need success so they will take their decisions on how to invest seriously. I think we could reasonably argue that our club is indeed in the "sweet spot&...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 14:09
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3267
Views: 1525264

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

I've taken a few days to process the situation and I still feel a little uneasy about the group who have supposedly been given exclusivity. I haven't read the past ten or so pages, so some of this may have come up already. If it is Chiron Sports Group, their website notes they're funded by Apeiron ...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 11:25
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2660
Views: 2069632

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

The main question to ask is what happens if it doesn't work. The buy low, develop players, use the academy, sell high strategy sounds great. But football is competitive and these strategies are not simple to execute. If we're still in L1 in 5 years and the investors are disappointed, what's their p...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 10:52
Forum: The Team
Topic: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group
Replies: 2660
Views: 2069632

Re: #SellBeforeWeDai (to someone fit and proper)“ supporters action group

So if the rumours are correct and the prospective new owners are buying us as an Arbitrage play - with funds from various exotic industries (crypto/longevity biotech) - the protests continue or they stop? Do we want sugar daddies who gamble on making money (for themselves) in the prem or not? I was...
by Stranded
28 Mar 2024 09:27
Forum: The Team
Topic: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED
Replies: 3267
Views: 1525264

Re: TAKEOVER *NOT* CONFIMRED

Either way, seems quite promising. If they are supposed to be our main owners, I'd not be that encouraged ... hopefully they are acting on someone else's behalf. What doesn't encourage you about them - of the 2 money men, one at least is a billionaire and both seem to have a track record of investi...
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