Besides the obvious (Cosgrove), the other Longstaff who has had the ACL injury? Worth a punt?

Wrexham football club certainly haven't made a profit.

How their losses fit with ffp, I've no idea, but I do know that the owners are aware of rules, and that's part of the reason they want to expand the capacity as quickly as possible. 

1 hour ago, bolty58 said:

They said something similar about SKD when we were signing him.

Did they? And who is ‘they’ anyway? My recollection of SKD, or KD as he was at the time, was his hat-trick against us at Burnden Park. That one game meant I knew who he was when his name popped up on MOTD. I was quite happy to sign a player with the potential to be a battling old-school centre forward.

2 hours ago, MickyD said:

Did they? And who is ‘they’ anyway? 

Eric Higginbottom. They were sensitive about pronouns even then.

Transfer window dates, opens 14 June.

https://www.efl.com/news/2024/may/14/dates-for-2024-25-transfer-windows-confirmed/

 

11 minutes ago, TrickyTrotter said:

Transfer window dates, opens 14 June.

https://www.efl.com/news/2024/may/14/dates-for-2024-25-transfer-windows-confirmed/

 

Cheers Craig

8 hours ago, Dr. Feelgood said:

I've not watched one second of it.

There's little doubt that Ryan & the other one have had a stunning impact on the town though AND made a profit on it, albeit by chucking cash at everything to an FFP busting extent.

Was talking to a Wrexham fan after the Barnsley game he’s supported them for decades but moved to westhoughton couple of years back and now has LOV ST, he reckons they’d sell out 30k easily if ground was big enough.. wasn’t sure they would so didn’t dispute it. 

Shopping list will be a long one if we go up

4 minutes ago, L/H White said:

Shopping list will be a long one if we go up

Given everyone of our squad has been written off as not good enough on here at some point this season we're going to need a full 25 man squad

9 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Given everyone of our squad has been written off as not good enough on here at some point this season we're going to need a full 25 man squad

Agree Franky 

25 minutes ago, frank_spencer said:

Given everyone of our squad has been written off as not good enough on here at some point this season we're going to need a full 25 man squad

Be surprised if there are more than 5 incomings this summer if we go up 

40 minutes ago, jmjhb said:

Be surprised if there are more than 5 incomings this summer if we go up 

That including Bogaverage or as well as?

2 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Was talking to a Wrexham fan after the Barnsley game he’s supported them for decades but moved to westhoughton couple of years back and now has LOV ST, he reckons they’d sell out 30k easily if ground was big enough.. wasn’t sure they would so didn’t dispute it. 

Not week after week. They may if it was a cup match against a top team.

There are a lot of football tourists & coat-tail jumpers. It's all fresh & a little bit amazing.

The area has, for decades, been a 'who's your second club ?' land & the two liverpool clubs & Stretford have had a large following ... & still do. Citeh, less so, so far at least.

The town stops & floods with people on a match day. Roads are closed, others clog up & there's a lot of fuss ... but the crowd turns out to have been 9-10,000. 

When 'the Kop' is rebuilt and filled they may have a capacity of 14-15,000. So there's a ceiling.

Now, Wimbledon & Bournemouth etc. have been at the top with similar limitations & the current heady rush may bring more success but things will settle and I suspect it'll return to something more normal. Certainly as things stand they will be vastly out of synch with FFP by the end of next season.

If City & Newcastle can sell laughable sponsorship deals as real income I think Wrexham will be fine for a while using the celeb angle to cover surplus wage investment and they can happily invest in the ground outside FFP

For ref their turnover in the conference was over £10m, which would entitle them to spend c. £6m on wages under the league 1 FFP rules, which would put them in the top 3 or 4 spenders. Safe to assume turnover has gone up a chunk since then.

Then in the championship you can happily lose way more than they're likely to want to invest anyway.

Another one for the dream team for next season alongside, Cosgrove, Evans and McLean.

 

39 minutes ago, TrickyTrotter said:

Another one for the dream team for next season alongside, Cosgrove, Evans and McLean.

 

 

Madden has been released too

Just seen Clarke Harris gone Rotherham 

On 14/05/2024 at 19:53, Dr. Feelgood said:

Not week after week. They may if it was a cup match against a top team.

There are a lot of football tourists & coat-tail jumpers. It's all fresh & a little bit amazing.

The area has, for decades, been a 'who's your second club ?' land & the two liverpool clubs & Stretford have had a large following ... & still do. Citeh, less so, so far at least.

The town stops & floods with people on a match day. Roads are closed, others clog up & there's a lot of fuss ... but the crowd turns out to have been 9-10,000. 

When 'the Kop' is rebuilt and filled they may have a capacity of 14-15,000. So there's a ceiling.

Now, Wimbledon & Bournemouth etc. have been at the top with similar limitations & the current heady rush may bring more success but things will settle and I suspect it'll return to something more normal. Certainly as things stand they will be vastly out of synch with FFP by the end of next season.

Think you underestimate how big they are now. Loads of yanks will Come over now 

8 minutes ago, Casino said:

Madden has been released too

Signed for chesterfield 

1 hour ago, Big E said:

Think you underestimate how big they are now. Loads of yanks will Come over now 

I really don't. I live amongst it.

I'm just not overestimating its longevity. It has a life. They'll land in a far better place than they started but there's a limit to how far it will go.

1 hour ago, tomski said:

Signed for chesterfield 

Aye, him & Grigg up front.

Goals galore in L2.

Rumour Wyke off to Wrexham?

15 hours ago, TrickyTrotter said:

Another one for the dream team for next season alongside, Cosgrove, Evans and McLean.

 

he just can't quite  make it to League One can he

2 minutes ago, Zico said:

he just can't quite  make it to League One can he

Genuinely surprised. 

Anyway, when he finally packs it in I wanna read his book.