2 million cash pumped into the business in return for shares. Reported at companies house.

Edited December 6, 20214 yr by Mounts Kipper

7 minutes ago, Zog1 said:

Said way back it would only be a matter of time way back when we kept giving Evatt year after year and the happy clappers wouldnt have it.

Evatt is long gone. Didn't you get what you wished for?

Hardly a surprise.

Bleeding obvious in fact.

Fair play to Sharon for trying, but maybe we will have to go to the sustainable model as was the aim prior to the Swiss involvement. 

No reason why it can't work- the likes of Oxford, Pompey, Lincoln this season aren't exactly swilling around in cash as far as I'm aware.

As for the contracts, I don't have a problem with the younger players getting one, as it will benefit us long term if they succeed and move elsewhere later.

Not sure a big one for Dalby was a good idea though. 

4 hours ago, Eddie said:

Based on the season so far, they’re as bad as anything Evatt did. 4 fucking years for Dalby! Even if we were doing well and manage to get promoted, he was never going to make the step up to the Championship, so you’ve got a player with 3 years left who can only really go back down to L1 where hardly any teams pay a fee - madness!

Not really because we didn’t pay a fee in the first place. Yes it’s a four year contract and Dalby can sit it out if he wants to but if Schu decides he’s not going to figure I can’t see him staying around if not getting game time and if he can find a new club I’m sure something could be done on the wages. Personally I’d keep him until Schu accepts that his inverted winger system doesn’t work at which time the guy might just get the service he both needs and was bought for and the same would apply for others too. I certainly wouldn’t be giving SS any more money because he hasn’t done much with what he’s got now so if he has to sell to buy that would suit me fine and unless he gets his act together he may not be here to spend anyway?

24 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Evatt is long gone. Didn't you get what you wished for?

Yeah two years too late. 

3 hours ago, Whitestar said:

I'd send them all back, they're achieving nothing being here at the moment.

5 hours ago, gonzo said:

Concerning rumours abound that the well is running dry.

Sell before we buy...

Where’s this rumour from? 

9 minutes ago, Zog1 said:

Yeah two years too late. 

Who did you want to replace him?

It’s common sense that we have to sell to buy we have a full squad we’re not going to sign 4 or 5 players then have the same number sat without a squad place .
 

We were trying to free space up for B team players in the summer that never happened we must of signed 12 or 13 players . 

May be we can return loan players in Jan but would have  thought it as unlikely unless the parent club want to recall . 

so leaves the only option to sell or loan a few out if possible like Victor to bring players in 

2 hours ago, gonzo said:

That there no more cash available for recruitment unless we offload first.

They won't keep covering loses and putting dosh in for recruitment.

They being the Swiss mob that aren't even Swiss, their accountants are just based there

Sure fergal said in the summer about the way forward would be to have a smaller squad

It the board are struggling for money it will explain why the club takes the Freight Rover so seriously.A few hundred grand for reaching Wembley beating some clubs who aren't arsed about the competition! 

 

4 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Hardly a surprise.

Bleeding obvious in fact.

Fair play to Sharon for trying, but maybe we will have to go to the sustainable model as was the aim prior to the Swiss involvement. 

No reason why it can't work- the likes of Oxford, Pompey, Lincoln this season aren't exactly swilling around in cash as far as I'm aware.

As for the contracts, I don't have a problem with the younger players getting one, as it will benefit us long term if they succeed and move elsewhere later.

Not sure a big one for Dalby was a good idea though. 

A factor in the belt tightening might also be increasing costs of maintenance and upkeep of the stadium, to comply with latest regulations. Boring stuff but necessary. I seem to recall the new CEO saying something along those lines early in his time in post.

I'd imagine many of us have seen areas where the stadium and its fixtures and fittings are starting to show their age.

12 minutes ago, Roger_Dubuis said:

It the board are struggling for money it will explain why the club takes the Freight Rover so seriously.A few hundred grand for reaching Wembley beating some clubs who aren't arsed about the competition! 

 

70k prize money so far, 40k if we beat Vale next week. 

Second round win in the FA Cup would have netted us more though.

On 05/01/2026 at 20:19, ianofcleveleys said:

A factor in the belt tightening might also be increasing costs of maintenance and upkeep of the stadium, to comply with latest regulations. Boring stuff but necessary. I seem to recall the new CEO saying something along those lines early in his time in post.

I'd imagine many of us have seen areas where the stadium and its fixtures and fittings are starting to show their age.

I think we also have to take into account taxes, rates and wages impacted by this sorry bunch in Westminster. Every business is suffering so I’m sure football’s no different.

On 05/01/2026 at 17:22, onefinfrandsen said:

Sure fergal said in the summer about the way forward would be to have a smaller squad

Which would mean fewer square pegs to fit in round holes.

 

1 hour ago, FrancisFogarty said:

Which would mean fewer square pegs to fit in round holes.

 

He might buy some square holes.

4 hours ago, Traf said:

He might buy some square holes.

Or round pegs? Can you buy holes? 😀

2 hours ago, Whitesince63 said:

Or round pegs? Can you buy holes? 😀

We won't buy round pegs, we never do.

We have a bunch of players with decent enough quality to make a successful team at this level and maybe even get promoted  and it’s been obvious for years we aren’t loaded. Pisses me off when I read the drivel about us buying our way out of this league when it’s obvious that both Evatt and Schumacher had no choice but to take a punt on affordable signings in the hope they’ll come good and play to their maximum potential. Also pisses me off when signings get slagged off if they don’t deliver their maximum potential - it’s easy to see what all of them COULD bring and why they were gambled on - but it isn’t their fault if they don’t make it.

Surely the crux of the matter is whether or not the manager can find a system which takes into account both competences and shortcomings and bring the best out of what we’ve got on any given match day?

Of course it would be great to have wholesale change on demand but in the real world it isn’t happening so we have to work with what we can influence - and that is training, motivation, playing style and system. Evatt tried everything he could  and eventually gave up. Schumacher now needs to show why he’s the right man for the (difficult) job.

And our job is to get behind the manager and the players.

I don’t think SS can have any complaints about fans not getting behind him and the team but it’s now about Schuey seeing where it’s going wrong and at least trying to change it and that’s not by 5 or 6 changes every game or refusing to even try wingers on their natural side. If he’d stop making silly excuses like poor grass and low blocks and get on with fixing things that aren’t working we might have a chance. Like you I do think we have a squad more than good enough to gain promotion but not while it’s being utilised poorly. If it’s taken this long for Toal to accept we’re crap from corners and set pieces and quote the blindingly obvious what chance have we. Like you I’m nowhere near SS out but he really does have to come up with something different for the rest of the season with what he’s got which should be more than enough for any competent manager.

Has anyone complained about fans not getting behind the team?

 

1 hour ago, gonzo said:

Has anyone complained about fans not getting behind the team?

 

Didnt SS get a bit prickly when they got booed off the other week at half time but some of it was probably aimed at the ref 

1 hour ago, Farnywhite said:

Didnt SS get a bit prickly when they got booed off the other week at half time but some of it was probably aimed at the ref 

Think he did aye.

His head going with our fans is a major worry of mine.

Folk are starting to become impatient and rightly so. Just hope he's got the chops to deal with it if results don't pick up pretty sharpish.

We are entering the harshest part of the season for everyone. Time to fuckin step up.

34 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Think he did aye.

His head going with our fans is a major worry of mine.

Folk are starting to become impatient and rightly so. Just hope he's got the chops to deal with it if results don't pick up pretty sharpish.

We are entering the harshest part of the season for everyone. Time to fuckin step up.

aye, 3 consecutive away games has come at a terrible time

21 minutes ago, L/H White said:

aye, 3 consecutive away games has come at a terrible time

The run of games looks daunting even for a team with a reasonable away record.  3 on the trot in 11 days including a our big local derby (like it or not) was avoidable.  Either by beating a L2 team in the cup, not calling off the original Stevenage fixture (we'd have lost a couple of players but offset by the rotation for fatigue in January) or surely by avoiding rearranging it for the busiest month of the entire year - a bizarre choice that benefits nobody.

I feel like we've brought it on ourselves and SS can't use this tough run as an excuse. 

28 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

The run of games looks daunting even for a team with a reasonable away record.  3 on the trot in 11 days including a our big local derby (like it or not) was avoidable.  Either by beating a L2 team in the cup, not calling off the original Stevenage fixture (we'd have lost a couple of players but offset by the rotation for fatigue in January) or surely by avoiding rearranging it for the busiest month of the entire year - a bizarre choice that benefits nobody.

I feel like we've brought it on ourselves and SS can't use this tough run as an excuse. 

this run, then the run in of, stockport, cardiff, huddersfield, bradford & luton just screams another year in league 1

hope im wrong