MONG !nev monkey Please back the club properly or sell up & oxf*rd off.
MONG !LoyalRoyal22 +1
MONG !roadrunner Have to say I agree with all of that.
MONG !under the tine So do I
^^^ Mental problems ^^^[/quote] AGREED !
by OldBiscuit » 08 Sep 2010 23:29
MONG !nev monkey Please back the club properly or sell up & oxf*rd off.
MONG !LoyalRoyal22 +1
MONG !roadrunner Have to say I agree with all of that.
MONG !under the tine So do I
by Harpers So Solid Crew » 09 Sep 2010 09:54
under the tinHarpers So Solid Crew Nah there are only a few clubs that really applies to, Notts Co must have been one!! Birmingham are def not, yet they found a new owner.
.... an average of 32k that year, http://www.european-football-statistics ... b/birc.htm big club that never won the FA Cup or league title of the senior division, basically one league cup and a few monor trophies, much like the Simod Cup. Unlike A Villa who have real history.
PS it was 70/71. 100 years and we got relegated to the bottom tier for the first time ever, and Birmingham C were in division two. so tbh your post is totally wrong.
by nev monkey » 09 Sep 2010 15:37
by floyd__streete » 09 Sep 2010 21:08
by Smoking Kills Dancing Doe » 09 Sep 2010 21:27
by Z175 » 09 Sep 2010 21:28
by Wycombe Royal » 09 Sep 2010 21:59
floyd__streete SeLOLf sustainabiLOLity - until the next transfer window opens and some more players depart, of course.
by under the tin » 09 Sep 2010 22:25
Wycombe Royalfloyd__streete SeLOLf sustainabiLOLity - until the next transfer window opens and some more players depart, of course.
Selling players that you have developed in your academy for a large sum of money is part of self sustainability.
I didn't have you down as someone who can't see that.
by Smoking Kills Dancing Doe » 09 Sep 2010 22:46
Wycombe Royalfloyd__streete SeLOLf sustainabiLOLity - until the next transfer window opens and some more players depart, of course.
Selling players that you have developed in your academy for a large sum of money is part of self sustainability.
I didn't have you down as someone who can't see that.
by under the tin » 09 Sep 2010 23:01
Smoking Kills Dancing DoeWycombe Royalfloyd__streete SeLOLf sustainabiLOLity - until the next transfer window opens and some more players depart, of course.
Selling players that you have developed in your academy for a large sum of money is part of self sustainability.
I didn't have you down as someone who can't see that.
The problem is that with wages out of control as they are, sustainability comes at a cost. Whether things will even themselves out over the next few, I don't know.
City signed Danny Rose today, paying a lot in both wages and loan fees. That's on top of all their other spending. There will always be clubs and Chairman at this level who are prepared to throw money around. Hard to see wages coming down while that is the case.
The academy is our silver bullet and it should not be under estimated what Dolan and Hammond have achieved over the last 5 yrs. The key for us is the likes of Taylor to be able to make the impact the Sig, Jem, Pearce and Church etc have been able to.
by Smoking Kills Dancing Doe » 09 Sep 2010 23:05
by under the tin » 09 Sep 2010 23:14
Smoking Kills Dancing Doe Even excluding Sig, the output from our academy in recent years has been outstanding.
It will be an achievement to continue that.
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 09 Sep 2010 23:45
under the tin If you can compare the impact of the Sig to those, I suspect you are in for a disappointment. Gylfi was the best reading player Ive seen in 40- odd years. The probability is that we will have to sell our box office players to make ends meet. That's bye bye Kebe, Mc Anuff, and Federici.
Batten down the hatches, self sufficiency will ultimately come at the cost of our league status. Enjoy the ride.
by winchester_royal » 09 Sep 2010 23:47
under the tinSmoking Kills Dancing Doe Even excluding Sig, the output from our academy in recent years has been outstanding.
It will be an achievement to continue that.
But if we keep selling them to other sides, to the detriment of our own, in order to balance the books, then we will end up where we ultimately deserve to be.
by Rev Algenon Stickleback H » 09 Sep 2010 23:47
under the tinSmoking Kills Dancing Doe Even excluding Sig, the output from our academy in recent years has been outstanding.
It will be an achievement to continue that.
But if we keep selling them to other sides, to the detriment of our own, in order to balance the books, then we will end up where we ultimately deserve to be.
by Thankgodisfriday » 09 Sep 2010 23:51
by rabidbee » 10 Sep 2010 02:23
Rev Algenon Stickleback Hunder the tin If you can compare the impact of the Sig to those, I suspect you are in for a disappointment. Gylfi was the best reading player Ive seen in 40- odd years. The probability is that we will have to sell our box office players to make ends meet. That's bye bye Kebe, Mc Anuff, and Federici.
Batten down the hatches, self sufficiency will ultimately come at the cost of our league status. Enjoy the ride.
...whereas every other club of our stature has no problem at all hanging on to highly talented young players.
Why of why oh why is it only Reading in the entire league that ever has these problems?
We have the worst fans in the league, the worst stewards, the most soulless stadium, which has the worst parking, and the worst food and beer, and we now have the worst chairman and the worst financially policy, and probably the worst manager if we start losing now.
If only we had enough crosses we could nail ourselves to one each, to show what a strain it is to support such a terrible club.
by Harpers So Solid Crew » 10 Sep 2010 08:13
by Halifax 4-1 » 10 Sep 2010 09:06
under the tinSmoking Kills Dancing Doe Even excluding Sig, the output from our academy in recent years has been outstanding.
It will be an achievement to continue that.
But if we keep selling them to other sides, to the detriment of our own, in order to balance the books, then we will end up where we ultimately deserve to be.
by under the tin » 10 Sep 2010 09:25
Rev Algenon Stickleback H whereas if we don't balance the books, and run up losses of a couple of a million a year or so, everything will be fine and dandy.
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