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[Forbury Lion]

They already should be.

Well Wycombe were clearly in the market for a new training ground having just switched their training base to Harlington. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... nn480vp1vo


Not sure what was wrong with the quite pleasant training ground on Marlow Road.

I did some glider training flying up at Booker, not being funny but used to fly over their training ground really low when coming in to land. Not ideal.

Especially risky for you if they were doing shooting practice at the time.

[Forbury Lion]

More or less wary than a Russian ?

I’d rather it wasn’t anyone from an autocratic state with medieval laws, corrupt public institutions, entrenched violence and systematic abuse of human rights.

Fan ownership >>> Western Europeans >>>> other OECD countries (as short-hand for democratic, developed countries with the rule of law) >>>> Stable democracies outside the OECD >>>>>>> Ian Royal >>>>>>>>>>>>> Russians >> murderous theocracies.

You missed off ‘Dai’ after the murderous theocracies

He's alot further down the list behind Russians, possibly in or around Donald Trump, North Korea and a Nigerian Businessman wishing to extract $500m from the country who only needs your bank details and a payment of $100 to do this.

[Sutekh]

Well Wycombe were clearly in the market for a new training ground having just switched their training base to Harlington. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... nn480vp1vo


Not sure what was wrong with the quite pleasant training ground on Marlow Road.

I did some glider training flying up at Booker, not being funny but used to fly over their training ground really low when coming in to land. Not ideal.

Especially risky for you if they were doing shooting practice at the time.

Unless they deliberately targetted you of course.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Fixtures are out in just over ten days, it’s mid June and we seemingly have no tangible news or progress

[Stranded]

What will be will be - just enjoy the Euros.

[SouthDownsRoyal]

What will be will be - just enjoy the Euros.

I will, ironic to be turning to England for solace

This will help until in inevitable happens

[Sutekh]

Germany v Scotland tonight will hopefully deliver some high comedy either way..... (Scotland being hammered or Germany badly struggling).

[SouthDownsRoyal]

Germany v Scotland tonight will hopefully deliver some high comedy either way..... (Scotland being hammered or Germany badly struggling).

The former I hope

[East Grinstead Royal]

Germany v Scotland tonight will hopefully deliver some high comedy either way..... (Scotland being hammered or Germany badly struggling).

The former I hope

Yes, indeed, come on the Erics!

[Mid Sussex Royal]

So latest update from STAR is there is no news but funds are due to cover HMRC and wages, the way its worded sounds like it is from outside - where this is from is anyone's guess.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Anybody with access to Google knows are running costs are high for a L1 club. Are these buyers surprised to discover it?

Though the bigger problem seems to be Dai's asking price - perhaps it would be fair if the club was financially stable, but given it's running up losses it's clearly too high.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Anybody with access to Google knows are running costs are high for a L1 club. Are these buyers surprised to discover it?

Though the bigger problem seems to be Dai's asking price - perhaps it would be fair if the club was financially stable, but given it's running up losses it's clearly too high.

Agree - something that's priced to sell will sell.

Howe is giving STAR a load of nonsense around the complex structure etc.

[Sutekh]

Latest on Couhig from the Chronic

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news ... g-rumours/

[Clyde1998]

Anybody with access to Google knows are running costs are high for a L1 club. Are these buyers surprised to discover it?

Though the bigger problem seems to be Dai's asking price - perhaps it would be fair if the club was financially stable, but given it's running up losses it's clearly too high.

We'll have two bigger costs than a typical League One club - the stadium and the academy.

The stadium maintenance will be a fairly fixed cost and will probably be offset by ticket sales.

Having a Category One academy in League One is probably the biggest factor as to why we're needing external funding. Of course, it does also mean we don't have to buy as many players and may be able to sell players for higher fees than a typical League One club. However, the operating costs are probably too great whilst we're in League One.

[Brogue]

Latest on Couhig from the Chronic

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news ... g-rumours/

As this is behind the chronicle’s paywall a quick tip if you copy and paste the link and open a private browsing session (incognito) you can bypass the paywall

[Mr Angry]

This morning, SSN had a short article on the Women's Championship focused on Reading.

It stated that officials are worried that, after the FA rejected the latest proposal to buy Reading, (my emphasis) the women's team were under threat of being automatically relegated to Tier 4, with only 2 players currently under contract and no plans to extend contracts of players.

What do SSN mean about a rejection of the latest proposal to buy Reading FC?

[Brogue]

This morning, SSN had a short article on the Women's Championship focused on Reading.

It stated that officials are worried that, after the FA rejected the latest proposal to buy Reading, (my emphasis) the women's team were under threat of being automatically relegated to Tier 4, with only 2 players currently under contract and no plans to extend contracts of players.

What do SSN mean about a rejection of the latest proposal to buy Reading FC?

I wouldn’t read to much into that SSN are fcuking shit

[Sutekh]

This morning, SSN had a short article on the Women's Championship focused on Reading.

It stated that officials are worried that, after the FA rejected the latest proposal to buy Reading, (my emphasis) the women's team were under threat of being automatically relegated to Tier 4, with only 2 players currently under contract and no plans to extend contracts of players.

What do SSN mean about a rejection of the latest proposal to buy Reading FC?

Think it's more to do with being able to demonstrate the women's team is "roadworthy" for next season. The FA manage the WSL divisions and want proof of sustainability and finances etc., which probably is a bit difficult when the club is "between owners" and would imagine the club's priorities are not going to be the women's team during negotiations.

[Stranded]

Anybody with access to Google knows are running costs are high for a L1 club. Are these buyers surprised to discover it?

Though the bigger problem seems to be Dai's asking price - perhaps it would be fair if the club was financially stable, but given it's running up losses it's clearly too high.

We'll have two bigger costs than a typical League One club - the stadium and the academy.

The stadium maintenance will be a fairly fixed cost and will probably be offset by ticket sales.

Having a Category One academy in League One is probably the biggest factor as to why we're needing external funding. Of course, it does also mean we don't have to buy as many players and may be able to sell players for higher fees than a typical League One club. However, the operating costs are probably too great whilst we're in League One.

Very much this. As you say the stadium will be a big cost that we can't really do too much about esp as our average attendance doesn't even really allow for a stand to be mothballed for a period to cut some costs. The Academy and the Womens Team are both unfortunately areas that the club is spending on that will put us well above other clubs at our current level.

As horrible as downgrading the Womens side is, if the money saved there helps keep the club afloat then is should be downsized or closed for a period - after all, if there is no mens side, there is no club and as a result no womens team anyway.

The Academy could pay for itself if we are able to sell talent from it regularly at high prices with sell on fees - but shifting down a level or even moving to a B Team model may be more cost effective at this time. We can always apply for Cat 1 again if and when we are established in the Champ again.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Anybody with access to Google knows are running costs are high for a L1 club. Are these buyers surprised to discover it?

Though the bigger problem seems to be Dai's asking price - perhaps it would be fair if the club was financially stable, but given it's running up losses it's clearly too high.

We'll have two bigger costs than a typical League One club - the stadium and the academy.

The stadium maintenance will be a fairly fixed cost and will probably be offset by ticket sales.

Having a Category One academy in League One is probably the biggest factor as to why we're needing external funding. Of course, it does also mean we don't have to buy as many players and may be able to sell players for higher fees than a typical League One club. However, the operating costs are probably too great whilst we're in League One.

Back to my original points - are potential buyers morons who only discover this months down the line? What you describe is well known. How many "Reading FC shitshow" articles have been published in the last 18 months?