Confimred new owners of Raeding Footbal Club

[Cape Town Royal]

It is fair to say this thread is beginning to meander...

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Out of interest if the deal with Samrit falls through do we have to pay back the £5m?

What five million???

[windermere_royal]

There was a picture going around about a month ago of our prospectve new owner with his girlfriendr on a plane. apparently in economy class.
Anyone know of any other mega-rich people that travel with the riff raff?

[Lacoste]

Oh well absolutely, I completely understand that.

I am of course speaking from the position of my armchair and Stag Meadow.

There's a big difference, but I can only speak about my own perception.

So, York Road or Eynsham Park this season for you?

I wasn't having a dig at you and tbf there may well be many loyal, committed, match-attending fans who are as pro having a team full of kids learning on the job as you are. In an ideal world, I would endorse what you say 100% myself.

Dunno really, looking forward to seeing how I get on. Only need to do 10 more grounds out of the 92 league venues to complete the set too. Completely non-plussed with most aspects of modern professional football in this country these days. Particularly RFC. Contrary to popular belief I will always want them to win and will still be attending games as and when they take my fancy. Pleased that I have shaken off the shackles of the ludicrous commitment of having a season ticket. I will be suffering from some sort of reverse Stockholm Syndrome, still slating those who run the club and represent it despite not attending quite as regularly

You're not the best looking lad but get a life and a girlfriend/boyfriend

[West Stand Flash]

Anyone who thinks we'll do OK if the Takeover doesn't happen and we go in to this season with current squad of 20, with 7 of them made up from promoted under21's , then I'm sorry but you're deluded.

[sandman]

Oh well absolutely, I completely understand that.

I am of course speaking from the position of my armchair and Stag Meadow.

There's a big difference, but I can only speak about my own perception.

So, York Road or Eynsham Park this season for you?

I wasn't having a dig at you and tbf there may well be many loyal, committed, match-attending fans who are as pro having a team full of kids learning on the job as you are. In an ideal world, I would endorse what you say 100% myself.

Dunno really, looking forward to seeing how I get on. Only need to do 10 more grounds out of the 92 league venues to complete the set too. Completely non-plussed with most aspects of modern professional football in this country these days. Particularly RFC. Contrary to popular belief I will always want them to win and will still be attending games as and when they take my fancy. Pleased that I have shaken off the shackles of the ludicrous commitment of having a season ticket. I will be suffering from some sort of reverse Stockholm Syndrome, still slating those who run the club and represent it despite not attending quite as regularly

You're not the best looking lad but get a life and a girlfriend/boyfriend

Or make one up like Lacoste does.

[West Stand Man]

Anyone who thinks we'll do OK if the Takeover doesn't happen and we go in to this season with current squad of 20, with 7 of them made up from promoted under21's , then I'm sorry but you're deluded.

Do me a favour and just remind me what you were forecasting at the start of last season?

[Snowball]

Anyone who thinks we'll do OK if the Takeover doesn't happen and we go in to this season with current squad of 20, with 7 of them made up from promoted under21's , then I'm sorry but you're deluded.

Define OK

The first 11 look quite strong to me



======= Mcarthy ========

Gunter Pearce Morrison Obita
McCleary Williams Guthrie HRK
==========??????=======
==========Pog=========


Looks comfortably upper mid-table to me

The ??? depends on how we get set up, 443, 451. 433, 4231

The back up players don't look too bad at all


=========== Federici/Andersen ===========

Kelly, ???? Hector Cummings

(Blackman) (KUHL) Karacan, Tishibola Akpan,

======== Taylor

========Blackman


Then there are a lot of promising kids, 20/21 year olds



Not a side that would expect to challenge for automatic, but the first 11 if fit, could go close to the POs

I think we UNDER-achieved last year because of uncertainty and injuries


This season, safe mid-table would be "OK"

[Nameless]

I'm confused. We've lost 5 players from last season, and we certainly had a squad of more than 25 last season. So how can anyone do the maths to claim we have a squad of just 13 !
It kind of makes you look silly.....

[RoyalBlue]

Anyone who thinks we'll do OK if the Takeover doesn't happen and we go in to this season with current squad of 20, with 7 of them made up from promoted under21's , then I'm sorry but you're deluded.

Define OK

The first 11 look quite strong to me



======= Mcarthy ========

Gunter Pearce Morrison Obita
McCleary Williams Guthrie HRK
==========??????=======
==========Pog=========


Looks comfortably upper mid-table to me

The ??? depends on how we get set up, 443, 451. 433, 4231

The back up players don't look too bad at all


=========== Federici/Andersen ===========

Kelly, ???? Hector Cummings

(Blackman) (KUHL) Karacan, Tishibola Akpan,

======== Taylor

========Blackman


Then there are a lot of promising kids, 20/21 year olds



Not a side that would expect to challenge for automatic, but the first 11 if fit, could go close to the POs

I think we UNDER-achieved last year because of uncertainty and injuries


This season, safe mid-table would be "OK"

And the goals that will keep us safe mid-table will come from where? (particularly if Pog is injured/suspended).

[Ian Royal]

McCleary and HRK have decent scoring records and could step up. But yes, we look light on goals. And that's one area the Academy doesn't look ready to help with for a little while. Could be big big seasons for Taylor, Tanner and Blackman.

[melonhead]

WTF are you pricks talking about?

The merits of different types of bodies of water.



Seeing as we've got man-made reservoir... what about ditch, culverted ditch, sewer, water main, water tower (same thing as man-made reservoir but a type of inline storage rather than the offline storage you probably mean), treatment works (clean and foul).

Even if they were eligible they wouldn't make any list of mine

[melonhead]

Depending on your point of view, viaduct or aqueduct may be of interest.

They are things that carry water, or go over water. Not bodies of water. Jeez.

[melonhead]

flood plain

It could make the temporary body list,
Not sure though. The plain isn't really the body, the flood is.

Flood makes the temp. List but not flood plain

[Ian Royal]

surprised you let aquifer in seeing as it's subterranean.

[Nameless]

Depending on your point of view, viaduct or aqueduct may be of interest.

They are things that carry water, or go over water. Not bodies of water. Jeez.

Viaducts carry roads, aqueducts carry water. Neither definitively carry things over water.

[madstadblues]

I apologise, the breathalizer on my laptop was faulty I would like to formally withdraw 'viaduct' as this should reside in the top 10 man made objects for spanning valley's or gorges.

[JIM]

Latest up date .in GET READING not very promising

[M Brook]

Latest up date .in GET READING not very promising

Pretty much confirms the concerns that were being expressed last week.

Given that the political unrest in Thailand has not come out of the blue, is this another SJM cock-up?

[Uke]

Latest up date .in GET READING not very promising

Apart from the 90% bit?