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Didn't realise the season ended in March. I guess these were all just friendlies or something:
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Burnley at home on Boxing Day as well. Don’t expect these two fan boys to post the whole story though, it’s beyond them. Apparently the football was exhilarating throughout 🙄.

The reality though is that if CW stays, which l think he will, l won’t be slating the board at every opportunity. If he goes, the Wilder Toddlers won’t be able to stop themselves.
 



If I've understood the new rules correctly , what we spend is directly related to income , so there's very little room for manoeuvre.
All the parachutists will have bigger budgets plus Wrexham who have income from other sources.
I reckon we are plumb mid-table with a very much reduced income.
I can't see CoH putting £ in by either share capital or loans -
They must be still reeling from missing their golden chance for a quick flip.

If they had any £ to put in , I believe they could put as much as they want into Dore , but nothing seems to be happening there.

Ps - wages are certainly limited to a fixed % of income - could anyone comment about transfer fees ?
Are they limited in any way ?
Eg : as they were by the "rolling 3yr maximum losses" rules.
Or have those rules gone now ?

Would appreciate any advice from those who've looked deeper into the rules 😊

If they aren’t putting share capital funds or loans can you explain how we cover losses? Just by selling players? How would we sign the players CW wants without owner funding. We’re pretty much out of external funding possibilities l’d think.
 
If they aren’t putting share capital funds or loans can you explain how we cover losses? Just by selling players? How would we sign the players CW wants without owner funding. We’re pretty much out of external funding possibilities l’d think.
I recall CoH saying their business model relied on player development and profitable player trading ,
So the "maximum losses" rules would in theory be irrelevant if they could stay at break-even point.

Who knows what their attitude to funding will now be ?
Chug along at break-even and pray for a miracle like 16-19 ?
Or chuck some cash at it , in an attempt to achieve PL ?
They must be on the horns of the classic dilemma affecting all businessmen whose original optimism
is unfulfilled.

If they have some cash , they can invest it in Dore without limitation - but imo that would show a long-term plan which I doubt they have.

I tend to believe they're after a quicker profit than that.
In which case , any new cash in the form of equity or loans would be thrown at getting to PL.

If that's the case , whilst wages are strictly controlled as a % of income , I'm not now sure of what limitations are imposed on P&L losses.
And I think I'm correct to say that P&L losses are influenced by the depreciation applied to transfer fees.
So spending on transfer fees can potentially increase losses over the period of the player's contract.

However , that was the reason for my question to any who've got to grips with the new rules.

In addition to wondering whether they'll put any new cash in (and whether that's limited by rules) ,
There's also the short-term shock of losing our parachutes.

My expectation is that our wages budget will be around mid-table in line with income.

As for our ability to pay transfer fees , there are so many variables , it's beyond guesswork.
My only hope is that we invest a bit more in players who are on the upward trajectory of their respective careers instead of aging injury prone players on their downward trajectory.
Otherwise , I don't see how the "profitable player trading" model can ever arrive.

And that brings into sharp focus our scouting & recruitment , which is another story ....
😉
 
COH still ignoring Danny and Alan then

Hall and Biggs have little credibility with COH. If they wanted to kill off all contact they are going the right way about it. Biggs doesn't seem to have learnt his lesson since his bad mouthing of the Prince sent him into meaningful news info exile. I see the Spanish accountant has now joined the debate adding his usual ill informed opinion.

Staton despite being a follower of the other side seems to currently be the only one who has a media route into SUFC. I'm basing this on his relationship with Bettis. Staton's update is this is a reshuffle of the coaching staff not a decision made by the owners. The reshuffle also includes losing Ramos and at least one new name coming in. That implies CW is content with this. Staton was reinforcing the point on FH last night.

Whether that is accurate or not remains to be seen. Unfortunately the communication black out from the owners continues allowing failed journalists Biggs, Hall and co to have their day in the sun.

I suspect the owners attention is currently focused on a pending legal matter next week across the pond.
 
I recall CoH saying their business model relied on player development and profitable player trading ,
So the "maximum losses" rules would in theory be irrelevant if they could stay at break-even point.

Who knows what their attitude to funding will now be ?
Chug along at break-even and pray for a miracle like 16-19 ?
Or chuck some cash at it , in an attempt to achieve PL ?
They must be on the horns of the classic dilemma affecting all businessmen whose original optimism
is unfulfilled.

If they have some cash , they can invest it in Dore without limitation - but imo that would show a long-term plan which I doubt they have.

I tend to believe they're after a quicker profit than that.
In which case , any new cash in the form of equity or loans would be thrown at getting to PL.

If that's the case , whilst wages are strictly controlled as a % of income , I'm not now sure of what limitations are imposed on P&L losses.
And I think I'm correct to say that P&L losses are influenced by the depreciation applied to transfer fees.
So spending on transfer fees can potentially increase losses over the period of the player's contract.

However , that was the reason for my question to any who've got to grips with the new rules.

In addition to wondering whether they'll put any new cash in (and whether that's limited by rules) ,
There's also the short-term shock of losing our parachutes.

My expectation is that our wages budget will be around mid-table in line with income.

As for our ability to pay transfer fees , there are so many variables , it's beyond guesswork.
My only hope is that we invest a bit more in players who are on the upward trajectory of their respective careers instead of aging injury prone players on their downward trajectory.
Otherwise , I don't see how the "profitable player trading" model can ever arrive.

And that brings into sharp focus our scouting & recruitment , which is another story ....
😉
Break even? Okay………

The losses posted in most Championship seasons tend to be more than amortisation figures. Thus they need funding. That’s why PA kept pumping amounts into share capital. Funds from player sales are likely to be paid over 3/4 years so it’s likely cash flow will require funding. Allowed PL losses isn’t the issue under discussion.

I thought it had been made clear Dore development was dependent on PL football.
 
I genuinely don't understand why they hate him. I just don't get it. Did they prefer being stuck in League One for what seemed like an eternity, getting our arses handed to us by Crawley, and getting knocked out of the play offs by Yeovil?

Wilder comes in, gets us out of League One at long last. Even gets us into the PL - in the top half of the PL, at one point, no less. And yet they hate him. I've never known a fanbase like it.

I go on the Sunderland and Middlesbrough forums, and the posters on both forums do the normal football fan thing of appreciating managers who've done well for them, and disliking managers who've done nothing for them.

And then I come back on here and it's backwards - one of our most successful managers ever is hated by a section of our own fanbase. It's weird. And what's even weirder is, they don't even recognise how weird it is. I can't get my head around it.
Hated is too harsh a word to us
Our form
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You're completely delusional
can you add the results after 28 March and only one game we saw a decent performance
Plus 30 minutes against Leeds
 
Feel free to highlight whom in this thread made the argument of form from January to the Coventry game. All I've read is arguments over our form from/post-January. Considering the last 7 games of that season also fall under that definition, it's pretty disingenuous of you to ignore them to try and reinforce your stance.
We’re losing games at home from 26/12/24. The form was shocking
We lost 2 home games. The argument was clearly our form from January until the collapse. The results are there, not much more I can add
 
can you add the results after 28 March and only one game we saw a decent performance
Plus 30 minutes against Leeds
The discussion was our form from January up to the collapse so I would have no reason to do that. We all know the results. Some of us don't gloat over it.
 
Does the article include any factual quoted comments or just the usual 'we understand'?
 
Believe it to be the authors interpretation of where we are with various projects. The sort of thing that you discuss with your mates in the pub when picking up snippets from various sources and putting it together to appear to be a learned scholar
 
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Break even? Okay………

The losses posted in most Championship seasons tend to be more than amortisation figures. Thus they need funding. That’s why PA kept pumping amounts into share capital. Funds from player sales are likely to be paid over 3/4 years so it’s likely cash flow will require funding. Allowed PL losses isn’t the issue under discussion.

I thought it had been made clear Dore development was dependent on PL football.
OK , forget Dore and concentrate on PL.

If the new rules limit our wage bill to 85%(?) of income - which itself will be reduced by the loss of parachutes - will that help control our losses ?

I'm basically responding to those who expect a top 8 finish based on having a top 8 wage budget.
I don't think that is a reasonable expectation at this stage unless CoH are prepared to put in substantial funds to finance a transfer budget
AND
our recruitment improves dramatically
 
I recall CoH saying their business model relied on player development and profitable player trading ,
So the "maximum losses" rules would in theory be irrelevant if they could stay at break-even point.

Who knows what their attitude to funding will now be ?
Chug along at break-even and pray for a miracle like 16-19 ?
Or chuck some cash at it , in an attempt to achieve PL ?
They must be on the horns of the classic dilemma affecting all businessmen whose original optimism
is unfulfilled.

If they have some cash , they can invest it in Dore without limitation - but imo that would show a long-term plan which I doubt they have.

I tend to believe they're after a quicker profit than that.
In which case , any new cash in the form of equity or loans would be thrown at getting to PL.

If that's the case , whilst wages are strictly controlled as a % of income , I'm not now sure of what limitations are imposed on P&L losses.
And I think I'm correct to say that P&L losses are influenced by the depreciation applied to transfer fees.
So spending on transfer fees can potentially increase losses over the period of the player's contract.

However , that was the reason for my question to any who've got to grips with the new rules.

In addition to wondering whether they'll put any new cash in (and whether that's limited by rules) ,
There's also the short-term shock of losing our parachutes.

My expectation is that our wages budget will be around mid-table in line with income.

As for our ability to pay transfer fees , there are so many variables , it's beyond guesswork.
My only hope is that we invest a bit more in players who are on the upward trajectory of their respective careers instead of aging injury prone players on their downward trajectory.
Otherwise , I don't see how the "profitable player trading" model can ever arrive.

And that brings into sharp focus our scouting & recruitment , which is another story ....
😉
Bloody hell, that’s nearly as long as one of Blacksea posts…
 



OK , forget Dore and concentrate on PL.

If the new rules limit our wage bill to 85%(?) of income - which itself will be reduced by the loss of parachutes - will that help control our losses ?

I'm basically responding to those who expect a top 8 finish based on having a top 8 wage budget.
I don't think that is a reasonable expectation at this stage unless CoH are prepared to put in substantial funds to finance a transfer budget
AND
our recruitment improves dramatically
It means we need to maximise income and utilise our larger number of fans then most have in the Championship.

Season tickets and walk up sales will need to be good, and get buying inside the ground rather then outside the ground. Push for club shop sales.

Need to buy in numbers more then ever before to maximise what we have.
 
We lost 2 home games. The argument was clearly our form from January until the collapse. The results are there, not much more I can add
Why is that "clearly" the argument? I asked you who set the parameters to be only until we beat Coventry, rather than including all results to the end of the season, and you've ignored the question completely. The only one who seems to be adding that stipulation is you.
 
OK , forget Dore and concentrate on PL.

If the new rules limit our wage bill to 85%(?) of income - which itself will be reduced by the loss of parachutes - will that help control our losses ?

I'm basically responding to those who expect a top 8 finish based on having a top 8 wage budget.
I don't think that is a reasonable expectation at this stage unless CoH are prepared to put in substantial funds to finance a transfer budget
AND
our recruitment improves dramatically

The last accounts, 24/25, show income of £79m. If you accept the oft quoted figure of parachute payments of £49m, that leaves around £30m income for 26/27. The overall wage bill for that year was £46m. The wages figure for 25/26 isn’t yet available but 85% of £30m is £25.5m. With 24/25 admin costs of £18m you can see the issues facing the owners. (Figures for context, player sales and purchases ignored).
 
OK , forget Dore and concentrate on PL.

If the new rules limit our wage bill to 85%(?) of income - which itself will be reduced by the loss of parachutes - will that help control our losses ?

I'm basically responding to those who expect a top 8 finish based on having a top 8 wage budget.
I don't think that is a reasonable expectation at this stage unless CoH are prepared to put in substantial funds to finance a transfer budget
AND
our recruitment improves dramatically
Back of a fag-packet maths, as I understand the situation:
The gap between our expenditure and income is roughly 20m, though that will be softened a little by offloading players (notably T. Davies, Mee, Ings).
If we can raise ~20m from sales (and associated wage reductions), we're OK in terms of SCR.
The owners are allowed under the rules to put in up to 10m.
Very happy to be corrected if this is wide of the mark.
 
Burnley at home on Boxing Day as well. Don’t expect these two fan boys to post the whole story though, it’s beyond them. Apparently the football was exhilarating throughout 🙄.

The reality though is that if CW stays, which l think he will, l won’t be slating the board at every opportunity. If he goes, the Wilder Toddlers won’t be able to stop themselves.
We had a dip near the end but falling off a cliff is a ridiculous over exaggeration.
We also differ on the meaning of dip when discussing post January that season. It was shocking.
Your point was our form from January not including the dip was shocking. It clearly wasn't. You call us toddlers and yet you cant even admit basic things like that. You just change the argument. Do you think boxing day is in January? So disingenuous again I really dont know why you cant have an honest discussion when it comes to Wilder.
 
Your point was our form from January not including the dip was shocking. It clearly wasn't. You call us toddlers and yet you cant even admit basic things like that. You just change the argument. Do you think boxing day is in January? So disingenuous again I really dont know why you cant have an honest discussion when it comes to Wilder.
No it wasn’t . The first mention of a dip was by nopigfansintown

Post 360
We had a dip near the end but falling off a cliff is a ridiculous over exaggeration.

My only use of the word was in my reply to him (and the very next post)

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We also differ on the meaning of dip when discussing post January that season.

You will see my reference was “post January”. That’s all.

You just lie and then call me disingenuos to try to back it up🙄

Of course You have the option to post what you claim l’ve said but l guess you won’t be arsed and will just resort to your usual argument winning bomb of a laughing smiley.

Toddleresque.
 
The problem as I see it is that costs are the wage costs are almost entirely fixed but revenue is dynamic apart rom season ticket sales. Ticket revenue from walk ups will depend on how well we are doing, this will affect merchandising and refreshment sales in the ground as well as TV revenue and associated advertising because the better wwe do the more likely we will be selected for live TV games. The only way to spend more is to raise revenue, and this will require imagination and investment.
 
The problem as I see it is that costs are the wage costs are almost entirely fixed but revenue is dynamic apart rom season ticket sales. Ticket revenue from walk ups will depend on how well we are doing, this will affect merchandising and refreshment sales in the ground as well as TV revenue and associated advertising because the better wwe do the more likely we will be selected for live TV games. The only way to spend more is to raise revenue, and this will require imagination and investment.
Refreshment sales in the ground will belong to Compass l believe. Aren’t we in the middle of a contract with them?
 
It seems not

COH and CW quiet and no ones confirmed anything yet, to my knowledge

Knilly was a huge part of 2016 to today and nothing to confirm or deny it, but ground tours are being advertised

It's a shambles and disrespectful to AK and the supporters
 



If we sign player's for a fee or loan, they need to play them. If they don't what's the point of signing them?
Too much money wasted like this

Yeah, let's just buy players who are Championship ready with Championship ready wages rather than cheaper players who can develop into such. Great idea
 

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