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REPD exactly. Once the money went mental you need any ownership model to include lots of disposable money or a willingness to absorb debt. Or just fall behind. In the conference national we’d be outperforming funding to make the play offs.
26th Mar 2026 11:24:03
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of course I am not encouraging anyone to avoid paywalls as Mr. Murdoch obviously deserves your money.
26th Mar 2026 11:20:06
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Eventually got to it via the waybackmachine. Doesn't say anything startling that we didn't know but some good sense from Ivor
26th Mar 2026 11:18:56
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Luckily the away end at Stockport has a wedding style marquee over it these days let’s hope it doesn’t blow away
26th Mar 2026 11:16:25
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Strong likelihood of some precipitation in Stockport on Saturday
26th Mar 2026 11:10:00
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remember it always rains in Manchester!
Lurker - even without Wrexham/Brum, wages have been growing faster than we can keep up with. It's just that those two clubs accelerated it. And yes, we've never actually been "fan owned"...
26th Mar 2026 11:08:44
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Our current model maybe would have worked in L1 two decades ago, but now it won't even work in the Conference.
REPD looks like a very accurate assessment. It isn’t the model itself thats the issue it’s that the league structure has gone ballistic financially. We have a club in this division getting EPL parachute payments FFS. The model can work if you have rich enough fans to keep putting the money in or if you elect a rich person to run the club each year.
26th Mar 2026 11:05:01
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But I would say I don’t think we’ve ever been fan owned, always trust owned. Except, for several reasons and in several ways, I’d argue we haven’t been truly trust owned for some years now.
Given that we are virtually safe the 8 games left are a perfect time to blood them
26th Mar 2026 11:01:11
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Rob Couhig bringing his unwanted “this is how we do it in a sport that’s only played in America” viewpoint.
26th Mar 2026 11:00:18
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Good stuff from Ivor, as ever.
I kinda like the idea of it. Keeps things honest and for clubs in our situation it provides motivation. That said, as things are it does open the door for younger players to be given a bit of experience without the fear of failure. So I guess you can argue it both ways.
26th Mar 2026 10:51:12
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For example - I think many fans would be happy to see Jennings and Foyo get some decent minutes on Saturday, but would also prefer that we didn’t get beaten heavily. COYD
Spit’s attempts to be Papers aka the voice of doom seems to have fallen on deaf ears
26th Mar 2026 10:49:40
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Timmy and Trigger yeah EFL use a pooled money system, consisting of money generated and the “kindness of their hearts” money from EPL clubs. Seems to be talk of championship maybe going to some portion being on merit (league place). Staying in league one seems to be worth around 500k to a club. So at our level it’s big money. For some obviously it’s peanuts.
26th Mar 2026 10:32:50
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Ah there you go. I did think it sounded a bit strange to be sold out.
26th Mar 2026 09:27:53
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Laurence - just done exactly that.
26th Mar 2026 09:26:33
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Far be it from me to suggest AFCW could give that kind of information out to its own supporters.
Stockport tickets still on sale on the OS along with Burton and Lincoln
26th Mar 2026 09:25:10
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REPD - usually best to find oppo Twitter and ask them.
26th Mar 2026 09:20:57
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Think someone or somewhere was saying that Stockport away is sold out, Rob.
26th Mar 2026 09:12:48
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Yeah could blood a few youngsters if there’s no huge £££ to get as high up as possible, although would be nice to get our highest ever finish in this era
26th Mar 2026 09:05:06
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Morning all. Can anyone work out if Stockport is pay on the day?
26th Mar 2026 09:02:50
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Because even the Stockport website doesn't help
With our injuries ,doubt we will get anymore points this season.
26th Mar 2026 08:58:05
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Let's hope Exeter and blackpool don't go on a run
Timmy i don’t think there is that reward structure in League One (for some reason I think it’s an EFL thing so could be Championship and League Two as well) so the motivation to finish as high up the table as possible is purely down to individual club circumstances.
26th Mar 2026 08:54:42
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I think we may have a pretty drab run in - main factors being the fixture list being pretty tough and our thin squad having given it all this season already. Other clubs may also find themselves on the beach or already in a playoff spot so you never know. But I’m not going to moan if we slide down a few places - as long as we’re not putting ourselves at risk.
From now on in, most of our games will be against teams with something to play for. Doesn't necessarily mean we'll lose these games, but that will be a factor to bear in mind
26th Mar 2026 08:43:16
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Timmy, pretty certain we don't
Bert, thanks looks bigger than when I went in the 70s
