JaW - Apologies I've been out. Re your post at 17.27, I'm on record as saying I want to see this put back to the members before the end of this calendar year and I remain of that view.

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£208m is too much it should be broken down to 4 x £50m jackpots and £8m to me for coming up with the idea.

Nicander: my position is that i think that the fans model served us brilliantly in non league. But it was a different ball game. We were the big fish in a small pond. Since promotion to football league, it’s been pretty clear we need to evolve. We need to level out the playing field so we can truly compete on equal terms with teams in league 1. I also get quite exasperated by people who say it’s a long term project. Football is for the here and now. We must somehow weigh both short and long term and for me it means outside investment as an absolute priority

Nope, lottery app says £208m.

Spartan, could be higher. Friday was meant to be a £104m super jackpot. I'll check our lottery terminal tomorrow.

Mark - fair enough. Certainly we won't get what we won't pay for. I would like to see the board present some strong options around what it would take to keep the club secured for community benefit while being successful on the pitch.

Womble we haven't made a loss for the last few years because of Al Hamadi, Rudoni, Currie, Assal sales. Point is we can't rely on having a big money sale or cup run every year.

It looks as though not enough Wombles played the Euromillions tonight, it has rolled over again and is estimated to be £208m on Friday. ;-)

Never really understood why it was a sport but wouldn’t want to persuade anyone else not to watch it. Used to enjoy the stock car racing though, mainly for the banger races.

Speedway is fantastic spent many a good night at the stadium, don't think I missed a home meeting for 12 years between 79 to 91 . Actually seem to spend most of my teens at plough lane.

Just one very simple question - how do we cover the losses now?

Nicander: as someone posted a few days ago, I see very few fans giving much to this pot of gold. I certainly don’t think either we should be paying £200 more per season ticket. It’s year on year, and that’s the biggest problem. Not a one off payment. Plus we need money to fund a larger ground, improve facilities, etc. Salaries will obviously increase too at probably a faster rate than revenue.

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I think Nicks referring to the bronze statue of Will Nightingale that's being installed.

Postie, it should be good, bad weather generally means better races. Will probably go fishing early and watch as they go by

Yes, I wouldn't class it as impossible but I still think we have a long way to go. We have made a start moving on from the idea that the Premier League or a regulator will spread fairy dust. I'm waiting to see a (redacted) plan I find believable. I think I would favour a candidate who proposed not selling out but investigating what selling out would look like and how it might be tackled if needed.

Poor Tills. Must be so confused today all because some random made up this rumour.

I don’t think there is either. But forget the championship and you’re still looking at £4-5M per season if we want to extend the stadium or a decent training ground. Plus £1M to sort the 3rd floor maybe more to put the pub in a decent position.

JAW - all you can do is take it one step at a time, I honestly don't believe there's a skip-to-the-top-half-of-the-Championship cheat code that can be unlocked by selling out.

Based on this season it’s £2-3M. Would be at least double that in championship. Then add in trying* to extend the stadium and decent training ground and that’s probably £10M a season

No, sure, I get that. Our aim according to last year's finance report is to have an annual playing budget of £7m. We currently spend about £4m according to the same doc. We are looking to eliminate our debt and eke out an extra £3m a year from income and investment. Why is it impossible to do that from a global fanbase of conservatively 10k+?

Is the new artwork a masterpiece on how to navigate the ticket system 😂

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