Hash - it would help and if that is part of the strategy and plan the boards come up with then great but we don't know that approving 50%+1 means achieving 50%+1. That still leaves a loss which our people with accountancy knowledge suggest is about 1 million a year and selling Foyo for that 1 million and playing at Old Trafford in the cup are not really a believable plan. Let us see what they come up with.

OI i guess if we pay off bond debt then the interest payments (c. £400k?) could be redirected to operational expenditure and so would have an impact on our losses

Just think, in a few days we could have Buckley replacing himself, fall out of the playoffs and, five months in, still no clear grip on the tiller from the new DTB. What a time to be alive.

Morning all. SW19 on yesterday's latest clusterfuck now up - [Link]

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Keefy - I'll give this lot a while, they do seem to at least admit the can exists which is a big step forward. However if there isn't a clear strategy and a plan to implement eliminating losses by the end of 2025 I'd be moving towards the selling out camp.

And yes I know cutting the budget unilaterally will be bad for us but cannot all EFL chairman get together and admit they are over-paying players and agents. Is the small chance of being the next Wrexham too much of a temptation to run their businesses prudently?

The only way to cut losses is to cut the player budget. We, and every L2 club are overpaying their players for what they commercially bring to the club. This is repeated through all football.

Jacqui Oatley at sgm tomorrow, who is she?

OI Exactly right no one will put money in just to pay off debts. So in your words Administration seems to be the only way forward!! I see there is SGM tomorrow night. Hopefully the grand plan will br revealed. Kicking the can down the road cannot go on for ever.

Mark L - selling down to 50%+1 has no obvious major effect on our losses. Would somebody owning a maximum of 15% be willing to put their hand in their pocket to support ongoing losses? If you want someone rich to make up the losses then they will want control, i.e. the end of fan ownership. Whether you think that is now the way to go or not, getting there with our current governance almost certainly involves administration. Persuading 75% of members to vote to sell out when many of the established names will fight it to the last looks vanishingly unlikely.

I know people say this every week but the empty seats thing is so weird. I bought resale tickets a week or so ago and at that point almost no availability and no pairs together. Get to the game and large gaps in every stand.

Thought it was a game of two halves; us narrowly better than Vale in 1st but Vale well on top in 2nd. Stats back me up

Kite - exactly 🤪 hence my moral 😂

Never play for a draw as you almost never get it.

...and likewise for SwinDon... is what I meant

Just to add: The OS write-up of the Morecambe game says a crowd of 6751 (whereas that website says 7651) and likewise 6304 (vs 6340). The stats in our matchday programme are as per the OS write-ups. Which is correct, I have no idea.

Never say never Silk, but I don’t think JJ has faith in a back four. Plus Reeves is back in so I assume we go 352 again. I’d chuck Kelly in tbh.

Agreed on record crowd. As for average, it depends on whether the attendances for Morecambe and SwinDon were as per that website or as per the stats published in the matchday programme. If the latter, then our average was 7971. An attendance of 8675 at a play-off home game (if that counts) would take us to 8000.

Damn right RK.

I wonder if a move to 4-4-2 would be worthwhile with Ogs and Reeves in for Hutch and Maycock. I wonder if JJ is contemplating change this week.

All OK from the comfort of your TV lounge I expect ;-)

How fun would us being 1-0 down and we get a 97th minute penalty?

Don't Panic!. Early odds are: Grimsby 17/10; Draw 11/5; Us 13/8. Which when you run it through the probability calculator is Grimsby 36%, Draw 27%, Us 37%. This game is not a slam dunk home win and the chance of getting something from this match is high. Less pant-soiling and more faith.

I make it a record crowd yesterday (by five?)