Doctoroncall

What else has MJ shown? endeavour, willingness to do something... that will not get you far in business.

So what happened after the interview. Why did he not take on Bournemouth? I wasn't impressed with his interview technique, he came across as a man of little substance and too much waffle.

I had these to hand for some reason. These are the average attendance figures for the season up until November... Interesting to note that the biggest drop (%) is Birmingham, us and then Reading. It would also be interesting to see if they have changed and by how much over the full season and to see by fixture throughout the season: Team............. Ave '07-'08... Ave '08-'09... change.. Percent change Derby County........ 32,432.... 29,298.... -3,134.... -10% Sheffield United..... 25,630.... 25,432.... -198....... -1% Norwich City......... 24,527.... 24,158.... -369....... -2% Wolverhampton W.. 23,498.... 23,776.... 278........ 1% Charlton Athletic.... 23,159.... 21,097.... -2,062.... -9% Sheffield Wed........ 21,418.... 20,585.... -833....... -4% Nottingham Forest.. 19,955.... 20,500.... 545........ 3% Ipswich Town........ 21,934.... 20,463.... -1,471.... -7% Reading................ 23,585.... 19,138.... -4,447.... -19% Birmingham City..... 26,180.... 18,912.... -7,268.... -28% Cardiff City........... 13,771.... 18,040.... 4,269...... 31% Coventry City........ 19,123.... 17,414.... -1,709.... -9% Bristol City............ 16,275.... 17,216.... 941........ 6% Southampton........ 21,253.... 15,675.... -5,578.... -26% Crystal Palace....... 16,032.... 15,147.... -885....... -6% Swansea.............. 13,519.... 15,137.... 1,618...... 12% Watford............... 16,876.... 14,525.... -2,351.... -14% Barnsley............... 11,424.... 14,279.... 2,855...... 25% Queens Park R....... 13,958.... 14,143.... 185........ 1% Preston North End.. 12,646.... 12,830.... 184........ 1% Burnley................ 12,364.... 12,263.... -101....... -1% Doncaster............. 07,978.... 11,674.... 3,696...... 46% Plymouth Argyle..... 13,002.... 11,258.... -1,744.... -13% Blackpool.............. 08,860.... 07,902.... -958....... -11%

As my brother is a creditor who is owed ~£25k, he's not particularly happy as it has a knock on effect that he cannot pay bills on time so effecting other firms. These are tough times and it doesn't just stop at SFC but many other companies down the line.

The biggest asset is the manager, get that piece right and it shouldn't cost too much to do well and get promoted.

If it was execution then the coaches should have kept things simple that they know the players could cope with.

Unfortunately I cannot see that stopping the FL adding to the penalty we already have through some obscure association (or pressure from other teams on the FL to seek 'justice').

How much of the fee did Saints actually get as there was a sell-on clause from the team (in T&T?) we bought him from.

I beleive he plays on the right.

A six fiigure sum has been accepted by Liverpool for Anderson (loaned to Swansea for their promotion year, then NF this season).

Well, I'm sure there would have been a drop in attendance figures but what happen was rather stark in comparison to other clubs 26% vs 1% (I think). Even against similar clubs (size and recent relegation) the drop was around 10%. Ours was one of the worst. Yes with better results, attendances would have at least been maintained. I think it gave false hope that that amount of money could be spent, we were not in that much financial trouble and there was a lot of biging [sic] the frormer france u-19s captain up.

I'm not sure how much influence Crouch had on affairs while he was involved while on the board, however he did make the decision to back Wilde in the beginning and pay-off the execs at the end of his time. His money is helping to keep the club in existance at the moment. Wilde was the catalyst that sped the decline which Lowe created by losing focus of the main objective (support first-team football) with his pet projects and the dutch revolution. Dave Jones was the CFO throughtout although I don't know his powers of veto so not sure of his influence or whether he just towed the line, however, Dicko seems to know more but will not let on. It is fair to say we could have been in League 1 with Lowe, but still with a club. It then comes to a point were a club this size has too many ongoings to support so assets would have to be sold. It's more difficult to see how it would have gone under Leon as cut backs were required - at least more would fans would have turned up and the 81% of turnover on player salary would have gone down with the return of the expensive loans that helped our survival in the CCC last season. It would have been interesting to see Pearson have a go at running the team as well.

Good for you, I like your reasoning... there was me think Lowe masterminded everything Jones did and it was the otherway round

If we are proportioning blame, then this is what I think: Wilde: 50% (set the course for disaster and then ran like a rat etc) Lowe 30% (ego got the better of him - he didn't actually know best) Askham: 11% (blinded by money, not what was best for the club) Crouch: 4% (caught between a rock and a hard place for a choice who to back but at least is providing funds in our hour of need) Barclays: 5% (don't understand their desire to pull the plug over a small amount having unilaterally reduced the overdraft last summer)

Nice to see a club achieve something they set out to do. Has anyone seen the proposed stadium? At £93m it cannot be out-of-the-box like SMS. Still as the article states "The majority of the funding is to be provided in the form of interest-free loans" so that's quite a debt for a league one club.

I thought the George Reynolds stadium was owned by Darlington.

Don't get knocked by these sensationalised media sound bites. It's not over yet.

That was mooted, but cannot remember where I saw it or whether it was rational!

This is from the Football Leagues statement when imposing the ten point penalty: "...In light of all this advice, the Board concluded that an administrator had been appointed in respect of the Club or part of its undertaking or assets. Accordingly, it was left with no alternative other than to invoke its 'Sporting Sanctions' regulations and apply a 10 point penalty to the Club. The other provisions of The League's insolvency policy also become effective." So I think they can do what they want and we're likely to be totally screwed with other penalties coming our way if debts are not paid in full!

is that their first name or surname?

York 3.45 Waffle

Same age as me. Condolences to family and friends. I hope the young lad that was seriously injured pulls through.

That's the trouble with a plc, it has shareholders to please in the way of dividends and he was one of the highest paid chairman in the EPL. Unfortunately, money was put into other schemes other than first team football. Some well thought out (the academy - although we were previously doing OK), others not (radio, finance companies, SCW etc).

lol! when fear takes a grip, the risk assessment goes out of the window... oink oink.