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I hope you’re right but that they are obviously better than Gavin straight away in training so Still picks them. Don’t mind Bazunu as #2 so much.

Not necessarily if they retain the registration as they did with Reading but threaten disqualification if the owner doesn’t sell by X date. The issue there was that the owner played brinkmanship right to the last minute. The EFL Board either needs more teeth, or to work more closely with football creditors and HMRC to force sales much earlier. The National League has to deal with their piss poor governance after Morecambe’s relegation. And the ground safety issues are more than enough to trigger FAPP. An iconic 9000 seater stand very dangerously rusted to bits. And thousands of people sat in that last season. I’ve been there to watch Saints over many years and it’s not had a penny piece in maintenance for at least 10 years. Given that stadium’s history, that’s astonishing.

They did as new business interests in China pulled up red flags (no pun intended) https://www.stadiumrant.com/sell-or-sink-the-efl-forces-reading-fc/ I agree with Simon Church’s summation of the EFL board though https://rdg.today/former-reading-fc-player-describes-efl-as-f-morons-following-latest-takeover-statement/

Did well working with Wolves. Solak having a similar tie-up to a top agent would’ve made a boat load more sense than relying on Ankerson, and made him money not lose it hand over fist.

Withhold the Golden Share or whatever it’s called these days. They’ll need to play the first 3-4 games away anyway with kids as their iconic North Stand has failed safety inspections, or rather he won’t let it be done properly. Kill your fans. Nice. Solak is inept but at least he’s not that bad. Poundings deduction comes with it but as with us in 08/09 it’s the least of the issues https://eflanalysis.com/news/finance-expert-explains-why-administration-is-best-outcome-for-dejphon-chansiri-and-sheffield-wednesday/

Force administration - he’s missed so many payrolls and payments to football creditors they can enforce it. Or stoke HMRC into doing it if they’re feeling cowardly. Or find a Leon Crouch figure who has lent him money to put them into it.

Quick to hand out points deductions (except Leicester) and transfer embargoes but when they need to put their screw up right in approving a rogue owner - silence. On a smaller scale, see Morecambe. Not that the PL were any better with us and allowing Gao through.

8 years service during the club’s second worst spell in living memory, 250 appearances, got our money back, could’ve been a lot worse. Hoedt, Vestergaard and others were signed for far more money and were total turd, not even that good really, so can’t complain too much about Jan. He’s been part of some horrific moments - 2x 9-0 - but then the club has been horrific to support 2017-present bar Ralph’s first few months and Project Restart, so hardly his fault in a lot of ways.

I doubt it, Alpine was actually pictured on here with other forum members at a pre-season game in either Austria or Switzerland. Long time ago but I think it was possibly under Poch, or Ronald at a push. Was a very prolific poster and then just vanished.

True, but part of the stupidity was making those two transfers into a whole recruitment strategy and that becoming what seemed like 75% of the players purchased, completely forgetting about building a team and a spine to compete properly.

Couldn’t have done any worse if he physically been either,

No, he was 2021 I think from Torino.

Which would end up heavily subsidised. We’re very light in wide areas, especially with Edozie sale, so even with a couple of incomings Ryan would still get some appearances and maybe an impact sub as he was 23/24?

Sam was too lightweight for the PL which City fans warned about but actually one of the markedly better players in the first half of our last Champ campaign until Stacey’s dirty (and should’ve been red card) foul at Norwich wiped him out. As with Baz, very mixed Belgian spell but that’s a good manager and club to get him back in track. If the fee is broadly right, that could work out for all parties.

Given how poorly the club’s been run since Ronald left, accelerated by SR, I can’t really blame them tbh from a professional perspective. Ralph hid the decline but even he ran out of steam. Good luck to Still, he will need it.