Whitey Grandad

Zenith Data Systems. I have never been so cold and it took me 3 hours to get out of the car park.

That's really annoying. I was soooo looking forward to this tournament and now I shall be way for the game on October 7th. Boo hoo.

I would say that it is morally ok if it is only an occasional use of a senior ticket by an adult less than 60 years old. Deliberate purchase of a senior ticket for use by an under-60 would be fraud IMO. I have two STs which until now were at the full adult price and sometimes they have been used by my son and my granddaughter and very occasionally by an over 60. I would not expect a refund if a concessionary spectator were to use one of my adult tickets. This is the first season that my tickets have qualified for the 'senior' discount so perhaps I should be more circumspect in their use from now on?

Hmm, a difficult match to call. I suppose I'd settle for a draw. I'm fairly certain that next Saturday's team will be nothing like the the one we have at Christmas.

Yep. He's gone, deal with it, move on.

Ausgezeichnet!

I read an interesting fact today. In 13 years at Ipswich Sir Bobby Robson only bought 14 players.

Get real everybody. The season is not gong to settle down until a couple of months have gone by. Some team will shoot out ahead of the rest and then drop down into oblivion. The loan deadline isn't until the end of September, is it?

For those who can bear to watch it, the BBC's Sports Personality lifetime achievement award (bottom of the screen): http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8177945.stm And at Barcelona: http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/noticies/futbol/temporada09-10/07/n090731106011.html RIP Sir Bobby, you have left us all such fond memories.

This should make you laugh: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article6730823.ece under 'long shots'

What is it with this 'debt free' obsession? This club is now in private ownership and all its financial arrangements are a matter for its owner. Since that owner is filthy rich, we are not going to go bust so all that matters is how much financing is available to help us advance up the leagues. We supporters can relax and get back to the business of following our team around the country. Give it a rest, please. ](*,)

'released by mutual consent' or some such wording, I believe. As far as I recall, we received no fee but we could stop paying him.

He was a great man. His career and his achievements stand out amongst so many others.

Is that 2 children by 3 different adults??? I hear some strange rumours about them folks down in them parts.

I think that would be called a 'potential liability', certainly not a debt.

I can't understand all this debate about debt-free or not. As far as we are concerned, what does it matter? What difference does it make? We are indebted to Herr Liebherr but as far as the day-to-day running of the club is concerned, we shall have a budget and access to capital injections as we need them. Let's face it, we are not going to go broke again, are we?

The 10 points were for going into administration, not for what may come after.

That's a decision that I will happily leave to 'der management'. Stability first, then steady improvement from now on. If we can scrape into the playoffs, or better, then I'm sure that all concerned would be delighted but I wouldn't expect to see any big money panic buying at this early stage. Even at my age, I'm prepared to be patient. I'm just thankful and relieved that we have a club and a team to support and that we have the financial backing to be able to take a long-term view.

What's the typical turnover for a club in this league? £8m to £9m ?

It may even be that, in this 'five year plan' it has been decided that a 10 point penalty makes it unrealistic to spend large amounts of money on the coming season and that the big financial push could wait until next year.

Isn't that what happened last season?

We've appointed a good manager. I am content to leave the purchase and selection of players up to him.

Sir Markus?

If he left us he'd only be loaned out to some Division 1 team. Which is exactly what he needs, a couple of seasons in the lower tiers.

We've cut the overheads with the players that have been released. I don't expect spectacular changes to start with, but hey, let's just be pleased that we have a football club and some stability.