stevegrant

Fortunately they didn't bat much better, another slow wicket. I did laugh at the caricature sketches some fella on the boundary was drawing... here's Mark Cosgrove:

He'll probably add 1000 to the gate as well...

Worked well last season... It's an interesting theory, mind you.

I think HMRC reserved the right to challenge his appointment again in court.

To be fair, they've just taken the figure direct from UHY's CVA proposal. They've made no judgement on whether that figure is fair or otherwise.

Not sure if your memory is playing tricks on you, but you started a near-identical thread yesterday which is still running. Let's stick to that one...

Dunno what you're talking about... :smt035

Anyone need crew? Have you tried Willie Walsh?

Ignore that last one... unbelievable, Jeff

16/3, Walker caught by McKenzie off Balcombe.

The cost of buying the club is the only guaranteed sum of money that has been invested to date, and that is obviously money he will expect a return on in the medium-to-long-term. The training ground redevelopment hasn't started yet, and all other costs could conceivably be coming out of the revenue generated over the last year. League attendances were up nearly 20% and we've also had some big cup paydays as well.

What millions are these?

Probably about 2pm then, I guess. Arse.

311/7 declared. 328 to win with a minimum of 78 overs to be bowled.

Didn't the Argies need to win by 5 goals to get through or something like that?!

I don't see what the fuss is all about, we're level with the league leaders at the moment...

For clubs in the lower divisions, there won't be much transfer activity until the end of June when players' contracts expire. While we've obviously got a bigger budget than everyone else, that doesn't mean we won't be looking at the free transfer market. The links with Calderon and Dickson are testament to that. I'd expect the majority of signings to be made during our pre-season programme, which then gives them a varying number of games to get themselves integrated into the team. I see no reason why we can't hit the ground running in August at this stage.

Thanks to everyone for their entries, some cracking efforts there. I will be contacting three entrants that I have shortlisted with a few modification requests for a final image, and will decide on a winner this week.

I watched their coverage of Glamorgan v Gloucestershire on Friday night, the camerawork is appalling, the ball went up in the air but clearly in the direction of long-on, and the camera quickly turned to long-off, only to see nothing and hear a big cheer when the catch was taken

Surely it's pointless buying a 3D TV until there's actually some content available for it? Sky 3D is only available in a limited number of pubs at the moment, although I think they're launching their commercial 3D service in the autumn. I was quite skeptical about the whole 3D thing when it first launched, but then went and watched the Blackpool v Cardiff game in the Mitre in Portswood and was actually very impressed. I do still suspect most people will see it as a bit of a gimmick though.

Do you fancy explaining that comment?

Less than 40% of people in this country would be eligible for a 0% credit card. Have you actually read the thread? The club are not funding any credit risk, except in the situation like last season where they (perhaps naively, perhaps just due to time constraints) ran the scheme themselves rather than use an external company. Assuming they do what every other club (except Rochdale) does and use an external agency to run the scheme, the club get 100% of the season ticket money up front. The external agency are then responsible for chasing any missed payments, etc (for which I believe they can apply for CCJs, blacklisting, etc), and they make their money from interest payments. Only if the club insisted they wanted the scheme to be 0% (as they have done occasionally in the past, but not every year), THEN there would be some sort of cost to the club, probably as a percentage of the amount being paid. But even then, the club get all of the money owed to them up front, and the external agency does any chasing that is required.

GITR, I think dune was aiming a fairly cheap (albeit mildly amusing) shot at Delldays as he's been banging on incessantly (along with a number of others, it should be said) about how people should have managed their finances a bit better rather than complain that the installment plan has been scrapped at zero notice. Anyway, this thread is making things degenerate further than I'm willing to allow so, er, locked.

I would imagine that if he had been running an installment plan for away coach travel for a decade, which 10% of his customer base had come to rely on over that period of time, he'd be pretty foolish to abolish it without giving any notice to those customers... And in this particular case, his customers could easily use an alternative travel company, unlike the scenario you're trying (and failing) to compare it to.