Dark Munster

Any hope of entering the Russian roulette with three chambers out of four filled. Still, the few have to clutch at whatever straws they can. It's the hope that kills you.

I think the fun will really begin the moment it is mathematically impossible for them to make the top six. Oh how we'll laugh.

Well, the lull didn't last long did it? From the comments: Cash or Cheque only = No protection, You wont get it back if the club goes back into administration, this smells of something very dodgy. I mean seriously! there must be a cash flow crisis again! doggo It appears that the penny is starting to drop for some of the few.

Yes, but he did sign Big Ken. (See above).

Great player. But it's amazing to think that a Br*nf**t signing could make the top 10!

Yes indeed, best wishes to him. Just curious, was he a smoker?

Well you certainly know all about that, Mack.

Good grief, we can't have a whole day without at least one post to the thread. I'm sure this is just the calm before the storm (for them). Any latest news on the Cheats to keep us laughing?

Not winning every game can never be a necessity.

What happened to that Wednesday supporter (Tart Owl something) who was bragging on here at the beginning of season that they'll pip us for first place? She's gone rather quiet over the last few months. I wonder why?

Ah yes, but you have to admit it's worth every penny to be owners of the club with the bestest™ fans in the world.

Can't think why. "If you're offered a better job with far, far more money and playing at the top level, it's every footballer's dream," he [Posh's director of football Barry Fry] said. "We've stopped him fulfilling that dream five or six times."

Not much chance of that. After Chinny has scarpered I think they'll find the cupboard very bare. Actually, they probably won't even find a cupboard.

It did cross my mind. But then I was comforted with the thought that, whatever points they get deducted, the FA will make sure that QPR will finish at least one place above the Cheats.

... and then buy the yacht.

Imagine you are a loan shark, owning a club you have no interest in, except to extract as much lucre out of it as possible. You get advanced the remaining parachute money, and have paid off as few creditors as possible. You are left with several million. Do you: 1) Plough it into the club to keep them semi-competitive in the Championship (mid table at best) for a season or two. or 2) Abandon the rotten carcass and buy yourself a nice new yacht?

Correct.

Agreed. And hope. The best the few can hope for, when Chinny's gamble fails, is for him to keep them on life support (making our last season in CCC playing kids look like a Man City type extravagance). He'll most likely spend the bare minimum to fulfill the fixtures until the last drop of parachute money can be extracted. Then it will really be pull the plug time.

I can't imagine anything more painful for the few than having a storming end of season, but only finishing 7th (on goal difference), and as a result Chinny pulling the plug, selling everything that's not bolted own, and closing them down for good. Actually I can. Getting to the playoff final and losing in the 30th minute of extra time, due to a very dodgy penalty. And then Chinny trousering the match receipts, pulling the plug and closing them down.

Remarkably, I don't believe it's ever been achieved. However, if we beat Bompey and they field an ineligible player, they would get deducted 3 points, making the match a "nine pointer."

Would that be the party where we're celebrating Chinny pulling the plug and where we're dancing on your grave?

SFC's old teacher:

I think the nickname Fourpast sums it up.

Yep. Their current 6 game win streak reminds me of a desperate swimmer being chased by sharks, achieving a world record speed for a few hundred metres as he races toward the shore. But he'll be knackered (and eaten) before he reaches safety.

Yes, indeed. Just our bloody luck to be the first team finishing third from bottom and getting relegated.