martnewts

As a posset resident all my life the guy you refer to has a very questionable reputation and rumours abound about him most not very nice at all. The split is probably 80:20 city to rovers nowadays and loads of kids about with city kits and the occasional Tesco rag spotted. Numerous city players have lived in Portishead over the years im sure the club or someone connected owns a number of houses in the village quarter and marina as there seem to be a succession of players at a number of those properties

I’m sure our opening fixtures are arranged around the balloon fiesta so probably a convenient fit with Preston not being able to be at home for the weekend where Liverpool are playing the friendly at deepdale.

Old mills biggest problem is the rent (and therefore rates) are enormous as enterprise are still trying to recoup the £1 million they spent when it became a mezze also doesn’t have a regular day time clientele so mid week it’s dead

It is still possible to get a 3 month extension just by citing covid as an excuse with no questions asked. I do it monthly for any clients who may be unlikely to comply

It wouldn’t surprise me if the housing development side already has a buyer subject to getting the planning permission. SL will have spent an enormous amount to get the planning through and its not in his nature to take a punt on something like this.

I agree with all of this and without getting carried away with luck with injuries is this season going to be our chance? It seems that by not losing any of our stars and the spirit and togetherness apparent in the squad that we might have that rare opportunity before we have to sell and rebuild again.

Can you explain why you omit Bryan and Reid from your detailed assessment?

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As always the council didnt reject it. I believe that they have never had a planning request turned down. However they have never had the funds to actually go ahead with any of the plans that have been approved.

It is also currently still possible to get a 3 month Covid filing deadline extension no questions asked simply by logging in to Companies House and requesting one although I dont think it is widely known it has saved my ass a few times recently!!

It seems the rules give the EFL pretty much unfettered access to a clubs HMRC payment record but I guess if the don’t look then they don’t find out, I guess the matrix of differ companies involved also doesn’t make it as straightforward to monitor as it could be

Thanks for the rules on payments to HMRC which make perfect sense. Clearly it seems to me that the EFL aren’t monitoring this as closely as they should be, I don’t recall any club that has been in difficulty publicly charged with any offence in connection with late payments to HMRC yet any club that ends up in admin frequently has significant HMRC debt and I would be certain that every club that has paid players late would also have paid the associated deductions late as well.

Surely the efl rules need to change to ensure that both the wages and associated PAYE, Employees NI and Employes Ni are paid each month to avoid sanctions. Currently late paid wages trigger sanctions but I don’t believe late payment of the amounts due to HMRC are included, at the level of championship wages this amount would be roughly equal to the net wages payable to players each month

Nixon now reporting EFL want Middlesbrough and Wycombe claims to be included as football creditors totalling over £50 million that isn’t going to help finding a buyer or exiting admin

Some timing by Morris as furlough ends on 30 September, it would be interesting to know how many club staff (not players) have been still furloughed up to now and now that Morris will need to cover those wages going forward he has decided to pull the plug