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This just popped up on my memories, how things have changed ?

Some may (just for the time being) well be finally realising that they really a shite tinpot club going nowhere fast. They’ve hit the ceiling according to some after what they describe as a ‘magical era’ this whilst the Poodle Fiddler was in charge. http://gaschat.co.uk/thread/14466/end-magical-era Magical Era mind ???

Ideal scenario. Aston Villa have the book thrown- plus further punishment for trying to evade the rules and spirit of the rules- aggravated breach then- if indeed they have tried the ground sale thing. Disallow profit from ground sale. Sheffield Wednesday have their punishment and of course if they tried to do this to get round, further punishment for aggravated breach. Derby have their profit on the transaction disallowed and a points penalty applied- plus some kind of embargo- it should follow them into the PL. If I was SL, Gibson, Marinakis, Leeds owner and the rest of the less high profile but nonetheless affected, I'd be fuming at this and really pushing hard for severe punishments for the clubs who have flouted.

AHAHAHAHAHA, what a plank! They say we’re the deluded ones mind...? Literally none of that is correct: Fastest rising club in L1 New stadium around the corner Money HUGE FANBASE Dopey has proved himself No wonder this thread is so massive...

There does need to be a concerted effort to bring the cheats to book. I'm sure the owners who run their clubs in line with, or close to, the rules (or the spirit of the rules) must be exasperated at the financial chicanery employed by the few who think they are above the law.

This is why their returns are late... Wally employed a turf accountant with hilarious consequences.

Wally has gone too far now. Can't believe he's sold off the turf!

When clubs in League Two are more appealing than you, that’s the Rovers..!

What do you mean they have no money??? Wasn’t it Morecambe fans the Fewers were bragging to, the game after the skint billionaire had taken over, by all waving their Fivers?

Yeah , Rob Stewart backed by the Farces.

That or he is in the process of selling Ashton Gate to Maggie's Property Co Ltd for £300m!

We're lead to believe that he is- he must be, Mark Ashton was talking about it a while ago. Nothing public on his part but certainly he was more public on Spygate. He must be bothered though- why would he be happy about sides gaining a seriously unwarranted competitive advantage over us? If we had kept Reid, we make the playoffs- and if we had dome some related party sponsorships maybe we would have kept Reid...that alone should have him angry- he and the bulk of the owners should be all over this. Shaun Harvey- linked with the FA despite his track record over his career. Couldn't make it up- yet in a way not too surprising. People go on about UEFA and FIFA being dreadful, but the FA and EFL are pretty useless at best themselves. I think that one from AG- though likewise no clue who- would look to have this enforced a lot quicker and more rigorously... https://offthepitch.com/a/bristol-city-owner-wants-tougher-sanctions-deter-clubs-overspending But the punishments are not tough enough to discourage clubs from overspending in their pursuit of Premier-League football and higher income, Lansdown reportedly believes. He is an influential member of a small group of Championship owners who are demanding more stringent punishments for clubs who fail to stick to the rules of Financial Fair Play, according to the Bristol Post. Besides Lansdown, the group also includes Middlesbrough owner Steve Gibson and a representative of Nottingham Forest. No harm done if you win promotion The group fear an uneven playing field is being created between clubs who are run carefully, and those who are willing to take the financial risk and overspend to secure promotion to the Premier League, in the belief that this will help cushion any potential long-term damage. Lansdown and Gibson therefore want the Premier League to intervene if a club wins promotion by breaking the rules. In their 2018 campaign, Wolves won promotion but lost more than £1 million a week following the examples of Bournemouth who got fined nearly £5 million for their losses in 2014/15 and Leicester City who got fined £3.1 million in 2014. Now established Premier-League sides, these amounts are insignificant for the clubs. Bristol City themselves reported a loss of £25.3 million in 2018, up from just £6.6 million in 2017. This is mainly because of the lack of player sales and an increased wage bill. The Robins are currently placed 9th in the Championship - just two points from the play-off spots with two games in hand. The one erroneous aspect in there is Wolves. Bournemouth and Leicester breached- Wolves as the rules were constituted were in line, but only just! The Wolves losses were under the new rules so just about legit, the Bournemouth and Leicester losses under the old rules so very much not!

They need an Office of Fair Trading investigation. Not much fun.

Interesting. A third party then, enticed by the prospect of large annual rent? If it's to a third party and a bona-fide third party at that...that changes the equation significantly. Hope Pride Park doesn't get sold off for student flats then- or a concert every weekend! ? It's sold to a company linked to Mel Morris the owner though, so I don't see how fair value couldn't be applied here- arms length transactions, related parties- definitely a stay of execution but there are rules about related party transactions in FFP, are there not? It was sold by Derby to a company owned by Mel Morris- presumably he owned the ground in any case. Independent valuer doubles the valuation- which in turn was doubled from 2013! Absolutely laughable to believe it's legit.

I just hope these wonderful canvases give the Street Artists some similar inspiration. Just look st all that empty space that could be filled by the "that's the rovers" song lyrics.

Fastest Rising? Money? New Stadium around the corner - this is a VERY long corner HUGE fan base (not like the poxy 35,000 LEEDS get) ”Build a Premiership Team from scrach”. Is Scrach some sort of plywood/MDF substitute?

I have a wave that I use for them especially, looks a little like this... “?“

They said they were waving Fivers but 15ers are unable to count properly. It was 6 fingers they were waving.

The problem there is that the EFL is a trade association not a governing body. This is in a sense an offshoot of the FA ceding its power to the Premier League, meaning there is in many respects no governing body. A trade association is likely to be dominated by its most powerful members - witness the richest PL clubs getting a bigger share of the TV money from next season for instance. Which means that the most powerful members are more likely to get away with gaming the system. Woe betide smaller clubs that step out of line though, they will be made an example of so the EFL can claim that FFP works.

Dear oh dear, words fail me, are they real people ?

A magical era culminating in a 10th place finish in League 1. Meanwhile, our darkest hour in recent times would be the Pulis season.. where we ended up finishing..... errr 9th in League 1!

Born Inbred

Converting to chequered now are they? So much for this ‘unique quarters’ bollox they spout constantly.

there is a second poster doing the rounds - no expense spared

Alternatively, it might be ' Forlorn With No Bread'.....

just about to venture out, is the Rod Stewart Tribute Act still on tonight in the True Blue Club ? ?

Apparently this season just finished, had bare patches where Johnson Clarke-Harris has the ball, but the rest was fine, as the ball sailed over it to him.

When you're bitter blue gas knock one out for Windass That's the r*vers / you're a loser When your scrotums not full Thanks to a fat bloke from 'Ull That's the r*vers Took Dean out on the lash He got put on his ass That's the r*vers Act like you've won the cup 'Cos the reds ain't gone up That's the r*vers

When your club is so dull Your best memory is of Hull You're the Rovers

Leeds could absolutely be a good ally in terms of FFP. Now this is partly due to the bad blood between the two clubs, but the underlying point is sound!

Imagine being “genuinely one of the worst players I’ve ever seen” at Bristol Rovers...!!