Bar BS3 Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 hours ago, slartibartfast said: Luke someone or another has signed on a season loan from Barnsley. JB says he shows we mean business, a great talent..................er, ONE goal in 58 starts, impressive ! Did they need a new keeper..? He must be a keeper, right..?! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 59 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: Did they need a new keeper..? He must be a keeper, right..?! I can see why you'd think that, but believe it or not, he's a top striker ! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 (edited) I saw a picture of one of their new signings yesterday and he looked like what Kryten from Red Dwarf would look like if you drew eyebrows and a haircut on him with a black marker. Edited July 10, 2021 by Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanburyRed Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Anyone holding up a S*g scarf is really saying this - 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42nite Posted July 10, 2021 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 2 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I can see why you'd think that, but believe it or not, he's a top striker ! I blame the unions! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 09/07/2021 at 13:30, cityal said: That expression does not scream "proud to be a gashead" (or even prowed to be a gashead) More like fear of a career going down the drain Cringeworthy in that cheap tat kit with that stupid badge which looks like something from Thunderbirds. You can almost see the strings attached to the dummy. Why do they make all of their new recruits hold up that rediculous scarf. It's like the final part of the initiation ceremony. Then again if you're that desperate and have no shame you'd do almost anything I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 On 09/07/2021 at 13:30, cityal said: That expression does not scream "proud to be a gashead" (or even prowed to be a gashead) More like fear of a career going down the drain If ever you needed to see what a loser looks like . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big dosser Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 3 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: Did they need a new keeper..? He must be a keeper, right..?! that is luke thomas from the forest of dean. Funny thing is Luke has always wanted to put the red kit on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 09/07/2021 at 14:44, Lanterne Rouge said: These players could be anyone! They all look like some random bloke they`ve pulled in off the Gloucester Road and paid to hold up a scarf. Got it in one……..R#vers recruitment policy is exposed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 The accounts have been filed for the football club; though are still outstanding and overdue for the Memorial Stadium and BRFC 1883 which is the holding company of both. This is to June 2020 so the year before last missing most of Covid's financial effects. The loss is down year on year from £3.3m to £2.4m. More importantly WAQ has followed the Lansdowns in capitalising debt to the order of about £15m in teh football club meaning that the net liabilities have massively fallen from £15.9m to £1.8m which looks a lot healthier. I have no idea what his personal wealth is but Rovers no longer look the time-limited financial basket case they did when they were being funded by a rapidly exhausing credit facility secured by a charge on the ground. This last season - the season of the three managers and no spectators through Covid - will be much worse as it will be for all football clubs. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00051828/filing-history 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 On 09/07/2021 at 13:30, cityal said: That expression does not scream "proud to be a gashead" (or even prowed to be a gashead) More like fear of a career going down the drain "I must have been a right bastard in a previous life" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterRedthanBlue Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 22 hours ago, bcfc01 said: Melksham 1-1 Pikeys Barnet 3-0 Pikeys Early days, but not a great start.. "Yeah but no one counts preseason" or w/e they are saying over there. Preseason is going to be massively important when you've signed all those players. It doesn't matter if you're "getting your fitness back" a decent pre season can get you a good start of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Simpson Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 17 hours ago, BanburyRed said: Anyone holding up a S*g scarf is really saying this - Crikey, when your lucks out it's out. Did they catch whoever done that to their pitch? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 Rivers have to sign players from Forest green, so that they actually believe that they are signing for a big club. It's all relative. A bit like someone buying a "nice" 10 year old fiesta, with 2 hub caps missing, when it's an upgrade on their 15 year old Lada that won't start any more...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Net Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said: The accounts have been filed for the football club; though are still outstanding and overdue for the Memorial Stadium and BRFC 1883 which is the holding company of both. This is to June 2020 so the year before last missing most of Covid's financial effects. The loss is down year on year from £3.3m to £2.4m. More importantly WAQ has followed the Lansdowns in capitalising debt to the order of about £15m in teh football club meaning that the net liabilities have massively fallen from £15.9m to £1.8m which looks a lot healthier. I have no idea what his personal wealth is but Rovers no longer look the time-limited financial basket case they did when they were being funded by a rapidly exhausing credit facility secured by a charge on the ground. This last season - the season of the three managers and no spectators through Covid - will be much worse as it will be for all football clubs. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00051828/filing-history Cheers for that. Is it the BRFC 1883 ones which are the crux, as they will include the debt to Dwane Sports? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 27 minutes ago, In the Net said: Cheers for that. Is it the BRFC 1883 ones which are the crux, as they will include the debt to Dwane Sports? I don't think they're going to contain any surprises; the result is basically as it stands. That £15m debt was owed to 1883 and therefore hence on to Dwane Sports but has been cancelled and now 1883 owns more shares in the football club which it did anyway. I'd suggest that it doesn't matter much whether the reamining debt sits in 1883 - owed to DS - or in DS because if there ever is a sale then it could be either DS or 1883 that is sold. It will be interesting to see what is the position betweeen 1883 and DS but an owner with the intention of flogging off the club or asset stripping it is not going to convert debt to equity if only because of the tax advanatages of having it as debt - tax free repayment unlike dividends or sale proceeds / gains. I flagged it up when it looked like Rovers were heading into losing their stadium under the charge set upon it but I am happy to now flag up that the club looks financially solid. Or as financially solid as any non-premier league club does! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert tann Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 16 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: I don't think they're going to contain any surprises; the result is basically as it stands. That £15m debt was owed to 1883 and therefore hence on to Dwane Sports but has been cancelled and now 1883 owns more shares in the football club which it did anyway. I'd suggest that it doesn't matter much whether the reamining debt sits in 1883 - owed to DS - or in DS because if there ever is a sale then it could be either DS or 1883 that is sold. It will be interesting to see what is the position betweeen 1883 and DS but an owner with the intention of flogging off the club or asset stripping it is not going to convert debt to equity if only because of the tax advanatages of having it as debt - tax free repayment unlike dividends or sale proceeds / gains. I flagged it up when it looked like Rovers were heading into losing their stadium under the charge set upon it but I am happy to now flag up that the club looks financially solid. Or as financially solid as any non-premier league club does! We are as financially solid as Mr Al-Quidi’s elder brother wants us to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Eddie Hitler said: I don't think they're going to contain any surprises; the result is basically as it stands. That £15m debt was owed to 1883 and therefore hence on to Dwane Sports but has been cancelled and now 1883 owns more shares in the football club which it did anyway. I'd suggest that it doesn't matter much whether the reamining debt sits in 1883 - owed to DS - or in DS because if there ever is a sale then it could be either DS or 1883 that is sold. It will be interesting to see what is the position betweeen 1883 and DS but an owner with the intention of flogging off the club or asset stripping it is not going to convert debt to equity if only because of the tax advanatages of having it as debt - tax free repayment unlike dividends or sale proceeds / gains. I flagged it up when it looked like Rovers were heading into losing their stadium under the charge set upon it but I am happy to now flag up that the club looks financially solid. Or as financially solid as any non-premier league club does! WTF ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 2 hours ago, slartibartfast said: WTF ? Laugh at them when they're laughable. They do that enough that there is no reason to make things up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, bert tann said: We are as financially solid as Mr Al-Quidi’s elder brother wants us to be. I didn't think that was any longer the case Bert. Hence Hani coming off Dwane Developments' board. Edit: 1883 accounts filed but not yet available. Edited July 12, 2021 by Eddie Hitler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Eddie Hitler said: I didn't think that was any longer the case Bert. Hence Hani coming off Dwane Developments' board. Edit: 1883 accounts filed but not yet available. Can you remind me who has control of Dwayne Sports and Dwayne developments, also who owns the colony? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 42 minutes ago, Rich said: Can you remind me who has control of Dwayne Sports and Dwayne developments, also who owns the colony? Thanks in advance. Dwane Developments is Wael, used to be also Hani, though the last set of accounts showed nothing much happening and little in the way if assets. The (my) expectation is that the Colony is currently owned by Dwane Sports and will be transferred into Dwane Developments. It isn't showing as an asset in the UK accounts of DD or 1883 (unless it's now gone into it in the latest as yet unavailable set of accounts). Dwane Sports' ownership is thought to have been under family ownership similar to the Lansdowns for City but following the death of Al Qadi senior it looks to have been bought out entirely by Wael as the loan to 1883 was then allowed to exceed by some way the security in the stadium. Initially it was set up capped at the stadium value of £20m. Then this (last) year the £15m interco balance between the football club and 1883 was converted into shares. As you can see there is a lot of speculation there but it is based upon the financial changes that have occurred and the ownership change to Dwane Developments. Nobody, for instance, has seen a copy of Dwane Sports' accounts though if they did I suspect the ownership might be through at least one other company so they might not tell us anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 Is it me, or does the first picture in this story suggest the carpark at the Mem is in need of a mow? https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/losses-reduced-bristol-rovers-latest-5642646 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 3 hours ago, Eddie Hitler said: Dwane Developments is Wael, used to be also Hani, though the last set of accounts showed nothing much happening and little in the way if assets. The (my) expectation is that the Colony is currently owned by Dwane Sports and will be transferred into Dwane Developments. It isn't showing as an asset in the UK accounts of DD or 1883 (unless it's now gone into it in the latest as yet unavailable set of accounts). Dwane Sports' ownership is thought to have been under family ownership similar to the Lansdowns for City but following the death of Al Qadi senior it looks to have been bought out entirely by Wael as the loan to 1883 was then allowed to exceed by some way the security in the stadium. Initially it was set up capped at the stadium value of £20m. Then this (last) year the £15m interco balance between the football club and 1883 was converted into shares. As you can see there is a lot of speculation there but it is based upon the financial changes that have occurred and the ownership change to Dwane Developments. Nobody, for instance, has seen a copy of Dwane Sports' accounts though if they did I suspect the ownership might be through at least one other company so they might not tell us anything. Thanks for that. Looks like a lot of shunting around of the same debt originally used to purchase BRFC, plus the interest charged against it. Still the same position of Wael owning the club and having his investment protected by the value of the stadium. Plus the Colony seems to be owned independently with a possibility of being used for housing at a later date, if the adjacent site wins PP. I know this puts the actual club in a similar position as others but, for them to improve and become really competitive, they'd need massive investment for a new stadium, something Wael doesn't seem able to provide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never to the dark side Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 The Club wishes to update supporters on the ticketing information for the 2021/22 pre-season season fixtures at the Memorial Stadium. It's with regret that our pre-season encounter against Plymouth on Saturday, 17th July will now be played behind closed doors, with spectators not permitted to attend. The Club has taken this decision due to an array of factors associated with the hosting of a test event before the COVID-19 restrictions are eased further from July 19th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gornagain Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 The match ball was delivered by remote controlled model truck in one of the Euro matches. Rovers wanted to do something similar but were advised that the cart would leave a rut and the horse a residue. 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 Wow, don't these 4th Div managers know jack shit about their own players ? That's TEN Joey Bag has signed on frees, and everyone of them is a great lad, loads of experience, technically gifted and all wanted by clubs higher up. What is the matter with these managers to let these stars leave for nowt ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Wow, don't these 4th Div managers know jack shit about their own players ? That's TEN Joey Bag has signed on frees, and everyone of them is a great lad, loads of experience, technically gifted and all wanted by clubs higher up. What is the matter with these managers to let these stars leave for nowt ! I know they`re probably just playing for food but where is the money coming from? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Army 75 Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: Wow, don't these 4th Div managers know jack shit about their own players ? That's TEN Joey Bag has signed on frees, and everyone of them is a great lad, loads of experience, technically gifted and all wanted by clubs higher up. What is the matter with these managers to let these stars leave for nowt ! Haven’t heard of any of these expert the Barnsley player. But those ********* could sign any player and they spout there bullshit. They were getting erect this time last year and look what happened. But cause Joey Barton is God like for them because he has a few Twitter followers they are blinkered. Hope it goes tits up for that shitty little club with a *** for a manager 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS2 Red Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 I see Forest Green have lined up a preseason game against Yate Town. In response, Rovers have announced they'll be playing Winterbourne's under 7s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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