Drew Peacock

Ha ha commentator taking the piss about how small the Rover's crowd is and how City are the better club.

Hilarious.  Just shown the Rovers ground on the cricket, virtually empty. Amusing lack of knowledge by the commentator.

9 hours ago, BS2 Red said:

They have 5 people in their London office.

Or as they call it “a decent away following”.

Officially there is only one.  But he keeps passing the security entry card out through the window so the other four can get in.

1 hour ago, Red Right Hand said:

Babestation doesn`t start till 6:00.

 

How do you know?

6 hours ago, Southport Red said:

Alan Ball played for the gas?...?

 

It finished his career off.  Didn't play again.

12 hours ago, bristolmoose said:

Seriously? How the hell does that happen?

They don't have a Player Logistics Executive.

Tinpot.

7 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said:

Did Rovers actually lose their league status..? I know every other club that gets relegated from League 2 does, I’m sure that Rovers’ fans put us well and truly in our place and stopped our celebrations and mockery in their tracks, by clarifying that they’d actually only gone down to “level 5”

Division 5 wasn't it?

I'm going to duck out of these puns.

6 minutes ago, chinapig said:

Does this mean they are officially not coming for us then? Phew, what a relief, we don't have to look over our shoulder now! 

It's a trick.  Don't fall for it.

34 minutes ago, Rudolf Hucker said:

He’s been a naughty boy. 

He's certainly not the saviour.

1 hour ago, Mattyisared said:

Of course it's the Gas so none of these high-quality players will perform whilst taking a chunk off the wage bill, spiralling them into more debt and then voile, the Gas will be gone. 

Voile, French for veil - seems appropriate over there.

1 hour ago, Taz said:

Probably blown their budget on Little, no way they'd be able to afford Fielding as well!!

Can see him signing for one of the promoted clubs.

FF is not going to Rovers.  I believe he has moved, or is in the process of moving, from the area.  Presumably using the Little's moving service.

I assume he has a club lined up.

He is far too good for them anyway.  18/19 first choice keeper for established Championship side. 19/20 playing for struggling L1 side with no money.  Yeah, right.

Sweet.

Come on Gibson/Lansdown, go for Villa too!

2 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

I think there must be some sort of law about abuse of a dominant position in a trade association, however yes FA ceding power to PL absolutely started this ball rolling- agree on that. On the dominant position thing, if they have it- there is an onus on them not to abuse it and I am sure it can be tested in the courts, be they here or elsewhere.

 

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

1 hour ago, BRIAN WILSON said:

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

Down at Ashton Gate tonight mate.....

Has anybody emailed Mark Ashton to ask him what he is doing about all of this as an EFL board member?

3 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

If they actually have a hard and fast deal in place to sell though- that is possible, then that would be somewhat more legit? I very much doubt they do, but look how quickly the Kelly transfer happened- this can be possible. As in, he goes regardless.

Agree, denial of promotion the only way- unsure how it would work though- replay the playoffs but with places shifting around- ie Leeds 3rd, WBA 4th, Derby 5th and Middlesbrough 6th? Award the final to Derby by default- maybe Leeds as the highest team who didn't go up automatically, but seemingly actually did comply with FFP?

Or relegate one less from PL

1 hour ago, Red Right Hand said:

Lloyd Kelly = 34 Tilsons.

Just saying.

Lloyd Kelly = the maximum Bristol Rovers mortgage/loan

53 minutes ago, Drew Peacock said:

It will probably be a group tax computation so it will all net out.

Thinking about it, it must be a sale external to the Football group, otherwise it would just be an internal transfer, so although I haven't done CT for a while, I think the profit will be offset against this year's loss and then use up the accumulated losses brought forward.  Unlikely to be a big tax bill if anything at all.

1 hour ago, Mr Popodopolous said:

 

Alas on the tax thing, think tax liabilities can be offset against trading losses. Their accounts said £0 tax.

Because like many clubs, they post losses- so paid no tax so far as I can see. Plus for FFP tax isn't counted- believe it's the profit/loss before tax that is used.

It will probably be a group tax computation so it will all net out.

24 minutes ago, downendcity said:

If they are then they are bringing their profession into disrepute.

 

Like Grant Thornton at Patisserie Valerie, KPMG at Carillion, PWC at BT, Deloitte at Mitie and PWC at BHS..........

In fact KPMG have a string of audit failures to their name.  If the big accountancy firms can't get it right, then what chance the EFL?

8 minutes ago, Red-Robbo said:

It's not often I say this, but it's great we have so many accountants here!  

This thread is extremely interesting reading. (And no, I'm not being sarky)

I find it quite depressing! 

Not about the number of accountants, I am one and we are a great bunch when you get to know us.  But Coppello's comments about the EFL's audit of the clubs accounts is a really depressing aspect of the EFLs governance, or rather lack of governance.  I know from practical experience how easy it can be to stretch matters when the audit comes along and practice the dark arts of creative accounting, but when you have a governing body giving you a nod and a wink to bend the rules - then what's the bloody point of FFP.  The recent audit scandals have shown how lax even professional audit firms can be, let alone a bunch of incompetent amateurs.

The only things that do give me hope are the number of articles that pop up about FFP such as the Times one above and the waves that Gibson (and presumably SL) are causing.  It is becoming more high profile and clearly there is unrest; the dam holding back implementing FFP hasn't broken yet, but I think the cracks are appearing.

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It is understood that the subject will be on the agenda at the end-of-season meeting of Championship clubs in Portugal next month.

Meanwhile in Bolton..................

2 hours ago, BanburyRed said:

Is there an easy solution to this? Maybe the shirt was actually for Wael himself but because no-one in the clubshop knows who he is or has even seen him, they assumed his name was Will?

This can only be rectified by taking the shirt on the inaugural 2019 'Where there's a WILL, there's a WAEL' tour....first up, Will Smith. Followed by sightings of the shirt with famous Wills. Next up the novelist and satirist Will Self then the BBC Arts & Entertainment Editor Will Gompertz.

And signing them up so that they have a team of celebrities.  Then they really will be da faymuz roverzzzz

Henbury Gas in his imagination with a massive weapon