Coombsy

Who is joey going to blame this week

Don’t forget the Big protest at the Memorial ground today

some one on ass chat got a bed sheet and paint

but don’t know what to write on it

says it all

We done Wigan keep it up

Big game tonight for them

2/1 get in Wigan 

Welcome back Marcus Stuart

Can not understand why they sold the best striker for 300k

Now the fruit market has fallen through 

Bristol zoo now been mentioned

56 minutes ago, The Constant Rabbit said:

Spill the beans Bert - no cryptic stuff - so which creditor is likely to bring down Rovers?

The only person the 'club' owes money to is the owner isn't it?

 

So what will bring them down Bert?

Serious question - what do you actually know?

On Gaschat, they all seem to think you are a 'Ted' - so lets have some facts, not poorly scripted witty conjecture.

Because if you do know something, I can assure you we are all ears!  

Could it be be the rent not paid on the London office lease 

Very little cohesion to our play, thought we were poor in the final third.
Charlton should have made the game safe second half but wasted good positions and missed a couple of sitters, their player who tripped himself up when facing an open goal did make me chuckle.
In the end could have grabbed a point with Alfies header but not to be.
Hope Nicholson don’t go to play for lee Johnson as rumoured 

You'll shut your ******* mouth and not bad mouth fans of 30 years....I am raging with you...******* dare to call me sh**...I have paid and followed this club all over the country and lady gardens like you bad mouth me

My offer stands, my phone number or address, you are welcome to both...and then you can come back on here and tell the others if I am Gas...   Family club?

Paperwork in London office unable to travel to London because of lock down 

Bert tan how much do they pay for the London office ?

24 million in debt 

no training ground 

but they do have an office in London 

and a nice  Watch 

cant be all bad can it

Never happen because of the gentleman agreement

3 hours ago, B1ackbird said:

Rovers seem to be crawling to a slow death at the moment, the division will have its Portsmouth's and Sunderland's who are hamstrung by the weight of their own fans expectations, but have greater resorses, plus the perennial  yo yo clubs like Barnsley forming an orderly queue at the top. 

I'm not sure why Wael bought the club if he wasn't going to invest meaningful amounts, perhaps he was let down by investors, I don't know. 

 

Strange. 

He bought the club because of the Sainsbury’s deal thinking they can make a quick buck 

they are also losing money because of the London  Office 

no one knows why they need it for the club

1 hour ago, Swede said:

The debt amounting is internal debt so doesn't affect the day-to-day running of the club, and my commitment to the club and its long-term aims remains as strong as ever.

I think he's got that wrong. "Internal debt" IS the day to day running costs. I would say "external debt" (using his terminology) would be the UWE facility that the university agreed to proceed on, or new training ground he's building, or the various planning applications and studies he's carried out, or the re build of the memorial ground stand by stand he's currently undertaking. All of which are tied up in confidentiality agreements so unfortunately he can't talk about them.

Their day to day running costs are completely unsustainable without continually propping up with new investment and he can't keep borrowing on the only asset they have which is the run down stadium.

Pot and pi55 in comes to mind

 

That’s why he don’t run a bank

What it means it’s better to have one brother go bankrupt than both by cutting his losses now 

Just heard if the players have to stay at home they will only get  statutory sick pay from the government 

I think the penny has probably dropped with Wael now and the talks he’s had so far has made him realise all that glistens is not gold. Unfortunately the vultures can pedal the Fruit Basket stadium or any other alternative until the ground collapses along with club.

10 minutes ago, bert tann said:

Farewell then Ray Langton

We had many tussles over Deirdre in the Rovers Return

You won and I lost

But there were no hard feelings

Which probably explains it

So ken

gone for good ?

6 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Remember when they were getting a new stadium .

How's that  coming along  ?

More the point what about the training ground

2 hours ago, bert tann said:

You have hit the nail on the head there and it is going to happen a lot sooner than anyone thinks.

Even young Alf Garner seems to have sussed it out now.

Finding it hard to sale the club

and get their  money back

will make a bit more if they sale the ground and share with bath city

Will the last person out please close the door  

I see forest green got the go a head to build a new stadium 

and rovers unable and yet to  put any money into the training ground