Davefevs

If they need 50 points to avoid relegation, they need 52 from 38 games. The small squad is quite old in some positions, inexperienced in others, and injuries (if they come) will impact them hugely….let alone fatigue. Think Baldock is only contracted until January, so doubt an administrator will want to re-sign. So, I guess they could get those points, although unlikely. Add another 9 points to the 12 and they need 61 / 38. Not gonna happen.

Yep, I read £30m to HMRC plus £20m to Michael Dell, so best part of £50m before any new owner starts!

Correct. Was Jack Walker’s team - Tower Utd or something like that on Jersey. When I was at Stockwood Green we drew them away but had to win the prior round match first. Pretty sure we lost and thought we’d missed out on an away trip. Later found out it was BS and hadn’t drawn them at all. Recall that @Shuffle?

…and that’s just wages….still got amortisation and other costs to add in. They were taking the Mickey the moment they didn’t sell Swift last summer.

Gibson and Lansdown might be exchanging a load of emojis in their little “financial prudence” WhatsApp group ???

Reading ?

Good, wondered how long they’d last. Looks like Villa the only ones to win the “Ground Sale Gamble”, they got up whilst still having PPs. Wednesday, Derby, now Reading. Unlaaaaaky!

Will let you know when our accounts come out.

And me on twitter. ???

He’s no longer Grecian 2000 judging by Saturday!

I love how he is so “vague” about it….almost like there’s more to it, but he’s trying his usual hard-done-by look.

If a promoted Championship club comes straight back down they get 2 years PPs. The 3rd years gets divvied back amongst the PL clubs, not the championship…..it’s crap, but that’s what happens.

Me too. The current rules don’t stop clubs becoming a mess / going bust, nor do they promote fair(ish) competition either.

11:40 - COVID and PPs blamed 15:40 - amortisation / FRS102 21:05 - resubmit accounts - been prepared - admission of breach 22:45 - buying players (Darren Bent type etc) / managers (Clement, Rowett, Cocu) Cocu hamstrung by above. His payoff was £8m (MM less than that but a big sum). Deflects to Nottingham Forest. 29:00 - COVID killing P&S

The interview: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09wdhd3

I’m quite mixed about LJ, but I hope Sunderland stuff Ipswich when they play them. @Fordy62 who do you want to win the David Brent Lg1 Trophy?

Lee Johnson???

Just for info, this is my crude (but fairly accurate - based on prior years accounts) view of City’s amortisation costs each year going forward. We can argue £0.5m here or there, but shows how Nige has wiped c£5m off of our amortisation. In 19/20 it was £11.4m (expect 20/21 to be a similar amount). That saving carries into 22/23 as well and if we bought nobody woukd be a £10m saving in 23/24. Can add significant wage bill drop too that as well.

Desperate and cringeworthy. Those are not the actions of a CEO. He is still a wannabe footballer. Grow the **** up you bellend.

King had a tight thigh from Wednesday.

The focus of my “the little things” feature on twitter this morning. I don’t think we let them….they just took advantage of poor shape. I won’t bore you with lots more stats / pics, but they generally cross evenly from both sides, and at significantly lower volume. City the first entry below the average in pale blue..

This is the key bit for me: @BigTone condensed version. Cheating bastards - got caught.