I would never wish complete catastrophe on any club (except perhaps one from Croydon), but I can’t help feeling Sheffield Wednsday deserve a bit of their current troubles. They tried to cheat their way through financial games to get an unfair advantage on their rivals and received a late and derisory punishment, directly affecting us. I hope they lose all of their good players and we manage to bag a few for free and I hope they fail next season and have a spell in league two. I know I might sound like a vindictive old bastard, and probably am, but I’m comfortable with that.
I would never wish complete catastrophe on any club (except perhaps one from Croydon), but I can’t help feeling Sheffield Wednsday deserve a bit of their current troubles. They tried to cheat their way through financial games to get an unfair advantage on their rivals and received a late and derisory punishment, directly affecting us. I hope they lose all of their good players and we manage to bag a few for free and I hope they fail next season and have a spell in league two. I know I might sound like a vindictive old bastard, and probably am, but I’m comfortable with that.
It does feel like a bit of karma right now, not just for us in our relegation, but wider English lower league football. We know of so many clubs that have cheated the system in different ways over the years and got away with it. The possible further decline of Wednesday should prove as a warning to those intent on continuing in there unscrupulous ways.
If any players on high wages leave and they have no/little transfer value. I should imagine Sheff W may not be that unhappy (possibly). If they can't afford the wages they can't.
I’m not the biggest Sheffield Wednesday fan nor do I like their supporters however I’d never wish this onto another club. If they go bust it’ll be lesson to clubs that live above their means and gamble with a clubs future in the hope of making it to the prem. I do hope they survive, it’ll be a huge loss not only for the football league but their community as well. This could have easily been us last year, think we tend to forget that.
I've got to be honest, I have fairly limited sympathy for anyone involved. None whatsoever for the owners who made this happen but a lot of the fans seem to think they're too big to fail, and that they should get away with it because of "history."
Have to feel for the supporters,as always,like us,they are the innocent party in all this,and are powerless to watch their club implode chasing impossible dreams.They must have players earning totally unrealistic wages,those players and the people who agreed those wages must have known the situation,so no sympathy there.I hope they stay in business,but a drop to div.2 might just be the wake up call lower football needs,I cannot help but feel this is the tip of the iceberg.Even at top level,how can mediocre players,like De Gea,Aubamyang,warrant wages of £300k a week plus,someone has to have the balls to say no.
Their players haven’t been paid for two months, and if they are not paid within the next 14 days the players can terminate their contracts and walk away.
Also it is believed that they are under a transfer embargo.
So if the players do leave they would struggle to even field a team at the start of the season.
The fans are owed money from last years season tickets, and basically Wednesday are skint. They haven’t got a pot to piss in.
The cheating bastards are getting their just desserts.
Their players haven’t been paid for two months, and if they are not paid within the next 14 days the players can terminate their contracts and walk away.
Also it is believed that they are under a transfer embargo.
So if the players do leave they would struggle to even field a team at the start of the season.
The fans are owed money from last years season tickets, and basically Wednesday are skint. They haven’t got a pot to piss in.
The cheating bastards are getting their just desserts.
The fans are still owed money from the unused part of their 2019/20 STs.
Massive bill on the new lease for the stadium due in September and Chansiri told all the players if they got relegated, then their salaries would be halved and if they don't like it they can leave.
The owner might well be hoping the high earners do leave but I don't think they are going to walk away from lucrative deals unless they have other contracts at another club lined up.
Even if they weren't under an embargo, who exactly is going to sign for a club who are facing administration, a points deduction and haven't paid their players for 2-3 months?
Even if they weren't under an embargo, who exactly is going to sign for a club who are facing administration, a points deduction and haven't paid their players for 2-3 months?
I reckon that those set of circumstances could tempt Old Bows to turn the clock back as player/coach!
Massive bill on the new lease for the stadium due in September and Chansiri told all the players if they got relegated, then their salaries would be halved and if they don't like it they can leave.
But if they haven't been paid for a couple of months, what is half of nothing? Unless somebody buys them sharpish, they look to be up to their necks in it! How are they going to entice new players to the club?
I know we make fun of them due to some of the nonsense when we were both competing for the L1 title a decade ago (only one winner in that contest) but this is a rubbish thing for their supporters to go through. Hate seeing how regularly this is happening to clubs in England.
If I remember rightly, most of Wednesday fans on Owlstalk thought there was nothing wrong with the way Chansiri cheated the other year and didn’t think any penalties should be put in place. Of course that’s only a selection of the fan base and I’m sure there were many who were disgusted by what happened and agreed with the 12 point deduction (before it was wrongly reduced anyway).
Interesting to read some of their fans bemoaning the impotence of the EFL in not reining in Chansiri. Wonder if these are the same fans who a year ago were saying that Wednesday had done nothing wrong and that a points deduction would have been a travesty.
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I should imagine Sheff W may not be that unhappy (possibly).
If they can't afford the wages they can't.
Wrong on both counts.
Their players haven’t been paid for two months, and if they are not paid within the next 14 days the players can terminate their contracts and walk away.
Also it is believed that they are under a transfer embargo.
So if the players do leave they would struggle to even field a team at the start of the season.
The fans are owed money from last years season tickets, and basically Wednesday are skint. They haven’t got a pot to piss in.
The cheating bastards are getting their just desserts.
Massive bill on the new lease for the stadium due in September and Chansiri told all the players if they got relegated, then their salaries would be halved and if they don't like it they can leave.
And rightly so.
However I would never want ANY club to go out of business
But I'd quite like them to be be fighting relegation from L2 for 10 years, or get relegated to non league.
Scummy fans.
No sympathy from me.