Sheffield Wednesday - players and staff paid late 2 months in a row (p7)

MartinCAFC said:

IdleHans said:

My impression of them is not positive, and furthermore I seem to be in a minority that thinks Hillsborough is a shitty ground.
I hope Roln's return gives them false hope.

It's looking a bit tired and probably in need of the odd repair and lick of paint like most grounds do over the years. Fair to say even The Valley has looked a bit tired in recent times and still does in some parts but do you don't host FA Cup Semis and Euro 96 games for being a shitty ground.

The North Stand at Hillsborough is unlikely to get a safety certificate for the coming season and needs major repairs. Sheff Wed don’t now own their stadium and the rent is reported to be £2.5 million a year because Chansiri hasn’t paid it for several years and the rent has gone up to reflect that. To say Hillsborough is tired is very much an understatement. 

ShootersHillGuru said:

MartinCAFC said:

IdleHans said:

My impression of them is not positive, and furthermore I seem to be in a minority that thinks Hillsborough is a shitty ground.
I hope Roln's return gives them false hope.

It's looking a bit tired and probably in need of the odd repair and lick of paint like most grounds do over the years. Fair to say even The Valley has looked a bit tired in recent times and still does in some parts but do you don't host FA Cup Semis and Euro 96 games for being a shitty ground.

The North Stand at Hillsborough is unlikely to get a safety certificate for the coming season and needs major repairs. Sheff Wed don’t now own their stadium and the rent is reported to be £2.5 million a year because Chansiri hasn’t paid it for several years and the rent has gone up to reflect that. To say Hillsborough is tired is very much an understatement. 

Chansiri pays himself (his other company who own the stadium) the 2.5m rent from club money doesn't he? I'm sure i read something Keiran Maguire mentioned about it.

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Looks like their takeover hopes are improving though.

I still suspect we might see some interested parties pulling out when they get to the point of going through the finances.

To me, that just reads like a ‘nobody is fucking interested in buying the club, let’s post that there is and see if that draws out a buyer’ type post.

letthegoodtimesroll said:

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

Looks like their takeover hopes are improving though.

I still suspect we might see some interested parties pulling out when they get to the point of going through the finances.

To me, that just reads like a ‘nobody is fucking interested in buying the club, let’s post that there is and see if that draws out a buyer’ type post.

Pretty naive to think that there is nobody interested in buying a Championship club the size of Sheffield Wednesday. Of course there will be interest.

As fenaddick says above though, the issues will be when they come to do due diligence.

Braziliance said:

bolloxbolder said:

Braziliance said:

Football violence does make me laugh. It's essentially adulthood bullying. 

Real fighters and people who are tough use that energy for something positive like professional fighting. Find it embarrassing when I hear stories of football fans getting attacked, proper weirdo/bully boy behaviour.

You can literally just go to any fight gym and there's a queue of people actively wanting to fight/spar if you enjoy fighting that much.

You are probably too young to realise that as a fan in the 60's to 90s, you took real pride in defending your end from opposition fans.

Weird and pathetic as it may sound, it meant a lot and personally I hated it when Millwall, Chelsea, Spurs and Wednesday took our beloved Covered End.

Bit different though if you're part of a group that want to scrap and are both asking for it, I don't mind that.

I am specifically talking about groups who go and attack random football fans who want no part of it.

I would love to see 10 hooligans vs another 10 hooligans who want it, get them in the octagon, I'd commentate over that.

I'll have some of that even though I'm 70.

As long as it's against the palace black clad virgin ultras. 

letthegoodtimesroll said:

I suspect they are fucked. Labour looking like it’s going to introduce a 2% wealth tax on assets of £10 million or more could well put the kibosh on buying a football club. Imagine owning a a club valued at £50 million that not only doesn’t pay any dividends but also actually costs you a small fortune to keep going each year and then being told you owe HMRC 2% of the the value of the asset. I doubt any club will get sold until there is more clarity of that particular tax.

I think you'll find that, like our club, any assets are bought and paid for through the vehicle of (at least one) offshore company. I assume the so-called wealth tax will only apply to individuals. Taxing companies at a rate of 2% of their net assets would very likely cause a complete collapse of the UK economy.  (Enough companies are bailing out and listing on US exchanges anyway. If for no other reason than there is no stamp duty on share purchases in the US.) Not that I expect Rachel from Accountants to realise that.

Very strange that they’re training at St George’s park. Are the FA doing them a favour because of the state of the club?

cafcfan said:

letthegoodtimesroll said:

I suspect they are fucked. Labour looking like it’s going to introduce a 2% wealth tax on assets of £10 million or more could well put the kibosh on buying a football club. Imagine owning a a club valued at £50 million that not only doesn’t pay any dividends but also actually costs you a small fortune to keep going each year and then being told you owe HMRC 2% of the the value of the asset. I doubt any club will get sold until there is more clarity of that particular tax.

I think you'll find that, like our club, any assets are bought and paid for through the vehicle of (at least one) offshore company. I assume the so-called wealth tax will only apply to individuals. Taxing companies at a rate of 2% of their net assets would very likely cause a complete collapse of the UK economy.  (Enough companies are bailing out and listing on US exchanges anyway. If for no other reason than there is no stamp duty on share purchases in the US.) Not that I expect Rachel from Accountants to realise that.

The wealth tax is a red herring - there are people on the left getting very excited about the idea, but fundamentally it's a Green Party proposal not a Labour one. If the sale takes so long that there's a change of government between now and the end f the process, a wealth tax will be the least of Wednesday's problems.

Has textor actually flogged his crappy palace holding yet?

Djeidi Gassama has left Wednesday to join Glasgow Rangers for an undsiclosed fee.

Sir Chris not seen at the training ground for a while it seems