*yesterday not tester

One of the pubs I went in before the game tester had a CCTV camera directly above the urinals. Wasn’t hidden or anything it was quite obvious.

LD - I think that what you say is entirely correct - in my view we are not particularly badly run as a business (not good but no worse than other clubs). As you say, though, for us and other clubs, player wages are unsustainable without an owner to fund the ongoing losses. The problem is that, with our ownership model, we don't have that owner, so we cannot survive in the longer term. Given that the overall way that the industry works won't change, it's a fundamental flaw with our structure and why we have to either find an owner or go out of business. As Spit says, I doubt that the option of "finding our level" at which we would be sustainable (likely National League South or lower) even exists, due to the cost base that we have with the ground).

For me the division we play in is largely immaterial as long as (a) we can survive and (b) it is fun. I have seen some of the Championship matches on Now and they are mostly boring and soulless where any fun has been tacticed away by robot managers. Give me someone like Mkeng who will blow hot and cold and will not always be properly defensively positioned over someone who just fills a hole in a tactic and creates nothing all season. I am an old git now who remembers wingers were for attacking not defending. And the game was football not chess and won by players not systems.

Sadly that's professional football nowdays! We can try living in our means,but that would probably take us back to below national league and with the costs of plough lane we will be in administration before then.

Yawn

From the figures I've found the average loss of clubs in League 1 was about £5m and in L2 £2.9m in 2023/24. In L1 this was covered by owners putting in a total of £120m. We made a loss of £638k over the same period. So if we're badly run most other clubs are run even worse.

Decent away trip, Rotherham. The town still has some soul and a good selection and range of boozers. Might not be everyone’s cup of tea but I like it.

I can see us sinking back into national league/ league south the way things are going. We’re not well run. We’re not structured correctly and we have people on the DTB who are not good enough to be in positions of power

KT2- very well put - totally agree with you.

KT2, You'd think so wouldn't you. There's much credit to be gained by recognising that a ceiling has been reached.

Anyone going to Barnsley on the train try and avoid going via Sheffield as Burton v West Ham and Sheff Weds v Millwall on the same day, luckily not at the same time

More of a struggle every season. Tide's flowing hard and we can't swim against it much longer. Gwarn the WHAD boys for spelling out the fact that 'fan owned in any league' is an option that simply no longer exists.

That's the fiercest looking Ian Cooke I've ever seen😁😁

Er we beat Woodford 5-2 in the London Senior 😀

Trigger - not saying we will get them!

And before that?

We won at Orient this month

Six more wins? Can hardly remember our last one.

A point thank god any one else interest bulls vs sheppy on YouTube at mo 4 pm ko 1-1 at mo

I reckon six more wins to avoid drop - 50 points

Bugiel out and Aneke in…? 🤷🏻‍♂️

I think Stevens plays better with a big man next to him

If Bugiel does go, please not to Bromley

Of course we could have Bugiel fighting with the CBs and Hackford and Mkeng picking up the second balls.