CW - I think Les Brown made some sort of comment when he joined that he found the training sessions at Wimbledon much more rewarding.

It is alleged that Great Uncle Bulgaria would make good use of things left behind on Wimbledon Common by slipping them into players' kitbags.

re Buckley: don't worry, it is all under review and will be discussed at the plc board meeting on Thursday. Let the 'adults in the room' get on with it!

I didn’t want to break any libel laws m’lud

Michele seems to be signalling on ProBoards that Buckley will be made permanent "We will be discussing at the PLC board on Thursday and any next steps in terms of changes/recommendations will be made public in due course"

Of course they are correct CW.

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Plenty of so called amateur clubs paid their players back in the day including one called Wimbledon if the allegations are correct

I guess he didn’t want to highlight any outright failure of one his main objectives.

Why hasn’t Buckley mentioned his replacement?

‘The Soccer Rumpus’ - Pathe newsreel 1957 [Link] More detail here [Link] ‘Sunderland’s scam was simple. They placed orders for straw and tarmac far in excess of what was required. When the suppliers came to deliver the items, they gave credit notes to SAFC for the amounts returned; in turn SAFC cashed the credit notes in with the suppliers and used the cash to pay their players over and above the permitted maximum wage.’

The thing is, in the worst case situation for any club, if any football club goes bankrupt the fans from that club can just create a new club. I don't think there can be much more immunity from death than that!

For those who think football clubs in debt is a new thing - [Link]

Yes Kenty, tambourine time. They'll play for the cause and do paper rounds and clean windows to buy bread!

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So £2m of the club's debt will be paid off next April. Good news.

Klopp seems to have his team very wound up for a game that will decide whether they are 3rd or 3rd and where he has to avoid a yellow card or he'll be banned to the stands for his last game.

Oh dear villas

Are the women full time then?

I think we should copy Lewes and pay the men and the women the same wages 😀

I think we should unilaterally cut our wage bill and say to the players: ‘You’re overpaid’.

The pessimistic reality is that even with a chunk of equity sold and some “friendly debt” remaining friendly and rolling over for another term, we would still need to be an absolutely amazing outlier of financial success to be able to sustain fans ownership for even a decade. WAWF and Dons Draw barely scratch the surface. The optimistic reality is the club needs to earn something like £7 more per match day attendee per match (with no additional cost) to break even.

BTW when I am talking about being overpaid I am talking about clubs ability to pay the wages and not in the player's ability or professionalism.

Is this new plough lane bond app in ready for bond 3?

Buckley got the begging bowl out yet again