Silk - you are right, no one will put big money in unless they get full control

So mundane and boring Silk!

For avoidance of doubt, my comments have been in relation to what is going on at Salford, not us.

Unlucky Hearts and Scottish football.

No idea OI to the first question. I'm sure the vast majority are enjoying the ride in answer to the second question, as, no doubt, are Wrexham fans. What I'm sure is it will end at some point. Even big clubs like Bolton and Blackburn have enjoyed a ride, been to the brink, and are clawing their way back up. There are others. Wigan had a great ride under Dave Whelan and almost folded, but were attractive enough for somebody to step in. I'm talking about the likes of Darlington, Rushden, Scarborough, Chester, Maidstone, Bury, Hereford, Macclesfield, Halifax, (even Crawley) etc., who were not and either disappeared completely or reformed further down the pyramid. That is the category I would put Salford in.

The SPL is so ridiculously boring, Celtic winning the title 14 of the last 15 seasons…. 🥱

Unless you can show me the person who is going to buy us and invest the £500 million that we need to compete in the Premiership then this discussion is a useless waste of time. At best we will get an investor that will make us a League 1 side. They need to invest over £100 million to allow us to be a Championship.

Old isth : you are so right. There’s not one Wrexham, Man City fan etc who would swap - football is for the present

So when do you forecast Brighton and Bournemouth being back to scraping along in the lower half of League 2. And do you think their fans will then say that they wish they had never been challenging for Europe?

Pumping money in works out really well until it doesn't, usually when the pumping in of money stops. We are probably at the ceiling of our natural level (although looking at our finances you could argue we've exceeded it). Whilst not an exact correlation, crowd size is a good determinant of natural level. I'm not interested in boom and bust ownership. Then again, I'm not interested in existing for the sake of it when the aim for the season is not to get relegated.

I went to watch Sutton a few times in the 80s when Ekoku was playing for them they weren’t a bad side

I don't give a fish's tit what division we are playing in as long as we are competitive. No point being in a division where you lose 20 plus games a season and barely score. Where's the fun in that? Let's play in the highest division we can compete in.

Would I choose staying in non-league but still being the original Wimbledon probably now playing where RPV play. On the whole NO. Brighton and Bournemouth's 'proper place' is probably struggling to stay in the EFL. Sometimes pumping money in has a dire effect, sometimes it works out really well.

Has anyone mentioned the clock on here?!

A Celtic penalty was inevitable, I guess.

Dang

Another dodgy pen for Celtic 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

Get in

Hearts 1-0 up 🎉

Good news for Meadow Channel 5 have agreed a deal to show highlights of this summers Commonwealth games

It's always nice to make progress and have success, but you can't have any of that if your team goes out of business. So I would go with the second scenario.

If my link didn't work try this. [Link] or Google "Class of 92: Out of Their League".

I remember watching a documentary on BBC iPlayer about Salford being bought by the Class of 92. There were 2 seasons ( [Link] ) before Sky then took over showing subsequent seasons. I think they may be up to season 7 (not sure as I lost interest after the second season). Like everything else, there will be different views. No doubt these documentaries were biased but even then there were some unhappy with the changes. Some will enjoy the ride, some will miss why they started following their local non-league team. What history has shown us is no matter how self-sufficient a rich owner tries to make a club they have bought and bankrolled, once they stop and sell out it ends in disaster. You cannot artificially buck a club's natural level in the long term. History is littered with club's who have tried, failed and ended up in a worse state than before if they even survived.

Lyle Taylor just been on cup final build up on TNT Sports

Strong club statement from Middlesbrough asking that Southampton be prevented from playing in the playoff final.