I’ll vote for Shane! Just for the shits and giggles 🤭

Is going to be fun,can we close wup down till after the elections or have threads 😂

This us going to be 😁

Have you filled in the form properly this time?

Good for you Trig. Go get 'em.

Excited to announce that I have today submitted my nomination form to stand in the Dons Trust elections.

Excellent Martin, another rumour done away with!

Apologies Geoff. I've been on holiday and am still catching up. I thought this place had finished. My many fans on here will be delighted to know I have just put my nomination form in and look forward to a robust and entertaining election.

CW - Thankyou

The one who was at the tennis

Spit - which one was she? There were two? The Pushy one (German with big tits) or the pretty blonde one who’d turn up to all the fa cup finals and Wimbledon finals? I get them mixed up

All good re the article but we're running to stand still ergo pay off stadium debt and stop operating losses. We will need to invest in teaing ground and proper stands, at least for the South

50%+1 if we have governance in which there is general trust is an obvious step. Having been quite optimistic about governance last January, my optimism has been steadily deflating with the loss of Ivor and Sean and the issues about a successor for the club executive chairman. I'd still switch to voting in favour of 50%+1 but with less enthusiasm than 8 months ago.

JAW - It's not going solve the op loss alone but if it saves £400k per year, ie in region of 20-30% of total annual op loss, then it's a huge step. Wouldn't call that a small difference. We'll probably also be refinancing debt at a higher rate when bonds mature so that £400K could be much more in near future.

£400k interest payments per year. Problem is this seasons loss started at £1.7M and last season could have be £2M+ plus so it will only make a small difference.

We pay approx £450k in annual bond interest? That's a pretty big amount that could be redirected to the operating budget. Also i would hope it brings in some busineee accumen and allows us to invest in things that could reduce pur costs / improve effeciency and also fit out the third floor finally. It's a no brainer really.

The DTB elections will probably only interest me when there is one or more candidates advocating its abolition.

JAW - surely one significant benefit of 50+1 is that it will be used to pay off bonds, thus reducing annual servicing costs and therefor permanently reducing the operating loss. I can't remember if anyone did the sums, so I'm not sure how substantial that annual reduction would be. And I'm assuming debt servicing costs included in / contribute to our annual operating loss.

RIP The Dutchess of Kent 🇬🇧

Hash, apart from a one time cash injection what does that solve? We’ll still be losing £1M a season. It won’t raise enough to build the training ground or extend the stadium. It just kicks the can down the road some more. OI puts it very well

Timmy - if only there was a two way communication channel with the DTB that didn't involve signing up with a 'dodgy' social media company I would. Anyway I have asked Martin directly.

Let’s hope the next Secretary of State for Housing isn’t a stamp duty dodger.

Poor Ange.

OI - can't you pose a question to the DTB on Discord asking for their position on DTB posting on here ?

On Wednesday I emailed Martin Drake on various subjects including posting/not posting here. I suggested if he hadn't been warned off posting he should put at least one post here to dispel rumours. If he had been, I did suggest what his answer should have been but won't repeat it on here. I await outcomes with interest.