Blimey, is there really someone that truly believes that DT members have a say in things?
20th Sep 2026 22:02:27
[51.lo.gg.ed]
You outed yourself long ago. I tried to tolerate it but recently you lost your own plot to please your handlers.
20th Sep 2026 21:51:37
[195.lo.gg.ed]
I’ll post what I want to post. You can ignore what you want.
TF, please ignore my posts. I do not appreciate the way you respond to them.
20th Sep 2026 20:26:09
[94.lo.gg.ed]
Just like members had a say on Proxygate?
20th Sep 2026 20:24:34
[195.lo.gg.ed]
I dont want to have a say. Anything that helps us get to the championship will be good,but this doesn't seem like the way to that goal. Being a feeder club basically.
20th Sep 2026 20:22:17
[82.lo.gg.ed]
Anyway happy for the important people to make the decision
I just hope you’re all members, because if you’re not, you have no say in the matter, unfortunately
20th Sep 2026 19:47:07
[82.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Agreed with many posts below. If a rich person can’t get a job as a manager at an EFL club then we shouldn’t be their way in purely because we need money. Let’s hope there’s a lot more to it than that and that we can trust the information put to us as and when any such situation arises.
20th Sep 2026 18:48:11
[195.lo.gg.ed]
Let’s face it, if we can’t trust it then we won’t know that until the can is even further down the road and maybe entering a drain.
I meant to put this in my message to Russ btw. 😉
20th Sep 2026 18:24:42
[149.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Russ - I'm not sure what the answer is, I'm not even sure there is an answer. Just a share sale kicks the can, not very far, down the road. How do you get more money, without giving up control of something or ownership?
20th Sep 2026 18:22:00
[81.lo.gg.ed]
an expanded stadium takes time and we can't sell out the current one this season
Russ - "Finding gems in the players that other folk left behind". I thought Wombles were known for making good use of what folk left behind.
20th Sep 2026 18:20:50
[149.lo.gg.ed]
*Wombles like recycling space.
Silk - all makes perfect sense and is our current strategy. Doesn't seem to be what the Bertrand plan is based on what has been written (which may be wrong). Fundamentally we shouldn't be taking investment from anyone who has a bonkers experimental plan they need a test bed for. Particularly on the football side where our problem at senior and academy levels is lack of budget, not poor decision making (largely). But as Repd says, they may have a proposal that's different to what's been reported, who knows?
20th Sep 2026 18:16:37
[94.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Quite a feat when you consider all the great forwards Germany have produced over all these years.
20th Sep 2026 18:13:48
[149.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Harry Kane has become the fastest player in history to hit 100 goals in the Bundesliga. He scored two on Saturday to reach that total in 98 games.
20th Sep 2026 18:12:43
[149.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
OI do they own the youth players if they are funding their contracts then? It’s no different investing in the stadium than it is investing in the wage bill. But at least with the stadium they have a bit more certainty on the returns and then don’t have to dip into their own pockets every year just to help the club stay solvent.
20th Sep 2026 18:08:57
[86.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Personally I don’t think investment should go into a training ground at this point. I think we have enough problems to solve/opportunities with the stadium. But it’s not a hill I’d die on if a proper investor came in and said that training ground then fair enough.
20th Sep 2026 18:07:05
[86.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
A large lump of land could be vacant soon. Since the AELTC leased the old Bank of England Club/grounds, it has been left sorely underused mostly mothballed. It would maked a great training ground. Wimbledon of old used the facilities for a period of time
20th Sep 2026 18:00:33
[45.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Also, assuming this is all going to happen (though I expect the vast majority will vote it through - we've run out of road now), perhaps one of the first big projects will be a new training ground? That's something that you can use to "sell" to prospective youngsters and other players, and it's something new investors could make money from, because it's impossible to think they would not part own that at least...
20th Sep 2026 17:31:11
[45.lo.gg.ed]
It also doesn't have to be in Merton.
TBH I'd rather wait and see what is actually proposed than something which doesn't have too much detail.
20th Sep 2026 17:27:16
[45.lo.gg.ed]
IIRC Cope still lives near Solihull, so maybe he'll use it to get a similar job nearer home? If it comes to that.
A4E - last time I looked 42 of the 72 EFL clubs were up for sale. Nothing to do with just us but I think the single owner want no part of owning an EFL club - too expensive. The only two choices is to cut wages or hope they can continually find people dumb enough to cover the losses made from unsustainable losses.
20th Sep 2026 17:22:15
[82.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
a4e - security of their investment. They can sink money in, come up with viable plans and our three board members walk in and say "the membership wouldn't like that" and the plans are dead in the water. Would you put money into that sort of set up?
20th Sep 2026 17:21:47
[81.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Nicander - we loaned Richards and Harrison from Chelsea. This means we do not have to find them ourselves but maybe partner with a Premier League club. We give their promising youngsters first team experience and they give us a steer on players they have looked at but do not see as part of their plans.
20th Sep 2026 17:19:23
[82.lo.gg.ed]
It would be nice to have first refusal on their academy players released not because they are not good but not good enough for the Premier League. If we partnered with Brentford we could get some access to their extensive database.
It seems weird that the only type of people possibly interested in putting significant sums into AFCW are groups of shadowy/unnamed businessmen (sometimes with one or two named people rumoured to be heading it up…) rather than us having the ability to approach large individual investors/sponsors that would be more than happy to have their names attached to us - are we really that toxic, or is it that we are too small, or maybe potential investors don’t like the idea that they wouldn’t have as much influence in choosing the team/manager/etc as they’d like to have…?
20th Sep 2026 17:17:46
[86.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Do they own the stadium if they expand it? Do they own the training ground if they invest in that? It is easy to come up with ideas that benefit us but people want something more than a minority shareholding if they are sinking a load of money. No control doesn't cut it.
20th Sep 2026 17:16:55
[81.lo.gg.ed]
Ex www.wup.me.uk - The home of WU
Finding gems in the players that other folk left behind is pretty much our current mantra so I don’t see that investment plan as much of a change from our current way of doing things. I would prefer it if they said they were going to invest capital and expand the ground so it generates a few million a year in additional revenue, though.
20th Sep 2026 17:13:50
[86.lo.gg.ed]
And to attract the best talents we need good training facilities. Again, capital investment.
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