This statement from Chansiri....

[Jeffjohnsonmyhero]

20 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said:

That statement was simply bullsh1t from DC. No surprise really. He doesn’t care what the fans think, that stupid questionnaire was a waste of paper and let’s he honest be hasn’t a club how to run a football club. Won’t be long until yet again he comes out and says if the fans don’t want me I will leave blah blah blah 

This 100%

[S36 OWL]

5 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said:

I'm ok with academy players at budget ticket pricing.  Always have been.  

 

What I don't like is a shadowy cabal dictating policy behind the scenes under the guise of advisorship.

 

Bang on the money mate.

[oldowl67]

1 hour ago, np pontefract said:

 

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY playing in the Premier League is a lot more appealing than playing in the Championship.

 

The Championship is just another name for the SECOND DIVISION.

 

The vast majority of supporters want out of this Horrible Division .  ASAP !

Why is the Championship a horrible division? A mix of big and small clubs, competitive, a struggling team one season can be competing for promotion the next through good management. We would all love to see Wednesday back in the Premier league and better still competitive like we were for a few seasons in the 80s & 90s, but let’s be realistic English football has changed dramatically since then. 

 

League 1 - now that is truly a horrible division!

[S36 OWL]

50 minutes ago, WalthamOwl said:

That statement was simply bullsh1t from DC. No surprise really. He doesn’t care what the fans think, that stupid questionnaire was a waste of paper and let’s he honest be hasn’t a club how to run a football club. Won’t be long until yet again he comes out and says if the fans don’t want me I will leave blah blah blah 

 

Can't wait for the early bird ST renewel prices .

[Mus]

Cheeky sod!

[matthefish2002]

5 hours ago, Socialist_Owl said:

I'm ok with academy players at budget ticket pricing.  Always have been.  

 

What I don't like is a shadowy cabal dictating policy behind the scenes under the guise of advisorship.

 

Same. I think I would prefer this, more people afford to go and feel more connection with the players.

 

[roaminowl]

17 minutes ago, Mus said:

Cheeky sod!

 

I assume that you mean the person who passed that drivel off as a quote from Mr. Chansiri?

[ZicoSterland2]

11 hours ago, steveger said:

Could have been so different if we had of won at Wembley, could have been so different if we had beaten Huddersfield, it was a huge gamble that never paid off, at least he put his money (and the fans money) where his mouth was and went for it, much,much more than anyone else has ever done at our club, he's not a bad man, far from it IMO, certainly doesn't deserve some of the abuse and cringe worthy personal attacks we see on social media and on here now and again.

 

The flip side is the guy needs to take a back seat and let the people he has hired to run the club do their jobs without interference and he has to hire someone with vast experience in the football world as a director of football or similar role top stop the huge vast waste of money on bad transfers that we have seen in the recent past, he has to stop micro managing the club and accept he needs help to turn this around before it really does go beyond repairing and losing season tickets in the process..

 

He has made many, many ,mistakes but it's not too late to admit it and start putting them right and winning the support back......

 

That's what I think anyway...

 

 

Totally agree with this. DC has pumped millions in but with little or no knowledge of what it was going on. He has been badly advised but it would seem he doesnt listen anyway. I am sure he has no bad intentions for the club but has been naive in his approach. He should as you say get in some real football people to run the club. Howard Wilkinson springs to mind.There is still time to salvage his dream but it wont be this year or the next with our financial position.

[sonofbert2]

We haven't sold our best players?

[matthefish2002]

16 minutes ago, roaminowl said:

 

I assume that you mean the person who passed that drivel off as a quote from Mr. Chansiri?

 

Why do you think the quote is not from Chansiri.

Here is an article in the Star from August 2018 quoting Chansiri which doesn't read well with our current situation:

 

https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-shirt-and-ticket-prices-loving-the-club-and-abuse-from-supporters-chairman-dejphon-chansiri-at-the-fans-forum-1-9287974

[asteener1867]

12 hours ago, steveger said:

Could have been so different if we had of won at Wembley, could have been so different if we had beaten Huddersfield, it was a huge gamble that never paid off, at least he put his money (and the fans money) where his mouth was and went for it, much,much more than anyone else has ever done at our club, he's not a bad man, far from it IMO, certainly doesn't deserve some of the abuse and cringe worthy personal attacks we see on social media and on here now and again.

 

The flip side is the guy needs to take a back seat and let the people he has hired to run the club do their jobs without interference and he has to hire someone with vast experience in the football world as a director of football or similar role top stop the huge vast waste of money on bad transfers that we have seen in the recent past, he has to stop micro managing the club and accept he needs help to turn this around before it really does go beyond repairing and losing season tickets in the process..

 

He has made many, many ,mistakes but it's not too late to admit it and start putting them right and winning the support back......

 

That's what I think anyway...

 

The vast majority on here Steve admit that,...We went along with the gamble...We went along without the information he had , of what failure would bring.

Sure we are culpable, the difference is..We actually admit it, and realise we need a plan to go on.

Theres only seemingly ONE bloke who won't admit it, and its surely up to that person to open dialogue and come up with a plan..We can't..We no longer have a say..bar bloody mumping about it..but thats what happens when all other avenues are closed

[Buxtongent]

The answer o our problems is simple - Chansiri takes a huge step away from the club, and appoints any one of the posters on here to act as Chairman! With that one action, the problem is solved. The fact that Mr.C. is £40m/£50m  out of pocket is immaterial. he doesn't need to sell the club, simply give it to the supporters.These are the ones who have all the answers, and the knowledge to 'run the club properly. It then becomes the community asset that everyone seems to think it is. The running costs including payment of players' wages, transfer fees, taxes etc. is met entirely by the 'supporters'. Problem solved.

Sounds so simple, doesn't it. We can't even agree that Westwood should play over Dawson, Hutch should be brought back and played (until he picks up his quota of Yellows and becomes unavailable, Nuhiu, Palmer. Reach, Fox, Matias  an a few others are sold to ?. Gate prices are halved,at least, but we must bring in several Premiership players. We appoint ,let me see, is it <Megson, as manager, or is it Bruce, or someone else, I don't know.

Or are we to soldier on until fortunes change. I watched the FA Cup 2nd Round when a side played called Blackpool. Didn't they once play regularly in the 1st Division (now called the Premiership) ?

I may not like the results we are achieving, but I would not have the first idea of running a football club, and certainly no idea of pleasing 20K fans who, given a few poor results, diminishes to 15K, or at the prospect of a [play-off place becomes 50K    

[prowl]

3 hours ago, fred mciver said:

Never forget , to our owner and most Owls players , head coach, etc we are just a cash cow.

 

We can bleat all we like, it's just dosh they are interested in.

 

Maybe for Chansiri we are also a family toy. Think Lego but with bricks of straw. 

OK I get that we are a cash cow to the head coach and players but I don't get how we are a cash cow to the owner when he's paying £13M to the club each year. That's not a cash cow it's a money pit.

[ReadingOwl]

4 minutes ago, Buxtongent said:

The answer o our problems is simple - Chansiri takes a huge step away from the club, and appoints any one of the posters on here to act as Chairman! With that one action, the problem is solved. The fact that Mr.C. is £40m/£50m  out of pocket is immaterial. he doesn't need to sell the club, simply give it to the supporters.These are the ones who have all the answers, and the knowledge to 'run the club properly. It then becomes the community asset that everyone seems to think it is. The running costs including payment of players' wages, transfer fees, taxes etc. is met entirely by the 'supporters'. Problem solved.

Sounds so simple, doesn't it. We can't even agree that Westwood should play over Dawson, Hutch should be brought back and played (until he picks up his quota of Yellows and becomes unavailable, Nuhiu, Palmer. Reach, Fox, Matias  an a few others are sold to ?. Gate prices are halved,at least, but we must bring in several Premiership players. We appoint ,let me see, is it <Megson, as manager, or is it Bruce, or someone else, I don't know.

Or are we to soldier on until fortunes change. I watched the FA Cup 2nd Round when a side played called Blackpool. Didn't they once play regularly in the 1st Division (now called the Premiership) ?

I may not like the results we are achieving, but I would not have the first idea of running a football club, and certainly no idea of pleasing 20K fans who, given a few poor results, diminishes to 15K, or at the prospect of a [play-off place becomes 50K    

 

 

So, it’s better than nothing then - be grateful for what we’ve got?

 

Your suggestions, with regards to a community Club, management and recruitment,  seem fantastical - but no more surreal than the last 3 years.

 

Weren't we placed under a secret embargo in May?

[asteener1867]

7 minutes ago, Buxtongent said:

The answer o our problems is simple - Chansiri takes a huge step away from the club, and appoints any one of the posters on here to act as Chairman! With that one action, the problem is solved. The fact that Mr.C. is £40m/£50m  out of pocket is immaterial. he doesn't need to sell the club, simply give it to the supporters.These are the ones who have all the answers, and the knowledge to 'run the club properly. It then becomes the community asset that everyone seems to think it is. The running costs including payment of players' wages, transfer fees, taxes etc. is met entirely by the 'supporters'. Problem solved.

Sounds so simple, doesn't it. We can't even agree that Westwood should play over Dawson, Hutch should be brought back and played (until he picks up his quota of Yellows and becomes unavailable, Nuhiu, Palmer. Reach, Fox, Matias  an a few others are sold to ?. Gate prices are halved,at least, but we must bring in several Premiership players. We appoint ,let me see, is it <Megson, as manager, or is it Bruce, or someone else, I don't know.

Or are we to soldier on until fortunes change. I watched the FA Cup 2nd Round when a side played called Blackpool. Didn't they once play regularly in the 1st Division (now called the Premiership) ?

I may not like the results we are achieving, but I would not have the first idea of running a football club, and certainly no idea of pleasing 20K fans who, given a few poor results, diminishes to 15K, or at the prospect of a [play-off place becomes 50K    

The supporters probably agree Chansiri takes a step away...Jos takes maybe a few more steps...and we get someone in who KNOWS about football.

Thats the general conscensus on here isn't it?

No bugger has espoused the supporters run the club..bar Mr Chansiri who was ever so quick to "let us buy Jordan Rhodes"

As for diminishing crowds....

How many clubs can have nigh on 2 decades of crap and still muster the crowds we get..Not many, and there are a number that have never been given the acid test...Maybe City, Villa and leeds...even those clubs didn't spend as long out of the top flight as we have.

Its not getting 40'000 through the gate for a "big" game...nor getting 15'000 on a cold Tuesday night against a smaller one...Its steadfast loyalty for 20 years...Theres a f.ookin' difference

 

[akbuk]

13 hours ago, poite said:

Someone posted this on Twitter. Sorry if already posted.

 

Interesting statement from our chairman made not so long ago. 

Old statement 

[ReadingOwl]

1 minute ago, akbuk said:

Old statement 

 

Was it pre or post embargo?

 

[akbuk]

1 minute ago, ReadingOwl said:

 

Was it pre or post embargo?

 

At the time of one of the meetings

[HOOTIE AND THE SHIT TU]

My 3 year season ticket comes to an end this season

 

There better be a bloody good early bird offer in January

[ReadingOwl]

7 minutes ago, HOOTIE AND THE poo TU said:

My 3 year season ticket comes to an end this season

 

There better be a bloody good early bird offer in January

 

Are you going to buy another multi year deal?

 

I’ve got some gift cards for Maplins, Toys R Us, Woolworths and House of Fraser, if you’re interested.

 

20% off.