We’re F*cked

[sheffield_dave]

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is in massive trouble.

 

FFP is a huge problem and isn’t going away. Seems to bigger than any of us actually thought. Steps to resolve it are required immediately and won’t be alleviated by expiring contracts. 

 

Named and shamed Abdi as “disrespectful” to the club, to a facepalm by the CEO.

 

”I don’t know” when asked about the plan for the next 5 years.

 

Your money doesn’t cover anything, but he can’t put the prices down. 

 

The manager isn’t going anywhere, but at least he’s human. A point nicely clarified for us across multiple questions. 

 

Tired and alone. Values club at £100m. Says we should thank him. 

 

Multiple vague references to “won’t be as bad as before”. Outright states we won’t be going down.

 

Buckle your seat belts, folks. This rollercoaster is heading back down and fast. I think we’re as likely to be out of business as we are a Premier League side within the next 10 years. 

 

Oh, and that banner at the back of the Kop? Can we take it the f*ck down please? 

[S36 OWL]

Tonight has confirmed my suspicions that Chansiri is completely clueless .

[KivoOwl]

Jan 2015 -     First involvement - the signing of Sergiu Bus, Marnick Vermijl and Filipe Melo.
Apr 2015 -     Chief buddhist 'blessed' the ground.
May 2015 -    Three 'advisors' appointed - Glenn Roeder, Paul Senior and Adam Pearson. All three left within weeks.
Jun 2015 -     Signed Darrly Lachman, Marco Matias, Lewis Price, Lewis McGugan, Rhoys Wiggins, Modou Sougou
Jul 2015 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £360 to £395.
May 2016 -    Losses of £11m announced
May 2016 -     Average price of cheapest POTG ticket over 15/16 season - up from £23.57 to £31.11
Jan 2016 -    Club badge changed. Fans not asked.
Jun 2016 -     Signed Steven Fletcher, Jake Kean, Almen Abdi, Urby Emanuelson, Morgan Fox.
Jul 2016 -     Lewis McGugan frozen out.
Jul 2016 -    Stripes ditched from the shirt. Fans not asked.
Jul 2016 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £395 to £415
Jul 2016 -    Membership price up from £30 to £50
Sep 2016 -    Golden elephants placed outside of South Stand for good luck.
Aug 2016 -    Bizarre squad numbering announced.
May 2017 -     Losses of £20m announced.
May 2017 -     Average price of cheapest POTG ticket over 15/16 season - up from £31.11 to £33.26
Jun 2017 -     Signed Jordan Rhodes, George Boyd, Joost van Aken, Joey Pelupessy.
Jul 2017 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £415 to £455
Jul 2017 -    George Hirst frozen out
Aug 2017 -    Club1867 announced. A bronze plaque for £1,500, with a 'free' 3-year season ticket upon promotion to PL.
Sep 2017 -    Cakeball.
Jan 2018 -     Katrien Meire appointed CEO
Feb 2018 -    Fans polled regarding ticket prices and squad investment. 70% voted for ticket prices and squad investment to stay at current levels, 30% voted for lower ticket prices and promotion of youth players.
Apr 2018 -    Sean Clare frozen out
Jul 2018 -     Membership price up from £50 to £90
Jul 2018 -    Keiren Westwood frozen out
Aug 2018 -    No pre-season player signings for first time since pre-WWII. Youth players promoted into the first team squad.
Aug 2018 -    Fans told that the transfer embargo has been lifted, having not been told we were in one to start with.
Sep 2018 -    Sam Hutchinson frozen out

[Blue and white]

Said it before and I'll say it again, very worrying times lay ahead and sadly fans continue to back him.

I truly am lost for words.

[Stoop]

No women’s team planned either

[grOWLerInAThermos]

The end is nigh.

[The Dukeries Owl]

4 minutes ago, KivoOwl said:

Jan 2015 -     First involvement - the signing of Sergiu Bus, Marnick Vermijl and Filipe Melo.
Apr 2015 -     Chief buddhist 'blessed' the ground.
May 2015 -    Three 'advisors' appointed - Glenn Roeder, Paul Senior and Adam Pearson. All three left within weeks.
Jun 2015 -     Signed Darrly Lachman, Marco Matias, Lewis Price, Lewis McGugan, Rhoys Wiggins, Modou Sougou
Jul 2015 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £360 to £395.
May 2016 -    Losses of £11m announced
May 2016 -     Average price of cheapest POTG ticket over 15/16 season - up from £23.57 to £31.11
Jan 2016 -    Club badge changed. Fans not asked.
Jun 2016 -     Signed Steven Fletcher, Jake Kean, Almen Abdi, Urby Emanuelson, Morgan Fox.
Jul 2016 -     Lewis McGugan frozen out.
Jul 2016 -    Stripes ditched from the shirt. Fans not asked.
Jul 2016 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £395 to £415
Jul 2016 -    Membership price up from £30 to £50
Sep 2016 -    Golden elephants placed outside of South Stand for good luck.
Aug 2016 -    Bizarre squad numbering announced.
May 2017 -     Losses of £20m announced.
May 2017 -     Average price of cheapest POTG ticket over 15/16 season - up from £31.11 to £33.26
Jun 2017 -     Signed Jordan Rhodes, George Boyd, Joost van Aken, Joey Pelupessy.
Jul 2017 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £415 to £455
Jul 2017 -    George Hirst frozen out
Aug 2017 -    Club1867 announced. A bronze plaque for £1,500, with a 'free' 3-year season ticket upon promotion to PL.
Sep 2017 -    Cakeball.
Jan 2018 -     Katrien Meire appointed CEO
Feb 2018 -    Fans polled regarding ticket prices and squad investment. 70% voted for ticket prices and squad investment to stay at current levels, 30% voted for lower ticket prices and promotion of youth players.
Apr 2018 -    Sean Clare frozen out
Jul 2018 -     Membership price up from £50 to £90
Jul 2018 -    Keiren Westwood frozen out
Aug 2018 -    No pre-season player signings for first time since pre-WWII. Youth players promoted into the first team squad.
Aug 2018 -    Fans told that the transfer embargo has been lifted, having not been told we were in one to start with.
Sep 2018 -    Sam Hutchinson frozen out

 

Were not the signings of Bus, Vermijl and Melo sanctioned by our "turns out not to be real" benefactor from the Land of fire? 

[stocksyuto]

Just f*ck them all off dc get rid of the lot, fletcher,and I,hooper, lee, and even forestieri even tho I would prefer he stay screw the lot of them make some cash bring in fresh faces

Edited December 19, 2018 by stocksyuto

[Semedo's ferret]

7 minutes ago, KivoOwl said:

Jan 2015 -     First involvement - the signing of Sergiu Bus, Marnick Vermijl and Filipe Melo.
Apr 2015 -     Chief buddhist 'blessed' the ground.
May 2015 -    Three 'advisors' appointed - Glenn Roeder, Paul Senior and Adam Pearson. All three left within weeks.
Jun 2015 -     Signed Darrly Lachman, Marco Matias, Lewis Price, Lewis McGugan, Rhoys Wiggins, Modou Sougou
Jul 2015 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £360 to £395.
May 2016 -    Losses of £11m announced
May 2016 -     Average price of cheapest POTG ticket over 15/16 season - up from £23.57 to £31.11
Jan 2016 -    Club badge changed. Fans not asked.
Jun 2016 -     Signed Steven Fletcher, Jake Kean, Almen Abdi, Urby Emanuelson, Morgan Fox.
Jul 2016 -     Lewis McGugan frozen out.
Jul 2016 -    Stripes ditched from the shirt. Fans not asked.
Jul 2016 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £395 to £415
Jul 2016 -    Membership price up from £30 to £50
Sep 2016 -    Golden elephants placed outside of South Stand for good luck.
Aug 2016 -    Bizarre squad numbering announced.
May 2017 -     Losses of £20m announced.
May 2017 -     Average price of cheapest POTG ticket over 15/16 season - up from £31.11 to £33.26
Jun 2017 -     Signed Jordan Rhodes, George Boyd, Joost van Aken, Joey Pelupessy.
Jul 2017 -    Season ticket prices - cheapest Kop adult up from £415 to £455
Jul 2017 -    George Hirst frozen out
Aug 2017 -    Club1867 announced. A bronze plaque for £1,500, with a 'free' 3-year season ticket upon promotion to PL.
Sep 2017 -    Cakeball.
Jan 2018 -     Katrien Meire appointed CEO
Feb 2018 -    Fans polled regarding ticket prices and squad investment. 70% voted for ticket prices and squad investment to stay at current levels, 30% voted for lower ticket prices and promotion of youth players.
Apr 2018 -    Sean Clare frozen out
Jul 2018 -     Membership price up from £50 to £90
Jul 2018 -    Keiren Westwood frozen out
Aug 2018 -    No pre-season player signings for first time since pre-WWII. Youth players promoted into the first team squad.
Aug 2018 -    Fans told that the transfer embargo has been lifted, having not been told we were in one to start with.
Sep 2018 -    Sam Hutchinson frozen out

When did Reach, BB, Hooper, FF arrive? 

[Bing Cosby]

One thing's for sure, even the few sycophants remaining in our fanbase before tonight, will have seen through the ever less effective smoke and mirrors after DC's forum performance.

 

We are in extremely unsuitable hands.

[toppOwl]

Did other chairmen "ask the fans" before making changes?

[Bpmber]

That is depressing kivo but sadly all true

[Sultan_Pepper]

9 minutes ago, stocksyuto said:

Just f*ck them all off dc get rid of the lot, fletcher,and I,hooper, lee, and even forestieri even tho I would prefer he stay screw the lot of them make some cash bring in fresh faces

Doesn't matter who we sign if the manager won't pick them

[stocksyuto]

2 minutes ago, Sultan_Pepper said:

Doesn't matter who we sign if the manager won't pick them

Yea sadly, just shows how bad a manager he is makes ff look garbage they will be all off eventually anyway 

[ReadingOwl]

29 minutes ago, sheffield_dave said:

I think we’re as likely to be out of business as we are a Premier League side within the next 10 years. 

 

My thoughts exactly.

 

The former more so.

 

The bloke hasn’t got a clue - tradition, loyalty, business, football and community.

[East Yorks Owl]

21 minutes ago, sheffield_dave said:

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is in massive trouble.

 

FFP is a huge problem and isn’t going away. Seems to bigger than any of us actually thought. Steps to resolve it are required immediately and won’t be alleviated by expiring contracts. 

 

Named and shamed Abdi as “disrespectful” to the club, to a facepalm by the CEO.

 

”I don’t know” when asked about the plan for the next 5 years.

 

Your money doesn’t cover anything, but he can’t put the prices down. 

 

The manager isn’t going anywhere, but at least he’s human. A point nicely clarified for us across multiple questions. 

 

Tired and alone. Values club at £100m. Says we should thank him. 

 

Multiple vague references to “won’t be as bad as before”. Outright states we won’t be going down.

 

Buckle your seat belts, folks. This rollercoaster is heading back down and fast. I think we’re as likely to be out of business as we are a Premier League side within the next 10 years. 

 

Oh, and that banner at the back of the Kop? Can we take it the f*ck down please? 

 

The only statement I’d take issue with is the £100M valuation for our club, everything else is no doubt true. 

 

I appreciate there’s very little sympathy for DC amongst our fan base, but I do find it very sad that our current plight is so symbolic of the game as a whole.  The players are grossly overpaid and many have no loyalty or conscience for their employers.  Obviously can’t blame anyone for taking the money, but for many to offer next to nothing in return is appalling. 

 

If I were DC I reckon I’d be tempted to take any crazy kind of offer for our club, cut my losses and go home for some sunshine. It really isn’t worth the aggro. 

[TheEnchanter]

33 minutes ago, Blue and white said:

Said it before and I'll say it again, very worrying times lay ahead and sadly fans continue to back him.

I truly am lost for words.

 

The guys that played the violins on the titanic were Wedneaday fans. Probably. Maybe. 

[james o connor]

Shock horror , chansiri is incompetent . Anybody with half a brain cell already knew this 

[bradowl]

Bit ott on here tonight, most of things said we already knew. 

[sheffield_dave]

8 minutes ago, East Yorks Owl said:

 

The only statement I’d take issue with is the £100M valuation for our club, everything else is no doubt true. 

 

 

I have no doubts about him telling the truth. He’s given people fuel for that fire, but personally I don’t have DC down as a liar.

 

Unfortunately in this case, the truth is enough of a horrifying shambles in itself. The truth stinks and holds as evidence of gross negligence and mismanagement.

 

The bit about valuing the club at £100m is just delusion. Utter delusion. Which again is bad in itself. If Chansiri thinks Sheffield Wednesday is worth £100m - in this or any other state - then what else is he equally delusional about? The quality of the manager? His vague platitudes about not seeing us get relegated? The true impact of FFP?