@owlstalk Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeyswfc Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 “Be careful what you wish for” Wonder if the Reading fans are saying that. I think they’ll go under, he clearly has no ambition to sell them. He’s asset stripping then they’ll go into admin for someone to hopefully pick up the pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesteel. Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Yeah imagine if we got bought by someone like that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Absolutely scandalous. Owners simply shouldn't be allowed to do this, and we need regulation to stop it. Owners are increasingly acting like this to recoup the huge losses incurred from shooting for the Premier League tv money. The whole system is set up to incentivised reckless ownership. Football clubs are not regular businesses. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 23 minutes ago, Bluesteel. said: Yeah imagine if we got bought by someone like that. It could happen to any club, which is why we need proper laws to stop it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirksandallowl Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Shame on Wycombe too if you ask me 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 54 minutes ago, kirksandallowl said: Shame on Wycombe too if you ask me Indeed. Picking at the bones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Pretty shameless all round. If Reading go to the wall, which looks likely, then it really is time for some serious questions about the EFL and it's supposed governance. This owner is clearly a complete and utter crook. We had the fiasco with Bury, Macclesfield and now Reading. It's disgraceful. Oh, and Wycombe can bugger off too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 How much cash do Wycombe have ? and where will Readings players train ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The only way is S6 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Let me tell you this Wycombe Wanderers…..! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scram Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 WTF will Wycombe do in a Cat 1 facility? The majority of it won't get used And how can they even begin to afford it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Im sure the EFL will be along soon to deduct some more points, seeing as that’s about all they’re good for 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Malc Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 4 hours ago, kirksandallowl said: Shame on Wycombe too if you ask me Was thinking the same 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighworthOwl Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 24 minutes ago, Django said: Im sure the EFL will be along soon to deduct some more points, seeing as that’s about all they’re good for It is crazy that this guy keeps doing dodgy stuff and the EFL response is to deduct the club points when he clearly doesn’t give a f**k for the club. Fine him for it and leave the points on the board. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Django Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Just now, HighworthOwl said: It is crazy that this guy keeps doing dodgy stuff and the EFL response is to deduct the club points when he clearly doesn’t give a f**k for the club. Fine him for it and leave the points on the board. All points deducts do is punish the fans further 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 9 minutes ago, HighworthOwl said: It is crazy that this guy keeps doing dodgy stuff and the EFL response is to deduct the club points when he clearly doesn’t give a f**k for the club. Fine him for it and leave the points on the board. Think it’s clear the EFL simply don’t have the weaponry needed to bring these rogue owners to heel. That’s why we need proper regulation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe P. Coltrane Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Coming to a club near you... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairboy Dan Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 It's a weird one. Wycombe Wanderers absolutely do not have £20m for a training ground. The owners do not have £20m for a training ground. Georgian billionaire Mikhail Lomtadze, who currently has no official connection to Wycombe but is being courted for a takeover by the current owners, probably does have £20m for a training ground. I can only assume the funding has come from him. We have about 30 players on our books, and no academy or youth set up. We have some issues with our current training facilities (which we do not own), but Bearwood is a lot more training ground than we need. What are the options? Rent it back to Reading, and share? But there's been no mention of this, and I don't know how practical sharing a training ground is. Sell bits we don't need for other purposes? Seems tricky, not sure we'd get planning permission for use other than as a sports training ground. Become a club that needs 120 acres of training ground and a category 1 academy? Well it's a nice idea, but we're currently a long way off it. I feel for Reading FC and its fans. But its a good deal for Wycombe, I think most clubs would take it in the same situation. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 A view from a Wycombe fan on X 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edmontonowl Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 3 hours ago, Chairboy Dan said: It's a weird one. Wycombe Wanderers absolutely do not have £20m for a training ground. The owners do not have £20m for a training ground. Georgian billionaire Mikhail Lomtadze, who currently has no official connection to Wycombe but is being courted for a takeover by the current owners, probably does have £20m for a training ground. I can only assume the funding has come from him. We have about 30 players on our books, and no academy or youth set up. We have some issues with our current training facilities (which we do not own), but Bearwood is a lot more training ground than we need. What are the options? Rent it back to Reading, and share? But there's been no mention of this, and I don't know how practical sharing a training ground is. Sell bits we don't need for other purposes? Seems tricky, not sure we'd get planning permission for use other than as a sports training ground. Become a club that needs 120 acres of training ground and a category 1 academy? Well it's a nice idea, but we're currently a long way off it. I feel for Reading FC and its fans. But its a good deal for Wycombe, I think most clubs would take it in the same situation. Redevelop it a shopping centre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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