The Football News Thread 2023/24

[leedswolf]

Ram as much grog down your neck in 2 hours, but remember to drink responsibly.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Drink Responsibly at the bottom of an offer like that is no defence.

As that poster is now out in the public domain, I would imagine plod will be all over the premises and if it kicks off it’s licence will be under threat.

 

[Dire Wolf]

There's always East Stanley WMC as an alternative...

Get on this now as spaces filling up fast , limited spaces.. £25 all you can drink 2 hours for the the match ( not including extra time) £5 deposit must be paid to reserve seat.this is in our lounge only!! ..so the deal is.. bottles Stella..Prava, staropramon, cans of Coors and Carling, (upgrade to Madri and cold river cider on draught 50p a pint) vodka and gin including mixers..soft drinks and non alcoholic Stella....also free crisp buffet at half time..this will all take place in our lounge Saturday 1230 6th January.

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Trust me, Stanley is one of the biggest shitholes in the north-east. Even worse than Coleshill . One of the largest per capita drug and crime rates in the region according to someone I know who works in the town. Although that might need fact checking!

 

[Dire Wolf]

Also, with it being Co. Durham there's a reasonable chance that it's a fairly even split between Newcastle and Sunderland fans. So that could be fun.

 

[Sniffer]

Trust me, Stanley is one of the biggest shitholes in the north-east. Even worse than Coleshill . One of the largest per capita drug and crime rates in the region according to someone I know who works in the town. Although that might need fact checking!

You'll have to tell me where you stayed in Coleshill as you've lived a very sheltered life if you think its a shithole.

 

[leedswolf]

Trust me, Stanley is one of the biggest shitholes in the north-east. Even worse than Coleshill . One of the largest per capita drug and crime rates in the region according to someone I know who works in the town. Although that might need fact checking!

Crime and Safety in Stanley. Stanley is the second most dangerous medium-sized town in Durham, and is the 22nd most dangerous overall out of Durham's 169 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Stanley in 2022 was 116 crimes per 1,000 people.

 

[Lupo]

Crime and Safety in Stanley. Stanley is the second most dangerous medium-sized town in Durham, and is the 22nd most dangerous overall out of Durham's 169 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Stanley in 2022 was 116 crimes per 1,000 people.

You should get a job working for the tourist board

 

[leedswolf]

You should get a job working for the tourist board

Dire beat me to it...

 

[Dire Wolf]

You'll have to tell me where you stayed in Coleshill as you've lived a very sheltered life if you think its a shithole.

I can't remember the name of the place, but I do remember that we arrived and the first thing we saw was what was obviously a drug deal going on, and the hotel we stayed was full of a bunch of leary chavs. So maybe we just caught it on a bad day! Though to be fair the food in the hotel restaurant wasn't too bad!

 

[Lupo]

Though to be fair the food in the hotel restaurant wasn't too bad!

Beep beep beep beep

 

[Dire Wolf]

Beep beep beep beep

I'm getting slow in my old age, I may need this explaining!

 

[Sniffer]

I'm getting slow in my old age, I may need this explaining!

Reversing noise as per bin lorries etc.

 

[Lupo]

I'm getting slow in my old age, I may need this explaining!

The noise a van makes when its reversing!

 

[Dire Wolf]

I thought you meant the food was microwaved!

 

[Mel Evo]

The Glazers’ non-exiting exit of Manchester United is the way of the future | Aaron Timms

The Glazers blazed a trail for US money in European soccer. Now they’re innovating again with a non-sale ‘sale’ that gives them all the spoils of ownership with none of the accountability

www.theguardian.com

Personally found that a good little read. It made me rethink the logic that’s fundamentally underpinned my expectations of what might happen with Fosun. That’s been based on my own experience of PE, but this is a very different rationale which would render my calculations faulty (and my the conclusion that the club is of course ‘permanently’ up for sale and everything looks like preparing for exit). Of course, institutionally our owners are different, a genuine investment house, but nonetheless… Good to have my thinking challenged.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I suppose the difference is there's a level of jeopardy that exists with Wolves that doesn't with Man Utd. I mean make no mistake, they are shit (if we get our penalty at Old Trafford and score it, they're below us right now) but it's pretty much inconceivable that they'll get relegated. It's not a massive leap of non-faith to suggest that we might get relegated in the next 5 years. That happens and say bye bye to a massive chunk of the value of your asset overnight.

 

[Tony Towner]

They'll always have the plastics to milk commercially worldwide as well, which we by and large don't.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

It's also football accountancy nerd stuff rather than anything rooted in reality, but Old Trafford clearly has a huge book value if they decided to move elsewhere.

Molineux effectively has a value of £0 for that purpose as Wolverhampton Wanderers do not and never will in our lifetime own the land.

 

[Mel Evo]

Yep, that’s all correct, but lower income and greater risk is just why we cost less, to buy and run. Guess I’m interested in the different logic of just extracting value rather than making something (look) profitable for value on exit - which is what I crudely assumed would happen. And rather hoped would, albeit out of the far and into the fryer perhaps.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Unless Fosun totally stack it then we'll always be worth a lot more than they paid in 2016. Although as ever this is all on paper, it's worth what someone else will pay.