Sima Posted December 25, 2025 Share Posted December 25, 2025 10 hours ago, gbandit said: Worra cunt, now fuck off out of the news cycle you parasite No thanks, I want another Christmas gift. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Prontonise Posted December 25, 2025 Share Posted December 25, 2025 (edited) 12 hours ago, Stifler said: Poker player chosen as a preferred bidder, that just screams financial security. Sheffield Wednesday need a whole new team, probably a new manager, and a new stadium, be it a rebuild or new location. What the fuck is a poker player going to do to be able to appoint all that? Just another guy who’s hoping to hit it lucky and flip them. The poker player also runs an AI company. (Edit: just seen your other posts. ) Edited December 25, 2025 by El Prontonise Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 25, 2025 Share Posted December 25, 2025 (edited) 3 hours ago, El Prontonise said: The poker player also runs an AI company. (Edit: just seen your other posts. ) I’ll be surprised if he lasts 3-5 years before they are in trouble again. As we have already said, the EFL will wave it through because the guy clearly doesn’t have the funds to make them into a force who can compete at the top end of English football, and Rick Parry’s MO at the EFL is to fuck over the league for the benefit of Liverpool, as project big picture showed. Edited December 25, 2025 by Stifler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Sheffield Wednesday preferred bidders have pulled out. Looks like he’s going to gain them for next to nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 He's going to give the Managers job to Bruce isn't he. He can go back to finish the job he started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 It's actually mad that Murphy went to play for him for a bit before he came here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 There’s every part of me which thinks Ashley should be nowhere near a football club, and another which thinks he won’t buy Sheff Wed for any other reason than to get them into the top flight to help sell his tat before flipping them for a profit. It’s crazy that a club the size of Sheff Wed hasn’t been in the top division in this century; so I doubt their support would be unhappy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Let's not forget he's about to fold GAME too, he's an asset stripper not a custodian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 He's not even willing to spend enough to avoid a points deduction. I'd wager my right testicle none of that saving goes on helping the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 There surely can’t be anything to asset strip from `Wednesday. That club needs massive investment and a new ground and I can’t see him doing that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 He'd have to build Sheffield Wednesday to a degree not seen since the mid 90s and seldom since the 60s (15 top division seasons, versus 13 in in the third) before both parties could benefit from the arrangement and you just cant make a case for that ever happening. Far better intended owners than that c*nt have had them flitting between the second and third tier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 GUESS WHO WINS AGAIN Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 There’s every chance he’s harbouring the delusion that he got us promoted twice at the first time of asking - so how hard can it be? The ‘football men’ he surrounded himself with at NUFC were all gobshites too. But as ramshackle as Hillsborough is at this point, he won’t need a new stadium, just a spruce-up (for instance I doubt Hillsborough’s floodlights etc have been updated to meet PL standards), and any investment is a gamble. It is entirely possible that you spend less than £100m and end up with a club worth £300m in a short space of time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 He cannot possibly be allowed to own another club, surely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 13 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said: There’s every chance he’s harbouring the delusion that he got us promoted twice at the first time of asking - so how hard can it be? The ‘football men’ he surrounded himself with at NUFC were all gobshites too. But as ramshackle as Hillsborough is at this point, he won’t need a new stadium, just a spruce-up (for instance I doubt Hillsborough’s floodlights etc have been updated to meet PL standards), and any investment is a gamble. It is entirely possible that you spend less than £100m and end up with a club worth £300m in a short space of time. Hillsborough is running at a reduced capacity because of safety concerns an has been since our FA Cup against them. The stadium is fucked, it’s not had any money spent on it since the early 90’s, and there is no real land around it to build new facilities at modern standards and maintain its capacity. Realistically they are looking at a new stadium at some point in the future, certainly if they want to establish themselves in the Premier League or even the Championship. Their training ground is said to be in a worse condition as well. If you are wanting to bring Sheffield Wednesday back, and even be self sufficient in doing so, it’s going to take a massive amount of money to get them to do so. It would be typical of Ashley to manage to do this to be honest. Throw money at a new stadium, new training ground (all via a loan that the club has to pay back) buy the access to the money ball stats and bring in all the players for next to nothing and get them up before flogging them for a profit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 13 minutes ago, Mike said: He cannot possibly be allowed to own another club, surely. Fit an' propah! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Just now, BlueStar said: Fit an' propah! Unfortunately fit and proper largely only relates to not financially sending a club into oblivion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE27 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, TheHoob said: GUESS WHO WINS AGAIN The classics are the best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danh1 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Stifler said: Unfortunately fit and proper largely only relates to not financially sending a club into oblivion. And the sustainability rules are only in place to ensure no one gets close to the corrupt 6. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alreetworked Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, BlueStar said: Fit an' propah! He's literally the ideal owner of an also ran club for them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 1 hour ago, Stifler said: Hillsborough is running at a reduced capacity because of safety concerns an has been since our FA Cup against them. The stadium is fucked, it’s not had any money spent on it since the early 90’s, and there is no real land around it to build new facilities at modern standards and maintain its capacity. Realistically they are looking at a new stadium at some point in the future, certainly if they want to establish themselves in the Premier League or even the Championship. Their training ground is said to be in a worse condition as well. If you are wanting to bring Sheffield Wednesday back, and even be self sufficient in doing so, it’s going to take a massive amount of money to get them to do so. It would be typical of Ashley to manage to do this to be honest. Throw money at a new stadium, new training ground (all via a loan that the club has to pay back) buy the access to the money ball stats and bring in all the players for next to nothing and get them up before flogging them for a profit. What would new stadium bring, and what would its purpose be? We know Ashley doesn’t give a shit about commercials - he shrank our matchday and commercial revenue. You also don’t need a super duper new stadium to survive in the PL - you would if you want Sheff Wed to be ambitious. But the height of Ashley’s ambitions would be finishing 17th. He’d do the bare minimum with a training ground too - nothing that a few wheelie bins filled with ice water can’t fix. Goodson did Everton ok for long enough despite being comparable in age to Hillsborough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 11 hours ago, TheBrownBottle said: What would new stadium bring, and what would its purpose be? We know Ashley doesn’t give a shit about commercials - he shrank our matchday and commercial revenue. You also don’t need a super duper new stadium to survive in the PL - you would if you want Sheff Wed to be ambitious. But the height of Ashley’s ambitions would be finishing 17th. He’d do the bare minimum with a training ground too - nothing that a few wheelie bins filled with ice water can’t fix. Goodson did Everton ok for long enough despite being comparable in age to Hillsborough. The only way Sheffield Wednesday becomes profitable is being in the Premier League. As they have been playing at a reduced capacity for about 4 years, been close to not getting safety certificates to keep the stadium open, and lack basic Premier League requirements including on floodlights, it would pretty much be a rebuild job required. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Hillsborough is pretty much fucked tbh. The Leppings Lane end should have been pulled down in 1989. As it stands it's still in operation today but although is has around 7,500 seats in it I think they are only allowed to use around 4,000 of them nowadays. They started the season unable to use the North Stand. That's the huge stand opposite the TV cameras, as the concrete was crumbling and there was danger of the roof collapsing so they couldn't get a safety certificate. Must be nearly 30 years since I was last there. It was a crumbling wreck then so god knows what it's like these days. Coventry City would have been the ideal club for him. Sheff Wed will be a lot harder, and take a lot more time to make money on than them. Certainly will be difficult to win his coverted balance sheet champions award. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Can see him upgrading the club shop to a Sports Direct but that's about it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteV Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 https://x.com/jpercytelegraph/status/2029576239158120498?s=46&t=OQLMckSuatbpqWF13Al4mQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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