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  1. chiefdave

    Recruitment screwed up

    But the thing people have been getting angry about is this seasons budget being slashed, which it hasn't by Mowbrays own admission. So whichever he is referring to is largely irrelevant in terms of comparison between the two seasons.
  2. chiefdave

    Recruitment screwed up

    There is a document the FL publishes, for clubs only, called the benchmarking report which, without naming them, contains details of the budget for all the clubs. Off the back off that it was stated, I think at the SCG, that we were in the top quarter (I think, going from memory). So as TM has...
  3. chiefdave

    Tony Mowbray

    What he actually said was “You’d have to ask Mark (Venus) but if it has changed it hasn’t changed significantly”. To me that says that Venus handles the details of the budget but there is no real difference from Mowbrays POV so he's looking at players of the same calibre, or at least cost, he...
  4. chiefdave

    Future of this Football club.

    I have no idea where you would get those figures but a bit of googling shows the number of swimmers in general and in particular elite swimmers is dropping. Sport England also say that for all but those at the very top of the sport there is no need for a 50m facility, 25m is fine. You can also...
  5. chiefdave

    Recruitment screwed up

    No it wouldn't give them any return. If they put that in do you really think the following season in trying to compete in the championship where, history tells us, we are towards the bottom end in terms of revenue thanks to our stadium situation there will be a seven figure surplus for SISU to...
  6. chiefdave

    Future of this Football club.

    The evidence would tend to suggest that no they couldn't. The council have a history, going back before SISU arrived, of not wanting to sell to the club. I have seen nothing during SISU's tenure to indicate the council had changed from that stance.
  7. chiefdave

    Future of this Football club.

    But when the council claimed we didn't need a 50m pool Maton was on the radio saying there were Team GB Olympic swimmers who trained in 25m pools. How many top level swimmers do we have? The British Swimming website shows 32 in the whole of Britain. Of course its great to have the best...
  8. chiefdave

    Tony Mowbray

    That's how it reads to me, looks like he was going after Championship level players and they were holding out for, and got, better offers. A dangerous game to play now that there are no loans once the window closes. January is never great for recruitment, although given the new loan rules that...
  9. chiefdave

    Syria

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-37291182
  10. chiefdave

    Mowbray and the Acadamy

    Because they've all got it wrong and Fisher's got it right :D
  11. chiefdave

    Future of this Football club.

    Not really. There's a 25m pool being built in the city centre so this pool, given its location is being built for elite swimmers. The same people the council dismissed when they wanted to close Fairfax Street, the same people the council stated it wasn't there responsibility to provide for as it...
  12. chiefdave

    Never in doubt

    Well the plans for the swimming pool include rugby facilities so three guess who the pool is for the benefit of - you'll probably only need one.
  13. chiefdave

    Never in doubt

    What do they class as elite? British Swimming has 32 elite swimmers in the whole of Britain.
  14. chiefdave

    Never in doubt

    This came up on an older thread. Think the council have pulled a bit of a fast one here. They announced they were closing the 50m pool in town (it turned out the council actually hadn't bothered to read the commissioned report into if it should stay open) and then when there was a predictable...
  15. chiefdave

    Never in doubt

    Shocking news.
  16. chiefdave

    Saturday's game - biggest ever.

    To be honest I quite like the idea of a shirt every season with the fixtures on it but it probably wasn't the best timing.
  17. chiefdave

    Saturday's game - biggest ever.

    Did anyone buy a League 1 tour shirt?
  18. chiefdave

    Match Thread Millwall v Coventry Match Thread - Saturday 10th Sep

    A win and our march to the top begins
  19. chiefdave

    Saturday's game - biggest ever.

    Yes we need a win to get our season on track but its ridiculous to say our season, if not the club itself, are done for if we don't. While I don't think promotion is on the cards at the moment teams have been bottom of the league far later in the season than this and been promoted so writing us...
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