Happy Birthday Michael Duff!
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Let’s hope it doesn’t pan out like Final Destination and fate has something awful lined up for us.
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Mansfield are having a day.
Has anyone else seen that Cardiff are currently under a transfer embargo as they haven’t submitted their financial documents on time? The EFL have put their embargo in place until the correct paperwork and/or fine has been paid.
I heard that on the League One Lowdown podcast yesterday. The presenters seemed to be of the view that it was a really poor administrative oversight and their key concern was that Cardiff should be able to resume transfer business in the January window.
My own feeling was that it was more likely something more fundamental - like ability to comply with FFP or a concerning financial position - that had led to the delay. Isn’t that usually what’s associated with these kind of delays in football clubs?
It does raise a few concerns after the season they have been having. However, looking through their past “finance” stories & articles, it does appear that they have a big money problem. Making operating losses of £11 million last season, banking on loans from their owner and chairman doesn’t seem like its well managed.
However, I’m well aware that we could and might fall into that black hole with the amount of resources that we have had spent on us over the last 2 yrs
I wonder what our financials would look if ML decided he wasn’t interested anymore?
ML is currently concerned about his company’s stock price, currently down 31% on YTD!
Or Kaspi went bust!
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Kaspi shares have fallen from $91.5 a year ago to $80.11 at close last night - a fall of 12%. Not great but not catastrophic. The market values Kaspi at $16bn (an increase from the value at initial listing in 2020 of $6bn). Lomtadze funds WWFC from his own liquid assets not from value of his shares in Kaspi.
If Lomtadze was unwilling or unable to fund WWFC overnight, it is hard to see how the club could at present survive. If he chose to seek to sell as is or reduce his support more gradually meeting for example in the worst case academy closing costs and outstanding player contracts , the club may be able to survive albeit perhaps returning more to what it was under Couhig.
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#EnjoyTheRide
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I doubt he’s too worried about the share price. Looks like they have ploughed a load of wedge into Turkey and reinstated a dividend so I’m sure a few shifts are expected and Nasdaq tends to be a bit lively.
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This cup tie rule change.
Sort of understandable If you have say a young player getting a fleeting appearance for their main club then get loaned out to a smaller club.
Say Bell to us.
But seems utterly farcical when it’s Man City creaming off yet more of the top talent and being able to parachute a player like £65m Semenyo on at the semi final stage of a cup.
Wasn’t the cup tie rule originally designed to stop that sort of thing?
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Bolton beaten by Port Vale… Only the EFL Trophy, but still…
It looks like Swindon will be disqualified from the Vertu Trophy even after beating Luton last night as they played someone who wasn’t named on the official teamsheet
Rules are rules, but Luton would be incredibly lucky if so. They only scored after being given one of the softest penalties you’ll ever see and even then the Swindon ‘keeper had to let a poor penalty by Yates roll tamely under his body.
isnt Sunderland vs Wycombe the Highest attended League one playoff final (At new Wembley)?
Answer: No
1st: Charlton vs Leyton Orient (2025): 76,193
2nd: Sunderland vs Charlton (2019): 76,155
3rd: Barnsley vs Sheffield Wednesday (2023): 72,492
4th: Sunderland vs Wycombe Wanderers (2022): 72,332
It’s 2001 again!