Kevin Thelwell - New Director of Football

[BlueStevie35]

Brilliant we aren’t gonna let the man do his job then, just give him a kicking before he’s even got going

 

[RomanReigns]

Boooooooooooo

 

[Joey66]

Heard he's good with Viaducts.......Thellwall - runs to get coat LOL

 

[Goat]

Brilliant we aren’t gonna let the man do his job then, just give him a kicking before he’s even got going

You need to get in early these days.

Beat the rush.

 

[Bigduke1234]

I’ll judge him on where we finish next season, I’m in no doubt he’s got a tough job on his hands. Maybe a few non glamorous signings are what we need, hoping he’s got a few rabbits in his hat

 

[Drico]

I’ll judge him on where we finish next season, I’m in no doubt he’s got a tough job on his hands. Maybe a few non glamorous signings are what we need, hoping he’s got a few rabbits in his hat

Well, apparently, he's already offered a contract extension to one rabbit in the headlights...

 

[SJB]

I think communication is key for him, if he tells the fans we haven't got a pot to pee in for two seasons then I think there'll be a better understanding of some of the signings.

 

[TheBigIguana]

I’ll judge him on where we finish next season, I’m in no doubt he’s got a tough job on his hands. Maybe a few non glamorous signings are what we need, hoping he’s got a few rabbits in his hat

The timeframe for a DOF should be longer

 

[Goat]

I think communication is key for him, if he tells the fans we haven't got a pot to pee in for two seasons then I think there'll be a better understanding of some of the signings.

I think any fan who isnt aware that we havent got a pot to pee in should be paying attention a bit more.

 

[blulouie]

Get to work you lazy lazy man.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Get to work you lazy lazy man.

Probably waiting for instructions from Kia

 

[Bigduke1234]

The timeframe for a DOF should be longer

I guess by that I mean staying up, if we go down we ain’t painting this as a win. Got to stay up.

 

[TheNinja]

I'll leave that to our billionaire accountant who turned over £300 million losses into £85 million!

All about book value anyway - DCL sold at £60 million takes our "losses" of **£85 million** to £25 million over the current 3 yr cycle (not factoring in this year just for arguments sake as we dont know what our accounts are for the current season just gone).

That would leave us £80 million away from breaking the £105 million limit - signing Tammy Abraham for say £50 million on a 5 yr deal would only be 10 million extra on this year's accounts (not including wages which would increase this).

Where fans get confused is thinking signing a player for £50 million means £50 million is on the accounts for this year which isn't the case its spread over length of contract.

A lot of deals done (imo) will have an eye on the next 2-3 years when a lot of our big earners are off the books and we are at BMD by then with much bigger revenues + potential naming rights deal on the ground.

Why does buying a player get spread over the length of the contract (50m over 5yrs = cost of 10m per year), but selling a player for 60m instantly deducts 60m off the debt, rather than 12m per year etc?

 

[RomanReigns]

If we sell richarlison and kean this summer we will have a positive net spend overall in the last 3 seasons

 

[KaiserEFC]

If we sell richarlison and kean this summer we will have a positive net spend overall in the last 3 seasons

Until we spend it on a bunch of absolute spanners