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Well that's got to be confusing for those who claimed he'd been stood down and lost his position isn't it That's why - as I keep saying - and why time and time again it's proven to be true, that the best thing right now is to totally ignore the noise and the ITK'ers and just listen to the official announcements Please - once and for all (and for all our mental health) Just ignore the fans trying to tell you they know what's going on behind the scenes They don't And, as I keep saying, it's OK to not know anything - it's perfectly fine - nobody does. Just be happy knowing that it's perfectly ok to not know anything yet You don't need to know anything at this stage other than what the administrator or football club tell you And that's totally ok

Always wait for formal statements from the club, the Administrators, the EFL or the eventual new owners. Remember that every interested party has a motive to disrupt the process. Some of them have high professional standards and ethical values - some have anything but. The more you hear from them likely veers them towards the latter. And please don’t judge or write anything or anybody off before you have the first clue as to the detail. Merry Christmas to everybody.

Hull " we saw you crying on Wembley way" Wednesday fans quick out of the box with " you weren't even there You weren't even there You lying ******** , you weren't even there!" Brilliant

I don't think it's sour grapes so much as realism. Our club simply isn't worth what is being demanded to avoid a minus 15 situation. No businessman will pay £millions over the odds just to secure a start to next season without a points deductions, not with £millions required to fix the infrastructure as well as build a team. There are plenty of bed wetters insisting we will be relegated to the 4th is we start with minus 15. Rubbish. That division is horrendous, we have the skeleton of a team that will perform in Division 3, with young players blended with some new experienced pros we should be aiming for the play offs from the off. And would 2 seasons back there really be the end of the world while we rebuild and fix the 10 years of chaos we've just endured. Our fans are sounding just like the idiot Geordies who demanded they were better than Ashley deserved. Bull. By the time we are Premier League ready we'll have been absent 30 years. 30 years!! Our fans need to get a bloody reality check and get fully behind whoever wins in the end. And they need to stop listening to all the skint false prophets predicting doom.

Rotherham Owls?

I think Rob at RS, Crann/Miller etc do a thankless task. For what its worth I think there all excellent Journos, were very lucky to have these on our patch. Fans want answers, they get them. Yet they still get grief online, its their job to get the scoops, and alot of fans wanted to no who was behind this bid, and you can definitely understand the scepticism after the clusterfuck last owner, within 24 hours we have a precise statement, cant fault Rob, Alex, Joe & co, keep up the good work lads, I for one appreciate it

On Christmas Eve, we reached a significant milestone in the administration and sale of the Club by confirming that a preferred bidder had been selected. This position was reached only after carrying out extensive due diligence over a period of weeks on the sources and proof of funds supporting the offer, and others, as required by insolvency law and football regulations. These laws and regulations also place a duty on the Administrators to maximise returns for creditors — including local businesses owed money by the Club — and to ensure that the sale process is conducted carefully, properly and in accordance with all applicable rules. Due to non-disclosure agreements, which are a standard part of any bidding process, and EFL regulations, we were unable to publicly name the preferred bidder. We also remain respectful of the EFL’s ongoing process to assess and vet the proposed new owners before any transaction can progress further. From the outset, supporters and the groups that represent them have been a priority in our communications. Working with the Supporters Trust, key local media contacts and official Club channels, we have sought to ensure that supporters receive updates first wherever possible. Our primary objective is the careful stewardship of Sheffield Wednesday into the ownership of a group that the EFL approves as fit and proper. Securing a well-funded and credible new owner is essential to safeguarding the Club’s future. We cannot jeopardise that process by breaching EFL rules or legal agreements with prospective buyers, or by disclosing details prematurely before regulatory approval has been completed. Once the EFL has concluded its review and approval process, and the sale is able to progress, we will make a formal announcement with further detail at the appropriate time. We understand that this period of uncertainty is frustrating for supporters who care deeply about the Club. However, we must remain committed to complying with legal and regulatory requirements while working towards the best possible outcome for Sheffield Wednesday and its supporters. Kris Wigfield Joint Administrator

He will have backers with money behind him. Dunfermline are the equivalent of a non-league club in England. He was the only one it seems that had a deep look at the stadium. Only one it seems to bid the £30m to avoid -15 next season. Let's hear the detailed plans before judging. All the bidders have some red flags on them. Gotta give the winning bidder a chance.

The more I read about Bord and his Short Circuit Science company the more I feel a case for optimism. From Bord’s background, it is clear that he’s interested in data and analytics and applying this to sport and business to achieve results. There also seems to be a clear strategy to invest in under-performing teams and aim to professionalise them. Kind of a professional ‘doer-upper’. Not just the AI for scouting players, but the investment in academies, digital software for the stadium and customer management, etc. It is very early to say how that strategy is working out at his other clubs, but there seems to be a plan, and a convincing and credible enough one that people want to invest in it. initial investment, make the club sustainable and then know when to cash in your chips (in the poker sense) when trading players seems to be the plan. Also, from what I’m hearing his role in the bad decisions at Sheff Utd has been overplayed. He was nothing to do with their enquiry to merge. Most of their bad signings have been made the traditional way and his company’s involvement has just been in 3-4 low money punts, where it seems somebody had already identified the players and his company’s involvement was used as a second pair of eyes. Looking at the Cordoba and Dunfermline squads, they are predominantly Spaniards and Scots, they’ve not signed 15 Namibian teenagers, there has just been the odd punt here and there. Hopefully him and the team will get some high-caliber people in on the football side to run things, and bit like they’ve done with Neil Lennon at Dunfermline. This could be an exciting opportunity to develop and transform the club. Well, anything could happen really. But it should make a change from the Chansiri reign where there was no plan to speak of. We should give it a chance, while retaining a critical eye if things aren’t appearing right. But it would have to bit pretty batshît crazy to be like the last regime, I’m on bord!

I like him. But he isn’t a replacement for Bannan.

What we could have had, if we hadn't had a crackpot running the club. 3 points of the play offs last year and he needed 3 decent players to cement our place. Instead, the Cretin went on a 5 hour rant at fans, the manager and the club in general. And, here we are.........

For stepping in when it is tough but its thank you for that but new owners new manager..it may seem harsh but no room for sentiment in football or you go backwards.

What are you on about? If ever there is a post that sums up reading between the lines with a negative lens, this is IT

We are in no position to demand anything I for one would welcome Ashley let’s see where it takes us, we all assumed we would be bought by multi billionaires who would fight to buy us Ashley will be ok trust him he will have my backing

6 posts ago

Newest venture D-Pharmacy If you want to live then sell your house and be respect

Dis he miss the tunnel?

He reminds me of a good manager in an impossible situation who is doing a great job. Sorry to spoil the party.

I was at their place a few years back when we beat them 2-1 (Joao's late winner I think). As I live locally I walked through all their fans to get the bus wi me Wednesday scarf on. Some c*ct said "Do you watch that poo every week?" I replied, "No only twice a year pal". Have some o that!

Brilliant tonight. Well done

We are now mathematically out of the title race.

Call it Forfeit the season

Really pleased he got that goal today ,and he's gradually learning the game and getting better. Lot of fans forget he is still only 20yo.

Why do they call you Deluded?

But bloody hell they're giving it a good go.

Before any toys come out of the pram. Read it again and think how nice it is getting clear communication from the club. There is no bad news in this statement.

Lots of our fans will never ever learn This is the kind of thing that was leveled at people if they published statements about Chansiri

He's in our top 3 best players and easily a future Bannan replacement. The physicality he brings, the undeniable effort he puts in, and the flashes of brilliance are all qualities we need in the long run. He fights for possession with determination and no-one can say he doesn't put in a shift. If he decides to stay with us in league 1 (young kids now in school here, why not?), without a doubt he would do bits. There's no reason to doubt his ability to grow into a player who would be central to our team going forward.

I’ve seen a many threads and posts on here over the years villainising players for things they have or haven’t done and I’m baffled as to why some fans lose their 5h1t about players making mistakes or bad decisions. They’re not deliberately making the mistake or the bad decisions - they’re trying their best to do what they think is the right thing at that point in time. I don’t think we should criticise a player unless they are being lazy - you can’t really criticise anything other than that. e.g. Ugbo - often lazy and uncommitted Iorfa - often makes mistakes and bad decisions Iorfa gets dog’s abuse from some around me at Hillsborough for making mistakes but he’s never lazy - I don’t understand these fans’ mentality. We should moan and groan (“Oh FFS!” etc) about mistakes and bad decisions; we just shouldn’t make villains of the players that make them if those players appear to be doing their best.

Bit harsh, a decent Christmas film in my opinion.

MY OPINION IS SO IMPORTANT THAT I NEED MY OWN MIKE ASHLEY THREAD BUT IN CAPITALS

Surely champ survival is out of the question.

Best game for us tonight. We forget he’s not much older than the other kids. Getting better. Calm on the ball and strong as an ox If he continues, he’ll be a first choice CB next season. well done Gab!!

Thanks Ethan for stepping into the breach to help our ailing Club. Good luck in the future.

I didn't expect to see another thread with this bloke's name as the title after having his arse handed to him by Kris Wigfield the other week.

You lost me at Chris Woods, nowhere close to number one keeper.

Plenty of fight and will,not enough quality,it's obvious,put the best manager in the world in charge it would not make a difference one bit, Suck it up nothing will change until next season, Wilder n Warnock my Ars-

When all this background comedy stuff is finalised...The first thing we need is a change of manager to take us forward. On a personal level i like Henrik, but he is out of his depth as a manager

Passed away ,aged 75

Why do we as a club have to pay for this amount of stewards? No wonder we're skint! Asif black netting over twenty seats, a full corner stand, And a bottom tier with a climb up to the away fans isn't enough to keep fans separated? How do other clubs get away with one seat of segregation plus a row of stewards? I know T1 is full of hard lads and Hillsborough will always have a shadow cast over it. But this seems ridiculous against a club we have no rivalry with, on a Monday night. Seems we're subject to rules that others aren't imo

Looks at the journalist. Closes thread.

This. Circumstances have dictated that we will never know how effective he could have been as a Manager/Head Coach. What we know with certainty though is that he's an outstanding leader in the worst of times. I couldn't bring myself to criticise anything he's done when you factor in the circumstances and his working conditions.

We ought to have a fit and proper test to post on Owlstalk.

I would 100% refuse to play. Complete dereliction of player welfare. The EFL are a disgrace.

At 62 this must be the closest I’ve ever been to playing for Wednesday

...but put Wilder or Warnock in charge of a United side in our current predicament, and they'd have been kicking and scratching for every point this season - them against the world - and I'm sure would be at least on a positive number of points by now. I know it must be demoralising, but there's been very little fight, especially since the derby defeat. I admire Henrik for sticking around, and I'm sure he's a decent coach, but he can't seem to motivate them.

Hes a lifelong supporter and entitled to express his opinion just as we all are.

Was a great half season from the young lad. A bright spark and a talent.