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American consortium today sent proposal to Chansiri. Offer is £100m Keen to build new training ground and regenerate or rebuild Hillsborough Also own Denver Broncos Not seen accounts yet or done due diligence

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Hello, Thank you for your interest in Sheffield Wednesday Football Club This is a club you will hear referred to by pretty much everyone as a 'sleeping giant' or the 'last of the big football clubs with potential' etc We're a club with a great history, with a pedigree, with a fantastic heritage But also a club with the potential to reach scary heights with the right ownership and positive, constructive forward thinking ownership As fans of Sheffield Wednesday we feel trapped We want the club to succeed We have cash to spend at the club but have found it nigh on impossible to do so given the animosity and blatant disregard shown to the fanbase We have been screaming for years for better merchandise, catering, and other things that we can spend our money on Sponsors and corporate customers are waiting for new ownership to come in so they can return and invest again in this football club We have tired, exhausted, lapsed and unhappy fans just waiting for new ownership so they can return and get behind something exciting We are waiting for you Come and take on this project and I guarantee you that if you do it right, and do it hand in hand with this fanbase, that you will achieve astronomical heights at this football club You will be very welcome here We are waiting for you We are waiting to back you We are waiting to join you We are waiting to join forces with you to push this club to amazing achievements We are ready and waiting for you

Every time we get in these situations everyone gets all hung up on getting some money into the club for a departing manager/player In the the meantime the club goes stagnant, inactivity stifles progress, we end up behind the curve for the next season and the money we get is irrelevant anyway as it just disappears into a huge black hole IMO any fan cheering Chansiri on whilst he tries to get a few million quid are fools The money will make zero difference to us in any way whatsoever It won't improve our circumstances one bit It wont' improve the facilities It won't bring in better players It wont' bring a better manager in And in the meantime our club will have stalled just for the sake of a few million quid Anyone cheering THAT on is a mug.

Can't even sell out tonight . This is why yous are a lot superior to them as a fan base . Look at your place when yous were 4 nil down . Just no comparison at all

I don’t get this opinion people have of him. We play far far better football with him in the team because he’s a clever player and technically very deft with his touches. if millions were available we could go and replace him - with what we have we won’t get a player within a light year of Windass for the same position.

An apology to all the people that are trying to save the club including Symon, 1867 group, the fans who turned their backs. Unfortunately in the south stand today 90% decided not to protest which leaves to wonder if they actually care about the club? What does an owner actually have to do for these people to partake in some form of peaceful protest? it has left me seething despite the result today. The majority of our fans are an absolute embarrassment I’m afraid. totally spineless and passive. Most our our families have been watching / supporting Wednesday for generations and you can’t even be bothered to turn your back. i don’t care what you say to this post. You have let the club and others down today.

Do us all a favour & stuff em in the final

If you look at Röhl's performance in his time with us, how he's carried himself, his relationship with the supporters, the conditions he's had to work under, the resources available and of course the erratic loon he has had to answer to, and still conclude he is nothing more than a "snake", then there is literally no helping you. You just keep on banging your chest like an angry gorilla, completely oblivious to the context and perspective of the wider picture, and leave the thinking to others.

I’m not giving Chansiri money. I gave the club money for me and my old man to go and watch football together. I know most of it goes to pay the players. That money of course flows through Chansiri but it does not line DC’s pocket. Stop trying to point the finger at loyal fans that buy tickets. And like 95% of those loyal fans who buy tickets, I want Chansiri out, so your point is null and void I’m afraid.

After his howler against Stoke, Charles must have wanted the ground to open up and swallow him whole. Many a 'keeper, and many a far more experienced one at that, would have been a bit jittery going into today's game. But what a performance from the youngster - a penalty save followed up by a brilliant second to smother the follow-up, as well as several other standout saves. Impressive stuff, and it bodes well for the future.

WATFORD v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY Saturday 3rd May - 12:30KO Sky Sports + This is my very last Matchday Thread starter. It’s been a privilege and a pleasure. I’d like to thank you all for keeping these Matchday threads about the match itself, rather than our ‘colourful’ off-field situation. As Kipling once said “If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, then you obviously haven’t been a Sheffield Wednesday fan during the Chansiri decade”. You bake a few sugary cakes and suddenly you think it gives you the right to start spouting all that philosophical guff. But he was right about that one though. Think I’ve done our last 75-80 matches, and it’s 100% the time to handover to one of you lot for next season. At my age, the hardest thing in writing these is remembering which of my memories and inventions I’ve used in previous threads. On the golf-course with 3 other sixty-somethings yesterday, we were talking and joking about this exact issue. Just about to tee-off on the 4th hole… Me - “We should do a memory challenge. Each tell one-another something now, and on the 18th green we each have to try to recall what the others said” Pal - “Great idea…except by the 18th hole we’ll have forgotten to do the challenge”. So true. v In a few weeks the leading Prem clubs all play each other. Sky are lining up “SUPER SUNDAY - THE BATTLE FOR THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE.” Inexplicably, Sky have chosen not to put “SHEITE SATURDAY - THE BATTLE FOR SECOND-TIER 12th SPOT” on one of their main channels this weekend. They might regret their decision. Who can forget that game where we shared an EIGHT goal thriller with our friends from Watford? Not for the only time this season, we shared a tad too generously. Best wishes to our remarkable travelling fans. Hope it’s a brilliant day out and that the lads give you plenty to enjoy. For any fan wanting to make a weekend of it there’s a couple of obvious tourist attractions:- Harry Potter Studio Tour - only £8 to drink a pint of Butter-Beer, sat next to a family of loud Americans. I recommend you buy a half rather than a pint, so there’s less to throw away after your first mouthful. (TripAdvisor - Mr & Mrs H Owl and family, Holme Valley, England). or I’m sure us educated Owls fans don’t need to be told which tourist attraction this is? Yes, you all know the history…built in the early 16th century for Henry Vlll, named after the infamous day he was caught doing something he shouldn’t with Anne Boleyn, and in his haste to put his cod-piece back on he very painfully trapped his manhood… …yes, it’s Hampton Court. (sincere apologies - I saved the worst for the last.) My inspiration to accept the OMDT batton from Lord Snooty, were the stories from those utterly wonderful days in the 80s, hitch-hiking to away matches, penniless but joyful, with my fine fun-loving friend Nev, who so sadly passed this season. At half-time of the ‘91 Cup Final at Wembley, Nev nipped away for a pee, and came back with the proud boast that he had been stood at the trough next to none other than the then England manager, Graham Taylor. So, to commemorate those wonderful days, and to bring my OMDTs to a conclusion, I’ll leave you with a quote from Graham Taylor, ex England, ex Watford, ex philosopher without equal… “Very few of us have any idea of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except of course, for those of us who are goldfish”. erm…thanks Graham. Leave that one with me. Have a great Summer. Let’s hope for a sane and sunny start for Sheffield Wednesday in August. The magnificent Danny Röhl still with us? The maleficent Chansiri replaced by a fresh, open, thoughtful new owner? COYO Danny, Danny Röhl ️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️️

Ingelsson, really? I must be attending different games to you. He's not been a revelation but I've seen enough to think that he could be a decent player for us next season.

Port Vale are promoted to League One. Great to see two of the good guys from our recent history doing so well for another club.

Our fanbase are weird when they turn on people like Röhl Proper weird And disgraceful And ironically very disrespectful

I've just told our lass "Get upstairs and I'll not need my blue pills".

Dear Mr Chansiri, I write to you not as an enemy, but as a lifelong Sheffield Wednesday supporter who cares deeply about our club. I write with respect and sincerity, but also with a heavy heart. Over the past decade, you've invested time, money and passion into our club. For that, we are grateful. Your intentions – to restore us to the Premier League and honour the club's heritage – were genuine, and at first we shared that dream. We all remember the heartbreak of Wembley in 2016 and your visible sorrow. We know you cared. But we must be honest: Sheffield Wednesday is in crisis. Our proud club, with over 150 years of history, now teeters due to decisions made during your ownership. In Thai culture, values like truth (khwām ching) and responsibility (khwām rap phid chóp) are held dear. The truth is that Wednesday has endured repeated setbacks under your stewardship, and as chairman, it is your duty to face that reality. You once promised to protect this club. Sometimes, protecting something precious means passing it on when you can no longer keep it safe. That time has come. The most honourable thing you can do now is to enable new ownership and investment to secure the club's future. In doing so, you fulfil your duty, not abandon it. Our motto, "Consilio et Animis" – "By Wisdom and Courage" – calls for exactly that. Wisdom to recognise that the current situation is untenable, and courage to let go. In Thai culture, the concept of saving face (raksa na) and the proverb “Khwām di chao khum khrōng phū tham di” – goodness protects those who do good – show that stepping back can be a sign of strength. If you act now, you will earn lasting gratitude from thousands of Wednesdayites. The club is bleeding, financially and emotionally. Players, staff and fans live with uncertainty. We’ve seen unpaid wages, transfer embargoes, and reputational damage. We fear losing Danny Röhl, a manager who turned our season around, simply because he doesn't see the ambition he needs from the board. It's heartbreaking. Our support has never wavered. We packed Hillsborough in League One, we broke play-off attendance records, and we continue to follow our club in huge numbers. That loyalty deserves better. You have praised the fans before – now we ask that you listen. We urge you to hand over the reins to someone who can take the club forward. Selling the club is not a personal defeat. In Thai Buddhism, karma (kam) and merit-making are powerful values. Letting go now, with dignity and care, would be a deeply honourable act. The belief in mai yuea ******** – not clinging when it is time to let go – reminds us that knowing when to step aside is a sign of wisdom. There are credible investors interested. With our stadium, fanbase, and history, this club remains full of potential. But time is short. Each missed wage payment, each transfer window with no plan, chips away at that value. If Danny Röhl walks away, it would be another sign of opportunity lost. You once said the fans are the true owners of this club. Right now, those fans are frightened. Please, honour that partnership. Step back not in shame, but in strength. Thai culture teaches that those who act with honour are remembered well. You have the chance to leave this club respected, and return one day as an honoured guest. Imagine standing at Hillsborough next year, applauded as the man who gave us new hope. Not chants of protest, but of appreciation. That legacy is still within reach – but only if action is taken now. We love this club. We want to pass it on to our children with pride. Please, Mr Chansiri, let it go to someone who can give it the future it deserves. With respect, hope and urgency, A devoted Wednesdayite (On behalf of countless fans who share these sentiments)

Yeah, he can get f*cked as well.

The last of the Cardiff 2005 play off winners to retire. To play until 39 is a great achievement. A solid player for us and the other local clubs he played for.

A bold new contender enters the ITK arena

Dear Mr Chansiri, Firstly, I would like to put on record that I am aghast at the unprofessional way you have been dealing with criticism. It is frankly embarrassing, and makes both you and the club look like an absolute laughing stock. Criticism by stakeholders (ie the fans who have been lifetime supporters of the club, many for longer than you have even been aware of its existence) is both valid, and to be expected when things are not going well, and the club is making headlines for the wrong reasons. If you had done any research whatsoever into UK football and fan culture before buying, you would have expected this, but it seems to have come as a colossal surprise to you, and you appear to be having huge difficulties coming to terms with the criticism that inevitably comes with the role. Whatever you do, there will be people who disagree with you, and just because a particular individual hasn't invested part of their family's fortune in the club doesn't make their judgement of you as an owner any less valid. You don't have to agree with the criticism, but you have to agree with people's right to an opinion. While it might be at odds with what you are used to in your other businesses, it's very much part of our culture, and that isn't going to change. It's irrelevant whether they have family wealth behind them or own shares in the club. In every football club up and down the land, Premier League or Conference, fans will all have their opinions on the owners, and will voice these especially vociferously when they are concerned about the future. In UK culture, this is both acceptable and very much par for the course. If you couldn't handle it, you should have never even considered buying a football club. It seems like this is just one more aspect of the role that you have blindly waded into, found yourself hopelessly out of your depth, and are now drowning in, unable to keep your head above water. If you are unable to cope with this, I would suggest that it is yet another reason for you to up your efforts to search out a buyer and, if you "love the club" as much as you claim, sell at whatever price necessary to pass on the reins to someone more competent, and switch to just supporting the club you apparently "love" from the stands like the rest of us. You are trying to compare your performance against the fans, asking them to finance the club, and find a buyer. This is the most simple-minded drivel I have ever heard. The relevant benchmark by which to measure your performance is that of other football club owners who actually own and run football clubs, not taxi drivers, business owners, builders, lawyers, insurance brokers or whatever else the members of our diverse fanbase do (and most probably do more competently than you would manage) for a living, whom you seem to expect to either take on financing the club as a "side hustle" or alternatively stay silent and have no opinion while you blunder from crisis to crisis, dragging the name of our beloved football club from one back page "car crash" article to the next. The truth is that, standing back and looking at the facts, under your tenure there have been far more "bad headlines" for this club than almost every other football club in the EFL. Whether it's unpaid player wages, financial irregularities, fallings out with key personnel, spats with the fans, or failure to fulfil our tax obligations, by this very relevant metric, your tenure has been an absolute farce in comparison to the vast majority of EFL clubs. The club has lurched from crisis to crisis under your "leadership". I suspect you will, as is your stock response, ask me how much money I have put into the club or suggest that I find a buyer myself, but I'd suggest you consider the above first. How do YOU think you have done, based on objective criteria such as this? Have you exceeded expectations? How does your performance compare to the owners of the other EFL clubs? Reading the shocking headlines which seem to come out almost every other week, I think your performance speaks for itself... This isn't about me. This isn't about any other fan who you have rounded on for criticising you. This is about YOU and YOUR PERFORMANCE. You are right that it is easy to criticise, but criticism has never been easier when you have supplied such a wealth of valid material to choose from. You always say in your press releases that you have "made mistakes" (never describing what these mistakes are) but this admission seems to just be a PR box-ticking exercise, and is almost invariably a prelude to attacking anyone and everyone who dares to criticise you, instructing them to either be positive or shut up. When the club is being docked points for financial irregularities, or fails to pay its staff, there simply isn't anything to be positive about. It's an unmitigated disaster, with no upside. Surely you can understand this? How would you suggest fans find a positive take on this gross level of incompetence? What sort of "positive" or "constructive" form would you expect this criticism to take, Mr Chansiri? I'm genuinely intrigued... Dismissing fans with genuine concerns and valid criticisms by telling them to find money to bail you out when you don't have the resources to run the club properly yourself is ridiculous. If you had neither the resources, nor the skills to run it competently, you should never have bought the club. The newspaper headlines and frequent crises tell us all we need to know. You say it is up to the fans to find a buyer. It isn't. You are drowning, and if you stubbornly refuse to set off a distress flare so that someone capable can come and rescue you, you'll drag the club down to the bottom of the ocean with you. Regards,

Nice words. Wish him well.

Michael Ihiekwe has been a good signing for us, as has Marvin Johnson who got to share the great memory of Wembley with us. Pol Valentin has always shown plenty of effort and commitment, helping the club survive being relegated last season was a big achievement. Just thought I’d make a thread thanking them and wishing them the best in the future. Same goes for Shea Charles and James Beadle. I appreciate how they’ve all helped us in mostly difficult times.

People who care about our club have tried to warn us / Chansiri... This was Bannan a year ago talking about having so many players out of contact each summer: "I've not heard anything. I think it's just a case of knuckling down for these last six games and what will be, will be. "It's not a nice situation but I think as a club going forward we need to learn from this and make sure it doesn't happen because it's happened the last few seasons now. It's not a good situation. "I think as a club we need to make sure this never happens again." And this is was Röhl yesterday: “You speak about quality, decision-making; if you want to improve as a club, you have to do a lot of things right in the summer, otherwise - and this is what I will tell you - next season will be a big, big fight to stay in this league because we have a big group of players that are not able to play at this level with my football. I must say this directly. I have protected my players again and again, I take responsibility and I give chances. But the result is not what it should be. I demand not special things, these are basics. “You see that maybe we overachieved in the last 18 months. Until matchday 40 we played for a play-off position, but maybe now we see just what we did to bring this group so far. I have some fantastic players, but all in all it will be hard work for the summer.” There's not much more either could say, given their positions. But they've tried to spell out the issues and sound the warning klaxon. They'll continue to be ignored and probably demonised by Chansiri and his supporters when they eventually leave, but for me they've both shown they have the club's best interests at heart, and for that I'm thankful.

If it is true and Chansiri does turn it down, the backlash from the fans would make WW2 look like an Adam Reach tackle.

Let’s be clear — Chansiri’s been a terrible owner. He’s failed to build any footballing structure, ripped off loyal fans, dragged the clubs name through the mud, embarrassed us with his ranting, and left the club without a plan or direction. No one’s letting him off the hook for that. But blaming him for everything — every contract, every deal, every decision — just turns valid criticism into white noise. He’s slated for letting contracts run down — something that happens at every club. When he doesn’t get big fees for players who leave… Wrong! When he holds out for contractual compensation for Röhl, that’s wrong too. Long-term deals? Bad! Short-term deals? Also bad! Every single thing that happens sparks outrage. That kind of reaction doesn’t strengthen the case against him — it weakens it. It blurs the focus on what really needs calling out: no leadership, no structure, no vision for the future. No money to invest. This isn’t a defence of Chansiri. It’s the opposite. It’s a call to be smarter in how we hold him to account — or we risk letting the real failures slide under a pile of noise.

The majority of fans who backed Chansiri, who dismissed protests, who chose Chansiri over their fellow fans or the good of the club… They’ve not REALLY changed their minds They just pretended to or went silent in recent weeks during the protests When it looked like we had made a real breakthrough as a fanbase it turns out these Chansiri fans never REALLY changed their minds and saw this owner for what he is Thats why you’re seeing many of them today delighted they can go back to choosing to ignore the owners many many many grave issues and slate the manager again instead We were all wrong about these fans.. The reality is - they’re still backing Chansiri - 100%

Move. Sad but only way to go in 2025

Released tonight to try and nullify the protest

I was accused of being a cancer to the club today because I was handing out flyers and balloons. I've never met a pro-Chancer in the wild before. They're weird.

July 2007 - was bored at home recovering from cancer. Still here and, still here!!!

Ignore them mate you did us proud today

Well done to all those that care. Shame on the lilly livered jelly spines that just sat there looking wet.

Not ITK myself but just had word a £75M bid has gone in today from a Saudi. I usually ignore this stuff but am so excited I had to tell somebody.

We believe we are able to discuss what was said. We are working out how to relay without being kicked off EP. Watch this space.

Some of those on their sofas would much rather be at Hillsborough but are defunding the chairman as their way of protesting.

It's depressing how people are really wanting to state the obvious to put our club down. Yes of course Middlewood road isn't the best. We all know it, but it seems like everyone wants to just have a pop right now. Almost like there is an agenda.

The real issue at the club. Do not let the end of the season slow the momentum in removing the owner from the club.

Absolutely

be funny if the next reply from the leaflet holder read "No worries... my Boss can't read properly and the companies going bust anyhow" Danny

A conversation between Dyche and DC would be comedy gold.

I do. Thats why I posted it. You've been on here a long time, have you still not worked out how it works?

My main point on this is regarding the democratic process and the state of our fan groups. It makes no sense to have numerous fan groups represented equally at these meetings, some of which appear to have hardly any members. Even the recent Wednesdayite poll got under 200 votes (or that is my understanding) where as the Trust poll got over 6,000 votes and they now have 5,000 members. To me, it seems like a a first past the post voting system in its most extreme sense. A fan groups with 5,000 members should not be bound by the collective votes of other fan groups that between them probably don’t have more than 1,000 members - it is madness. All of these fan groups should come under the branch of one fan group - which should clearly be the group with thousands of members. The Armed forces should have their own representative on the Trust board, as should London Owls, a group representing disabled fans, a group representing female supporters etc. Then the Trust should elect representatives to attend these meetings that have a complimentary skill set. A lawyer, an accountant, somebody that understands IT, somebody that understands marketing, somebody that understands commerce etc. We shouldn’t have well meaning people that do not have the complimentary skill set to give proper representation for the fans. And we certainly shouldn’t have the Chairman of a fan group that only appears to have a few hundred members having so much influence so as to be able to persuade Chansiri to increase prices for OAP’s and appears to be the main liaison between the fan groups and the Club.

That we might appoint Tony Mowbray?